Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-06-17

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BY ELI D. AXE.
IRONTON, MISSOURI
CURRENT TOPICS.
The News in Brief.
The public debt statement for June !
shows the decrease of the debt during Ma,
to be $15, 928, 033.87; cash in Treasury, $2O6,
613,516; gold certificates, $S,05O, 100; silvel
certificates, ST., pa ,270; certificates of de
post outstanding, $12,s15, 600; refundine
certificates, $1,413,1O0; legal tenders out
standing, $346,6s1 ,016; fractional currenc,
outstanding, SIS, 5e2, 1884.
THE Illinois State Convention of Pro
hibitionists met at Springfield on the LIST
Only about twenty delegates were present
1t was deemed inexpedient to make any
nominations for the coming campaign, bu
Prohibitionists are recommended to worl
Tor the nomination and election Of member:
OF the Legislature pledged to submit to the
people OF the State Constitutional amend.
ment prohibiting the manufacture or sale oil
Intoxicating liquors as a beverage il the same
be petitioned for by the voters.
The Maine Greenback and Demo.
cratic State Conventions were held stimuli
taneousy at Bangor, on the LIST. The for
mer chose delegation to the Greenback
National Convention instructed to press the
nomination of Scion Chase for Presi-
dent. Gen. Harris NJ. Plaisted was
nominated for Governor. The Democratic
Convention elected an uninstructed delega-
ton to the Cincinnati Convention, Endorsed
the Greenback nominee for Governor, and
arranged for the appointment Of joint cleo.
toral ticket.
THE Alabama Democratic State Con-
vention elected an uninstructed delegation
to the Cincinnati Convention. The South
Carolina delegation are said to be unani-
nous for Bayard.
THE Empress of Russia died on the
Sd, after lingering illness.
IT is rumored that Cuban filibuster-
ing expedition, composed of Americans,
left Montreal recently by steamer. The
cargo is said to be composed Of 150, 900 car
tridges and large number of firearms.
ROCHEFoRT and Koechlin, two well
known Frenchmen, fought duel with
swords on the Sd on the Swiss frontier.
Rochefort received a severe, though proba-
bly, not fatal, wound in the abdomen. His
adversary was not injured.
The House has passed joint resolu-
ton requesting the President to open nego-
tiations with the Governments of France,
Austria, and Italy, with a view to removal
of the restrictions upon the importation of
tobacco into those countries.
THE leading Pennsylvania iron man.
ufacturers have agreed to pay the increased
scale Of prices demanded by the ANAL
gamated Iron Workers. Association, and
thus general strike has been prevented.
Some of the employers, however, hold out,
and say that to continue work at the rates
demanded would be to incur serious losses.
THE Government will shortly bring
suit against the Nashville, Chattanooga and
st. Louis Railway for past due coupons
amounting to $153, 900 on bonds issued in aid
Of that road and Endorsed by the State. The
bonds are held in trust for an Indian tribe.
THE National Brewers Convention
assembled at Buffalo, N. Y, on the I'd.
About four hundred delegates were in at
tendance.
THE Arkansas Democratic State Con-
vention met at Little Rock on the I'd. After
two days. balloting for Governor, Thomas j.
Churchill was nominated on the thirty ninth
ballot. Other nominations are as follows:
Secretary of State, Jacob Frolich; Treasurer,
William E. Woodruff, Jr.; Auditor, John
Crawford; Land Commissioner, d. W. Lear;
Superintendent Public Instruction, j. L.
Denton; Chief Justice of the Supreme Court,
E. 81. English; Chancellor, D. W. Carroll;
Chancery Clerk, j. w. Galloway.
PRINCE LEOPOLD and the Princess
Louise passed through Chicago on the 4th.
The Prince, accompanied by several titled
companions, paid visit to the Exposition
Building and viewed the proceedings Of the
National Republican Convention. The dis
tinguished guests were given seats upon the
platform, although their presence was not
generally known.
AT recent meeting of the Printing
paper Makers Association, held in SPRING
field, Mass, it was voted to maintain firmly
the present schedule of prices for the vari-
Gus grades of their products. No importa-
lions Of foreign paper stock are now being
made and the manufacturers anticipate an
advance in domestic stock on this account,
whence the necessity for maintaining prices.
The association also voted to shut down
their mills for three weeks, commencing
June 26, and also three weeks in August.
THE President nominated Eugene
Schuyler, now Consul General at Rome, to
be Consul-General at Bucharest; and Will
jam N. Pethic, now Vice-C Consul at Tien
Tsien. as Secretary Of the Commission to
China.
THE Senate has confirmed the nomi
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