Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-01-20

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BY ELI D. AXE.
IRONTON, MISSOURI
NEWS AND NOTES.
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Summary Of Important Events.
CoNGER has carried off the Senatorial
Prize in Michigan. ----ss-s
HEAVY snOw-stOrm prevailed
throughout the Southwest on the 9th.
GENERAL JOHN F. MILLER has been
elected Uaited States Senator from Califor.
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THE Missouri Democratic Legislative
caucus renominated United States Senator
Cockrell. p k5
THE Western Union and the Ameri-
can Telegraph Companies have been con-
IT is estimated that our production of
gold in 1880 was ,522, 1872, and of silver
SAC, 0O5, 1854.
J. G. FAIR has received the Demo-
cratic nomination for United States Senator
from Nevada.
EUGENE HALE has received the Re-
publican nomination for United States Sena-
tor from Maine.
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The Maine Legislature has adopted
the committees report, declaring Plaisted
elected Governor.
- GENERAL GRANT has published over
his signature in the Chicago tribune long
article advocating the construction of the
Nicaragua Canal SOS
al The message of Governor Fostor an
nounces that the funded debt of Ohio ag-
gregates Sc, 476, sos, of which two-thirds is
payable in July next.
. JUSTICE SwAYNE's resignation will
be rendered in few days, and current ru-
NOR at Washinton is that Stanley Matthews
will be his successor.
GOVERNOR CRITTENDEN, of Missouri;
Governor Cullom, of Illinois; and Governor
Porter, Of Indiana, were all inaugurated
with appropriate ceremonies on Monday, the
10th.
So G. B. WILKINSON, well-known news
paper man, died suddenly of heart disease,
In Denver, on the 7th. He was sitting up
in conversation with friends five minutes be-
fore his death.
THE Army appropriation, as passed
by the House, limits the enlisted men to
$4,000, and authorizes the continuance of the
Signal Service with a force not exceeding
500. The sum appropriated is $26, 315,s 800.
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q THE Army appropriation, as passed
by the House, limits the enlisted men to
5000, and authorizes the continuance of
the Signal Service with force not exceed
ing 500. The sum appropriated is $26, 315,-
800.
MONDAY, Jan. 10, was noted as the
coolest day of the winter so far in many To-
calities. At Galena, ILL.,, the mercury went
down to "a deg. below zero, and in the vi
cinity of Dubuque it was reported at 80 deg.
below.
THE latest Cabinet speculation at
Washington is that Sherman, after his cleo
ton to the Senate, is to resign that position
and remain in the Cabinet, and that Foster
will then be chosen Senior by the Ohio Leg
islature.
Miss ANNIE PREssoN, daughter of Rev.
W.. NJ. Presson, was burned to death on the
9Th, at Nashville, Howard County, Ark. She
was sweeping the hearth when her clothes
caught fire, and as there was no one in the
house, she was burned to a crisp before as
sistance could be obtained.
A WASHINGTON dispatch says: The
withdrawal Of Mr.. Frye from the Maine
Senatorial contest is an indication that |
Blaine is to be one of Garfield's Cabinet, and
that Frye is to succeed Blaine in the Senate. |
1t is said to be with this understanding that
Frye consented to withdraw in favor of !
Hale.
TIMOTHY COOPER, colored, has re-
ceived verdict for $1,000 damages under
the Civil Rights act against the Peoples
Omnibus and Baggage Company of Chicago,
for forcibly ejecting him from one of their
on account of his color. This is
the second trial and a reversal of the former
verdict.
CAPT. JAMES B. EADs made an ad-
dress before the St. Louis Chamber of Com
merce, on the Sth, explaining and illustrate
ing, by maps, his proposed ship railway
across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. Reso-
buttons were adopted memorializing Con-
gress to give official recognition and aid to
The great work. zst
GOVERNOR MURRAY, of Utah, has
certified the election of Allen G.. Campbell
As Delegate to Congress, on the ground that
his successful Mormon competitor
1t the polls, and the sitting Delegate, is not
citizen. The vote at the election stood,
Cannon, 1s,56S; Campbell, 1857. The Nor
mons are highly indignant, and hold that
Congress has already passed upon the ques-
ion of Cannon's eligibility by admitting
him to seat.
CAPTAIN EADs has returned from
Mexico, and states that the Mexican Gov
has given him the right to build
across the Isthmus of Tehuan-
poo ard "a hin, nm O00 cros of Land