Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-11-10

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BY ELI d. AXE.
IRONToN, MISSOURI
NEWS AND NOTES
a Summary of Important Events.
GEN. FITZPATRICK, Minister to Chill
Is said to be lying at the point of death.
WINDOW has been returned to TIT
United States Senate from Minnesota, to fill
his unexpired term.
MR.. G.. o. ROCKWELL, of ST. Louis, {
relative Of the late President Garfield, ha,
been appointed by President Arthur an In
spector Of the Post-office Department, with
headquarters at st. Louis.
The Grand Jury returned an induct
ment against Capt. Howgate for forging the
name of R. II. Rochester, Treasurer of the
Western Union Telegraph Company, to re-
ceipts to the amount of $50, 900.
The Jewish emigration to America
Is subject of concern to the Russian Gov
eminent. Another attempt will be made
in the Provinces of Kherson and Ekater-
inoslav.
GARFIELD memorial services were
held in the Town Hall at Berlin on Sunday,
the Goth ut. Prof. Gneist delivered an
Grafton before colossal bust of the dead
President. A distinguished audience was
present.
THE official canvass of the vote for
Governor in Ohio shows the following re-
suit: Foster (Rep.), 312, 1855; Bookwalter
Dem.), 2SS,426; Ludlow (Pro.), 1851;
Leitz co., $3.50. Fosters plurality, "a 300;
majority, 1882.
REPRESENTATIVE CLARK, of MissOu-
ri, whose domestic infelcities have become
matters of public notoriety through recent
Washington dispatches, has begun proceed
fngs for divorce in the Howard County
(Mo.) Circuit Court.
The King and Queen of Italy were
royalty received at Vienna on the 9th.
They were met at the railway station by the
Emperor and Crown Prince Rudolph, and
escorted to the royal palace at Hofburg,
where a grand court supper was partak-
en- Of.
GEN. MERRIwETHER LEWIS CLARK,
q soldier in the Blackhawk War, the Next
can War and the late civil war, died at his
home in Frankfort, KY, on the 2Sth, aged
no oH nn6ar T Qa 6J1ripp
the whole of the late war, holding the rank
of General at its close.
THE Mississippi River Improvement
Convention at St. Louis was formally or
ganized on the 26th. There was large at
tendance of delegates from various States,
and the session promised to be Of unusual
interest and of paramount importance to
the great scheme of Western river improve
ment.
GU1TEAU's trial has been postponed
until Nov. IA. 1t is now said that Scoville,
Guiteau's attorney, will waive the question
of jurisdiction, and base his defense solely
upon the ground of insanity. Judge Porter,
of New York City, will assist in the prose-
cution, and Messrs. Leigh Robinson, of
Washington, and Trude, of Chicago, will aid
in the defense.
NINE Governors we're in attendance
upon the Atlanta Cotton Exposition on the
9th. The feature of the day was making
two suits Of clothes, one for Governor Col
quit, of Georgia., and one for Governor
Bigelow, of Connecticut, from seed cotton
picked at in the morning. The suits were
worn at the reception in the evening.
In explanation of the denomination of
Postmaster General James, it is said some
doubt existed as to- his legal status under
the Tenure Of office law, and the President
thought best to remove this by having him
reappointed. 1t is understood Mr.. James
will continue at the head of the Post-office
Department long enough to close up the
Star-route prosecutions.
THE eleventh annual meeting of the
American Woman Suffrage Association was
held at Louisville, KY, on the 25th. Eleven
States were represented by forty-four dele
gates. DR.. Mary j. Thomas, of Indiana,
presided. The annual report was read by
Mrs. Lucy Stone. Letters indorsing the
movement were read from Governor Long,
of Massachusetts, Governor St. John, of
Kansas, and other prominent gentlemen.
THE nomination of Stratham, Re-
adjuster Of Democratic antecedents, for
Postmaster at Lynchburg, Va, in the place
of Wilson, a Republican, who has opposed
Malone, is taken as indicating that Presi-
dent Arthur is in hearty sympathy with Ma
hone and will support him. Senator Johns
ton says he will oppose the confirmation of
Stratham, and that he will have the support
of all the Democratic Senators in his oppo-
sition.
1T is reported that Judge Folger was
only induced to accept the position Of Sec
rotary of the Treasury on condition, or with
the understanding, that he shall be appoint
ed to the United States Supreme Bench, to
succeed Hunt, who, it is confidently believed,
will be retired by Congress on account of
physical disability. Folger did not really
want the Secretaryship, but is ambitious to
go upon the Supreme Bench 1t is still as
serted by those who assume to know that