Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-04-20

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NEWS AND NOTES.
rs A Summary Of Important Events.
THE Republicans of Rhode Island
gave Governor Littlefield majority Of 1858.
nomination of Mr.. Teller as Sec-'
rotary OF the Interior was confirmed on the
9Th.
THE graves of Confederate dead were
decorated at New Orleans on the 9th. The
Grand Army of the Republic participated in
the ceremony. .@L..i''' -.'s.- '.-'.-' ~'
,7CAPrAIN McINrYRE, Mate Bondu-
rant, Second-mate Hill and the colored
captain Of the watch, Wash Smith, have been
Indicted for ''involuntary manslaughter In
being the cause OF the burning Of the steam
er Golden City, ,i.-5s.E seJ5f,.s 5Es-,
TUCKER BAsHAM, one of the Glen
dale train robbers, recently pardoned by
Governor Crittenden, Is reported to have
been shot and killed near Great Bend, Kan
sas, by members of the Jesse James gang.
THE President will not act in the case
of Sergeant Mason until the Supreme Court
decides on the legality Of the sentence. The
Secretary Of War sustains the Judge Advo.
cate General in pronouncing invalid the
proceedings Of the court-martial. q
JUpeE WYLIE has decided the star
80 A.
evidence presented being strong enough to
warrant the prosecution of the defendants.
The recognizance of Stephen w. Dorsey was
declared forfeited and his arrest ordered.
JAMES Fisk and George M. Irwin,
having in their possession 500, 900 worth of
new bonds of the city of st. Joseph, Mo-,
were arrested in New York City, April 8,
while trying to sell them at sixty cents on
the dollar. The securities, numbered 9O1
to 1000 inclusive, mysteriously disappeared
from the Registers safe. 4f.-,.- q
THE charge is brought against the
of the General Land Office
that q company of sportsmen has been given
at its own price tract of five thousand acres
of swamp land lying on Lake Erie, twelve
miles outside of Toledo, notwithstanding the
efforts of settlers in the vicinity to bid off
portion at market prices. Property worth |
$50 per acre went off at 81. 25 through collu- |
sion at Washington.
THE President has nominated Henry |
NJ. Teller, of Colorado, Secretary of the In |
terror; VIM. E. Chandler, of New Hamp- |
shire, Secretary of the Navy; VIM. II. Hunt,
Of Louisiana, Envoy Extraordinary and |
Minister Plenipotentiary to Russia; Roland
Collector of Customs, Bos-
ton; Adm B. Underwood, Surveyor of Gus
toms; Boston; Daniel Hall, Naval Officer of
Customs, Boston; John j. Knox, Minnesso-
IA, Comptroller of the Currency. 'r
The House Committee have agreed
10 insert in the river and harbor bill an ap-
of $4,723, 900 for improvement
passes to the mouth of the Illinois. OF this
Ium. 81, $4,000 Is to be expended for i'm
provements below Cairo, and $500, 900 be-
tween Cairo and the Illinois River. The
whole appropriation is to be expended by
'he Secretary Of War, in accordance with
he plans, specifications and estimates OF the
River Commission.
CHAIRMAN WILLIAMS, of the Peril
Fian investigating committee, the other day,
read letter from the late Minister Hurl-
but, stating that he would sail April 6, and
hat the United States had bad reputation
N Lima. Shipherd read postscript to his 7
etter of May 20, in which he announced
hat his clients had reconsidered their in
ention of offering General Grant the presi-
iency of the company. He then expressed
he irio hat hut h,d oh |
'tructed and frustrated his purposes, and
was seconded by his chief, the late secre-
AIRY of State. no, !. pt,,~...,.i go.
Mr.. ELMoRE, Peruvian Minister, in
the news that the ex- Dicta-.
or Pierok had left Peru, says: s'The whole
IT Peru is now firmly united in spite of per-
'istent efforts of Pierok and the Chillians to
destroy constitutional order. This is
egacy which the lamented Gen. Hurlbut
las left Peru, as the greatest triumph Of his
heroic life, and while the Peruvian people
'xist united and are in enjoyment of Repub-
lean. institutions they will ever remember
md yenerate the name of Hurlbut, United
states Minister and stateman, to whose
memory national gratitude will soon raise
ltting monument -:.-...-,
IL IhAiN Ou the iIulIs iSOiOTauO q
;anta Fe Railroad was boarded by six rob-
'ers, near Cieburne, Texas, the other night.
ordering all hands up the thieves walked
through the coach, one of them holding
open and telling the passengers
o drop something in for the missionary
und, and they all contributed literally.
The conductor dropped in just after the coll
ection, but Immediately started back for
he express car. As the door closed behind
lin one Of the robbers shot at him, but
missed. The train started up at this juno
ure, and one Of the men crying "Jump,
Vi, boys" they rushed to the platform and
disappeared. The amount of money they
,ot is variously estimated, but the most re- J
liable report says it was over 81 GOO. The
Sheriff OF johnson County, with a large
POSSE and pack Of bloodhounds, started in
pursuit. @
THE steamer Bella Mac, one of the ,
best tow boats on the Upper Mississippi,
vas demolished by the explosion of her
boiler near Brownsville MINI April = Che