Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-12-25
CURRENT TOPICS.
The News in Brief.

The News in Brief.
MEETINGS are being organized in France
and agitating against the additional corn
tax.
: @Is some parts of Canada the tempe-a-
ture dropped to forty degrees below zero
on the 18th.
JOHN B. HOFFMAN was hanged at Gin
cinnati, o., on the 10th, for the murder or
his two sons in 1882.
INVESTIGATION shows the effects OF the
London Bridge explosion to be much worse
than at first reported.
THE visible supply of wheat on the 10th
was 46, ITS 600 bushels; corn, 8, 1891 900 BUSH
els; oats, 2,755,O 600 bushels.
FROM official sources it is estimated that
the coal output this year will be about l.
800, 900 tons short of last year.
THE nomination of Hon. Hugh McCul-
loch as Secretary of the Treasury was con-
firmed by the Senate on the 18th.
THE House subcommittee on Pensions
has agreed to report an appropriation OF
$50, 00O, 600 for the next fiscal year.
THE London municipal authorities have
offered $4,000 reward for the discovery OF
the authors of the bridge explosion.
THE weight of the Washington monu-
ment is 81, 22O tons, and the cost 81 ,lS',I no,
of which Congress appropriated SSs''1lo.
THERE were 395 failures in the United
States and Canada for the week ended the
10Th. as compared with 34S the preceding
week.
STANLEY has written another interesting
letter, in reference to what the Berlin Con-
ference should do concerning the Congo
country.
The thermometer registered 30 degrees
below zero at Fargo. Dak., on the 18th,
20 degrees at st. Paul, 10 at Omaha and II
at Chicago.
THE Connellsville Coke Syndicate has
decided to shut down an additional ten
per cent. of the ovens, leaving but forty
per cent. in operation.
81. d. LYMAN, Second Assistant POST
master General, will resign his office in a
short time to accept a position with the
GeleDuOu6 COMPANY do w oSh1A3sN-s
80 Nz.--5.5s -s-
TIE Western Wholesale Marble Dealers
Association began a convention at st.
Louis, No., on the 18th. Officers were elect
ed and prices for the ensuing year decided
upon.
THE Tobacco Leaf, of New York, repre-
SCENTS that the cigar manufacturers and
leaf dealers of the United States are al
in Onn0SinU the Spanish
treaty.
The House Committee on Indian Affairs
has decided to report adversely on the
joint resolution providing for the improve
ment of Indians by giving them the rights
of citizenship.
THE North German Gazette intimates
that Bismarck has decided to rest from
public duties. The Chancellor wants to
recuperate his health to down the OBJ
structionists when the real tilt begins.
THE Pail Mall Gazette prints statement
to the effect that 1T has positive informa-
ton that Rev. Henry Ward Beecher will
be the successor of James Russell Lowell
as American Minister to the court of st. |
James.
effect that the German flag has been |
hoisted over the islands of New Britain |
and New Ireland, the Admiralty Islands |
and portions of the north coast OF New |
Guinea.
EVER since the election of Cleveland |
Dunk Groves, prosperous farmer OF Rush |
County, Ind, has had an insane idea that |
the country would go to ruin and he would
lose his property. He hanged himself on
the 18th.
THE will of the late Reuben r. Springer,
of Cincinnati, o., was probated on the 10th.
He makes large requests to public and
private institutions and to relatives and
friends. The estate is estimated at
$3,VU0,000.
AT meeting of the officials of Iowa rail-
roads ON the 10th the deposition to reduce
freight rates was rejected. A proposal to
call an extra session OF the Iowa Legisla-
ture to take action on this question does
not meet with much approval.
S Rev. ROBERT JONES, pastor of Baptist
church at Ithaca, N. Y, was arrested on
the 18th and taken to Auburn on a charge
of lie al voting at the recent election. The
town is in a ferment in consequence. 1t Is
claimed that he Is not a naturaIized citizen.
THE delegates to the Congo Conference
are awaiting orders from their respective
governments concerning the American
project to neutraiIze tae Congo territory.
ALI delegates ACTIVELY or tacitly support
the American proposition, except Portugal
and France.
The Catholic Male Orphan Asylum in
Brooklyn, N. Y, burned on the 18th. 1t is
feared that several of the smaller boys
persisted. One of the Sisters was fatally
injured, and a fireman and one boy were
badly hurt. The buildings and grounds
occupied an entire block.
A CONNECTION was created at the Treas
lry Department ON the 18th by the discov-
cry that twenty -four sheets OF fibre paper
used in printing internal revenue stamps,
lad been lost in the transfer of q large
quantity from one room to another. The
missing sheets were recovered, however,
after a short search.
In the presence of the Cabinet, diplo-
mats, Judges, Congressman and other dis.
inguished citizens of this and other coun-
ries, President Arthur opened the New
Orleans Exposition by electricity from the I
White House, on the 18th. The ceremonies
1t both Washington and New Orleans
we're impressive.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES SHERIDAN having |
been selected as Marshal of the day for the | ,