Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-12-09

grou County grgister
By ELI ID. AXE.
RONTON. MISSOURI
NEWS AND NOTES. |
4 Summary Of Important Events.
SEvgRAL arrests have been made at
lew York for attempts to tamper with
be McQuade jury.
THE convention at PHILADELPHIA hid out
plan for celebrating the centennial of the
igning of the Federal Constitution
THE San Francisco mining boom con
inues undated. the excitement permeat-
ng all classes. Several failures are re-
ported.
JUDGMENT was rendered at Boston on
he Sd against Ben Butter in favcr of the
Soldiers Home for over $1,000. ae will
appeal
Two hundred and sixty men were dis
charged on the 30th from the depsfr tment of
and repair in the Brooklyn
Navy Yard.
VIM KSAPp, Of tGroveton, nd, applied
TO the Government for back pay as a sol
der, and is nov locked upsss deserter
during the war.
A'D1LEeArfoS of tobacco men are in
W asfnngton urging the arriving Congress
men to modify the tariff provisions in ref
erence to leaS tobacco.
GENERAL MILES has left Washington for
Omaha, having received,'fJ is said, a hint
that his prospects wouk be injured by
remaining at the capital.
REPORTS from Albany, n. Y, are to the
effect that thirteen grain-laden boats en-
route for tidewater are frozen in the canal
between that point and Little Falls
THE customs officers at San Francisco OF
the I'd seized 10000 worth of opiuE ON the
steamer Rio JaneirO, recently arrived
from China The drug was found in the
coal bunkers.
THE President was compelled te omit his
usual afternoon reception on the 29th in
order to devote his attention entirely to his
message and other matters to be submit
ted to Congress
DIR. CARL 7. LIEBoLDT, one Of the best
known homeopathic specialists in New
York, was found dead on the 30th, in his
bachelor apartments in the Union Dime
Savings Bank building. His death was
caused by apoplexy.
DIPHTHERIA is epidemic at Wilkinson
burg. an eastern suburb of Pittsburgh
Pa. Over two hundred cases have beer
reported, many of them quite serious. The
cause of the trouble seems to he a defect
i've system of drainage.
REPORTS from Upper lake ports show the
close of navigation. The straits are filled
with ice, which is closing tight fast. Nc
vessels can now get through. The Saginaw
river is frozen solid and ice has formed in
St Clair and Detroit rivers.
In the viii of James Gordon a wealthy
retired Cincinnati merchant who died re
Gently, which was probated ON the I'd
there is a bequest of 5000 to the Home OF
the Friendless, and a like sum to the col
ored Orphan asylum at Cincinnati
OFFICIAL returns from the two disputed
counties in Washington Territory are re
ceived and make the Legislature Repub
hcan on joint ballot by two votes. The
official vote on delegates gives Chas. S
voorhees, tDem.l a plurality of 2,192.
Representative JAMES, of New York
has secured the Endorsement of various
prison reform associations and philan-
thropic organizations for his bill to estab-
1ish a National penitentiary and will en-
deavor to secure its passage this winter.
THE W. c. T. U. of St Louis adopted a
resolution at meeting on the Sd. express
ing modification that Mrs. Whitney. wife
of the Secretary of the Navy. gave din
ner which was attended by Mrs. Cleveland
and other ladies, and whereat all drank
wine.
THE Secretary of the Interior has direct
ed that Frank A Bidwell, of Mitchell. d.
t. and Geo. W. Neunum. ofJamestown. D.
T.. be no longer recognized as attorneys or
agents before the Interior Department
or any bureau or Office connected there
with
THE total vote for congressman in Colo
RADIO as gived by the State cavassing board
on the 30th is: Symes tRep), 21.132; Reed
Dem.), 1929; Murray (Prohih). 3.126.
Symes' plurality, SOB. as against 6,136 two
years ago. The vote of the State was S393
less than in 1854.
THE Presidents message again formed
the only subject of discussion at the meet
ing of the cabinet or the 30th. All the
members were present. 1t is understood
that the message is complete with the sin
gle exception of that portion relating to
the naval establishment
SEVERAL English and American travellers
have been greatly annoyed by the action of
the Belgian authorities. who. suspecting
them of being implicated in the recent
mail robbery, subjected them to rigid ex-
animation. In future a guard armed with a
revolver will travel in the mail van.
THE London Daily Nesrs saws the Kerry
landlords are evidently furious at General
Buffers appointment as under secretary
for Ireland, but dare not speak cut. The
practice of sending straightforward. i'm
partial Englishmen to responsible posts in
ireland can not be too highly commended.
LIEUTENANT JOSEPH POWELL of the Sig
nal Service. has been detailed to proceed
to Omaha to organize the meteorological
service of the Union Pacific railroad