Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-02-17
A Summary of important Events.


SEVENTEEN lives were lost by an ex-
plosion in the " hitefeld Colliery. Stsnorda
shire, England.
jar GoyLD.i it is reported, has pur-
chased Sontfolling interest in the Vulcan
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THE wsysR ana 1Mea1isf Committee
have voted to postpone present onsideration
Of the Hdrd Tariff resolution.
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sTHolGAs CARLYLE, the eminent Brit
fish suthor, died ON the 6th.s He WAS born in
Ecclefeehan, Dumfrieshire. Scotland, Dec.
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TIM Kmgofs Ashantee" has declared
war against England, and stores and amintia
from ASdeira. q 1ss yeTz @s1s s&fz ss1sszsz -
THE. fund of the Irish Land League
mas been deposited in France, in the names
OF Parnef, Davitt, Dillon and Egan. The
latter has gone to Paris to escape the opera
ton Of the Coercion act. y 'o1 = n''3'syio.l
THE opposition of Senator Conkling
to the recent nominstiens for various Offices
in New York by President Hayes has re-
suited in, postponement OF their eonsidera-
ton by the Senate Committeeman after
the 4th Of March, as is intimated. .-+ee sea
sTHE Ways and Means Committee
have voted to present a, bill to repeal the
stamp tax on exports Of tobacco and the H.
ternal revenue tax on matches, proprietary
medicines 9 sperfumery, bank checks and
bank deposits. A motion toadd sait'to the
free list was lost-five TO fiveg -ycds 3fssni
THE ice blockade, of the Mississippi
at ST.. Lenis was broken. on the 9th and nayi-
CATION resumed, after close OF seventy lone
days. Steamboatmen apprehended no little
damage from the great fields of ice coming
down the Missouri, but fortunately their
fears proved groundless on this occasion
THE steamer Bohemian, from Boston
to Liverpool, laden with cattle, meat and
grain, was Wreckedoff the Irish coast during
the recent gales, and thirty five lives were
lost, among them her commander, Capt.
Grundy, and five men in charge OF the cat
tie and refrigerators. Twenty-one Of the
crew were saved. -.---a- ssi!;,u.f VIZ ;
sTHE st. Louis Times was sold on the
9Th, by order Of Court, and was knocked
down for, So, 500, the proprietors OF the st.
Louis Republican being the purchasers. It
Is understood that its publication will be
permanently discontinued, and its Assoc
ciated Press franchise thereby permitted to
lapse. 5sz3--. ss.,stsf. a.fs ..-s ze.asgE5
3aAxNuMBERss of prominent Cleveland
manufacturers identified with the iron in
terest have addressed a memorial to General
Garfield setting forth the injury done to
their interests by recent customs decisions
Of the Secretary of the Treasury, and asking
that his successor. be a man who is more in
sympathy with the doctrine OF protecting
American industries. e.g1 ANT
Rev. u. M. PIcKENs, q wellknown
Campbellite preacher, and Greenback can
didAte for Governor. Of Alabama at the late
election, was shot and killed recently at
Mountain Home in that State, by a man
named Bob Letsen. Mr. Pickens interfered,
but without success, to prevent Letson from
shooting William Davidson. The latter was
badly wounded and will probably not recov-
er. Letson was arrested.
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etsA fire occurred on
Second Street, St Louis, on the night Of the
9th, theprincipal losses being the extensive
wholesale grocery house of the Greeley
Burnham Company, O.. II. Peckham e. Co.'s
candx manufactorys the Mound City Paint
a. Oil Company's establishment, and s.. B.
Sale & Co.'s grocery house. The fire origi-
mated. in the Greeley Burnham building and
was caused by the breaking down of q plat
form on which was stored . large quantity
Of matches. The losses aggregate half a
million dollars, nearly covered by insurance.
The latest advices from Cape Town
ere that the British forces under command
of Sir g. P. Colley arein avery critical posi-
n,shaying beenscut off from their base of
supplies at Newcastle. The Beers have been
largely reinforced. An engagement occurred
on the ssth,. brought 4 on by Gem Colley
attempting to restore communication with
Newcastle. The Beers made the attack, and
1t is said were repulsed with considerable 4
loss, but nevertheless succeeded in thwart- i
ing Gen. Colley's plans, and he was forced to 1
fall back again to his old camp.
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THE recent decision of the United
States Supreme Court, safirming the Consti- i
futionality rof the Income tax, declares I
/. That direct taxes, within the meaning Of
Section 8, Article ], of the Constitutions. are /
of tWQ kinds only, viz, taxes on real prop
erty and capitation, or poll taxes. 2. That
since the Income tax was neither a tax on
real estate MOI, y poll tax, it was not 2 direct
tax within the meaning OF the Constitution,
and was not forbidden by Article l, Section /
Q. OF, that inst ument. 3. That itcame prop 1
erly in the category Of an excise or duty 1
which the Congress Of the United States. had |
fuifs and Constitutional power to impose. /
Justice swayne delivered the opinion.
a The River and Harbor bill, as finally
fagreedupon, appropriates totalof $40, 1897
$780, For the Mississippi River the sums
appropriated ares Carrying out the plans
Of the River Commission, 81 ,000, 900 Il re- /
,servoirs at head Of river, $50 900; from St.
Paul to ,Des Moines, 500, 900; to mouth of
Illinois River, ST., 200; lower river, 5000.
900; at Dubuque, 600; Galena, S12,-
600; Hannibal, 10000; Quincy $4,000,
Rock island Harbor, and Rapids, S14,-