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

RONTON. MISSOURI
NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary Of Important Events.
THE Hudson river sea serpent is report.
ed to have again been seen near Bearer
island.
AN unsuccessful attempt was made tt
wreck the train which conveyed Prince
Alexander to Sofia.
SENATOR VOORHEES,, of Indiana, denies
emphatica1ly that he is a candidate fol-
the Vice Presidency.
The American schooner Highland Light
has been seized by the Canadian Govern
ment for fishing within the three.m mil,
limit.
BEACH defeated Teemer with ease in the
deciding heat of the international scullins
sweepstakes, on the Thames at London OF
the LIST.
THE Comptroller of the Treasury has au.
thorized the Deadwood National Bank oil
Deadwood, Oak, to begin business with
capital of 100000
A COMPANY of English capitalists have
secured possession of an old concession
for the construction of a railway from
Tuxampto, Mexico. to the City of Mexico
A DEPUTATToN of Irish la dies, headed by
the wife of the Lord Mayor of Dublin, will
present to Gladstone a declaration in
favor of home rule, signed by $1,000 Fri 81
women.
THE natives of the Eastern part Of the
province of Sechuen, China, and those OF
Cochin China have risen against the Chris.
tians and are massacreing them and de-
stroying property.
AT about falf-past nine O'Clock on the
night of the 31st a very perceptible earth
quake shock was felt in st. Louis. Dis.
patches from all over the country show the
experience was general,
Two years ago, according to the Gov
eminent directors report, the floatin g
debt of the Union Pacific railway was
S13,120020. Now it is announced that this
Indebtedness has been cancelled.
THERE were 173 failures in the United
States for the seven days ended the Sd
against $50 for the preceding like period
and 100 in 1885. Canada had 81. against
90 the preceding week and II in 1885.
THE importations of dry goods at the
port of New York for the week ending
Sentember ., 1886. were 11,025 packages
valued at S2,937.036, against 9,50S pack.
ages valued at 81 ST., 7S9, for the preceding
week.
The article published in the North Ger
man Gazette stating that "Germany must
always keep her eyes on France because
France is making rapid preparations tc
fight" has caused much excitement in
France.
WORD was received from Lawton's camr
on the 1st that Geronimo and twenty.
seven bucks were in the hands of Lawton
who was en- route to Bowie with them
Geronimo has his right arm broken and in
q sling.
TURKEY is said to be placing her army
upon war footing, and triple alliance
is limited at between Bulgaria, Servia and
Roumania to resist Russian encroachment
which, in the event of war, would also ar.
ray Turkey, Austria and Germany agains
Russia.
SUPERVISORS Larkin. Carroll and Gal
iagher, of the Brooklyn Board of Super
visors, were served on the 30th with war.
rants directing them to appear before Pc.
lice Justice Walsh to answer a charge oil
conspiracy to defraud the people of Kings
County.
ANOTHER earthquake shock was fell
about eleven O'Clock the night of the Sd a
Charleston, and created great consterna
tion. 1t extended from Jacksonville, Fla.
to Washington, D. C. Several houses al
ready damaged in Charleston collapsed
and one woman was killed.
A RUMoR reached Tombstone, Ariz, or
the ID, that Mexican troops demanded OF
American troops the release of Geronimo
The latter refused, and fight ensued, In
which five Mexicans were killed and two
Americans wounded. Geronimo escaped
during the melee. There We're no means
of verifying the facts, as the wires were
down.
FRANK PATTERSON, the opera house
manager at Asbury Park, N. j., who wa:
'AohNfSo%u ok AoISCiy anu has OCcH COIf'
fined in the Monmouth County Jail for two
years, was released on the ID on S., 00(
bail, it having been decided by the Su.
preme Court that the County Court, Def or.
which Patterson was tried, was illegally
constituted.
THEGovernment counsel in the telephone
suit are busily engaged in preparing al
answer to the demurrer filed by the Bel
Telephone Company in the Columbus case,
and their brief is practically completed
The arrangements will begin on the Goth
of September, and the Governments case
will be presented by Messrs. Thurman
Lowery and Chandler.
THE acting Secretary of the Treasury
has issued a circular calling the attention
of all officers and employees of the Treasury
Department to the Presidents order Of
July Il, 1886, warning the Federal officers
against interference in politics. The cir
cular contains NO instruc tions Or orders,
but simply calls attention to the order OF
the President, which is printed therein In
full.
A LARGE number of immigrants was
landed at Castle Garden, New York, or
the 31st The steamer Devonia from
Glasgow brought 2S2; the Grecian Mon.
arch. 15e; the Elbe, $50; and the Wyom.