Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-12-10

ON the Sd q special order was received
at the Brooklyn Navy Yard Informing the
commandant that Secretary Whitney had
decided to send the steel cruiser Dolphin
| on trial trip TO sea at once, commanded
by naval officers. The ship viii be equipped
| Is man-of-war, and furnished with
| everything necessary for q long sea voy.
age.
In the Mexican Congress q bill for free
banking has been unanimously referred to
| the Finance Committee.
In France the Deputies are considering
the proposition to prohibit the purchase OF
Government supplies abroad.
Slow progress is being made in securing
an agreement between the Mexican Gov.
eminent and the railway companies.
The Pittsburgh miners are returning to
work, and the strike is considered about
| ended.
THE Philadelphia Midland Railroad has
| fallen into the hands of the Pennsylvania
| Road.
| THE total number of failures reported to
Bradstreet's since January, 1884, is 10 1893,
| against 10, 467 in a like portion of 1884. For
| the seven days ended the 4th the total was
247, against 22o in the preceding week, as
compared with 296 in the first week of De.
cember, 1884.
The Journal Tank, Constantinople, has
been suspended by the Government on ac-
| count of reflections on Lord Salisbury's
policy.
IT is estimated that $500 employees Of
| Cincinnati shoe factories are out on q
strike.
| REPORTS sent out ON the 4th from Chica.
go and Saugatuck, Mich, indicating the
loss of the steam barge &C. Britain, have
| proved incorrect. A telegram received an
nounces the safe arrival of the barge at
Holland, Mich, having weathered a severe
| gale.
A CONFERENCE of the leading adherents
| of Don Carlos is in progress in Venice.
Their deliberations are conducted with the
utmost secrecy.
GENERAL MILES telegraphs that the i'm
carried out, and all the intruders have
been removed and that the cattlemen with
| their herds are on the move.
On the 9TH the new Government cruiser
'Chicago' was successfully launched at
Chester, Pa.
MARTIAL law has been proclaimed
throughout Servia. The terms of peace
offered by the Bulgarian Government have
been rejected, and it was expected active
| hostilities would be renewed on the It'll
On the 9Th several shocks of earthquake
were felt at Bon Sada, Algiers. A church
and seventy-one houses were destroyed
| and two persons were killed.
| THE recent severe storm ON the Central
American coast resulted in much loss Of
shipping and human life, besides serious
damage along the coast. Traffic on the
| Panama Railroad was suspended, some of
the track being submerged.
TROOPS are being dispatched to Salt Lake
| City, Utah, to prevent threatened out
break of Mormons and determination Of
the Gentle population.
DURING the lake navigation season just
closed sixty vessels were totally destroyed,
entailing loss Of seventy -four lives and
81 ole, 200.
ITALY has withdrawn its opposition to
the re-entry of Belgium into the Latin
Union.
THE demolition of the Church of st.
Martin at Marseilles, France, has been
ordered by the municipal authorities for
sanitary reasons.
AUSTRIA has notified Prince Alexander
that she will intervene if Nissa is captured
by the Bulgarians.
GENERAL PRENDERGAsT has invited the
Burmese civil, military ana religious OIL
cials to resume their duties on condition of
their being loyal to England.
THE revolution in Northern Mexico is
taking ON a very warlize shade. Both
sides are bitter and are vigorously press
ing men and money into service.
LATEST returns indicate that in Ireland
sixty mine Parnellites and seventeen Tor.
ies have bben elected and it is estimated
the total Parnellite vote in the next House
will be eighty-six.
OWING to England's opposition the
Porte has postponed the departure Of
Djeodet Pasha ON his mission to Philip.
popolis.
On the 9th the Servian Colonel Milan
ovitch with the formal conditions of peace
arrived at Prot. Prince Alexander was to
reply in orty-eight hours.
THE Austrian Minister to Servia has
started for Nissa with an urgent warning
to Servia that resumption of hostilities
will bring dangers which even Austria can
not prevent.