Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-08-18
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

Revenue StOEekcepcf4 1Or the Z 1rSt OlStrlct
Of Ohio.
MCKEEsPoRT, Pa, and surrounding
country is intensely excited over the murder
Of George Mcclure and the serious wound
ing Of Constable Fleming by gang Of
thieves. Large forces of armed men are In
search of the murderers. Six men supposed
to belong to the gang have been arrested at
West Newton.
The Commissioner of Agriculture has
appointed a Commission, consisting of Prof.
Hilyard (colored), exGov. Famaso, of Ne
braska, and T. G. Jones, of Ohio, to visit the
arid regions Of the West and investigate
whether they can be made to have any mar
ketable value.
THE City of Brooklyn, having post
poned its Fourth of July celebration on &C.
count of the attempted assassination Of the
President, had grand gala day on the 4th
of August, as a token of rejoicing for the
Presidents convalescence.
THE Land League will hold National
Convention in Dublin on the 18th of Sep
TENDER, "to consider the best means of OBJ
tanning Irish land for Irishmen."
THE continued war of the trunk lines
on passenger rates West has finally resulted
in reduction of fares to the East. All the
lines have been selling tickets from Boston
and New York to Chicago at a net price Of
ST. On the I'd the Grand Trunk Chicago
Office placed Boston tickets on sale at S., and
it was expected other routes would at once
meet the reduction. The st. Louis roads
are not directly involved in this fight, but
have made slight reductions in fares to all
points North and East.
MCGRATH and McKavitt, who at
tempted to blow up the Liverpool Town
Hall, have been found guilty. McGrath was
sentenced to penal servitude for life and Nc
Kavitt for fifteen years.
Casewell, North Cardinals Revolutionary
War Governor, was laid at Raleigh on the
Sd. Senator Vance and Gov. Jarvis made
addresses.
THE total receipts from the Internal
Revenue service for the fiscal year ending
June 30 last was in round numbers $780,
229, 902, classified as follows: Spirits, $67,-
1894 tobacco, So, 1854 ,991; fermented
liquors, $13, 700, pa; banks and bankers,
So, 1872 POS; sale of stamps, S., 1924 ,7O7; penal
ties, 1921, 109; other sources, 1852, 121. The
largest whisky district is the Fifth Illinois,
$11, 341 1881. The largest tobacco district is
the Third New York, 1851 ,67S. But TAX
ing whisky and tobacco together, the First
Ohio takes the lead-whisky, $1O,517, 40;
tobacco, 81, 35s, 749.
THE investigation made by Drs.
Thayer and McEachern, representing the
United States Treasury Cattle Commission,
into the disease prevailing among cattle in
certain districts of Nova Scotia. leads to the
conclusion that the disease is not contagious,
and that most likely it is due to poisonous
weed which grows among the heritage. The
deaths of the animals have been caused by
blood poisoning, the blood changing to the
color and consistency of water. The disease
has up to the present been confined to dis
tricts adjacent to the towns. Both gentle
men will recommend that the United States
Government send a skilled botanist to ex-
anime the heritage of the district where the
disease has prevailed.
AMBROSE LAMPRAX, of Nachitoches,
La, was with the party of surveyors mas
sacred by the Apaches south of Ell Paso, in
the State Of Chihuahua, Mexico. Lamprax
says he was half a mile behind the party
when the fighting began and so escaped the
general massacre, but was taken prisoner
and held for several days, when he made his
escape, finally reaching Guaymas and going
thence to San Francisco. The surveying
party numbered thirteen. They fought des-
perately against the Indians. who outnum-
bered them more than three to one. All of
the whites were killed, six of them being
dispatched while lying on the field wounded.
THE Denver and Rio Grande Railroad
is completed to Durango, $50 miles southeast
of Denver. This road opens up the San Juan
mining regions, which have so long been
isolated.
THE Perry County, Ark, troubles are
in fair way of adjustment. Writs have
been issued for score of persons, and are
being served as rapidly as possible. The al
legged murderers of Editor Matthews were
arrested on the Sd. Their names are James
A. Isom and w. S. Payton. They offered no
resistance, but surrendered to the posse, re-
marking that they were not guilty and would
prove it. An alleged accomplish named
Kennedy has also been arrested, and the
officers are hunting for eight others charged
as being accessories. The Jail in which the
prisoners are confined is guarded by the
militia, and every precaution taken to pre-
vent their release by outside parties.
GEORGE WILLIAMS, the fourteenth
victim Of the explosion at Woolner's distil-
lery, Peoria, died on the 4th, leaving only
four of the injured alive.
WILLIAM G. FARGO, Americas pio-
neer expressman, died at his home in Buff
ralo, n. Y, on the Sd. He started out in
life poor boy, with only common-school
education, and died worth $20,OO0,OO0.
GOVERNOR TARRANzAs, of Chihua-
hua, on the Sd at Ell Paso drove the silver
spike which unites the United States and
Mexico by rail.
A SMALL yacht sunk off the coast of
Baleshire, Scotland. Five persons were
drowned, including three ladies.
A DISPATCH from Natal, South Afri-
ca, says the American ship Calcutta, Capt,
Smith, from Cebu, Philippine Isles, May 8,
of and for Boston, was totally wrecked on
the coast of Kaffraria, on the Sd of June,
only three of the crew being saved.
THE Observation-Disclosures swindler,
who under the name of the Rev. CASTOR de
Rouhan was sentenced to the Missouri PEN
itentiary in 1879 for five years, but escaped