Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-11-27

third Monday in November. and it was de-
cided that the next one viii be held in ST.
Louis. Resolutions were presented regard
ing freight matters, and much other BUSH
ness of importance was transacted. An
incident of the day was the taking up of a
collection for the drought sufferers in Vir-
ginia, West Virginia and Kentucky, and
nearly 81 200 was realized.
Mr. BLAINE has rented the house of ex-
Secretary Window in Washington and
viii occupy it in a few days.
The circle at the foot of the grounds on
| the west front of the Capitol at W ashing-
ton has been selected as the site for the
Garfield statue.
BENJAMIN HEFFSER, confined in jail at
Lima, O., for the murder of his wife, died
on the 2lst A post-mortem revealed the
fact that he had swallowed long strips of
cotton cloth, which were lodged in his in
testines.
THE Board of Canvassers at Albany, N.
Y, finished their work on the 21st and
signed the certificates for thirty-six Cleve-
land and Hendricks electors.
DURING the seven days ended the 21st
there were 24S business failures reported in
the United States and twenty mine in Cam
ada, against a total of 236 the week pre-
vious.
THE depot of the New York Central
Railway at Batavia, N. Y, burned on the
21st.
foreign corn and flour.
A TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLAR fire
visited Wilson, n. c., ON the 21st.
DISEASE among Ell Mahdi's troops is said
to be decimating their ranks at the
rate of about 100 daily.
THE railroad war between the Missouri
River lines grows hotter day by day.
ADMIRAL CoURBET still holds the fort at
Keeling. He can not advance until rein
forced.
THREE children were burned to death in
farm house near Vassar, Mich, on the
2lst.
GUNTER, the wealthy cattle-dealer, who
killed Dan Thompson at Sherman, Tex,
was acquitted on the 21st.
STIEGLITZ, the deceased Russian million
aire, left six million rubles to Mime. Mem
tor, the pianist.
JAMES II. JONES, of n. Y, was found
guilty ON the 21st of wife-murder. He shot
his wife in July last.
THE Carnival Committee at Montreal,
Can, will extend an invitation to Presi-
dent-elect Cleveland to be present.
TRADE is stronger, and the mills at Fall
River, Mass, will not shut down this week
as intended.
The issue of United Ireland of the 21st
says the Nationalist want Earl Spencer,
Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, impeached for
conspiracy.
THE North Chicago rolling mills have
shut down, and 1880 men are thereby
thrown out of endowment
JOHN RUSH (colored) was hanged at
Lexington, KY, on the 21st, for the killing
of little girl nearly six years ago.
Two more Chinese iron-clads had ar
rived at Shanghai. An attack will be
made ON the French at the Island Of For
mosa.
ALEX. Il. DAVIS, a colored minister who
was ACKNOWLEDGEMENT of Mississippi at
one time, died ut Canton, Miss, on the
21st.
THE total assessed valuation Of property
in Texas is S603,000 900, an increase of
$15. 0OO, 900 over last year.
CHINA offers to pay France reasonable
sum to settle the trouble, but France de-
clines, on the theory that the sum is toe
small.
A PECULIAR disease has broken out in
the Leavenworth (Kas.) Penitentiary, and
a number of prisoners have died.
THE committee of the Congo Conference
favors unrestricted navigation of the water
way of the Congo River.
MCCoRAICK's electoral bill in Virginia
was vetoed by Governor Cameron and the
Senate has passed it over his veto.
FREDERICK ALLEN, the Young Irish So
ciety President, who is under arrest on a
charge of treason-felony by the British
Government, was released on bail on the
21st.
In Eastern Hungary father and child
were recently devoured by wolves, and the
mother, who was dragged away by horses
hitched to the sled in which they rode, died
of fright.
THE Mayor of Denver, Col, issued an
order on the 21st ordering the police to
clear out the gamblers, and compel them
to close up their houses. A number of them
were arrested, including doc" Bags, one
OF the boldest men in the profession in the
West.