Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-06-08

grou County &egister
BY ELI D.. AXE.
IRONTON, MISSOURI.
NEWS AND NOTES.
'' A Summary Of Important Events.
{ THE Cuban Deputies have introduced
In the Chambers bill abolishing slavery.
THE striking operatives of the Read
ing (Pa.) cotton mill have returned to work
Mt 10 per cent. reduction, after five weeks
struggle.
TWENTY eminent lawyers of Ohio are
engaged in the Supreme Court in case
brought to test the constitutionality of the
Pond liquor tax.
THE sum of 5000, 900 left by Mr..
Lewis, of New York, to reduce the public
debt, has been placed at the disposal of the
Secretary of the Treasury.
A VAST section of territory below
Helena, Ark, has again been overlooked by
the Mississippi, and Commissioner Mangum
solicits relief from the Government.
A BODY of civil engineers and the
members Of St. Georges Union of North
America make complaint that President
Arthur treated them with great discourtesy
after having agreed to receive them.
SECRETARY LINCOLN has information
that Payne and twenty mine other colonists,
while attempting to invade the Indian Ter
ritory, were captured by troops sent from
Fort Reno and taken to Kansas.
The condition OF business in Congress
Is such as to cause worry and discomfort
among Senators and Representatives. The
general belief is that under the most favor
able circumstances the session will last till
the LIST Of July.
THE Secretary of the Treasury has
issued call for Sl5, 900 900 continued skies,
series of March 3, 1868, which mature Au-
gust 1. There are about $47,000,000 bonds
of this issue outstanding, and after this
amount is exhausted calls will be issued for
continued IS.
THE jury in the case of Gen. Curtis,
Special Treasury Agent at New York, rem
dered verdict of guilty on the first and
eighth counts, which charged the defendant
with receiving, while in the employ of the
United States, money or other things OF VAL
ue for political purposes.
The Governor of Coahuila, Mexico,
has written to Governor" Roberts, of Texas,
that the Mexican Government is doing all in
its power to keep down trouble on the bor-
der, and that rigid orders have been issued
to promptly capture and punish all horse
and cattle thieves, Migrants and evil-doers.
THERE is much excitement in Dakota
over the opening of the Chippewa tract to
settlers. The Interior Department has de-
cided that the Indians have no valid claim
to 100000 acres hitherto held apart for
them. A crowd of settlers are ready to start,
and two railroads are already projected to
pierce the region.
Mr. Ella, auditor of post-office &C.
counts, who is really an officer of the Treas
ury Department, refused to obey an order
of the Postmaster General to remove to the
treasury quarters. Secretary Folger de-
clined to interfere in the matter. By order
of Mr.. Howe, the auditors room was I'm
locked and his furniture, books and papers
were quickly transferred to the upper floor
by hundred messengers.
SERVICES in memory of Abraham
Lincoln were held at the monument neaI
the entrance to Prospect Park, Brooklyn
N. Y, on the 2Sth, in the presence of q
large number of visitors. The monument
was decorated with flowers. The graves in
the cemetery of the Naval Hospital, the
MARTYRS Tomb" in Fort Green Park, and
the graves of Grand Army companions and
soldiers in the Catholic Cemetery were also
decorated.
THE regulations agreed upon by the
committee of Russian Ministers and ap-
proved by the Emperor provide that Jews
henceforth shall be prohibited from settling
in outside towns and villages except where
Jewish settlements already exist. They are
prohibited from trading on Sundays oil
Christian holidays. These regulations only
apply to governments where Jews are per.
manently settled. All contracts OF pur'
chase or tenancy are Professionally sus'
pended.
IT is reported that seven of the Tariff
Commissioners have been agreed upon,
viz: John L. Hayes, Of Massachusetts
Henry A. Oliver, of Pennsylvania; A. NJ
Garland, of Illinois: Robert B. Porter, O
the District of Columbia; Alex. Mitchell, O
Wisconsin,; John S. Phelps, of Missouri
and James Chestnut, Jr., OF South Carolina
The list will probably be completed by thu
selection of VIM. A. Wheeler, of New York
who IL chosen will be Chairman of the Com
mission, and j. A. Amber, OF Ohio.
SECRETARY FOLGER has recently hat
q startling experience in the engraving ant
printing bureau. The other night Prof
CASTELAR, found two of the Government dies