Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-10-04

MEMS AND NOTES.
"A sg Wp94ap1P, f Important Events.
-HrvrrSrxNrEr~w Great Britain
to proclaim a .pHotectbrate over the Congo
country.
CAsAMIcCIoLA was shaken up, again
by an earthquake on the 23d, but no lives
were lost! "74 =: TEL '.i4f '-tt7 ans
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RUSSIA is reported to be making, ex-
tensive, mjliita military preparations along the
Austrian border. ole
..THE. manieipa council. of sithe Irish
National. League held its first regularnieet-
ing on the 23d. .sbas!<l
=. Tile. siSteth isession of the Illinois
Annual Conference ofn1e NJ. FL Church be
gan at Danville on the 10Th. .s3nfnaI-
The nionumehe ereettedf by the stste
of Kentucky to- cienefal' Zachary, ,Taatyf lor
was dedicated on the Goth. '''''' ~
tn E .pIR DIAMOND, Mstch c Company I'll, las
issued a circular making, "a fifty, per cent
reduction in wholesale price of matches, l,c
CONGBAIGBAT0RY telegrams were eX-
changedto n the o1st' byi officials Ind eoma
nrereial bodies of the United States and
Brazil. .7s"mi' io S3al 't''1'fF
The MARYLAND Deniseratic State Con-
ventfon, Which met at Baltimore on the
10th, nominated Robert M::'MeLean for.
7,ThF, French have issitiiFered another
chetk in rdHdlaaihh, ,the YELLOW Fla e,stheir
atiss, being 4gF Gass Ffpa A siSr
Hon. w4;' .FALXSodS,, Assistant. Score
tary of the Navy under, Gideon " els. died
suddenly, OF heart disease ON the 10TH at
Hartford, Conn. .aUa
THE failures throughout the United
States and Gaaada fap tseswetkending the
21st numbered 1SS, compared with 173 for
theIpreviohs week. - Gt'' "n aga s7haf
..-PREsIDENT .ARTHuR is the guest, of
Seth Barton French at Newport. R. l., who
gave grand dinner in his sheaor on the
evening of the a0th.slp'i 4h' 4 80. 5yuII
HE 4iteir:Ina ttiso ton, Northern herr TEL
egraph Company .fled it's certificate of I'M
corporation in New York on the 18th! The
capital stock is $ 100000. .1sn7rW .riy''
SECRETARY TELLhtRR has ruled that 'aa;
settler under the Oregon donation act of
1850 does not forfeit his right to; land by
failure to file notice ppder the act Of 1855.
GUAYMAs, Mexico, reports nine deaths
from yellow. fever in twenty four hours.
The weather has turned extremely hot
Horrible stories of plague hqrrSefs are told
1.-THE recent Sunday meetings of the
Irish National League in Ireland were
orderly. Efforts to hold meetings at places
forbidden We're Interrupted by the, police,
THE press, of Melbourne. Australia,
express dissatisfaction With Lord Derby's
dispatch condemning the proposed annex-
alton of the South -faeific Islands to Aus
tralia. ..iDt
THREE .fpes rage, horses We're ere
mated, q jockey burned to death and $4,000
worth of stables.on the Exposition grounds
at Pittsburgh destroyed the night of 23d
by an explosion of fireworks.
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THE Chinese, Viceroy at Canton, .iap-'
preciating the fact that the American Com
sui maintained copqiliatorN attitude, has.
assured him that a prompt arrangement of
American claims would be made. g.. ,s-I
The National Association of General
Baggage Agents in session at Chicago
passed aniunconditional resolution of con-
demnationron the. existing system of check
ing baggage athetals and residences. ysif
DURING a fire at -Brownwood, Tex,
on the I'D which destroyed, nearly. the
entire business, portion of the place, Mrs.
Mary Hall, aged seventy-five was. over,
come with excitement and dropped dead.
SECRETARY FoLGrR holds that under
the Civil servicg law When names are GER
titled to him froiri which to fill vacant offices
he is bound to give Preference to any hon
orably discharged sailor or soldier whose
name may be on the list. - ~ '' 80.
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THE acquisitions upon the Post-office
DeparrfIiehspy postmastets for new two
cent. stamps are SO large, that the contract
ors-ar,s Unable to- supply the demand and
the Department consequently is reducing
amounts called for in acquisitions. '.,.fH
-IHE Navy department mas been IN,
formed that the Tennessee was only slightly
damaged by her recent accident. She will
probably be ordered into dry dock at New,
York, however, as a precautionary measure
before starting on her proposed cruise to
the West Indies. ,5rq 81 R.ii"t q .ntTiA
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The Secret Service. Division of the
Treasury. Department. has received from
Boston one of the ive-dollar notes of the
Irish Republic, previously reported in cir
culation here. 1t is said by the. treasury
experts to be fair imitation of the United
States treasury notes.. ,7..,. =. .. ,s.,.s -.o'
The Roman Catholic, Ecclesiastical
Council Of New York, embracing the do
ceses of New York, Brooklyn, Buffalo,