Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-07-26

pI tfe society Oh tnS Army OF IDe fOJOlnac,
has been invited to the reunion of Parsons
Confederate cavalry brigade, at Dallas,
Tex.
The cholerain Egypt was still spread
ing on the 18th, and there was no abate-
ment in the death list. 1t was reported to
have made its appearance in East London,
Eng.
IT was announced from Washington
n few days ago that Attorney General
Brewster was about to institute suits
against parties charged with election frauds
in North Carolina.
THE semi-centennial anniversary of
the Incorporation of Chicago. H., as g vii
lage will occur August 10. The papers have
begun to agitate the question of u proper
celebration of the event.
THE Treasury reserve on the 18th
amounted to $l32, O00, 900, falling; about 49,
$4,000 in single day. The sudden reduc-
ton was due to the payment of nearly $15,-
OO0,0oo on account of pensions.
THE directors OF the Suez Canal Com
pany approved the agreement for construc-
ton of the new canal on the 18th. It was
probable the plan would be strongly OPP
posed in the English Parliament.
II recent decision Secretary Teller
holds that fling made before clerk in the
office of the Register of Lands, who may be
acting de facto, but not de jure. has the
same effect as if made before the Register,
and is valid.
SURGEON GENERAL BARNES, of the
Marine Hospital Service, said the 18th
that there was not a single case of yellow
fever ashore in any OF the Southern States,
and the number of cases at the various
quarantine stations would not aggregate
over twenty.
THE French National fete day was
observed in Paris by the unwilling of
statute of the Republic. In st. Louis, Mo-,
there was banquet, with fireworks, and
in various other cities in this country, and
In Mexico, the French residents celebrated
the day with appropriate ceremonies.
A RECENT dispatch from Guyamas,
Mex, says Crooks campaign is unfayora-
bly, commented on there. His scouts only
came to spy out thu country for the purpose
of seeing where they could raid without
meeting troops, it is said, and it was alto
gether productive of more evil than good.
CHOLERA had appeared at Ghezib. n
suburb of Cairo, Egypt, on the 18th, where
there had been five deaths. There We're !
forty-three deaths from cholera at Damieta, |
ON the 18th, fifty-one at Mansurah, seven at |
Shirbin, twenty at Menzalch, three at Tai |
ka, thirteen at Chobar, and ten at Sanla- /
mould.
LATER details of the storm received |
on the 18th from various points indicate |
that the storm area covered several States, |
and developed mild cyclone conditions in a |
great number of places. An electric storm |!
prevailed In several Eastern States ON the |
l4th, and great damage was done by the |
lightning.
\ STORM which struck St. Louis, Mo, |
on the evening of the 18th, sank a barge, !!
beached two steamers and three barges, |
unroofed several railroad depots, blew |
down lumber of houses and caused gen. |
eral decentralization among the numerous !
weak spots in the city architecture. 1t also |
caused much destruction of property in |
several towns in both Missouri and Illinois. |
Crops suffered greatly.
THERE were thirty-five deaths from !
cholera at Damiets, Egypt on the 18th. ;
sixsy-one at Mansurah, twenty-five at |
Sananoud and twenty ut Menzaleh. The |
panic at Alexandria caused by fears that |
the cholera would reach there had been re- |
newed, and people were leaving there in |
large numbers. There were two cases of |
supposed cholera at Bulak. Six deaths !
from cholera occurred at Wagsa.
AT their State Convention at Des |
Moines, OH the 18th, the Iowa Greenbackers
reform, graduated income tax, postal |
telegraph system and the abolition of Rail- |
road Commissioners. Hon. j. B. Weaver ,
was nominated for Governor, Sanford Kill |
patrick for Leutenant-Gov ernor, D. W. !
Church for Supreme Judge, and Miss Abbie |
o. Garfield for Superintendent of Public |
obstruction.
THE business failures throughout the
United States and Canada during the |
seven days ended on the 18th numbered
159, as against 13S the previous week.
Thirty-three of these were in Canada and |
the Provinces, leaving 1876 as the quota of
the United States. The distribution was
as follows: New England, Is; Western
States, ~; Middle States, 10; Southern
States, IS; Pacific States and Territories,
Il: New York :, and Canada, 33.
THE ST. Louis Agricultural and Me-
chanical Association will hold its twenty
third st. Louis Fair this year October 1 to
6. inclusive. The premium list amounts to
$4,000. Nearly seventy thousand dollars
have been expended upon the grounds dur
ing the year, and many beautiful additions
are noticed. The coming Fair will no doubt
eclipse all its predecessors. The Yelled
Prophets will hold their sixth annual Festi-
val on Tuesday evening, October ., with
unequaied grandeur, while on Friday even
ing, October D, a Commercial Parade of
every department of business carried on in
the city will take place, and extend for
miles. Extra low rates by railroads and
steamboats, have been secured.