Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-08-16

SEVEN THOUSAND Pennsylyanians
participated on the 9th in grand ceiebra-
ton Of .ne IzD.n anniversary Of the battie
Of Bushy Rlln, which was fought thirty miles
from Pittsburgh.
i sPECIAI. train over the Chicago o.
Northwestern R2ilwaE, conveying Presi-
dent Arthur, General Sheridan and party,
.n route for Yellowstone Park, left Chca-
20, ILL.,, on the I'd.
DAyTTT IN addressing 2 meeting ii
County Clare. ireland, recently declared
that tie british Government was reduced
TO such extre!nities that il could not protect
its viIest Instruments.
TIE long contest il the Massachu-
:;etss Legisla, ure over the election Of
United States Senator was brought to a close
on the ID by the election of Austin T. Pike
on the fortysec9nd ballot
TIE first bale of hops this season az
rived at New York on the Sd, being tour
DAYS earlier than the first bale last year.
Il was grown IN Oneida County. y. Y. and
sold for fifty cents per pound.
The general election throughout
Utah occurred on the GIN, resulting in an
everywhere, except in Summit County,
where q portion OF the Liberal ticket was
elected.
HE Commissioners of Immigration
a. New York have presented a very salts
flying repor: the subie % the assisted
immigrants hose return to Ireland was
made the occasion of a protest by the
British Government.
TEERE was a report from Washing
ton, D. G., on the 9TH that an offensive and
defensive alliance had been concluded
between Mexico and Germany, and that
there had been difficulty between the
American and German ministers III the
land Of the Aztecs- A
4 STRIKE of railroad telegraph opera
tors was ordered Oh the 6Ch on the eastern
division Of the Wabash. Bat few OF the
men obeyed the summons 50 far could
be learned Oshc.. lines We're TO be called
out each day during the week. Strikes on
me % tie Eastern roads occurred on the
same day.
REPORTS received a. the PoSt-officc
Department az Washington the other day,
from two post-offices which collected tAir-
ty-four per cent. Of the total revenue Of the
department i'll the second quarter of 1882,
show an increase III the sale of postage
stamps, postal cards, etc, for the quarter
ended July 81, 1SS;, Of 2:}2, -. over the cor
responding period of last year.
Il the abandoned-property room of |
the Treasury Department at Washington !
is a large quantity OF Confederate scrip, |
bonds, etc. representing several millions I
of dollars In view of the purchase of /
bonds for shipment to England, it is said /
al effort will be made in the next Congress {
to secure authority to destroy the relics .
liz the hands Of the Government.
CABLEGRAMS announced on the Sd .
that the weather a: Cairo, Egypt, was in
tenseiy hot, the average temperature under .
the canvas being JOG degrees. Several
deaths had occurred from sunstrosse. The
deaths from cholera in Egypt on the Cd /
were 7o3, including 1876 at Cairo. The Lon
don (f-ng.l NelrS asserted that the total
number of deaths i'll Egypt to that date had
been 5000.
ONE HUNDRED and ten British sol
iliers had died OF cholera in Egypt up u
the 9Th inst. Jules Avonssolr, professor
OF organic chemistry, would leave Paris
fox Egypt to study the features of the !
cholera epidemic. The plague had appeared
at BeyrOut. Gladstone, the British Premier,
stated that the epidemic seriously impeded
reorganization in Egypt and would delay
the withdrawal Of the troops.
The Louisville (ky.) Legion escorted
the presidential party to the Exposition !
grounds on the 1st, where the dense crowd
sent up cheer of welcome. The President
m 1fry -.
position, and pulled silken cord which set
the ponderous machinery IN motion. At
six O'Clock p. IN. the distinguished guests
dined @ith the Pendennis Club. Fully
twenty thousand people witnessed the in
auguration of the great show
4 MALIGNANT epidemic is reported TO
have broken ont among the cattle and
horses i'll the region of Council Bluffs. +
Iowa. The first indication is an irritation
of the stomach, followed by the swelling
of the bowels, the animals often drop
ping dead within two hours. A farmer .
named George Tredford died from poison |
communicated by skirning a COW. The
symptoms are said to be unlike anything
hitherto developed among live stock in | !
that vicinity.
The Democrats of Minnesota as
sembled in State Convention at ST. Paul on
the I'd and nominated ". W. McSair for
Governor, X. NJ. Frazee for Lieutenant
Governor, J. j. Green for Secretary of
State. John Ludwig for State Treasurer, j.
w. Willis for Attorney General and p.
Lindholm for Railroad Commissioner. Pro-
hibition resolutions were passed. The plat :
form declares for tariff for revenue only,
approves the river and hsrbor bills, and
calls for revision of the patent laws ii