Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-07-17
-PEkSuAAL AND GENERAL.

on the B n.
Hon. w. F. Villas, of Wisconsin, was
agreed upon as permanent chairman of
the National Democratic Convention; and
the other temporary officers were made
permanent.
DYETT & Co., New York, the firm
with whom Emo transacted his stock oper.
atoms, failed on the Sth. The failure had
no fleet on stocks.
The United States Marshal closed the
store of Patterson, Madison & Co., whole
| sale grocers Of Petersburg, Va, On the Sth,
| liabilities, $4,000.
COMMODORE SHUFELDr's summer resi-.
dence at Oconomowoc, Wis.,, was robbed of
1000 worth of silverware the night of the
1th. The Commodore is resident of Chi
cago.
A. c. TooF 6 Co.'s printing house at
Memphis, Tenn, was damaged $1,000 by
| fire on the Sth. Fully insured.
THE death rate from cholera at Mar
settles has increased so rapidly that a
panic has ensued, and all who can ara
| leaving the city. 1t is feared the dis
! ease will spread on account of the migra-
| ton. A case was reported at Nice on the
9Th.
| BECAUSE he refused to treat, Pat
O'Meara of Fall Greek, Wis, was beaten
| to death with billiard cues by three sons
of prominent German farmers. Threats
of lynching were heard.
WV. L. MCCLELLAND, q prominent
young Pittsburgh man, attempted to COM
mt suicide ON the 9Th, first by jumping
| into the river, then with a knife, and tried
to shoot the officers who rescued him.
| AT Austin, ILL.,, on the Sth, Henry Sum-
mers and May Whitney were found on
the sidewalk with bullet holes in their
heads. Tue man, who may recover, says
the girl did the shooting, but as the pistol
was in his hand, it Is thought he did the
deed.
| DULL times caused two Petersburg,
! (Va.) cotton factories to shut down, and
| on half time.
The Ohio Coal Exchange has decided to
import Swedes and Hungarians to take
the place of 5000 miners now on the lock-
out in the Hooking Valley; also to start
mining machines.
| SINCE the adjournm ent it is found that
| Congress neglected to make the usual ap-
preparation for the printing of National
bank notes. Under the banking act the
| Comptroller of the Currency is required to
| furnish new circulation to the banks as
| they call for It, and the Government is re-
| imbursed by them when the notes are is
| sued.
The annual National Soldiers and Sail
| ors reunion-the rank and fle-will be
| held at Caldwell, O., September IL and IL
WAR between France and China is now
| considered inevitable.
THREE lumber yards at Toledo, o.,
burned on the 9sh, the aggI egate loss be-
ing over $350,0oO.
THE British infantry at eairo, Egypt,
has been reinforced.
BATTALION of French marines from
Tonquin have landed in Madagascar.
LELAND STANFORD has been elected
President of the Central Pacific Railway
Company.
THE Pittsburgh, Cleveland & Toledo
Road has been purchased by the Baltimore
& Ohio Company.
THE window glass workers are endeav-
oring to unite the European Association
with the American.
w. L. LAMB, one Of the owners of the
Buckeye Tobacco Works at Toledo, o., was
shot by burglar the night Of the Sth, and
will probably die.
The Plum Creek and Sandy Greek coal
miners of Pennsylvania decided to
demand three cents per bushsl for mining.
1T is reported that France and Portugal
have concluded a secret treaty against
China.
A MAN was arrested at Palu, Austria. on
the 9 b charged with being implicated in
plot against the Emperor.
LIDDELL, a magistrate OF Lurgan, Ire
land, was shot at while driving with his
wife on the 9th, and the latter was
wounded. ...-
BETWEEN a. m. and p. m. on the 9th
there were fiyee deaths from cholera at
Toulon, and fourteen deaths at Marseilles
! between noon and midnight.
]. w. HAGUE, of Pittsburgh, Pa, has
been disbarred from practice as pension
attorney before the Interior Department..
His offense consisted of receivin G illegal
| f. es.
THE Government Commission and the
Merchants Committee met yesterday in
the City of Mexico, and determined that
they SHOULD receive stated sums from indi-
vidua1S merchants instead of the stamp
taxes.
| PHILLIP HAMILTON, youngest son of
| Alexander Hamilton, died at Pough-
keepsie. N. Y, on the 9th, aged eighty-two
years.
| Inc damllCOn ruOOer factory at 1TenGOns
N. j., was damaged 10000 by fire on the
9th, and several firemen were hurt.
Two cases of cholera were reported
in Transylvania on the 10th.
CYRUS w. FIELD denies the rumor that
Russell Sage is about to retire from bust
ness.
THE interior of the royal armory at
Madrid burned on the 10th; contents
saved.
THERE were twenty-six deaths from
cholera at Marseilles on the 10Th.
LoTTA, the actress, who held a mortgage
on the Park Theatre, New York, has pur.
chased the property.
| MAUD S. trotted a mile in 2:12% al
Cleveland on the 10th. while exercising.
T. JEFFERSON COOLIDGE has resigned a
President and director of the Oregon Rail
way & Navigation Company.
DR.. KOCH is inclined to the belief tina
an English ship carried the cholera to Tou
Ion.
Mr.. BLAINE attended the commencement
exercises of Bowdoin College at Bruins
wick, Me-, on the 10Th, made speech ant
held q reception.
THE Supreme Temple of the United
States Patriarchal Circle met at Columbus
o.. on the 10th, with two thousand mem
befs present.
| SANyALLE, editor n-chief of Trait d. On
| ion of Mexico, and who was banished from
that Republic as ga pernicious foreigner,
landed at New York on the 10th.
THE Comptroller of the Currency ha
Il irectei that an assessment of 100 pc