Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-09-10
NEWS AND NOTES.
4 Summary II Important EIsnts.

A Summary II Important ETents.
THERE were 2 500 new cases of cholera
and 7sS deaths reported in Spain on the
4th.
PRINCE HENRY of Batten berg, husband
OF Princess Beatrice, has been appointed
a commandant in the British navy.
MINISTER FOSTER has reached an agree.
ment with the Spanish Government con.
corning Cuban claims of American citi.
Gems.
THE gate of the Government reservoir
at Winnebegoshish has been opened and
the Mississippi shows a rise of five feet al
Brainerd, Mimi.
The total emigration from Great Britain
to America during the month of August
was 1882, against 1858 for the CORE
spending month in 1884.
The corner stone of the statue to the
memory of Commodore Oliver Hazard
Perry was laid at Newport, r. L, on tbs
1st, with Masonic ceremonies.
THREE inches of snow fell on Mt. Wash
ington, N. H., on the I'd. The tempera'
ture was twenty EIGHT degrees and the
wind blowing fifty miles an hour.
THE correspondence at the Treasury
and Navy departments indicates an I'M.
precedented rush and pressure of office
seekers upon the return of the Secreta.
rIes.
AN examination of the wreck of the
steamship Hanoverian by divers shows
the d amage to her hull to be irrepar able
The bottom of the ship is imbedded on
Jagged rocks.
As a result of the smallpox scare at
Fall River, Mass, 1900 children have beer
vaccinated by the city physician during
at the rate of 200 daily
THE Govern or of Illinois has offered q
reward of 500 for the apprehension OF
Thomas Mcqueen, alias McKeown, the
alleged murd erer of Robert Burgoyne al
Minonk, ILL.,, on the 26th of August.
THE thirty-third annual meeting of the
American Pharmaceutical Association
continues four days. Delegates will be
A VIOLENT hail storm swept over Erie
County, Pa, ON the ID, damaging or de-
stroying all vegetation in its path. Hail
to the depth of two inches lay on the
ground after the passage of the storm.
THE number of new cases of cholera
and deaths from the disease throughout
Spain on the ID were 1902 and 1907, re-
t. 81 al inc
ly prevalent in Marseilles and Toulon.
THE Ohio Democr attic State Executiv 3
Committee have declined in behalf of
Governor Hoadly a challenge from the
Prohi bition Committee for joint debate
with their candidate, Rev. s. B. Leonard.
ARArHER severe shock of earthquake
was felt at the villages of Campbell,
Ford Hastings and Norwood, east Of To.
ronto, Ont, on the 4th. Windows and
doors were ratified and sidewalks rose and
Tell.
MAJOR CHAs. s. HILL, of the State De-
partment at Washington, has been APP
pointed Commissioner of Consular and
Diplomatic Exhibits at the North, Central
and South American Exposition at New
Orleans.
MINISTER PHELPS opened a working
mems club near Rugby. England, on the
I'd, and in speech advised those who
thought of emigrating that there was no
room in America for idle or worthless
persons.
GENERAL LOGAN has accepted an invi-
tation to deliver the Grafton at the Grant
memorial services to be held in Washing
ton, D. c., under the auspices Of the De-
partment of the Potomac G. A. R, on Oc-
tober 1sk
are sending in their reports on industrial
affairs to the bureau and have nearly
completed their field work. 1t is be-
ieved that all of the reports will be in by
the LIST of October.
THROUGHOUT Spain on the Sd there were
2,941 new cases of cholera and 1000
deaths from that disease. Cholera has
broken out at Cadiz. The official reports
show forty three cases and twenty three
deaths in that city.
AT the closing session of the American
Association for the advancement of
Science at Ann Arbor, Mich, on the LIST,
E S. Morse of Salem, Mass, was elected
President. Buffalo, N. Y, was selected
as the next place OF meeting.
j. 81. AUFDEMoRrE and Erasmus Shep-
herd were arraigned on the 4th before
United States Commissioner Wright at
New Orleans. They waived examination
and were remanded. Aufdemorte's bail
Is 81, 600; Shepherds, $4,000.
For the first two months of the current
fiscal year the Governments receipts
from all sources have fallen off about &c.
OO0, 900 compared with the corresponding
months of the previous fiscal years, and
the expenditures have decreased 81, $50, =
0O0.
IT is understood that the newly ap-
pointed Chinese Minister to this country
is to start at once accompanied by a
larger staff of attendants than has here.
tofore been provided at the legation, and
will arrive in Washington as promptly as
the journey can be made
COLONEL FRED GRANT, Mrs. Grant and
Mrs Sartoris arrived at the Fifth Avenue
Hotel, New York, on the 31st. The party
intended to remain at the hotel until the
I'd, when Mrs. Sartoris was to sail fol
Europe. Mrs. Grant will go to Westches-
ter County to visit her son.
SECRETARY MANNING met a small par ty
OF bankers in the Treasury building at
New York On the Sd. The bankers gath
cred assurance from the interview with
Secretary Manning that the Administra-
tion was a unit in desire to abolish the
silver coinage law at the next session OF