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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-05-15
THE .GRANT-WARD FAILURE.


TILL. GRANT-WARD FAILURE.
me coadition of Affairs in This the Most
9tupendous CollapseslEver Known on wall
Street <senoral Grant Penni1ess with fhe
Excep<ion az the Trust Everything
Gives Up TO Satisfy Crsdttors.
NEW York. May u.
ssNothing has been found wrong so far
with the Marine Bank except Grant 3
Wards overdraft, = Director ambrose
Snow said yesterdays: ssExamlner Serbia
expects to get through on Saturday. The
assignment of Mr.. Ffshss private estate
for the benefit Of the bank viii, accord-
ing to Mr.. Waldo Hutchins, Mr.. Fish's
attorney, yield nearly million dollars for
the bank. It is mostly real estate, and
we may not be able to realize on Il
promptly enough to satisfy the examiner,
and SO the bank may drift into the hands
of receiver after all. Then we have att
tached Wards private estate in New
York and Brooklyn; it is mostly real es-
tate.n ~ .s
"But Ward made an assignment of his
property for the benefit of his credit
ors. s'=I 5s1s IS
z
Yes, but we will try to show that he
did SO to defraud his creditors, and that
he did not owe-a cent to persons he pre-
ferred in his assignment. He has already
admitted to Captain Spicer, director Of
the bank, SO Spicer says, that his stories
about the Government contracts were all
false. that the contracts had noexistence
ord Tho, -. na;d ont an; danos;tad ~; !,
-, -. J, - '1 ~
s1p pt,l as .n.s,
DO you think MT. FISH was involved
WIN Mi. Wards
NO Fish is an honest conservative
business man. Ward got his confidence,
and tho rest followed. Fish'ss fault was
his over-confidence4 in his friends. Ward
told him the story about the Government
contracts and he belieyed.itA ands left the
Whole business to Ward"
i1onse you tninK tnal conservative
business man would be suspicious OF two
to three per cent. month.. 81
ION, l don't know Ordinarily ne
Would, put In q nnanciai center like
wall street, where men are becoming
suaden!y Iicn lnere ls nI1ie to IElshten
q manln thas 'pfoht. Fisn haa ms real
estate 10 iook aiter, anu ne re!eu on the
dovelnnehe YCon.racts, wnlch ne sup.
posed were soDtaiheu through uenerai
Grants influence. lie says ne never
saw any contracts or papers, but simply
took wards word Tor them. The man
agement OF the oank was conserva-
tive. Inc DIRECTORS met there I1ice
q week, ana once IN three months 9
coMnisses. sAA Ill sSsne eooNs ana
Ioun.eu 1ne yasn anu w ~ VT.
of n ~ "cu,ni ma , m naaa .ha ia.t
". nn..na 80 sna .h.4 Aa ,.... 'no ,.s: Ss
Iusiv oouns' anu 'aas VIC mas WILMA
.nree weeks; ne IepoI.eu gu MS PERSONA
knoWIeuge .nat lining was III nour-
isMng conoition. .asySlt
tne , Danks ia .u Is oaa lanure,
sa'e, MI E shn, ne .ie, mus. nave peen
al a"iui sAiin ".Inln .nc iaSt iorSy
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-05-15
Customs Receipts for April.
ST.. LOUIS, Mo-, May 8.

SI. LOUIS, MOI, MHy D.
The receipts at this port for
April were s191 ,423.47, of which
sIs9, 4lG.57 came from duties, and
the rest from fees and hospi-
tai taxes. This is a remarkable showing
againstthe corresponding month 6f 1850,
when the receipts amounted to. $8I,92l.
The increase is due to larger sugar and
dry goods import trade, which have
sprung mp within a year. st. Louis IS
now doing an immense sugar business
with Cuba, the goods arriving in lots OF
SOC, 900 at time.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-05-15
Homes for Homeless Orphans.

/. & AEpWAHDSyIILE, ILL.,. May u
The agent Tor the New York Juvenile
Asylum, and Miss Cronein, mis-. assistant,
arrived in town yesterday with o COM
two girls) from the abbpSe-named place,
for the purpose of disposing Of them
amongst good families, mostly farmers.
People focked to town from a radius of
twenty miles, and the supply did not
equal the demand. They are taken on
trial for four weeks, at the end Of which
time indentures are executed, binding
the boys until twenty-one and the girls
until eighteen. The gentleman will re-
turn again in about four weeks with
another supply.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-05-15
Among the appropriations not

Among the appropriations not IN BOOK
estimates are: Colorado River, Col,
$40, 1000, and Grand River, Mich, S25,-
600. El1ItkAEa 3Its 81 85tS G
There are q large number of minor APP
preparations il the bill forrivers and har-
bors in various parts of the country. The
bill provides for the Missouri River Com
mission. Also that no tolls or operating
charges shall be levied upon vessels pass
Ing through anycanal or other work Tor
Inn prove,nent of..nari gation belonging. TO
the United States. The bill as reported
appropriates S12,619,l00.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-05-15

q. a. CALIFORNIA delegates in Congress are
making an effort to secure the passage OF
the bin to organize the Territory OF
Alaska. ad9aaE .ltfz ii tt3,3iT baG
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-05-15

NEARLY all the principals concerned in
the Marine Bank and the Grant & Ward
failures made assignments ON the 8.h. p
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-05-15
lRIFERS AND HARROns.

What the Nesion,s Representatisus Propos.
20 ExPend Next Year in the Improsen,sni
OF the Mational Harbors and 1Karitine
WAsHINiroN, DC. May q.
Ihe river and harbor bill, rs reported,
contains the following appropriations for
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-05-15

Tar verdict of sSs,uOo 9obtained by Hal
1ettKilbourne against misrepresentation
Thompson has been set aside as excessive.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-05-15

- IT has been decided that the Egyptian
conference will meet in London the frst
week in june. 1t is expected to last three
weeks. -
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-05-15

q JAMES A. CoNNELLY, confirmed by the
Senate a. Solicitor Of the Treasury, has
declined. fllsT .fif4sH .stftfsr .Ttelg;s is!
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-05-15

A CHANGE in the manner of collecting
the matured tax on whisky has been or
dered by Commissioner Evans to takeeffect
August l. --La-9 ath gnI "a MN ~
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-05-15

OWING to the depression In trade two
English railroad companies have dis
charged 2.500 employees and cut down sala-
ries ten per cent. .lt-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-05-15

THE address of the Bishops at the Meth
odist Conference IN Philadeiphia gives the
increase in church membership for the
: past four years as IS. 232. ~. fla. SCI
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-05-15
NEWS AND NOTES.
4 Summary Of Important EVENTS %

A REPLY to the Popes encyclfcal letter
has been published by the Grand Orient Of
Italy. niis 80 a err 3giF:s =. 81
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-05-15

SHRFING CoMMIssIoSER DUNCAN, Of New
York, is ordered by Judge Wallace to show
cause why he should not be removed for
maIfeasance in office. a'li7i 'itii III
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-05-15

BARON Won sEIsENDKCKER,l representing
the German Government at Washington,
will be succeeded by Mr.. Won Alvensleben,
now Minister at the Hague.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-05-15
! A GRAND STAND COLLAPSE.

a Crowded Grand stand Falls With iti
4 taiving LoRa nj Chiilicothe, Ohio--Eorty
Persons More or Less Severely injured
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-05-15

TIE Sharon divorce case was rich in its
developments ON the Sth. A colored wit
i ness who had previously testified in behalf
OF Miss Hill acknowledged she had been
bribed to periure herself. O.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-05-15

DURING game of base ball at Chiilicothe,
O., on the 9th, the grand stand gave way
and about forty persons were more or less
severely injured. No one was killed.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-05-15

GEORGE JONES says the $250,00O raised
for General Grant are all safe, but that
outside or that the General hasn't nickle,
and is head and heels in debt. ipt.iH -
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-05-15

InaERsoLL and Wilson want the priv
iiege of cross-examining Walsh and Price
II they are called rs witnesses in the KEEL
logg case before the Committee on Expend'
ital es in the Department OF Justice. = =
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-05-15

EXCITEMENT in New York over the fail
'urs OF the Marine Bank has quseted down,
saxsd the belief is now expressed that it
could have been gayerted by, proper
management. sstt 6
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-05-15

. DESIGNS for the Garfield monument have
/, been received from artists in the United
) States. France. Italy, Germany and En-
k1and. No decision win be reached for
several weeks. s3'f " s'->
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-05-15

3 LORD RANDOLPH CHURCHILL. with his
followers, win endeavor to form new
party, the chief feature of which will be
the adoption of . Conservative Democratic
programme. ~ tttss 'ttF stf'i-t'S r.,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-05-15

MCGEE was sent to the Penitentiary for
lite. Since then Knapp's wife has grieved
constantly. Matters grew from bad to
worse, until lately, when she W as no longer
able to support herself and children de-
Gently, she began to show signs Of insanity,
and she has now become q hopeless maniac
and has been placed in the State Insane
Asylum at st. Joseph for treatment.
Base Ball is again all the rage.
Conrad Kinney, thirteen-y ear-old st.
Louis boy, accidentally shot himself in the
eye few days ago. Death ensued.
The residence of John Duffy, of Buchanan
County, burned to the ground a few days
since and his thirteen-year-old daughter
persisted. The mother and two other chill
dren were fatally burned.
All arrangements have been completed
for the press excursion to Florida. The ex-
cursionists will leave Springfield on the
evening of the 21st. There will also be an
excursion to Eureka Springs, Ark, for
editors and their wives who do not wis., to
go on the Florida excursion. .fst
{ The taxes on the Chicago, Burlington y
Quincy property in Adams County amount
to SIG, 23A ~ ess5,
The Chicago, Burlington 6 Quincy Road
viii bridge the Missouri River at Lexing.
ton at an early day. 500
| A cat belonging to Esquire Hoover at
Marion, Cole County, had two kittens a
month ago, and recently carried in sew.
eral young rabbits and added them to her
family. The kits and rabbits are now be:
ing reared with equal kindness by the Ole
cat. 4
By agreement of the executive commit
tee of the M fa Prob ibifion Hi.
ance the annual convention of the Alliances
Is called to meet at Sedalia ON the 18th of
August next.
1t is expected that the acreage Of tobacco
will be unusually large this year.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-05-15

An attachm1nt suit has been brought by
che Marine Bank against Grant g. Ward,
and General q. s. Granti is made co-defend-
ant. Wards elegant residence has been
deserted by the FAMILY and is id the hands
H0f the Sheriff Jig kssssi5 = ~
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-05-15

At THE members of the New York Produce
Exchange smoved into their new building
on the 9Th, marching from their old build
ing to the new one in drenching rain. p,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-05-15

S, lTHrRE was considerable OF a. panic in
New York ON the 9Th, caused by the tau,
ure of the Marine Bank OF tnat city ana
z 1he suspension OF Grant& WARD, Dankers
Ind brokers'. The bank mad cap
ital OF 500, COZ and surplus
~ ,sao00oo. Tho failure Of Grant e.
w.rd va1ftSk occasioned by the collapse Of
4he bank. jaw Gould takes a hopeful view
ss.f the situation Of the country, financially
and commercially, and does not think the
Marine Bank in New York anoanseu 70
Wuch.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-05-15

The International Health Exposition
in London, held under the auspices of the
Frincsof Wales, W. forAally inaugurated
% thos6 With. posing ceremonies by
-, .DnhS CA ef4dge. 1t bids lair to
y ~ IT. .beries = Exposition. aia4't g
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-05-15

THE commissioners appointed to repre-
sent the various States at the Worlds Ex-
position in New Orleans met in Washing
son on the 7th. Plans and suggestions
--,oro diort1auad - II a.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-05-15

WHEN the steamer Titania with the crew
and passengers Of the State of Florida
landed at Montreal ON the Sth crowds were
gathered at the wharf to see them. The
stories of thesdisaster are heartrending. II
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-07-05
The DOcile American Horse.

1t has long been accepted as a theory
by our transatlantic kinSmen that vice
in animals is almost always the result
of unkindness and maltreatment re-
ceived by them from their human COM
panions, and that the paucity of vicious
horses in the United States is to be ex-
planned by the gentleness, and, so to
speak, the familiarity with which tho
noble animal is treated in every part of
the Union. There can be but little
doubt that in no country is the intelli-
gence of quadrupeds more developed
and cultivated than in the United States,
where it is we'll understood that by
kindness alone can their characteristics,
traits, dispositions and qualities be
fully drawn forth. Nothing is more
common, for instance, than to see an
American horse harnessed to buggy
and standing alone in New York-his
master having entered q shop-by the
curbstone's edge, in the midst of the
crush and turmoil of Broadway, one of
the most crowded and noisy thorough
fares upon the face of the earth. Be-
fore descending from his buggy the mas.
ter says word or two to his horse,
and leaves him standing in the street
without restraint. The sagacious ami
NAL, whose eyes are not shielded by
blinkers, and who is not tormented by
a Procrustean bearing-rein, under
stands perfectly that he is expected tC
wait until his master has transacted his
business; and wait, accordingly he
does, sometimes for hours at time
and without regard to the winters cole
or summers heat. Again, in the wild
est parts of the Western or Southern
States there is not farmer who thinks
anything of driving his horse by nigh
over wooden bridge full of holes
caused by many plaXEs having dropped
into the stream beneath. The careful
beast, who may or may not have
crossed the bridge on many previou.
occasions, feels his way in the darkness
and his head having been surrendered
to him by the driver, steps as carefully
and with as much precision as dancing
master. Whenever, indeed, a horse
is found to be possessed of a violent, o.
to use an old Yorkshire word, q ''mis
CLANCY" temper in the United States
the odds are in favor of his having
been imported from abroad. Lo1ado9
! Telegraph.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-07-05
COlOradO's Climate.

A careful analysis of Signal-Service
statistics for range of years has
shown that the climate of Colorado af-
fords an air only 4-l0 saturated with
moisture, while the air of Jacksonville,
Florida, is 7-l0, and that of Los An
geles, California, is 66-100 of satura-
ton; that the average rain and snow
fall, per annum, is only trihe over
fourteen inches, while at Jacksonville
it is forty-nine inches, at Los Angeles
nineteen inches, and at New York
forty-two inches; that the elevation,
ranging from five thousand to seven
thousand feet, is such as secures the
most hcalthful action of diseased lungs;
that the direction and daily motion Of
the winds are favorable and salubrious;
that the mean temperature would place
this climate under the head of a "cool
climates" and, lastly, and of the great
est importance, is the fact that it
affords an average of three hundred
and twenty sunny days per annum, or,
to quote tho article referred to: at is
seen that in Denver there is only about
one-eighth of the entire year when an
invalid would be kept in the house on
account of the weather; in Jackson
vile and Augusta (Ga.) he would be
confined to the house, for the same rea-
son, one quarter of the year; in st.
Paul he would be kept indoors between
third and quarter of the time; while
in Boston he would have to be housed
good third of the time. y Samuel A.
Fisk, M. D.a2 Popular Science Monthly.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-07-05

thing to earn living. Only yesterday
was turned out Of half dozen places
where l was looking for work by the
janitors.
MOTHERS UNHEEDED WARNING.
"You see me as l am. Yet [ haven
lost all self-respect. L haven't any
chum, and never yet went on the to-
mato can racket, as they call it. l. shun
the main streets, and am ashamed to
meet the gaze of a gentleman. The
memory of my wife haunts me like q
dream, and the affection she once felt
for me keeps me from the lowest
hauntS of vice. All the curse of rum.
The first glass of wine | ever took was
handed me by the daughter of a justice
of the United States Supreme Court
who was Presidential candidate. The
lady's husband was Cove nor and after
wards a United Stated Senator That
one glass of wine has been nv ruin. A
ssinted mother warned me when | was
a child never to touch it. She died of a
broken heart for she had felt the curse
of rum. | have a brother, q thousand
miles from here, who fills the pulpit of
leading church. and they tell mo he is
one OF the most eloquent OF men. L
have sisters who are all we'll off, and
who are doubtless now thinking of my
accursed fate. But am too proud to
let them know the truth. | have
asked bread of some whose flesh is akin
to mine, and they have given me a
stone. The dark river may yet be my
refuge, and if the fishes don't eat my
flesh possibly from tha Morgue III be
taken to Potter's Field.
'Ah but I'm coward. I've talked
too much. | deserve no sympathy. L
ask for none. Goodby."
The reporter forced the man to accept
little chrnge.
st thank you, sir but would not have
asked it." said the tramp. 81 feel there
is no hope for me in this world or the
next; but as you bid me hope, | will
try" and he turned aside to brush away
a tear
The miserable drunkard went one
way, the reporter another. Did he
start directly for beer saloon? Nc.
The reporter saw the poor fellow enter
ten-cent lodging house. He had slept
on the docks the night before.-N. Y.
Herald.
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How He Came to "Swear on"

"No, | won't drink with you to-day,
boys" said drummer to several com
panions, as they settled down in the
smoking-car and passed the bottle.
The fact is, boys, L have quit drink
ing-Tye swore off" He was greeted
with shouts of laughter by the Jolly
crowd around him; they put the bottle
under his nose, and INDUCED in many
Jokes at his expense, but he refused to
drink, and was rather serious about it.
''What's the matter with you, old boy?"
sang out one. ''lf you've quit drink
ing, something's up; tell us what it is"
"Well, boys, | will, though | know
you'll laugh at me. But III tell you,
all the same. | have been drinking
man all my life, ever since | was mar
ried. AS you all know, | love whisky
it's as sweet in my mouth as sugar
and God only knows how I'll quit it.
For seven years mot day has passed
over my head that | didn't have at
least one drink. But | am done. Yes
terday | was in Chicago. Town on
South Clark street % customer of mine
keeps pawn shop in connection with
his other business. / called on him,
and while was there young man Of
not more than twenty-five, wearing
threadbare clothes, and looking as hard
as if he hadn't seen sober day for
month, came in with % little package
in his hand. Tremblingly he unwrapped
it and handed the article to the pawn
broker, saying: Give me ten cents
And, boys, what doyou suppose it was?
A pair of baby shoes, little things with
only the buttons trihe soied, Us il
they had been only worn once or twice.
Where did you get these? asked the
pawnbroker. Got 'em at home, re-
piled the man, who had an intelligent
face and the manner of q gentleman,
despite his sad condition. 'My-my
wife bought them for our baby Give
me ten cents for 'em-L want a drink
You had better take the shoes back to
your vile; the baby will need Them
said the pawnbroker. No, s-she won't,
because-because she's dead. She's
lying at home how-died last night
AS he said this the poor fellow broke
down, bowed his head on the showcase.
and cried like child. Boys said the
drummer, ''you can laugh if you please,
but II have a baby of my own at
home, and | swear I'll never drink an
other drop" Then he got up and
went into another car. HIS companions
glanced at each other in silence; no one
laughed; the bottle disappeared, and
soon each was sitting in seat by
himself reading q newspaper.-IrSsh
U0rI6
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-07-05
The TattOOed Tramp.

The other day a tramp walked into a
Carson yard and asked for days
work trimming trees, assuring the man
of the house that an old pair of pants
or q square meal would be considered
a sufficient equivalent for the job. The
man who owned the premises was a
philanthropic fellow and fshed up an
old pair of pants in q few moments, at
the same time setting the stranger to
work mauling the wood pile. While
thus engaged the children got around
him and were dazzled with the pictures
of some angels in red, blue, and lot of
sheet anchors and mermaids tattooed
on his arms. They soon learned the
stormy history of his life. He had been
a sailor in the Caribbean, Caspian, and
Polar seas, and after giving graphic
account of his tiger hunts in India, his
wrestlingS with gorillas in Africa, and
his great catch-as- catch-can match,
Queensberry rules, with boa con-
strictor in South America, it is but to
add that he commanded the entire re-
spect and attention of the audience.
When the wood pile had been sufficient
ly splintered he announced that the
hospitality he had received called for
more work, and there seeming to be
nothing special in sight he expressed
himself as uneasy unless he was shown
something more. One of the children
asked him if he could put some pictures
on her arms as he had on his arms. He
said he could, and in twinkling pro-
duced,the necessary paraphernalia. The
children were simply delighted and
almost had riot disputing over the first
choice. By four O'Clock in the evening
he had two young boys, aged four and
seven, and baby all covered over with
pictures of South American scenery,
hearts, sheet anchors and Italian sun
sets, besides making engagements with
twelve of the neighbours children and
enough prospective jobs to last him 8
week. When last seen he was leaving
the premises in front of a shotgun and
bull-dog.-CarSo'a (Nev.) appeal.