Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-06-05
NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary Of Important Events.

NEWS AND NOTES.
4 Summary Of Important Events.
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TIE Penn Bank at Pittsburgh, Pa, has
suspended again, because the President is
sssickn from an overdose Of morphine.
In the Massachusetts Legislators, on the
18th, the bill to abolish prison contract Ia
Dor WAS defeated. iliti
THE midgets, General Mite and Mile Ed
wards were married on the 18th at Man
chester, England, standing on law Office
illus Kpights Of Honor have been en-
Joined from removing the headquarters
of the order from Louisville, KY, to st.
Louis, Mo. sss sl4s.
INDIVIDUAL schedules in the assignment
of Fred d. and Jesse R. Grant show Iabil-
titles of 2,215, 066; assets nominally worth
81 ,99o,O1s. ss#s@..
THE stove manufacturers at Pittsburgh,
Pa, have notified employees Of reduction
OF fifteen per cent. in wages. A strike will
probably ensue.
TIE Kansas Democrats selected dele
gates to Chicago uninstructed, but adopted
strong resolutions favoring the "old ticket
and tariff reform.
= REPORTS from all parts of the United
States indicate the largest apple crop ever
known; peaches, half a crop; and large
crop of small fruits.
The Methodist Episcopal Conference
ut Philadelphia has voted to increase the
number of General Conference districts
from twelve to thirteen.
THE Wisconsin State Democratic Con-
vention met at Madison on the 2Sth. The
delegates to Chicago are all for Tilden; no
second choice mentioned.
? GEO. MouNrFoRr, aged eighty-seven
years, who died in Boston on the 10Th,
was q son OF Joseph Mountfort, one of the
famous "Boston tea party"
.gsPosrED plaeards remind the Gar Of
Russia that unless he grants constitutional
amnesty to political offenders he can not
hope to avert his fathers fate.
THE Penn Bank failure at Pittsburgh,
Pa, proves to be complete one. and the
books are in q muddled condition. Liabili-
xies ara believed to be over $2,0O0,OO
rlTHE river Nile is rising rapidly, and it is
expected that General Gordon's armed
boats VII be able to drive the rebels from
The banks above and below Khartoum.
REPRESENTATIVE SPRIGGs, OF Utica, N.
Y, declares that Mr.. Tilden is in as good
health as he was in 20, and thinks he will
accept the nomination if rendered him.
r COLONEL J. O. p. BURNSIDE, disbursing
clerk of the Post-Ofice Department at
Washington, has been removed, charged
with embezzling $4,000. He speculated in
oil. 4 i@s,t-, 5. asses
AT the closing meeting Of the Foreign
Missionary Society in Detroit, Mich, it
Was voted to begin work in the Congo re-
sion with an expenditure of $50, 900 per an
mum.
+ Gro. o. JONES, Of New York, has issued
. circular Greenbackers urging them
mot to vote for Butler for President unless
he squarsly indorses the platform of the
party.
b RkRLIN papers continue to bitterly at
tack England on account OF the action
OF Earls Derby and Granville in ignor-
fng German rights in the Augra Pequand
FISK of the Marine Bank
gave bond on the 26s,s In tne sum OF S5O,OOO
for his appearance to answer to a charge
of misapplying for hissown use the funds
of National bank
DECORATION DAY was very generally OBJ
served throughout tee country. In many
places ex-Federals and x-Confederates
Joined in the ceremonies and strewing of
flowers on the graves.
Ex-sEsAroR CoNKLINa, General Grants
attorney, thinks that the. letters that passed
between Fish and Gra1S and given to the
public, furnish all that need be said to vim
dictate the ex-President.
A CONFERENCE between the Pittsburgh
iron manufacturers and the Amalgamated
Association was to- be held on the 31st.
indications were that last years scale
would be signed and work continue.
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The Minnesota delegates to the National
Democratic Convention are generally un-
terstood to be Tor .sthe old ticket" Every
mention Of the name of Tilden at the State
applause.
{ DR. MILLER, OF the Omaha Herald, de-
mics that the Nebraska delegation to the
National Democratic Convention favor
radical tariff declarations, as has been re-.
ported. They are for codservative action
at Chicago.
/ A.N.TAILMABGx,o OF Milwaukee, who is
considered excellsns. authority, places the
prospective wheat crop of the United
Etetss ct 5o4, $50, 600 bdsh6A, an increase of
1O6, ooo,0O0 Bushels sf the average
-pEodassi ford a pas. lzs years.
I Az -ipsane a. Albany. n. Y,
imitased Mrs. ID dnds. Of St Louis, by
cutting ne throSts of her four children
and then dragging a nine-year-old child 20
fhe railroad track with her, where both
~sre killed by q passing train.
ezzl1erztAr. revenue Collections for ten
efks q the fscals.year amount to
I'D; decreasS3 H9, 9oS.6 IS
with same pe(lysof last year.
lEtkal decrease - on Tobacco.
- r6Aa rspiritsf d
: =, , a. ,. ses ,ssss dis Ills
qds1 sthlF sbeF IL the Grand
49, b t{ R@t~ b eligible to MEM
q 1olaitkejx c6HseE Those supporting
q fR4efe ground that the