Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-07-14

was brought To San francisco bv Swede
| lately arrived from Honolulu, and caused
great excitement among the Scandinavian
| residents, who at once took measures TO
/ warn their cOuntrymen against Hawaiian
emigration agents.
AARBURG, a large village of the
| Canton of Berne, Switzerland, has been de-
| stroyed by fire. Two or three inhabitants
| were killed.
The Memphis Board of Health have
issued an order, to take effect July 10, that
no boat of any description arriving at that
port from below shall land any articles such
as rags, paper stock, old rope, second hand
clothing, bedding and upholstered furni-
| ture, nor shall any other freight which may
have been carried in contact with such ar.
| ticles, nor any person from such boat, be al
| lowed to land or be landed at that port. The
above classes Of merchandise should be
shipped in sealed barges past that port for
the next ninety days.
MR.. JOHN M. HUBBARD, prominent
adherent Of Blaine at the Chicago Conven-
ton, who was recently removed from the
position of Superintendent of Delivery in
the Chicago Post-office by Postmaster
Palmer, visited Washington and obtained a
letter from President Garfield to the Chica-
go Postmaster to the effect that the Presi-
dent did not wish any removals made for
political causes. Mr.. Palmer now tells Mr..
Hubbard that the letter does not affect his
case, inasmuch as he was not removed for
political reasons.
YALE defeated Harvard by two boat
lengths in the race at New London, Conn. !,
on the LIST.
ADAM THOMPSON, colored, was hanged
at Dallas, Texas, on the list, for the murder
of Johann Shumaker, an aged German, for
the purpose of robbery.
NINETEEN persons were seriously in
jured by collision on the Chicago & East
ern Railroad, near kensington Station, 1S
miles south Of Chicago, on the Both, caused
by misinterpretation of signals. Both en-
gines were wrecked and the baggage
telescoped through the forward passenger
coach, which was filed with passengers.
Frank Hazen, one of the engineers, was so
badly scalded that he cannot recover.
THOMAS SALTER, of one of the oldest
and most respected families of Montreal,
Can, but lately member Of notorious
gang of desperadoes, all of whom are now
murdered in that institution on the 30th by
a fellow convict, who had been placed there
through testimony given by Sater. When
the guards attempted to seize the murderer
he cut his own throat from ear to ear.
ABOUT 800 men employed in the vari-
Gus railroad yards at Kansas City quit work
on the 1st, on account of their demands for
an increase of wages being rejected.
A DISPATCH from Tunis says: The
Arabs at SfaX fired ON French steamer
conveying Tunisian troops thther, to keep
them from landing. 1t is stated that the
French Vice-Consul was wounded. Great
excitement prevails at Mehedia, the inhabit-
ants fearing an attack from the Arabs.
THE Denver & Rio Grande Railroad
Company is advertising in England, Ireland,
Scotland and Wales for 10, 900 laborers to
work on their railroad extensions in Colora-
do and Utah.
The Supervising Inspector-General
has sent circular to local inspectors urging
rigid enforcement of the regulation in re-
gard to the quantity Of steam each vessel is
allowed to carry, and such other regula-
tions as tend to prevent racing by steam
boats.
PROFESSOR DRAPER, of New York has
successfully photographed the comet.
THE experimental cargo of wheat
shipped from St. Paul for Glasgow is said
to have reached New Orleans in perfect con-
dition.
SECRETARY WINDOW has issued call
for all outstanding registered five per cent.
bonds.