Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-01-15
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

show q most satisfactory condition of
stock, despite the recent cold weather.
THE lease Of the Eastern Railroad by
the Boston & Maine Road has brought to
light an embezzlemeut of several years
standing, the amount being 900.
The report of the Missouri River Com
mission was sent to the Senate on the
It'll. It recommends substantial appro-
priations for the great stream, and is full
of interesting statements.
| BETWEEN 5000 and 1000 men are affect
Cd by the order reducing wages, issued by
Oliver Bros. & Phillips, of Pittsburgh, Pa
! HENRY c. HAARsrIcK was elected Presi-
| dent of the ST. Louis Merchants Ex-
change; Seth W. Cobb and D. P. Slattery,
Vice Presidents, and d. R. Francis,
Matthias Backer, Charles A. Cox, Henry
Sayers and Thomas Akin, Directors.
| State Treasurer Wright of New Jersey
died on the sth.
| THE Indiana Legislature, Democratic in
both branches, met on the Sth.
| A NATIONAL silver convention will be
held at Denver, Col, on the 18th instant.
/ CYRUS W. FIELD has returned the money
subscribed to relieve General Grant.
| SrowERINGs s. FLEMING's Iron Works
at Cleveland, O., were damaged by fire on
| the Sth.
THE Albany Ecening Journal thinks VIM.
n. Evarts will be the next Senator from
New York.
| OPDYKE s. Co., the Wall street bankers
who recently failed, announce their ability
to pay in full.
REPRESENTATIVES from the leading COL
leges and universities of the country were
| in session at Philadelphia, Pa, on the
| Sth.
MAJOR MUTT, the midget, was married
| at Boston, Mass, on the Sth, to Miss Clara
Garfield, who is eighteen inches taller than
the groom.
THE Transcontinental Freight Associa-
ton has reduced rates on iron and glass
products from Pittsburgh to California
points.
THE four year-old colt, Alcantara, was
sold at Lexington, KY, on the sth, to
Eiezur Smith, of Lee, Mass, for $4,000.
EX-SENATOR THURMAN made speech at
Columbus, O., on the sth, which was well
received, and the ssOld Roman" was loudly
applauded.
A ROME paper denies the report that It
ally intends to occupy Tripoli.
JACKSON Democratic clubs and associa-
tions and other organizations celebrated
the Sth in many parts of the country.
GENERAL SANTE DOMINGO VILLA has
been elected President of the State of
Panama and installed.
BISMARCK proposes that the duties on
corn be raised because Germany is a ma
ton of farmers.
The Illinois Legislature on the Sth trans
acted no business except to organize. The
Senate was organized by the Republicans
according to the caucus plans. In the
House Mr.. Haines was elected temporary
Speaker, and other temporary officers were
chosen.
Two young men, whose mother was re.
Gently murdered, made a desperate at
tempt to take the life of Paris editor,
on the Sth, whose paper attacked the
memory of their mother. They were
overpowered by the newspaper men, and
one of the brothers dangerously wounded.
RoUND-TRIP rates to the Inauguration
have been fixed by the railroad companies
of the West.
FRESH earthquake shocks were felt on
the sth in the Province of Malaga, Spain.
Several houses were damaged.
BOTH branches of the Missouri Legisla-
ture organized on the Sth according to the
Democratic caucus plans of the previous
night. In the evening joint caucus of
the Democratic Senators and Repres en-
tatives was held and the name of Hon.
George G. Vest was the only one present
ed for United States Senator. The choice
was therefore unanimous.
Four boys broke through the ice at
Pottsyille, Pa, on the 9th, and were
drowned.
THE celebrated Mrs. Myra Clark Gaines,
of New Orleans, died the night of the 9th.
ROBERT w. WRIGHT, the journalist and
author, died at Cleveland, O., on the 9th,
in his sixty ninth year.
A MAN man with glass eye, who went
from Detroit. Mich, to Toronto, Ont, has
left his creditors to the tune of $4,000.
THE Mexican Central Railway Company
is reported to have called for a loan of 3d.
900, 900.
A LIMA Peru) paper declares that the
Peruvians in their desire to become Euro
peanized are losing their politeness.
A LARGE tobacco storage warehouse at
Durham, N. c., burned ON the 9th.
JOHN MCBRIDE, of Massilon, was elected
President of the Ohio Coal Miners Asso-
citation.
PRINCE EDWARD and George, sons of the
Prince of Wales are writing an account of
their voyage around the world.
THE debt of Indiana is 81, $40, sos, all of
which is due the State school fund, except
$607,s2
THE Marquis of Salisbury, in letter to
the Conservatives, condemns the British
Government for its vacillating foreign
and colonial policy.
Hon. JOHN P. JONES was nominated by
the Republican caucus at Carson City.
New, to succeed himself in the United
States Senate.
Mr.. GLADSTONE is said to be suffering
from catarrh, lumbago and insomnia, but
there is fair prospect of a speedy re-
covery of his health.
THE Pittsburgh glass manufacturers
have inaugurated a movement to have the
factories close down two or three months
earlier this year than usual.
GENERAL WoLsKLEY has telegraphed
that he will march for Khartoum January
oath. He advises the Government to dis
patch 1900 picked troops to Suakim.
THE annual report of the Government
Directors of the Union Pacific Railroad
was submitted to the Secretary of the In
terror ON the 9th.
A SALVATION Army Captain at Dover,
N. H, defies the Mayor on the ground that
he gets his orders from Heaven, and would
Captain has sent for reinforcements, and
the Mayor is getting his forces in order to
assert his authority when the real test
comes.
THOMAS F. PHKLAY, Of Kansas City,
No., was stabbed in O'Donovan Rossa's
office in New York on the 9th, by Richard