Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-10-16

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BY ELL d. AXE.
IRONTON. MISSOURI
NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary Of Important Events.
In the Loo Chuan engagement the Chi
nese lost 1000 men, and 900 more on the
retreat.
TIE Oliver mills at Pittsburgh. Pa. con.
cluded not to cut down wages, and work
has been resumed
The French feet in Chinese waters is
short of supplies, and it is feared the neg.
lect of the commissariat may hamper its
operations. ,..,4
Mr.. GLADSTONE has written to German
paper that Germany's colonial policy Is
not opposed by England, and that a ma.
5oriry of Englishmsn approve it us =.
THERE was a great demonstration In
New York on the 9Th by the Cleveland and
Hendricks clubs Of the various exchanges,
such as the Stock, Mining, Produce, Cot.
ton, etc. -
BELyA LOcKwooD's supporters in New
Hampshire met on the 9th and named an
electoral ticket Mrs. Kicker, the leading
spirit there, thinks the woman lawyer will
poll surprisingly large vote. -
THE Canadian Government has offered
to assist the Cape Colony Government
with men or money in, overcoming its
present difficulties. the renewal Of (which
arouses Canada's keen sympathy. =.
THERE has been issued from the Prohi.
birion headquarters in Chicago, a procla'
melton cal1ingson the people of the country
to observe W ednssday, the 10Th inst, as a
day of fasting and prayer for the cause.
THE Catania dis tricu in Sicily, which
suffered from q cyclone on the Sth, is said
to present almost the same appearance
that Casamiciola did after the earthquake
in 1883. 1t is believed many corpses will
yet be found.
THE St Louis (Mo.) Fair was attended
ON the 9th by $4,000 persons, and the
Great Exposition was visited by tens OF
thousands during the day and evening.
The crowd in the city was one of the
largest on record.
REUBEN SPRINGER and David Sinton
have offered $4,000 each to the Cincinnati
CO., Museum Association to pay for the
removal and erection of the present Post
Office building to the grounds of the asso-
citation in Eden Park, as a sample of pure
Grecian architecture. t-... ..-
The court martial to investigate the loss
of the British gunboas Wasp, which was
wrecked recently on Tory Island, found
the disaster was due to the absence of care
and to inattention in navigating the YES
sell The surviving members OF the crew
were acquitted of blame. t-.5.t, t.-4t e..
IT is predicted that the Baltimore &
Ohio Railway people will retaliate on ae-
count of the action taken by the Pennsyi-
vania Road in reference to the track facil-
tiles between Baltimore and New York.
The former line has it in its power to stir
up great deal of trouble. a tF
The revenue cutter Corwin arrived from
Alaska on the evening of the 9th. She
brought down the crew of the ice crushed
steam whaler, Bowhead. The Captain re-
ports that a new volcano has been discov-
cred at Four Mountains, near Seventy two
Pass. The whale catch was a good aver
age.
THE Woman's National Christian Tenn
perance Union will meet in Sd Louis, Mo-,
October 22d, 23d. oath and 18th. Promi-,
nent lady speakers viii occupy some Of
the church puipits the preceding Sunday.
October 18th will be made day of prayer
a. ~ bo11 r.
the country.
NINE. JANIscH, the newly imported Euro
pean actress, was physically Frustrated at
the close of the third act of s'Louisa" in
New York on the night of the 7th. The
curtain was rung down. A physician was
summoned, and serious doubts were ex.
pressed of the lady eingb able to resume
her. engagement Immediately.
AT Brookings, d. T., what has been sup
posed to be chicken-pox, prevailing in
that vicinity, has been pronounced by
competent physicians to be genuine small
pox, and the disease is spreading rapidly
through the country. It is supposed to
have been introduced by emigrants- Up
to the 9th four persons had died.
Eess - S =-'E.
The failures for the seven DAYS ended
the 10th numbered, in the United States,
1876; Canada, "a; total, go; as against PIT
the preceding week. The failures arenow
belo the average in the Western, New
England and Pacific States, but a CORE
spending increase is noted in the South
ern and Middle States and New York
City. a
THE Fair and Exposition managers, who
met in St. Louis, No., recently, appointed a.
committee to recommend suitable 1oca
ton for a Worlds Expositio to be held
IN 1892. The subcommittee thus appoint
ed have selected st. Louis as the most
central and best suited, and will report
that fact to the general committee Deem
Der Sd.
RETURNS from all but eighteen towns in
Connecticut give a total vote of A ,593 on
the biennial sessions amendment, with
total majority Tor the amendment of is, 107.
Returns from ia towns show that the Re.
p1Bficans control the boards of registra-
ton; the Democrats in 40; equally divid.
ed, % This is no material change from
last year.
THE total value of imports and exports
of mercandiseeduringt the yeanended June
30, 1854, amounted, to 81, 40S ,211, 302, or
SIS, sos, OLA less thanduring the preceding
year. The value Of domestic merchandise
exported during Ssthe year amounted
to S7a4, 964. $50, orr SIS, e5S, $50 less than,
during the preceding year; and
the value of imports amounted to $685.