Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-06-18

Hos. g. Y. N. LorHRoP, the newly ap-
pointed Minister to Russia, had an inter.
view with the President on the 18th, and
| then called upon the Russian Minister.
He also called to see Mrs. Hunt, widow Of
| the late American Minister to Russia
TIE Secretary of the Navy has decided
| TO order a court-martial for the trial Of
Paymaster- General Smith, u. Il. N.
GREAT damage Is being done to wheat
| by the Hessian fly In the vicinity Of Kala-
mazoo, Mich.
THE sittings of the Suez Canal Commis-
sion in Paris have concluded.
FIVE men were KILLED in a construction
train wreck on the Cincinnati Southern
Railway on the 18th.
The Liberty Bell started on a special
train from New Orleans for Philadelphia
| on the 18th.
THREE days. quarantine has been de-
| creed by France on the Spanish border as
prevention against cholera.
w. H. BARE and Miss Mary Ann Hines
eloped from Huntington, Pa, on the 18th,
and went West. The woman is an ad.
ventures.
j. b. RuT TIER, President of the New
York Central Railway, died at Irvington
on the Hudson, N. Y, on the 18th.
A RECENT shock of an earthquake COM
pletely swallowed up the town of Sikuch,
Eastern Caucasus.
The estima ted VIII eat crop, according to
the National MilIer's Association, is &c.,
164, 800 bushels.
EFFORTS to enforce the Prohibitory
at Springvale, Me-
=, h. I'D
States Marshal for the Western District
of Virginia.
The Marquis of Salisbury has consent.
ed to form a new ministry, with Sir Stat
ford North cote as Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer.
EXPORTS of breadstuffs from the United
$11, 34S, 1856.
THE latest test of the Dolphin has been
pronounced utterly valueless. Another
trial will be made
FIRE in the building in London on the
18th used by the International Inventions
Exhibition, did great damage to the In
dian museum and several departments.
A CONFERENCE was arranged to take
place on the 18th between the manufact-
urers and IRON workers at Pittsburgh.
De alma, who had a row with Commits
sioner Sparks, has lost his position as
special timber agent.
THE Supreme Court of South Carolina
has affirmed the death sentence against
Thomas Gee, Thomas McNeill and Joseph
Howard, all colored, for murder. They
will be executed at Fayetteville June
25th.
DETECTIVE WILEY, of Chicago, who
permitted Calvert, the forger, to escape on
the way from New York, has resigned. He
had been fifteen years in service.
THREE children of Henry A. Altmeyer,
at Larentum, Pa, were terribly burned on
the 18th; caused by lamp explosion.
ALBERT M. CHAN DLER and Henry Ros.
ener have been appointed receivers for
the Postal Telegraph and Cable Company
in Ohio.
EXPENSES of the Agricultural Depart.
ment at Washington were reduced $1,000
for May, and for June reduction of s., go
is promised.
THE next convention of the American
Bankers Association will be held at Chi
cago ON the 23d and oath of September
next.
COMMISSIONER SPARKS. of the Land
Office at Washington, makes lengthy re-
port on the Maxwell land grant, showing
how illegal patents were issued.
MATTE PALMER sues for divorce at
Louisville, KY, from her husband, VIM.
E. Montgomery, on the ground that the
latter has negro blood in his veins.
A CYCLONE passed over Council Bluffs.
Ia, the evening of the 18th, doing con-
siderable damage. The fourth and fifth
stories Of the State Deaf and Dumb Asy-
lum were blown off. Damage, $4,000. No
lives lost.
DURING an alteration on the 12th be.
tween Henry Neirte and Peter Guidinger
farmers residing about twelve miles north
of Milwaukee, Wis, the former was shot
aud killed by Guidinger, who delivered
himself up to the authorities soon after.
A HEAVY wind storm at Omaha, Neb.,
on the night of the 18th demolished four
story brick building, belonging to G. A.
Lindquest & Co., which was being erected
at the corner of Jones and Tenth streets.
The building was almost completed. In
falling the walls crushed in the adjacent
dwelling, fatally injuring one man.