Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-11-01


6O,s36 at the late election, Of Which only
s,402 were in favor of the Prohibitory
amendment.
THE Army of the Tennessee will here
after admit the wives of members to BAN
quets. The next reunion is to be held at
Lake Minnetonka. '''f
GENERAL ROGER A. Pryor says he is
satisfied O'Donnell killed Carey in self
defense; also that he will have fair trial,
and the most he can be convicted of is man.
slaughter. u.utrt.-u *
AT the close of the fiscal year, June
90, 1855, the number of post-offices in the
country was 47,S63. OF these Pennsylvania
had the largest number, 3,716; New, York,
S,es2; Ohio, 1920.
THE American play '.Esmeralda"
was produced in London, England on sle
Goth at st James Theater under the title Of
1'Young Folks Ways" and achieved an
immediate success. -t''t
The Paris Temps denies that the
French Government had arrived at any de-
cision regarding the amount of indemnity
to be paid Missionary Shaw, or the source
from which the money will be obtained.
The "Black Flags" of Anam are
credited with cannibalistic practices, the
bodies of brave enemies being especially
esteemed as imparting an extra degree of
courage and ferocity to those who partake.
The demand for the two-cent postage
stamp is still very large. There has been
no day during the present month when the
issue had fallen below three millions. One
day it reached as high as thirty-eight mil
lions. F-I r---r GtE 1'f'.
The total estimates for the river and
harbor work for the next fiscal year sub
mitted to Secretary Lincoln by Gen. Wright
is $19, 1872 800. The estimates in several
preceding years have been between thirty
and forty millions.
THE Huguenot Society of America
held meeting in New York on the I'D and
decided to hold three meetings yearly
April ID, August "a and October %. The
society will give grand dinner sometime
during the winter.
THE business failures of the United
States and Canada for the week ending the
18th numbered 243, an increase of Of over
the previous week, mainly in the New Eng
land States, South and West. Failures are
on the increase in Canada.
OFFICIAL returns relative to the
French wheat crop estimates the yield at
100, 646,216 hectolitres. The area sown is
6,I2S, $40 hectares; average yield per hec-
tare ], 49S hectolitres; average weight per
hectolitre, 1852 Kilograms.
l't,I- yrs Ir,( InH
natl for the killing OF Anthony Delano, was
convicted on the 22d of murder in the first
degree. He was convicted of murder in
the second degree on former occasion,
but took the chances of a new trial. .,..
The Abbey Metropolitan Opera
house was formally opened to the New
York public the night of the odd, Nilsson
and other artists appearing in Faust. At
the Academy of Music Col. Mapleson's
troupe, with Gerster and a fine support,
was the. attraction. Both houses We're
crowded.
The Prince and Princess of Wales
were present the night of the Goth at the
Lyceum to see Mary Anderson in Parthenia.
After the performance Mary Anderson was
presented to them. The Princess gave her
a bouquet and the Prince paid her pretty
compliments. This seals her former popu-
larity in London. s'''
A DISPATCH of the Dist from Creels-
burg, D. T., says: at is rumored here that
Geographic orders have beenreceived from
Washington by the commandant at Fort
Totten to send troops to the Turtle Noun
tain region and drive the Greek Indians
and renegades across the international line.
The troops, it is thought, would start be-
fore the 3Oth inst" ...5 .sl
SECRETARY CHANDLER has written
letter to Commander Wildes of the Yantic
on the recent Greedy relief expedition in
which he charges Wildes with disobedience
of orders and neglect of duty and calls for
explanation. Wildes defends himself in a
reply to the Secretary, the substance of
which is that the Yantic never was fit to go
on such voyage, and asks for court OF
inquiry.
LORD ROsEMORE, as Grand Master
Orangeman of Monaghan, has written to
the newspapers calling attention to the Sc
rious state of affairs in Ulster. He says
that henceforth the self-restraint of Orange
men can not be reckoned upon; that only
the utmost efforts of himself and other
leaders have prevented Orangemen from
storming the hill at Roslea during the re-
cent Parnell meeting. eff the Govern
ment, }" he adds, "allows disloyal meetings
to continue in Ulster, the result will be
bloodshed and perhaps civil war;"
THE report of the Commissioner of
Pensions for the fiscal year ended June 50,
1883, shows there were sos, 65S pensioners on
the roll at the end of the fiscal year. Dur
ing the year the names of seventy-six
whose pensions had been dropped previ-
ously were restored to the roll, making
3S,9oS pensions added during the year, an
excess of 1o,645 over the preceding year.
The average annual value of each pension
is $106, and aggregate value of all pensions,
So, "a, 1872, an increase Of So ,904,09O. The
amount paid for pensions was $50, 064, 009,
exceeding the annual value by several mill
lion dollars. The bulk of this excess was
on account of arrears of pensions covering
period prior to the allowance of claims.