Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-05-18

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RoNToN. MISSOURI;
NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary Of Important Events.
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THE President has signed the Chinese
bin. 4sI.--l.
DE LONG and eleven men have been
found by Engineer Melville. They were all
dead. fSf5se
A TRAIN on the Canada Southern
Raiiway took the Vanderbilt party Ill miles
In 100 minutes.
"A LARGE portion of Winnipeg, Mani
foba, and its suburbs is overlooked, the gas
house being three feet under water.
Iris rumored in Washington that Sem
ator Ben Hill has resigned, and that Senator
Joe Brown will follow suit, the cause being
mi health. -f s..rss
THE Garfield monument committee
proposes to open subscription lists on Dec
Grafton Day in every city and town through
out the country. f ~ sif''.
The white outlaws of Arizona are
commanded by Presidential proclamation to
disperse, after which regular troops will be
used to quiet the cowboy.
sa THE exodus of Jews from all parts of
Russia has commenced, bringing about
great confusion in the foreign corn trade,
which was almost exclusively in their hands.
A SUBCOMMITTEE of the House of
Representatives, after; investigating the
question of lapsed land grants. decides that
the charters of the Northern Pacific and
the Atlantic & Pacific Railways are nom
1orfeitable.
CAPTAIN HowGATE has written to a
g friend in Washington a letter begging for
money. He states that he is now more of
q prisoner than when in the District Jail,
and that If date for his trial is fixed he
will be on hand to make a defense.
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THE President has issued an order
RENTING the continuing effect of Fitz John
Porter's sentence, which. disqualified him
from holding any Office under the Govern
ment. s-i stss,-t- st..-
In the star-route cases in a Washing
ton courtroom, the other day, the lie was
exchanged between George Bliss and Bob
1ngersoil. After the Judge had quieted the
belligerents he adjourned the hearing for
ten days to secure the attendance of j. w.
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+, TIE Indians at Fort Washable, Wyo.,
have quieted down, and will remain on the
reservation. A courier from the Yellow
stone country has reached Cheyenne with the
Information that the Crows have become
ugly and have given the annual order to set
1lers to leave. H@a
The Duke of Manchester and party
are on American soil. The leader says his
purpose is to proceed to Manitoba and pur-
chase large tract Of land, to be retailed to
farmers on easy terms. He might make an
investment on the American side IL the land
were offered cheap.
s.: THERE is supposed to be in. existence
$500, 900 in surveyors scrip, falsely repre-
scented to have been issued at Santa Fe by
an Assistant Treasurer of the United States.
John D.. Cameron, of Sioux Falls, Dakota,
has been arrested for connection With the
fraud and taken to Yankton.
THE s'round-up" in Indian Territory
Is nearly finished. It shows that the loss of
stock the past winter was but one per cent,
that cattle were never in better condition at
this season, and will reach the market
month earlier than usual. The increase in
herds surprises the veteran stockmen.
ADvICBs from Yokohama, Japan, say
ftogaki Tiasi XII, an influential leader of the
advanced Liberal party, was attacked and
severely wounded by would-be assassin.
"A violent tornado at Nagasikf destroyed a
large amount Of public and private proper
fy. Numerous ships and houses were lost.
PROHIBITION is enforced with dyna-
mite in Cedarville, Ohio. One end of C.
Eweeney's saloon, near the railway, was
blown out on the 4th, the owner, his wife,
and children being thrown from bed to the
floor. An attempt was made to destroy
Caldwell's drug store. but the charge did
not explode.
THE Supreme Court of the United
States has denied the petition for writ of
habeas corpus in Sergt. Mason's case. The
court decided that the eourt-martfal had full
Jurisdiction to try Mason for the offense
charged that its proceedings were all with
in its proper Jurisdiction and the sentence
pronounced was not in excess of its powers.
REPRESENTATIVES, SHERwIN has pre-
pared favorable report, which has been
agreed upon by the Committee on Education
and Labor, on the educational bill. 1t pro-
vides for the sum of $1O, 900, coo for distribu-