Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-09-17

Srnu County gegiste,
BY ELI d. AXE.
IRONTON. MISSOURI
NEWS AND NOTES
A Summary Of Important Events.
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to work at Rock Springs, W. T., undo
protection of United States troops.
IT is now known that France lost Is, 90
men in the Chinese campaign throu g
wounds and disease. The Chinese los
was 100. 600.
The Board of Health of New Bedford
Mass, will quarantine all vessels from
the British provinces on account of tn
smallpox in Canada.
The State census OF Wisconsin Is nov
complete, and the total population of tn
State is shown to bs /, 563 $50, a gain owe
1880 of twenty -one per cent.
A COMPARISON of the expenditures il
the seed division of the Agricultural De
partment shows a saving in contrast witt
last year of $4,000 during July and Au
gust.
JAMES G. HOLMES, elected from first.
class car and compelled toride in smoker
on the Carolina Central Railway, has OBJ
tanned a verdict of $40 against the COM
pany.
STATISTICS Just gath sred show that the
population of Ireland is under 1000, 900,
and that the number of births and mar
riages is below theiaverage of the previous
ten years
THE issue of standard silver dollars
from the minis during the week ended
September 9TH was S457, POI. The issue
during the cores onding period of last
year was Ss4s, 497.
THE Paris Figaro announces that
Prince Napoleon in October will start on
a tour of the world. He will spend three
weeks in America and then visit China,
India, Persia and Russia
WHILE the English provincial papers
generally contain criticisms of Vice.
President Hendricks speech at Indian
apolis on the Sth, the London papers have
not alluded to the matter.
THE monthly cotton report Of the Agri =
cultural Department was issued on the
10th. Advices of the department continue
to show every reason to expect an excep
tional cotton and corn crop.
Instructions have been given to the
Postmaster at Montreal to fumigate prior
to dispatch all mails from his office for
the United States. as requ ssted by the
United States postal authorities.
CAPE Town advice5 state that Congo
cannibals have attacked several stations
of the African Association and roasted
and devoured a number of whites. No
further details have been received.
MISS ADA SWEET, the pension agent at
Chicago, has finally yielded to the in
evitable and trans mitted her resignation
to the President. Mrs. Marion Multi gan
has been app ,inted to succeed her.
SPAIN has informed Germany that re-
paration for the insult to the German en-
bassy would not be made unless Germany
agreed to renounce her intention to estab-
lish protectorate over the Carolines and
Pelew Islands.
The case of perjury against .Lieuten-
ant-Colonel Cochrane. Fifth Infantry, of
Fort Keogh, was disposed of at Miles
City, Mont, on the 7th, before Judge
John Coburn, the jury acquitting the de-
PENDANT on the first vote.
The Commissioner of Agri culture has
determined to publish the monthly W heat
and corn reports hereafter at noon in.
stead Of at p. M, as heretofore. The
change is in compliance with the petit
tions of Western Boards of Trade.
SOLICITOR GENERAL GooDE as received
telegram announcing that the applica-
ton for a writ Of habeas corpus in the
case Of Hibbs, the defaulting Postmaster
arrested in British Columbia, has been
denied. He will be ''called back"
CONSIDERABLE excitement has been
created at Big Flats, in Chemung County,
N. Y, by the discovery OF lead mine
on farm owned by Josiah Bennett
Work is going steadily for ward, and it is
belived that the find is a valuable ona
THE Archbishop of Quebec has issued
circular to his clergy calling their atten-
tion in a very special manner to the letter
of Pope Leo Kill to the Cardinal Arch
bishop Of Paris on the evils arising from
the discussion of religious questions in the
press.
UNITED STATES CONSUL GENERAL VIII.
LIAMs at Havana, Cuba, has been direct
ed to see that Circilo Pueblo, of New
York, who is in prison at Havana, has a
fair and speedy trial Pueblo is Cuban,
but some years since became a natural
lied American.
THE Marine Hospital Bureau is informed
through the Collector of Customs of Ell
Paso that yellow fever is epidemic in the
State of Sonora, Mex, and the request is
made for the appointment of medical
inspector at Nogales. The collector was
authorized to appoint an inspector at
once.
LIEUTENANT GEO. NJ. STOREY, COM
handing the expedition to Alaska, re-
ports to the Secretary of the Navy. under
date of July 18th, his arrival at Hotham
Inlet on July 11th. He was to start on
the day of writing with the larger part of
his stores for the head waters of Putnam
River.
SECOND CONTROLLER MAYNARD has