Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-02-14

On the 9TH the rivers were still rising
at many points, and the prospect was
gloomy enough. A fall in the temperature
on the night of the 9Th was not sufficiently
pronounced to diminish the freshets
rapidly.
FRANCE will send war material for
six gunboats to Tonauin. s
AN uncon6rmed report was circulated
had been captured. = =
THE authorities of Long Island are
satisfied that the negro Rugg was the assail
ant in all the Oyster Bay outrages.
In London, Eng. ffty-two members
of the Park Club have been fined from f100
to f500 each for gambling in the club rooms.
The damages by flood along the Ohio
River are estimated among the millions.
On the 9TH horse-thief was found
hanging to a post near Bassets, Neb.
In consequence of the high water
fifteen thousand men are thrown out Of
employment in the vicinity of Pittsburgh,
Pa. s
In the recent disastrous engagement
near Tokar in the Soudan, the total number
killed was $3.50. A transport will sail inn
mediately from England for Suakem with
400 marines.
BRITISH firms are contracting with
the Chinese to construct telegraph lines
from Canton to the places occupied by
them in Tonquin. 80
The first passenger train crossed the
new cantilever bridge at Niagara Falls on
the 7th.
On the 9Th the Ohio River was re-
ported falling as far down as Gallipolis,
but was rising below. The Lower Missis-
sippi had great volumes of water coming
down and prospects were still dubious. At
Wheeling, w. Va, the bakeries and gro
ceries were drowned out and all sorts of
provisions were nearly exhausted, except
ing salt meat. Several points in Ohio re-
port the highest water ever known.
A STRIKE of 5000 ship-builders is in
progress at Belfast, Ireland.
AT Annapolis, Md, four naval cadets
are TO be court-martialed for hazing
THE authorities of Maryland are after
the oyster-bed pirates with an armed sloop.z
For the week ended the 9Th the bust
ness failures in the United States and Can
ada numbered 21S, nearly 100 less than the
week before
In New York eleven hundred liquor
dealers, convicted OF violating the Excise
law, have had their licenses revok d.
A SYNDICATE in New York has offered
to take the Canadian Pacific Railroad and
complete it without further Government
aid. .,.l lt,-;. T..a Ya.. .-..
The powers having war ships in
Chinese waters have notified France that
they will protect foreigners in case of war
between France and China. ~
In Tonquin the French troops are en-
gagged dispensing small bodies Of rebels.
Gable connections with Paris are to be es-
tablished within few DAYS..
THE garrison at Sinkat, in the Sou
dan, according to atereports, having eaten
up the camels, cats and dogs, were devour-
ing tree leaves. Colonel Sartorius closed
all the iquor-stores, which had been infest-
ed by officers and soldiers. The British
gunboats Ewryalus and Decoy were in po-
sition to shell the enemy, if necessary.
THE Executive Committee of the San
Francisco Worlds Fair Association has is
sued an address announcing that a prelim-
mary subscription of $780, 900 will be taken
up in that city before outside aid is asked
for the enterprise. 's3a.
On the 8th testimony before an in
vestigating committee corrobora:ed ac-
counts of cruelty to inmates and immor-
atty among officers of the Rochester IN.
W House of Refuge. ...
The American Carp Culture Associa-
ton, national organization, was founded
on the Sth at Philadelphia, Pa.