Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-05-26

THE testimony In the Whitaker case
closed on the 18th. June lss and "a counsel
will sum up.
The Jews In England are moving
for collective action In regard TO ths ousrsgss
against their eoreiixionists IN Russia.
The switchmen's strike ct Chicagov
which lasted nearly three weeks, ended on the
10th in the complete defeat Of the ssrfksrA
ENoELHAHDT, q moderate Radical,
has been elected Presidsnt a the Paris Nunsci-
pality. defeating Lacro;x, an lnsconcilabls.
A BERLIN dispatch says large num-
Der of Socialists viii shortly b expelled from
Leipsig, including probably three leading
members of the Reichstag. ~ 49,.
The Attorney General Of New York
has obtained an order directing the Manhasssn
Railway Company TO show cause why ~
ceiver should not be appointed.
| THE eldest sister and last surviving
member of Zachariah Chandlsr's family IN
New Hampshire, Mrs. Mary Jane Lee, disd q
Manchester on the 17th. aged so.
ALL leaders Of the extreme or Repub-
lican Left assembled ct Florsnes. Italy, aaa
sent strongly worded protest 10 Victor Hago.
against French violence In Tunis.
THE First Annual Conference Of the
Evangelical Lutheran Synod Of Illinois win b
held at Macon. The Synod viii b In ssssion
four days, and win be largely attended.
GEN. GRANTS railroad contract has
been approved BY the Mexican Chamber Of
Deputies, with one slight amendment, and
has gone to the Senate for its approval.
Hon. GEO. III. PENDLET0N has -
cepted the Presidency Of the Civil Service Re-
form Association of Cincinnati. IN or9aniss.
ton composed Of Democrats and Republicans.
A ROME dispatch says dsmonstra-
tion against the new Italian Ministry took
place on the l7th ct Milan. The troops
charged the people, and several persous were
wounded.
A WATERTowN, N. Y, dispatch says
the army worm has made its appearances, de-
stroying all kinds Of vegetation. The rsvsess
of the worms extend over the whole Of North
ern New York.
JOHN REA, Solicitor Of Belfast, Ire
land. well known for the riotous scenes hs
frequently created in court when defending
participants in party pcocessions, has com
mitted suicide. t
THE French exports the first four
months of the present year chow decreasso OF
So, ,OOO,0OO francs compared with the coers-
sponding period Of last year. and the Imports
decrease g. 100000. 81 st.e
HoLDERs Of $11e.s7o, $50 6-psr-csnt.
bonds have notihed the Treasury Department
that they wish them continued st ~ Per
cent: e200 600 of bonds included IN the amount
are held In Eurore.
JoRN ScAuER, proprietor Of extern
tensive marble-cutting works q Montreal
has been arrested st the instigation Of his en-
ployes on . charge Of stealing tonhseoass
from the cemetery.
SENATOR LOGAN, who had the state
ment In very emphatic terms direct from
headquarters, announces that General Grant
will never again appear before the American
people as candidate for once.
IT II ofYicially announced the com
plicity of Midhat Pashs in the murder Of
Abdul-AzlE has been established. He hes
been dismissed from his 0ovsrnorshiR and
Ali Psshs appointed his successor
In Russia fresh riots have occurred
against the Jews at emeia and at odsssa,
where their houses were wrecked. Il = also
reported that the people Of Tartovs threw
Jews into the flames OF burning house.
A ST.. PETERSBURG dispatch Of the
| 18th says that an ensign found mine Of thir-
ty-seven pounds of powder under . Stone
bridge at the steamer landing IN the street
leading TO the Tsarkoeselo Railway station.
THE Guinon Line steamer Arisona,
from New York. May 10th, for LIVERPOOL ar
rived of Brook Haven on the morning Of the
18th at 8 O'Clock, having made the passage IN
seven days, i've hours and thirty-nvs misutsa
THE British Court of Appeals de-
cides that contract between . shipper and
ship-owner for carrying cattle on deck 10 ilie-
gal, and . shipper, under euch contract, has
NO remedy against . ship owner for eatsis
jettisoned. Ht
U. 8. MARSHAL HUNT arrested Cas-
stus L. Tilma, Geo T. Rehn and Samuel q
Meekins, election officers, as Matches, Miss.,
for preventing voters from exercising The bal
lot 1t the November election. They gave
bond to appear before court at Jackson.
| Gov. CHURCHILL, Of Arkansas, com.
muted the death sentence Of Geo. w. Curtis,
colored, murderer, TO life Imprisonment Cur
tis killed colored man named Isaac Nay, IN
johnson county, Aug. Is, 1850, and was trisd.
convicted and sentenced to be hanged Nay "a.
AS the excursion steamer Knapp was
descending the St. Croix from Taylor's Falls
TO Saltwater, Minn., on the evening Of ths
18th with pleasure party and barge towing
behind, two men were drowned BY the career
ing OF the latter. while dancing was progrsss-
! ing on the barge.
THE Second Chamber Of States-0 Gem
leral (Holland) has adoptsd-o0 10 liz btll 10
reprsss the abuse Of alcoholic liquon. ltpro-
vides for licensing bar-rooms IN proportion 70
population, % ~ 10 prsveLt their accumulation
In any one locality. Persons drunk In public
places win b puniahab'e By imprisonmset
ON the evening Of the 18th the Brit
ish steamship Gresham, loaded with $1,000
bushels Of bulk corn for Hamburg. eollSdsd IN
the river ~ New Orleans with The British
steamship Fifeshirs and sunk. She = psobs-
bly, total wreck. No lives we're lost, bot Q
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