Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-06-21

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BY ELI d. AXE.
IRONTON, MISSOURI
NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary of Important Events.
The British House of Lords has
passed a bill 1egalizing marriage with a
deceased wife's sister.
THE members of the Massachusetts,
House of Representatives have voted them
selves an increase of pay from $500 to $50
for the session.
SECRETARY TELLER has expressed his
intention of expanding all the money he can
legally in purchasing stock of cattle for
the Indians.
ALDERMAN Roe, Liberal, was elected
member of the British Parliament for Der
by on the 11th without opposition, in place
OF Bass, Liberal, retired.
A CONVENTION of the Greenback
Autobiography party held in Louisville,
KY, on the 9th appointed delegates to the
Autobiography Convention at Chicago,
July 4.
The recent execution of Suleiman
Daoud in Egypt raised breeze in the Eng
ish Parliament few days ago, some of the
opposition claiming it was a measure to
shelter the Khedive.
A CELEBRATION in Ehonor of John
Bright as representative in Parliament for
Birmingham, Eng, for over quarter of a
century was begun on the 18th. The pro-
cession was five miles long.
ENCOURAGING reports have been re-
ceived regarding the cotton crop of the
region tributary to Memphis, Tenn. With
good weather from now forward the yield,
it is said, will be a good one.
G. w. BENJAMIN, the newly appointed
United States Minister to Persia, had ar
rived at Teheran on the 18th and presented
his credentials to the Shah. He was re-
ceived with cordial welcome.
The President has designated St.
Vincent, Mimi, as the port from which i'm
ported merchandise may be shipped. in
bond in transit through the United States
to and from the British possessions of
North America.
UNITED STATES SENATOR G. H. VAN
WICK, of Nebraska, the other day adj
dressed a letter to the Postmaster-General,
setting forth an alleged fraud by which the
mail route from Fort Nebraska to Dead
wood was established.
THE Massachusetts, Board of Chair
ties having elected Superintendent of the
Tewksbury Alms-house, Governor Butler
the other day notified them that their ac-
tion was invalid, as the right of nomination
belonged to the Executive.
ALTHOUGH the star-route trial was
not ended on the 18th, the record up to that
point was the largest ever made in a
criminal trial in this country. Printed in
small type and octave size, it comprised
over 5000 pages, or about 4,25O, 900 words.
IT was reported on the 18th inst.
that General Crook, who had been in pur-
suit of the Apache Indians in the San
found. He had returned from his mission
and was camped sixty miles from Tomb
stone, Ariz., with two hundred and fifty
prisoners.
The Second Auditor of the Treasury
the other day finished auditing the accounts
of surviving members of the crew of the
lost Arctic exploring steamer Jeanette,
and they were not allowed anything for
their expenses while in Washington as
witnesses. They were limited to their pay
as Seamen.
THERE were 173 business failures
during the seven days ended the Sth
inst, as compared with 151 for the seven
days previous. The distribution of the fail
ures was as follows: New England States,
%; Middle States, %; Western States, Sc;
Southern States, %; Pacific States and
Territories, II; New York City, 10, and
Canada, 10.
The State Department has dis
patched a special agent to La Paz, Mexico,
to investigate the case of the United States
schooner Adriana, which has been confis-
Gated by the Mexican authorities, her Cap
tain being condemned to five years i'm
prisonment, for smuggling. The Captain
denies that he was guilty of defrauding
the customs. - ...s:.'..
AN agreement to submit the claim of
the Government against the Salisburys,
Parkers, and others, for overpayments on
star mail-route contracts, to arbitration,
which was entered into in June, 1882, has
been found to be illegal, and the Post-office
Department will therefore begin suits
against the contractors for the recovery of
the sum of $500, 900.
PRESIDENT SOLOMON, of Hayti, tele-
graphed the Haytian Consul at Philadel-
phia, Pa, on the 18th that there was no up
risings in Hayti, such as had been reported,
and that the only place where there was