Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-03-03
NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary Of Important Events.

A Summary Of Important Events. u
GEN. HANCOCK has signified his in
tention Of being present at the inauguration
efGsn. Garfield. * & - as-
Col. CASH, who killed Col. Shannon
in duel in South Carolina some months
ago, has been Indicted for murder.
SENATOR CARPENTER, of Wisconsin,
who has been i'll for some time, on the 22d
was considered in quite. a critical condition,
and his family physician was telegraphed
for.
THE Arkansas lower House, on the
22d, by a vote of &c to II, passed a joint res
olution proposing an amendment to the Con-
stitution prohibiting the sale Of liquor in
the State. 4s52 81 e
A WASHINGTON dispatch of the 10Th
says there is no probability Of an extra ses-
sion Of Congress, the important business OF
the session being in such shape that it can
be readily disposed Of before the fourth OF
March.
GEN. MALONE, the Virginia Senator
elect, has chosen his seat on the Republican
side, and friend who is constantly in COM
munication with him predicts with conf
dence that Malone will vote with the Repub-
lican party.
A LARGE mass-meeting was held at
the Cooper Union, New York, on the night
of the Dist, under the auspices of the Ma
tional Anti Monopoly League. Peter Coop
er was present. Judge Jere. Black delivered
the principal address.
THE banking interests throughout the
country are generally opposed to the Fund
ing bill, some going SO far as to predict it
will prove fatal to the National bank sys-
tenn. The Cleveland bankers have united in
a petition to President Hayes asking him to
veto the bill.
THE United States Circuit Court Gus
tice Woods) has decided in the case of
Emile Francois, white man, sentenced I'M
der the Texas State law to five years. impris-
onment for marrying a colored woman, that
the State law has been abrogated by the
Fourteenth Amendment.
The National Lancers of Boston and
the Cadets of Charlestown, Mass, received
an ovation at New Orleans on their arrival
there to participate in the Mardi Gras festiv-
tiles. On Washington's Birthday there was
q grand parade and other festivities, par
.ticipated in by the visiting and local militia
The deadlock in the Pennsylvania
Legislature was broken on the 23d, John J.
Mitchell, of Tioga, being elected United
States Senator on the thirty-fifth ballot, re-
ceiving the solid Republican vote. Mr..
Mitchell has served several terms in the
House Of Representatives and is member
of the present Congress.
THE Republican House Caucus, held
on the night of the 23d, resulted in deter
mination to use all parliamentary tactics to
defeat the passage of the Apportionment bill
the present session. There was considerable
diversity Of opinion expressed, but it is said
enough Republican members will hold out
to defeat the passage of the bill.
GEORGE /. SENEY, President of the
Metropolitan Bank, of New York City, has
put at the disposal of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church $240, 900 in money and real es-
tate, the money to be employed in the estab-
lishment and erection in Brooklyn of a hos
pital, open to Jew and Gentle, Protestant
and Roman Catholic, heather and infidel,
on the same terms.
JAMES TELLER, aged 81, of Tomp-
kinsville, KY, was shot while standing in his
own doorway, the other night. William Smith
is the supposed murderer, and he is under
arrest, together with Feller's wife and STEP
daughter, who are held as accessories. Mrs.
Feller ran off with Smith some months ago,
but her husband took her back again. She is
described as being good looking, but having
a bad character.
AT q masked ball of the students of
the Academy of Painting at Berlin, on the
18th, four students were burned to death,
four others have since died from their in
juries, and four more were slightly burned.
The disaster resulted from one of the num-
Der, who was dressed as an Esquimaux, ac-
cidentally setting his costume on fire and
rushing in among a lot of others attired in
equally infammable materials.
THERE was decline of one dollar
per barrel in the price Of pork at Chicago
upon receipt of the news that France had
forbidden the importation Of American hog
products into that country. It is estimated
that the prohibition will cause loss of So, ;
0O0, 600 upon stock in that city alone, to say
nothing Of that stored throughout the coun.
try. The embargo was very unexpected,
and took dealers greatly by surprise.
A SIGNIFICANT meeting of Free Trade
Democratic members of Congress took place
in Washington, on the evening of the ed,
the ostensible occasion of the gathering be-
ing a dinner given by Representative
Hurd, Of Ohio. About thirty persons
were present and the preliminary steps were
taken toward forming. permanent organiza-
ton. 1t was the general sentiment Of those
present that Free Trade should henceforth
be made prominent feature Of the Demo
cratic National policy.
EIGHT lives were lost by the burning
OF William Sloan's store-hou and dwelling
at East Liverpool. o., on the morning of the
23d. The Sloan family occupied the upper
portion OF the building. They were not
awakened until the flames had cut off their
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