Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-10-30
Personal AND GENERAL.

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The Erie Railway met the cut rates of
the West Shore Line 10 the West. The
Laekawahnashas also gone into athe fight.
DURING twenty-four hours ended the
Odd twenty three fresh cases Of cholera
were reported at Naples, and only four
Jeaths.
! THE drought in Virginia has ended.
Copious rains were also reported in Geo
gia and other parts of the South on the
ed.
JAoUEs AUaUsTE ADoLPHE RIaNIER, the
distinguished French philologian, died on
the 22d.
TIE Democrats made almost a clean
sweep in the election for members Of the
City Council of Baltimore, Nd, on the
22d.
CLuKE, one of the horses in. a heat race
at Washington, D. c., on the 22d, fell dead
on the track. sae
SARAH BERNHDARDr has gone to the
seaside on the advice of her physicians.
who say she needs repose.
BOONE, the crank who attacked Cover
nor Cleveland at Albany, N. Y, was de.
clared sane by physicians, but they said
he was laboring under great nervous ex
element. He was discharged. @
j. 1. CASES stable of trotters arrived
at Louisville, KY, on the 22d, where they
will winter. Maud s. is also at Licking
ton, and will trot against her record on
the 30th. @
The knights of Pythias had a compe-
titive prize drill at the Fair Grounds in
St. Louis, Mo-, on the 22d. The Kokomo
und.) Commandery secured first prize.
3. EDWARD o. FITzGERA AID, JR., of Rich
mond, Va, was accidentally and probably
fatally shot on the ed while packing his
trunk for a bridal tour.
The London Times asserts that the
change in the Secretaryship of Ireland
was made to please the Parnellites.
THE Secretary of the Treasury on the
| 22d received the report of the special
committee appointed to consider the gem
eral classificatio on under the new tariff.
FRANK RIGNEY, liquor dealer of Win
nipeg, Man, has disappeared, and is ac-
cused of forgeries to the amount of Sl5,000
| He is probably now citizen Of Mexico or
| Canada. ;....s..r,.
IL Queen Victoria's message to Parlia-
| ment on the 22d, her Majesty expressed
| the hope that the franchise bill might
soon be passed. s......t...E .-
GENERAL HAzEN, chief Signal officer,
has made his annual report He says the
service is greatly crippled for the want of
money. He regards the Greedy expedition
| as foremost among its kind. ST.,
| The Southern Barbed-Wire Company's
buildings in st. Louis, Mo-, were damaged
by fire on the night of the I'D, to the ext ent
| of about $4,000. The insurance amounted
to $780, $50. -.
The French Government decided t4send
reinforcements to Tonquin. The COM
4 Jihpra1 annrOnri.
ations in order to bring the trouble to a
! speedy termination.
THE Minneapolis (Minn.) mills turned
out for the week ended the 18th 1860
barrels of flour. Prices hold up well con-
sidering the weakness of the wheat mar
ket. The receipts of wheat at that point
| for the same week were 1,193,0Oo bushels.
| - THE Philadelphia, Wilmington & Balti-
more Railway Company notified the Bal
| timore & Ohio on the 22d that it would
| cease carrying cars of the latter at once.
| The matter has been taken to the courts.
HIGH PRIEST FARLEIGH, at the meeting
of the Grand Lodge of Masons of Ken
| lucky, at Louisville, on the ODD, discussed
| the papal letter against the order. He de-
clared that the charges of Pope Leo
| against Masonry were false.
THE sFreenl1n,s .LokrnnLaf Dublin snaalsS
Of the new Secretary of Ireland as "a
| courteous nonentity, ignorant of Ireland"
Snow fell at Pittsburgh, Pa, on the 23d.
VENEZUELA had another earthquake in
| the early part of the month.
RELIEF funds are being subscribed for
| the sufferers by the fire at Carthage, N.
| Y, among whom much distress and desti-
tuition exists.
GERMAN mediation between France and
l I'll: 81.
mors.
WILLIAM B.. WAsHBURN, was elected
| President of the American Missionary As
ISOLATION at Boston, Mass, on the 23d.
ADMIRAL Mot is reported to be nego-
| tiating with the Hova chiefs in Madagas-
car.
SENATOR PLArr addressed $4,000 people
| at the dedication of the soldiers monu-
| ment at Waterbury, Conn.,, on the PSI.
PARTICULARS of the alleged defeat of
the French at Tamsui are published.
RAIN has quenched the forest fires in
southern New Jersey after the destruc-
ton of timber worth $3.50, 900.
GERMANY has opened negotiations with
Spain in regard to West African fairs.
VIM. Il. DEMPSEY has been indicted by
the United States Grand-Jury at Boston
for frauds in supplying the Navy Depart
ment with stationery.
THE establishment of public gaming
houses is being seriously considered in
Paris.
H. D. Cooke & Co., bankers, Washing
ton, D. C., suspended on the 23d. The
cause is attributed to outside speculation.
Liabilities, $4,000.
BISMARCK and the Emperor William
have recently been holding a series of
conferences all by themselves.
MR.. GLADSTONE has given notice that
he will ask in the Commons that priority
be granted for the franchise bill.
Snow fell in various parts of Ontario
on the 23d. In one place it was six inches
deep. $3.50 tta=t
The Baltimore & Ohio line is waging a
fierce war ON the Pennsylvania Road. The
former has made a deep cut in through
western rates. The figures are much lower
than those of rival lines.
The British officers in the Egypt army
will nearly all resign when the reduction
of the force takes place.
The French Minister of War asks au-
thority to form some new battalions un-
der the law for reorganization Of the col
onial army.
GLADSTONE has written long letter to
the st. Osaph Diocesan Conference on the
subject of the ''Disestablishment of the
Church of England.
The King of Portugal gave an audience
on the 23d to Richmond, the newly app
pointed American Minister, who present
ed his credentials.