Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-10-18
NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary Of Important Events.

MI w y AN NULL Ed
A Summary Of Important Events.
The Prohibitionists in Washington are
waging an aggressive war on the saloon
keepers.
THE Germans throughout the coun-
try celebrated the bi.centennial of German
colonization in America on the 18th.
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INVITATIONS for the annual reunion
of the Army of the Cumberland, which
takes place October "a, were sent out on the
9th. 90 = .f-
SERGEANT MAsON'S counsel will apply
to the President for the full records of the
case, including the report of the Judge Adj
vocate-General.
KING ALFONSO has received the con-
CALCULATIONS of ali the crowned heads on
account of the enthusiastic reception ac-
cofiedshim ut Madrid. =. ~ i.arFv
THE Commissioner Of Internal Reve-
nuewilf i,fSessfgatatiie charge that an or.
ganizatioa has sbesns formed ino West Vir.
ginia to protect moonshiners, sa,r:fr j..
lk,thelEpiseoaal GpnTeatim at Rhiaa-
delphia Bishop Elicit of sTe4as stated that
it would be long while before the church
could reach the northefthi states of Mexico.
Agss s1 Il Postmatster-Ge.neral Hal Hat
ton charges Emory Smith of the Philadel-
phia Press with coiicocting a scheme by
which the Government was swindled out of
100000 cur. Il. TX -,
THE CINCINNATI Exposition Commits
sioners have been enjoined from delivering
the premium awarded by the jurors on
electric lights. Proceeding were begun by
the US. Electric Light Company. 'oS r.
.CUsToMs officers. seized in New York
on the Sth package containing 132 dia'
monds, 200 sapphires and So rubies, sent
through the mail from France to firm
here. The firm denied any intention to
evade the duty.
CALCULATIONS made by officials in
the Indian Bureau show that there are at
present 40 Indian reservations embracing
an area of about 150, O00, 600, acres of land,
an area four times larger than that Of all
the New England States. ,,..
THE Parnen Fund Committee in Dub
lin has received draft for. 81, 6S2 from
Dennis 6'Connor of Chicago. The fund
will close at the end of December, and it is
expected, with the donations from Australia,
twill reach a,total Of $4,000, .. 20,
Col. JAMES TtELIs, special govern
ment land agent, who has been investigat-
ing land frauds in the Territories, says he
has discovered more crookedness and ras-
cality in land entries than the most i'm.
aginative mind could conceive of. y.
NEARLY one-third of the. postal notes
issued from the city Post-office at. Wash.
ington are drawn to the order of NJ
A. Dauphan, New Orleans, and the lottery
people say to the Postmaster-Ge
"what are you going to do about it"'
AMADRID dispatch of the 5th. says:
Challemel Lacour, French Minister of For.
eign Affairs, has been advised that the full
text of Grevy's apology to King Alfonso
will be officially published, and that the
leaders of the demonstration in Paris
against the King will be punished.
A HONG KONG dispatch of the 9TH
says an agreement has been effected be-
tween the King Of 'Anam and the Black
Flags whereby the latter retire from Ton
quin and engage not to interfere with com
meree. The Black Flags have already COM
menced to withdraw. Admiral Courbet,
with'a French feet; is at Along Bay.
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The value of imports of MERCHANDISE
for the twelve months ended August 81,
Sfo6RO4,5 a; for the previous twelve months,
S14a.00S,915; decrease this year, So, 2O4 ,349
Value. of exports Of, merchandise for the
twelve months ended August 81, $50, no.
9lS; for the previous twelve months. $751;, ).
S25,75s; increase this year $685., l61.
FoLLoow1sG are the amounts -distrib-
uted in the several States by the Trustees
of the Peabody Educational fund the past
year: t.Alabamas, S4,775; Arkansas, $4,O5O;
Florida, S2,925; Georgia, $500; Louisiana
2,l25; Mississippi, 81 400; North Carolina,
$3.50; South Carolina, s. ,225; Tennessee,
$4,000; Texas, $4,000. Total. SILT
WHILE special train was conveying
Lord Northcote and party between Don
oughmore and Poineroy, Ireland, on the 9Th
large stone was thrown through the WIN
dow :, 1t struck Lady ,Chrichton on the
back, causing her to fall heavily. Lady
Chrichton tainted having received severe
injuries. Lord Northcote has finished his
campaign in Ireland 80,
A MONTGOMERY, Ala, dispatch of the
sth says: The quarantine officer just from
Brewton says that the malignant fever
there is nothing else but yellow fever, and i:
spreading He reports seventeen cases and
two deaths to-day. Trains on the Mobile
&. Montgomery Railroad pass Brewtor
without stopping. DIR. Cochran, State
Health officer, advises quarantine to b.
kept up Between here and Pensacola ah6
rigid enforcement between Bfewteh andtht
world. The weather is hot. There has beer
no rain for over three months and every
thing is drying up.
FROM a statement prepared by Di
rector of the Mint Burchard it appears thai
the silver on hand July /, 1873, and pur
chased since then, was 1914, $50 ounces
of which 119, 206, 224 ounces has been used in
coinage of silver dollars and some subsidiary