Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-04-09

PRESIDENT CLEVELAND sent lib nominas
tions to the Senate and 159 were confirmed
A SEVERE snow storm prevailed through
out Canada ON the Sd. Trains were block
AIDED ia many places, and there were nc
arrivals at Montreal.
ROBBERS entered q farmers house neal
Lancaster, O., the night of the I'd, shot
him dead and secured $500.
ALVIN ALLEN, Vermonter and fagi-
tive from justice, killed himself in Iowa
on the Sd, rather than be arrested by off
GERS in pursuit.
Mrs. CYRUS Fl. MCCORMICK, Of Chicago
has made a further donation of 500, 900 to
the Presbyterian Theological Seminary in
that city, making total of $500, 900 give n
by the family to the Institution.
THERE were 231 failures throu gk out the
United States and Canada reported for
the seven days ended the Sd, as against
2s7 for the previous week. This is the
smallest number of failures chronicled
during any week this year so far.
GENERAL GRAHAM advanced on Tamai
on the Sd, and occupied the place with but
little resistance Later in the day the
| place was fired and Graham's forces re-
| tired to the zereba. The causes for the
| l after action were not stated. Losses
| light.
REL has telegraph operator with him
and has been tapping the wires in order to
keep posted.
| THE British flag has been hoisted over
| part Of Hamilton, an island in the Core
an Archipel ago.
MEssRs. PHELPS and Kelly, the new
American Ministers to England and Italy
| respectively, qualified on the Sd and re-
ceived their credentials.
THE Government at Ottawa has ordered
heavy supplies Of rifles and cartridges.
GENERAL GRANT was up, walking alb out
his room the evening of the 81, and was
able to sign an important document. At
midnight he was sleeping in his easy =
| chair, an anodyne having been admins
tered.
FIVE persons were arrested at Madrid
ON the Sd charged with completely in a
plot to assassinate King Alfonso.
CITIZENS We're still in pursuit of Howard
Cooper, the negro brute who outraged a
young lady near Rockland, Nd, and in
dications were that Judge Lynch would
have work to do when he was caught.
COMMANDER KANE of the Galena holds
two OF the most prominent insurgents who
assisted in firing Aspinwall.
THE United States Government had on
deposit in the Exchange National Bank of
Norfolk, Va, which suspended on the I'd,
between 81 $1,000 and 500, 900, placed there
bS the revenue collector.
AN American Association base ball
meeting was held at Philadelphia on the
Sd. As no communication was received
from Mr.. Lucas, of st. Louis, no action
was taken regarding the reinstatement of
some of his players.
Four prisoners escaped from the Coun-
ty Jail at Chicago ON the night of the Sd.
1t is said that the Governor of Texas
will veto the land bill.
The difficulty between Spain and Mo-
rocco has been settled.
THE proprietors of the quarries at Joliet
are arranging for men to take the places
of the strikers and trouble is feared on
their arrival. They have asked the Sher-
iff for protection.
PARTY conflicts at Paris are increasing
in bitterness.
SECRETARY OF THE NAVY WHITNEY has
given Admiral Jouett instructions for his
guidance at Aspinwal.
SPIES report heavy assertions from Os-
man Digna's army.
GOOD FRIDAY was generally observed as
a holiday in New York.
THE war in Rowan County, Kentucky,
between political factions will probably
not be settled until the State troops take
hand.
JUDGE CHARLES CHESLEY, Of New
Solicitor of Internal Revenue,
has, at the request Of Attorney General
rendered his resignation, to take
effect on the appointment aud qualifica-
ton Of his successor. Judge Chesley en-
tered the Treasury Department as 81 400
clerk in June, 1865, and was promoted from
time to time since.
ORDERS have been issued by the Treas
ury Department to have the South Allan
tic quarantine station at Sapelo Sound, |
and the Gulf quarantine station at Ship |
Island placed in readiness for the summer |
season.
SEVERAL more arrests of German army |
officers on the charge of divulging plans |
nave been made. The frequency of such |
arrests causes a widespread feeling of
anxiety.