Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-06-14

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BY Ell D: AXE.
IRONTON, MISSOURI
NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary Of Important Events.
THE Mexican mail service between
New Orleans and Galveston, Tex, has been
resumed. ---
- PETROLEUM exports for April fell off
about 81 900 600, as compared with April of
last year.
1.-THE Emperor and Empress of Russia
drove to Sokolniki, near Moscow, the other
day without an escort.
MARYLAND has refunded So, 900, 900
defense loan bearing 65-1Oo per cent. in
terest at premium.
The Pennsylvania Legislature has
passed a bill prohibiting the consolidation of
competing telegraph companies.
.s The coinage at the various United
States MINIS for May was s., 721 200, of
which s, $50, 900 was standard silver dollars.
THE commanders of English war
ships in Madagascar waters have been in
istructed to take proper measures to secure
or IF Prif
THE Columbia College committee
appointed to consider the proposal to admit
women reports that co-education of the
sexes is at present impracticable.
IT is reported that the Pope will take
more severe measurers with the Irish
bishops if they refuse to heed the COM
mands regarding the Parnell fund.
The estimated decrease of the public
debt for May is about s., SOC, 900. Bond re-
demption during the month, $500 900;
payments on account of pensions, Sl2,-
100000. 81
Z GOVERNOR BUTLER having refused to
sign warrants for the payroll of employees
of the Massachusetts, State Board of Health,
it was intimated that legal steps would
be taken to compel their payment.
CHALLEMEL LACoUR, French Minister
of. Foreign Affairs, says by the first of next
month France will have sufficient force in
Tonquin to enforce her demands and that
China will be soothed with diplomacy.
In the barbed wire fence cases brought
by the Washburn & Moen Manufacturing
lafD T,,Ir
Treat, of the United States Circuit Court at
st. Louis, has rendered decision in favor
of plaintiffs.
In the case of General Butler the
trustees of Harvard University have re-
fused to comply with the time-honored pre-
cedent of comforting the honorary degree
of Doctor of Laws on the Governor of Mas
sachusetts.
WALTER EVANS, the new Commits
sioner of Internal Revenue, was installed in
office in Washington on the 31st ult. Cen
eral Raum, the retiring Commissioner, in
troduced the managers of the several di
visions to their new chief.
The business failures during the sew
en- days ended on the 1st numbered 161, as
against 15S last week. The New England
States had 81; Middle States, IS; Western,
~; Southern, %; Pacific States and Terri
tories, 10; New York City, 8, and Canada
and provinces, %.
The gold and silver mines of the
United States yielded in 1882 $50, 800 900
gold and S46, 800, 900 silver, decrease in
gold as compared with the previous year
of 81 200 600, and an increase in silver of
s., SOC, 900, as shown by a special report of
Director Of the Mint Burchard.
DAv1TT, Healey and Quinn, impris-
oned in Kilmainham Jail for making in
fiammatory speeches, were released on the
4th inst. Another murder conspiracy had
been discovered in County Tipperary. Ca
rev, the informer, has been notified by the
Government that he must leave Ireland.
1t was authoritatively announced
from the War Department on the 31st that
General Crook was proceeding against the
Apaches in Mexico in accordance with a
definite understanding that he had all the
men and supplies he wanted, and that he
would account for everything in due time.
In view of the appearance of yellow
fever on ship-board at Havana, Cuba, the
Marine Hospital officials have cabled the
proper authorities to examine the vessels
leaving Cuban ports for the United States.
There were twenty deaths from yellow
fever during the week ended on the I'd at
Havana.
NORTHERN and Central Indiana was
swept by a cyclone on the night of the 2sth,
with disastrous effect. The greatest havoc
was wrought at Clay City where six per-
sons were said to have been killed and
large number hurt, while many buildings
were wrecked. At Meals Mill seven peo-
pie were killed and several injured. Much
damage was done to farm property and in
some villages in Shelby County, and across
the line in johnson County the town of Ed
inburg sustained considerable injury.
The National Eree-trade Conference,