Iron County register., 1881-12-29

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BY ELI .. AXE.
lhoNTON. MISSOURI.
NEWS AND NOTES.
a Summary Of Important Events.
SECRETARY FRELINGHUYsEN on the
18th assumed control of the Department of
State.
ON account of the death of the wife of
Juryman Hobbs, on the 18th, the Guiteau
case was adjourned over until the 21st.
THE Treasury investigation now in
progress is conducted with closed doors, al
though It is said the evidence will all be
published when completed.
AMONG number of nominations sent
by the President to the Senate, on the 10th,
was that of Benjamin III. Brewster, of Penn.
sylvania, for Attorney General.
REPRESENTATIVE LADD is reported
to have said that the Greenbackers in Con-
gress will join any party or element in the
House that will oppose the restriction Of
silver coinage.
Ev-CrrDErADv r q yUi11
continue to reside in Washington, devoting
his attention to his private affairs, and that
he does not at present design making tour
through the South as has been reported.
WARDEN CRoCKER has received let
ters warning him to remove prisoners from
the wing of the Jail in which Guiteau is con-
fined, so that in the event of dynamite ex-
will be endangered.
THE President has adopted rules for
the reception of visitors at the White House.
The President reserves Saturdays and Sum
days for himself, and on those days will re-
ceive no one. He will hold his first public
reception on New Years Day.
SECRETARY KIRKwooD says the Gov
ernment has no official information that
Capt. Payne and his followers have entered
the reserved lands Of the Indian Territory,
although officers and agents are under
strict orders to report any invasion.
Two new counterfeits are a1oat-one
of the $40 silver certificates, the other Of $5
bills on the Boylston National Bank of Bos-
ton. The latter is said to be most excel
lent imitation, the only poor work being on
the green tint on the back. The silver GER
tificate is clumsily executed.
The President is reported to have
said to some Senators who called to urge
appointments that he does not get time to
think; that he is kept talking about ap-
pointments and filling offices twenty hours
out of the twenty-four, and can't get time
to properly consider anything.
The Post-office Department has made
a ruling that no newspaper supplement
containing any advertisement whatever can
be allowed in the mails at second class rates
unless the publisher makes affidavit that the
same rate is paid for advertisements in the
supplement as for those in the body of the
paper itself.
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GUITEAU's head has been nodded in
plaster by Clark Mills, the well known
sculptor. Guiteau at first refused to have
his beard removed, as was necessary in
making the cast, but finally submitted him
self to the barber's hands. After the oper-
alton he expressed himself highly gratified
with the result.
UNDER the advice of Capt. Payne his
followers are now scattered throughout the
Indian Territory, but will all assemble on
January 1, at the town site of Oklahoma
City, where a territorial government will be
formed and officers elected for the govern
ment of the new Territory of Oklahoma. 1t
is estimated 1000 people will join Payne on
January 1, and no trouble is feared from the
Federal troops.
ARRESTS under the Coercion act con-
dently preparing for more. The number of
paid magistrates is being increased, and the
military authorities have been asked to
sanction the appointment of a number of
officers as magistrates. A magistrate named
Studdert was shot at in St. Clare, but es-
capped unhurt. The manager Of the Land
League paper has fed to England to escape
arrest. The paper will be managed by the
Ladies' Land League in his absence.
RENEWED excitement prevails in
Dublin over the discovery in house on
Brabazon street of eight hand grenades,
two parcels of dynamite, twenty six Enfield
breech-loading rifles, six revolvers, 5000
rifle cartridges, 500 revolver cartridges and
twenty eight pounds Of gunpowder, with a
list of names Of officers belonging to some
organization. Two brothers named Wheelan,
and a man named Ryan were arrested. The
documents seized were of old date and had
reference to Fenian organization of 1867.
The discovery is believed to be closely con
nected with the Bradford affair, for which