Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-03-19

THE United States ship Lackawanna ar
rived at San Francisco on the 18th from
Acapulco. 1t was reported she had tweiv'
cases of yellow fever. Owen Griffith
barber, and William Wilde, sailor hae
died.
PROMINENT German residents in Wash.
ington gave a banquet the night of the
| 18th to Representatives Deuster and Guen.
ther, of Wisconsin.
GENERAL GRANTS condition was re.
ported more favorable on the 18th.
MEMORIAL services in honor of General
Gordon were held in London on the 18th
The Governor of Dakota vetoed the
woman suffrage bill.
LOUIS ANDRE FERDINAND GATINEAU,
lawyer and statesman of Paris, is dead.
The Senate confirmed Chas. s. Fair.
child, of New York, as Assistant Secre-
tary of the Treasury.
HE Gar of Russia says he has not the
remotest idea of declaring war against
England.
ENGINEERS on one of the divisions of
the East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia
Railroad struck on the 18th.
1T is reported that the Mahdi has evacu-
ated Metemneh because he fears an in
vasion from Ably ssinia.
The Senate has returned the Mica
raguan, Spanish and Dominican treaties
to the President.
The police raided and closed all the
gambling-houses of Louisville, KY, on
the 18th and the city was in quite a fer
ment.
A COMMITTEE on Coast Defenses has
been created by the Senate, with Mr..
Dolph as Chairman,
KILOGRAMS from nearly oil the larger
cities to Bradstreets announce an i'm
proved feeling as to the outlook for general
trade. Failures for the seven days ended
the 18th numbered $50, as compared with
222 during the previous week.
A NEW YORK woman who was just over
a spree threw her child out of a window
and injured it fatally.
The Irish Nationalist have decided to
maintain an attitude of reserve during the
visit of the Prince of Wales.
The striking miners in Pennsylvania
were reinforced on the 18th, the men in the
Hampton mines going out.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND has issued a
proclamation to the effect that the BOOM
ers can not yet go into Oklahoma
THE ship Prince of Wales, with a cargo
of furs, and supposed to have been lost,
has been heard from.
SECRETARY MANNING has cut down the
force of treasury special agents sufficient
to cause an annual saving of 49, in
that service. The suspense ions are solely
in the interest of economy.
THE Russian Am bassador at Paris scouts
the idea that his government will ADAM
don the position taken in the Afghan
country.
IF the Russians enter Herat Sir Peter
Lumsden, who is encamped on Persian
territory with his army, will meet them
there.
The strikers on the International & Great
Northern Road in Texas had their wages
restored, and will return to work.
AMBASSADORS of France, Germany,
Italy and Turkey had long interview
with Earl Granville at London on the 18th.
FRIDAY, the 18th, was the most quiet day
at Sedalia, Mo-, since the strike began.
No attempts were made to move freight
trains and the yards were deserted. Ne
gotiations were pending looking toward
THE Cleveland Herald (Rep.) goes out of
existence, and the Ptaindealer Dem will
publish a morning as we'll as evening edi-
ton. The Leader (Rep.), morning
paper, purchased the good will of the
Herald.
AN insane man went into DR.. Lewis
church in st. Louis, Mo-, and after acting
queerly gave the pastor $3.50. The man
was locked up and the money turned over
to the police.
CAPTAIN HAYES, of the Missouri Pacific,
invited the Governors of Missouri, Kansas
and Texas and others to attend confer
ance in st. Louis on the 18th, at which an
attempt was to be made to settle by arbi-
ration the difficulty between the railroad
and the strikers
GENERAL Don PRosPERo FERNANDEZ,
President of Costa Rica, died suddenly on
he 18th.
THE resignation of Second Lieutenant
Vasta E. Stolbrand, Thirteenth Infantry,
lnder charges for duplicating his pay ac-
counts, has been accepted by the Presi-
lent.
THE imports of dry goods for the seven
lays ended the 18th are valued at $2,119,-
100; amount marketed, $2,3SS, 200.