Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-02-03

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BY ELI p. AXE.
IRONTON, MISSOURI.
NEWS AND NOTES.
Summary Of Important Events.
TIE President nominated Edward c.
Billings, OF Louisiana, United States Circuit
Judge for the Fifth Circuit.
GENERAL SKoBELOFF has captured
Geek Tepe after hard fight in which both
sides sustained heavy losses.
TIE Tennessee Legislature, on the
18th, elected Howell E. jackson United
States Senator. He is IS State Credit -
Democrat.
WILLIAM VAN BLARCOM, farmer of
Geneva, Mich. killed his wife and then COM
mitted suicide. Intemperance and family
troubles are assigned as the cause.
SENATOR MAxEY, of Texas, was re-
elected on the first ballot. The vote stood
Senate-Maxey, %; Throckmorton, 8; Davis,
!. House-Maxey, 81; Throckmorton, "a !;
Davis, 5.
C. H. VAN WICK has been elected
United States Senator from Nebraska. He
served several terms in Congress some years
ago from the old Tenth New York Congress
sional District.
UNDER the Springer resolution for
postal telegraph, the Post-ofice Committee
is authorized to send for persons and papers,
and will doubtless investigate the Western
Union Company's affairs.
REPRESENTATIVE MURcH, the Maine
Greenbacker, says that in the coming con-
test for the Speakership the Greenbackers
will muster ten votes, which will be cast for
regular Greenback candidate.
THE House Committee on Post-offices
and Post will report unanimously in
favor Of the bill introduced by Representa-
tive Springer establishing postal telegraph
service, under the control of the Govern
ment.
THE jury failed to agree in the Irish
Land League trials. The announcement of
the result was loudly cheered by the specta-
tors present, and the event was celebrated
IN Dublin and elsewhere by bonfires, pa
rades, etc.
SIX million bales is now believed to
be possible figure for this years cotton
crop. This enormous amount would be al
most million bales greater than that of last
year, and more than a million greater than
that of the year before.
g AN English company with capital
OF 81, 500, 600 has been organized for the pur-
pose of establishing line of ocean steamers
for the transportation Of cattle from this !
country to England. Four steamers of the |
proposed line will be built soon.
IT is reported that Sitting Bull has
surrendered to the Canadian authorities and |
proposes to go to Fort Buford under the |
protection Of the Canadian police. He says
he intended to surrender to Major Brother
ton, but was afraid he would be treacherously
dealt with.
THE deadlock in the Pennsylvania
Legislature over the election of United
States Senator, according to dispatches of
the 25th, promises to be one of the most
memorable in the history of our politics.
The majority of the Republicans support
Oliver, the Cameron caucus nominee; the
boilers have united on Grow. Senator Wal
lace has been renominated by the Democrats.
A vote taken on the 25th showed-Wallace.
81; Oliver, 80; Grow, s.; scattering Gall Re-
publicans), -.
THREE different reports have been
submitted by the Congressional members of
the Board of Visitors to West Point. Sena-
tor Garland and Representative Phillips de-
clare that the mingling Of the races is SUBJ
ject to drawbacks which no legislation can
control. Senator Edmunds is OF opinion
that the standard Of admission ought to be
raised; and Representatives Mckinley and
FELTON, hold views directly to the contrary.
Senator Garland presents a bill providing