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

Sroll County gegistfr
By ELI d. AXE.
IRONTON. MISSOURI.
NEWS AND NOTES
A Summary Of Important Events.
TIE Pope has given a, 900 francs to the
relief Of sufferers from the earthquakes in
Spain
In his inaugural address Governor Robbie
of Mains recommended the adoption OF
civil service rules.
THE visible supply of wheat on the 9Th
was 1882 600 bushels; corn, 4,o24, O00
bushels: oats, zoos, 900 bushels.
THE annual convention of Indiana Dem.
ocratic editors on the Sth was address ec
by Vice President-elect Hendricks.
IT is understood that Gladstone will re
tire from party politics at the end of the
present session of the British Parha ment
Four hundred well-armed men are re-
ported at Camp Russell, in Oklahoma, ana
they say they will resist tho Government
troops-
PRxsIpENr-ELECr CLEVELAND arrived
at Buffalo on the Sth. He opened the
charity ball in that city on the evening OF
the 9th.
TIE Illinois Central Road has reduced
the rates on grain from Dubuque 20 Cni-
caro-. and ON oats from Dubuque to New
Orleans.
THE French Government has telegraph
ed congratulations to General Negrier, in
Tonouin, on his recent victory over the
Chinese.
THE trial of Mime. Clovis Hughes, who
murdered Deputy NORM at Paris, was con-
cluded on the Sth resulting in verdict OF
acquitted.
IT is officially stated that the Prince of
Wales will not ask Parliament to grant an
allowance to his eldest son upon his COM
ing of age.
N
MERCHANTS and manufacturers of Chica-
gowho have been interviewed say there are
real evidences on every hand OF good
business revival
THERE have been repeated shocks OF
earthquake in South Styria "a province OF
Hungary. Considerable damage to prop
erty has been done.
THE American Iron and Steel Associa-
ton, on the 9th, elected B. F. Jones, Presi-
dent; James NJ. Swank, Vice -President,
and George w. Cope, Secretary.
Rev. DIR. WIN. PAREr was consecrated
Episcopal Bishop of the Diocese of Mary
land on the Sth. The venerable Bishop
Alfred Lee, of Delaware, presided.
ANOTHER severe shock of earthquake
was experienced in the province of Gran
ada, Spain, on the 9Th. King Alfonzo has
gone to the panic stricken provinces.
UNITED IRELAND says that the result of
the convention at Thuries is the DEATH
blow to the cowardly enemies of Ireland 1,
who reckoned upon Tipperary as an ally.
THE widow of Mark Hopkins proposes
to build in Massachusetts the most ex-
pensive residence in the United States.
The house and grounds will cost 5000, 600.
THE Pittsburgh iron trade shows signs Of
revival. Several mills started up on the
9Th. Others will resume within a few
DAYS. Wages have not been restored,
though.
OHIO Democrats had great time at
Columbus on the Sth. Members of the
Legislature called on Senator-elect Payne,
and there were number of congratulatory
speeches.
ANOTHER verdict was rendered in a st.
Louis MOI court on the Sth to the effect
that option dealing is illegal, and that
there can be no recovery on margins put
up for third party.
THE West African Conference has agreed
upon the proposal that no part of the guar
anteed territory shall be allowed to be
used as a market or means of communica-
ton for the slave trade.
PRESIDENT ARTHUR has accepted an in
vitation to visit New Orleans February
10Th, unless official duties prevent, and the
President of the Baltimore & Ohio Road
has rendered the President his private car
Ar Bay Roberts, Newfoundland, on the
9th, there was another furious Orange
outbreak. The Redemptionistf fathers were
besieged. The United States Consul de-
manded protection for American citizens.
THE New York Commercial Bulletin esti-
mates the fire loss for December in the
United States and Canada at $1,000, 900;
and for the year $l12, 900, 900; or $40, 500 600
more than the annual average for nine
years.
THE tension of relations between the
English and German governments is said
to be lessening. In his speech at the re-
opening of the Reichstag on the Sth, Bis
marck expressed friendship for England
and her people.
THERE were 44S failures in the United
States reported to Bradstreet's during the
seven days ended the 9th against 366 in
the preceding week, and. 345, 342 and 203
in the corresponding weeks of 1884, 1888
and 1882 respectively.
IT is officially announced that the Ger
man corvettes off the Cameroons coast
have had a battle with the natives, the
latter being routed with great loss of life.
The marines landed and burned several
native villages. Only one German was
killed and eight wounded.