Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-01-29
inventor, died suddenly at Buffalo on the

inventor, died suddenly at Buffalo on the
18th.
Mr.. B. w. LEWIS, Jr., First Vice.
President Of the Wabash, st. Louis and Pa
ciic Railroad Company, has resigned, and
he is succeeded by Mr.. A. L. Hopkins, who
is advanced from the position OF Second
e-President.
PARNELL has an income of $1,000
from his estates.
LANE EMMONs, Treasurer of the
Town of Everett, Mass, is a defaulter to the
amount of So, 900 and has absconded. 1t is
said that other officials are implicated.
+ REV. ALBERT BUSHNELL, the first
American missionary to the western coast of
Africa, died at Sierra Leone on Dec. last.
Mr.. Bushnell was a native of Rome, Oneida
County, n. Y, and went out as a missionary
in 1913. He was very influential i'm pro-
curing the abolition of the slave trade
and ameliorizing the condition of the ma
tives.
THE House Committee on Military At
fairs have agreed upon a report in the Fitz
John Porter case. The majority report, signed
by all the Democrats Of the Committee, will
recommend that POrter's disqualification
be removed, that he be restored to his
former rank and privileges, and that the
sum of $4,000 be awarded him in lieu
of back pay. The minority report,
signed by the Republicans of the Commit
tee, agrees in recommending that Porter be
restored to his former rank, but without
any compensation for back pay, and also
disagrees with the assertion of the majority
that injustice was done him through the
erroneous finding of the Court martial by
which he was tried.
THE Republican Executive Commit
tee of Bergen County, n. j., have adopted a
resolution requesting Hon. G. H. Voorhis,
Member of Congress from the Fifth Con-
gressional District, to resign. Mr.. Voorhis
was President of the First National Bank OF
Hackensack and the Hackensack Savings
bank, which recently failed, with liabilities
Of over $500, 900 and nominal assets. Mr..
VoOrhis has been indicted for embeZzlement
and misappropriation of funds, and also
stands charged with the crime of forgery.
His reply to the Committee is that he is in
nocent of all criminal intent or action, and
will make good his defense before proper
legal tribunal.
The following additional nominations
have been made by the President: Eli III.
Murray, Kentucky, Governor of Utah Terri
tory; William j. Phillips, L. 5. Marshal,
Eastern District, Texas: John Mcneil, u. $.
Marshal, Eastern District, Missouri: August
Ash, L. S. Marshal, Nevada.
CAPTAIN EADS has made requisitiOn
upon the United States Treasury for the first
six months installment of the interest on the
deferred payment Of one million dollars held
as security by the Government for the main
tenance of the jetty channel. Under the
terms of the contract, it is claimed Capt.
Eads is entitled to draw interest at per
cent. per annum on this sum for the period
of 10 years, amounting to $4,000 each year,
in addition to the 100000 payable quarterly
for the maintenance of the channel. The
matter has been referred to the Attorney
General for his decision.
The Pope has approved the appoint
ment of Rt. Rev. DIR. Elder, heretofore Bish-
OPP of Natchez to be coadjutOr, with the right
of succession, to the Archbishop of Cincin-
natl, and to be administrator of the Arch
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