Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-01-12
Various Matters.

The Pacific Coast will have lOO, ,0OO,-
600 bushels surplus grain.
General Grant has espoused the cause
of General Fitz John Porter.
Mateas Romero has been appointed
Mexican Minister to Washington.
One hundred and ninety-five disas-
ters occurred at sea during the year
1881.
Cornelius Sweeter, of Bddeford, Me-,
left an estate of $3.50, 900 for public pur-
poses.
Miss Maggie Blaine, daughter of the
ex-Secretary, is pursuing her studies
in Paris.
In single oyster. Frank Durand, of
Manasquan, Long Island, found four
teen pearls.
At Los Angeles, Cal, recently, Mrs.
Cruise gave birth to six lively, we'll
| formed daughters.
The total number of arrests of per-
sons engaged in the recent riot at War
saw, Poland. was 5000.
/ 1t is said that Chicago has 900 girls
working at the various trades at aver
age wages of So a week.
Senator Plumb has introduced bill
to appropriate 81 100000 for the inn
provement of Galveston Harbor.
A new billiard match has been ar
ranged between Schaefer and Sexton,
to take place between April Is and 25.
The great American racers, Iroquois
and Foxhall, will try conclusions next
spring over the Newmarket (EngIand)
Course.
Mrs. Langtry, according to the Liv-
erpool Courier, has promised to appear
at Wallack's theatre, New York, next
autumn.
Anna DickInson's debut as Hamlet
has been agaid postponed, and is now
set down for some time in February,
in Boston.
During the year 1881 Mayor Grace.
of New York, united in marriage 123
couples. and 235 couples were married
by Aldermen.
An effort is being made in Hartford
Conn, to enforce an ell blue law which
| makes soncert going on Sunday nights
a penal offence.
Highwaymen attacked three differ
ent street-car drivers in Toledo, o., the
other day, and compelled them to Civ
up their cash boxes.
The widest part of New York city is
at Twenty-third street, where from the
East to the North rivers the distance i
two miles and a half.
| Congressman Gibson, of Louisiana,
has expressed himself i'm favor of vot-
ing a liberal appropriation for the
Hennepin canal project.
| Speaker Keifer wilt not organize his
household this winter, but will take
apartments at the Ebbitt House during
the Congressional session.
There were 1897 new buildings erect
ed in Brooklyn last year, of which ,230
were brick and 767 were frame. Their
estimated cost is S9.629,367.
| Minnie Murphy, a Rochester domes-
tic, has sued former employer for
$40, 900 damages for injuries from the
biting of dog belonging to him.
The aggregate length of railroad laid
in the United States during 1881, is es-
timated in round numbers at 5000
miles, the greatest mileage in any one
year.
New York has monkey boom.
The connecting links sell at from So to
$50, and there is a growing demand for
them by people who dote on mischiev-
Gus pets.
Years ago Bri CHAM Young built
fine large modern house at Salt Lake.
Recently it has been richly furnished,
and President Taylor is to occupy it
henceforth.
An iron-smeltlng furnace, with a ca
pacity of Is tons per day, will be built
at Rusk, Texas, by the State, to be op-
Grated by the convicts in the peniten-
tiary there.
During October last the losses of YES
sells at sea were without parallel in his
tory. Thirty-two steamships and 236
sailing vessels were lost in the gales of
that fatal month.
Edison suggests that electric lights
be placed under the waite, from the
Battery to Sandy Hook, in New York
harbor, so as to define the channel in
the darkest night.
In New York the other day William
Glass and David Glass, brothers, drank
!, several glasses of liquor anu were ar
rested the other day by policeman for
breaking glass in saloon.
7 IT is understood that General Samuel