Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-11-09

sf'a County gtsister
BY Ell D AXE.
RONTON, MISSOURI
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
A. B. CORNWALL, the New York
embezzler, has forfeited his bond and fled
The village of Grindelwald, Switzer-
land, has been almost entirely destroyed by
hurricane. S,b %
The workingmen of Pittsburgh have
petitioned the Governor of Pennsylvania to
declare election days legal holidays.
OCTOBER 26 was Jubilee Day" in
Memphis, Tenn. There was gorgeous pa
geant, speech-making, fireworks and
grand ball.
An attempt was made to kidnap
. child from its mothers side on one of the
principal business streets Of Cleveland,
Ohio, the other day.
TIE verdict in the case of Mrs. SEQ
vile, Guiteau's sister, states that she has
@'been insane about six months, and her in
sanity is hereditary"
THE pestilence is abating in Pensaco-
la, Fla. Cases recently developed at
Brownsville, Texas, have been pronounced
malarial, not yellow, fever.
GENERAL CROOK is said to have
checked an Indian outbreak at San Carlos by
putting stop to frauds which were being
ptacticed on the reservation.
THE French Minister of Justice has
clew to a vast revolutionary organization
local declarations, directed by committee
having its headquarters in Geneva.
j. G. TIFFANY, formerly Indian Agent
in Arizona, has been arrested in New York
on charges of ENLIGHTENMENT and perjury.
There are five indictments, one for conspir-
ing to defraud the Government of some
$1,000.
THE foreign mails sent out of the
United States during the fiscal year just
ended exceed those of the previous year by
49,, 900 pounds. The United States stands
at the head of all countries in the number of
its post offices.
THE French Government has found
mite, and to that end has prepared decree
preventing the sale or manufacture of that
explosive. This measure will be pre-
sented for action in the Assembly at an
early day.
PROMOTIONS in the army consequent
upon the retirement of Maj. Gen. Irwin
Mcdowell have been announced by the
President as follows: Brig. Gen. John Pope
to be Major General and Col. Rancid S.
Mackenzie, Fourth Cavalry, to be Brigadier-
General.
SEvENTY-FIvE Nihilists have been ar
rested at Odessa, among them a student
who had in his possession press and many
manifestoes. Agrarian disturbances have
occurred in the Government of Volhyria. A
priest has been murdered for distributing
the imperial proclamation.
PARIS Socialists denounce the expul-
sion of their Italian brethren. A feeling Of
insecurity prevails at Lyons, where mer-
chants are daily receiving threatening let
tiers. Delegates from six ACCOMPLISHMENTS
call upon the Republicans to unite in an ef-
fort to crush the anarchists.
THE pedestrian contest in New York
resulted: Fitzgerald, 577 miles: Noremac,
SCI; Herty, 541; Hughes, 525. The total re-
ceipts were SOC, 373. The rent is SIC, ZOO, and
other expenses will reduce the winnings to
small sums. Hart scored 49,, Vint Ais,
Razcl 413, Rowell S717, Panchot 239.
THE recent floods have caused great
distress in the river towns of Austria. The
foundations in the Tyrol and Corinthia are
spreading. Whole districts are under wa
ter. The River Drane rs rising and sweep
ing away bridges and embankments. The
loss will be many million of florins. Railway
traffic has been stopped, houses carried
away, and in a few instances lives have been
lost.
THE cable between Callao and NAL
lendo having been repaired, communication
by telegraph is now open direct between
Valparaiso and points in the United States
and all intermediate stations on the west
coast of South America, making a saving OF
some fifteen hours in time between Valpa-
raise and the United States and Europe as
compared with the old route via Pernambuco
and Lisbon.
LATER reports from Egvpt confirm
the news of the massacre al soudan. The
inhabitants Of Khartoum were fortifying the
position and preparing to defend it, but the
situation is desperate, a. the garrison num-
bers only 1000 men, while the Prophet is
leading an army Of 5000. mixed legion
of Albanian and Egyptian troops has been
formed ut Alexandria for the purpose of
crushing the rebellion.
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