Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-06-30


the General Land Office.
A BERLIN dispatch says Count Vor
Stolberg -Weriengerode, Vice President o.
the Ministry of State, has rendered his res.
ignation.
THE Ohio Greenback-Labor Conven.
ton, at Columbus, on the 18th, nominated
John Sietz for Governor and Charles Jen-
kins for Heutenant-G Governor.
i. A. BENTLEY has rendered his res.
ignation as Commissioner of Pensions, and
w. W. Dudley, United States Marshal fol
Indiana, has been appointed in his stead.
OWING to violations of treaty stipula-
lions existing between the Governments Of
the United States and Mexico. the Governor
OF Texas has issued a proclamation with 8
view of putting stop to them.
THERE was q conference at New
York, on the 18th, between Gen. Grant
Vice-President Arthur, ex-Senators Conk.
ling and Plat and other leading Stalwarts
What took place has not been made public
THE Pennsylvania Greenback State
Convention met at Pottsville on the 18th and
nominated r. w. Jackson, of Mercer Coun-
ty, for State Treasurer. The Greenbach
platform for 1880 was reafirmed and adopted
THE New Hampshire Legislature
elected the following State officers: Secre-
tary of State, A. B. Thompson; Treasurer,
Scion A. Carter; State Printer, Parsons B.
Coggswell; Commissary General, George E.
Lane.
The deadlock in the New York Leg.
islature continued on the 18th, with no Inn
mediate prospect of choice for Senators.
The committee Investigating the alleged
bribery case had elected no new evidence OF
importance.
THE Iowa Democrats met in State
Convention at Des Moines on the 10th. Hon.
w. A. Stone was made Chairman. The Ma
tional platform of 1875 80 was reaffirmed.
Nominations were as follows: For Govern
or, L.G. Kline, Of Tama; Lieutenant-G Gov
ernor,J M. Walker, of Polk; Supreme Judge
81. r. Hendershott, of Wapello; Superin-
tendent Of Public instruction, Walter III.
Butler, Of Delaware.
WHITAKER, the colored West Point
cadet, who was granted a court martial al
his own request, has been declared guilty Of
having inflicted upon himself the injuries
charged upon his fellow students. His
friends are dissatisfied with the verdict,
which they claim is not justified by the evil
dence, and will appeal to the Judge Advo-
cate for rehearing, or to the President to
set aside the verdict.
SECRETARY WINDOW has summarily
dismissed Pitney from the public service
and abolished the Office of Custodian of the
Treasury. There never has been any law
authorizing the place of Custodian. The
duties heretofore performed by the Custo-
dian are imposed, by order of the Secretary
abolishing the office, upon Chief Clerk Pow
ers, who has been diligent and persistent in
working up and exposing the frauds of the
Custodian's ring.
A RECENT anti-Italian demonstration
at Marseilles at one time threatened to as
sumo very serious proportions. When the
first detachment of troops returning from
the Tunisian expedition marched past the
Italian Club House, some of The habitues
gathered on the steps and at the windows and
Kissed, which so Infatuated the French pop
there was hardly an unbroken pane Of glass
in the entire front of the building.
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In the Joint Convention at Albany, N.
T., on the 18th, Assemblyman Tuthill, 8
Stalwart, denounced Depew as the head
lobbyist of corporations, and said Barber
and Edwards were his lieutenants. The
room of Barber, he said, had long been the
headquarters where legislation was bought
and sold, game of cards being made vel
to cover naked bribery. He said Barber and
his corrupt agents were the managers of the
present canvass, and were attempting ia
make their chief, who supplied all the mon
ey, United States Senator.
SECRETARY WINDOW positively re.
fuses to give out for publication the report
of the committee that investigated Custodian
Pitney. Secretary Window said the report
was made up and submitted to him for his
private information, and while he minated
that he will act upon it very soon. he en-
phatically refused to give anything of its con.
tents. Assistant Secretary Upton, CHIEF
Clerk Power and Appointment Clerk Lam.
phere, the officers complicated by the report
have been furnished with a copy in order
that they might prepare their defense.
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The Secretary of the National Green
back Committeesays the Greenback members
of the next Congress will stand solidly to-
gether on all questions. He says nine mem.
bers of the next House are pledged to meet
in Greenback caucus and determine upon
and carry out Greenback policies. These
nine members counted upon are: Ladd and
Murch, of Maine; Bramin and Mosgrove, Of
Pennsylvania; Rice, Hazeltine, Burroughs
and Ford, OF Missouri; and Jones, of Texas
J. Hyatt Smith, Of Brooklyn, Misunderstood
will vote with the Republicans, as will also
the two Readjusters from Virginia.
ADELEGATIONc composed of white and
colored Republicans from Virginia, headed
by Gen. w. c. Wickham, on the 18th called
upon President Garfield to protest agains,
his taking sides with the Malone Republi.
can coalition. They are determined to rur
straight-out Republican ticket this fall IN
any event, and have started a newspaper t.
maintain their interests in the canvass. The
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