Iron County register., 1882-07-20

sro11 Gonutg gesiste.
BY ELI D. AXE.
ARONTON, MISSOURI
NEWS AND NOTES.
Summary Of Important Events.
Two hundred and eighty-three out
rages were committed in Ireland durin
June, OF which five were murders,
THE statement that Minister Lowell
rendered his resignation is officially denie
at the White House and at the State De
partment. Hf't q"
THERE was general violation of tn
Smith Sunday law In Cincinnati on the 9th
about half the saloons and gardens doing |
Dig business. ~ i15ft' PHf Jsrn
GLADsToNE's s resignation is indefinite
1y postponed. After consultation with hi
colleagues the Premier has concluded to wal
. little longer.
UGENERAL YUssUF led 5000 Egyptian.
against the false prophet, losing 1000 mel
and 5000 rifles. The prophet is marching
on Sinnaar with 1000 men.
THE Archbishops of Ireland have di
rected the priests to discountenance the
T r nd 20
from attending public meetings. s
A NEW star-route Indictment is to be
found against Brady, the Dorseys, and Johr
A. Walsh, based on transactions In the
Texas. ..-,,t n -..r..4
The adjournment of Congress need
hardly be looked for before August, on ac-
count Of the vast amount of work still be-
fore the Senate. Democratic Senators will
insist upon greater reductions In internal
revenue taxation.
SPECIAL agents of the Department OF
Justice have made their appearance at Salt
Lake to investigate the affairs Of the District
Court, of which John A. Hunter. of Ohio is
Chief Justice, and Colonel o. Averill, of
New York, is Clerk.
EVERY inmate of the Soldiers Home
at Dayton, o.. has signed a protest against
the attempt being made in Congress to ap-
propriate to the support of the Institution
the larger part of the money received by
pensioners. There are 5000 veterans at the
central branch, Of whom only 1, 800 draw
pensions, and the legislation proposed
would compel the helpless to maintain the
home and leave the able bodied to indo-
lence. .a. . .-l
OWING to insufficient appropriations,
the National Board Of Health will close the
stations in the line of emigrant travel to the
West. This action will involve the suspen-
sion Of inland inspection of foreign emf
grants for the discovery and prevention of
the transmission of smallpox at ten sta
tions, distributed on the trunk lines of rail :
way in the North, and the inspection of in
fected vessels arriving at our ports from yell
low fever points abroad.
REPUBLICAN members of the House
of Representatives held caucus on the 9Th
for the purpose of discussing the advisable
ty of attempting to dispose of the remaining
contested election cases during the present
session and to decide if possible upon day
for adjournment sine die. There were only
about IS members present. This number
was deemed insufficient to bind the action
of much larger number of absentees, and
consequently no action was taken.
THE military encampment at Indian
apolis was thorough success. The troops
paraded thed6treets of the city, July 6. and
were reviewed by Governor Porter. The
State Artillery prize was won by the Porter
Light Artillery, of Michigan City. The
Chickasaw Guards, of Memphis, were
given the infantry prize Of 81 500, the Cres-
cent City Rifles, of New Orleans, getting
the $1,000 purse. The receipts Of the en-
campment were $S5,0 600; the expenses $a5,-
600. .-
DE BRAzzA, the French explorer of
Africa, backed by liberal appropriation
from the Treasury of Paris, has succeeded
in taking feet of vessels to the pool in the
Congo River, by cutting a canal eighty Kill.
ometers in length, giving his nation control
of what is destined to become a rich trade.
Meantime Stanley, with 81. 500 900 of Bel
gian money, made roadway from the coast
$40 kilometers long, and placed his steam
ers above the cataracts, only to find himself
beaten.
A DISPATCH dated July IL says the
British fleet opened fire on Alexandria at
a. m. Arab Pasha was still defiant. The
military commanders determined to defend
the forts to the last, and then retire into the
interior, where preparations for resistance,
are complete. The foreign consnls protested
against bombardment. The French squad
ron had sailed, leaving behind only the