Iron County register., 1886-09-30

grun County gegiste,
By ELI d. AXE.
IRONTON. MISSOURI
NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary Of Important Events.
WASHINGTON shop-keepers complain of
the stinginess of Government employees,
caused by the certainty of their tenure
of Office.
DR.. SALMON, United States veterinar-
ian, declares the disease affecting the cat
tie quarantined at Chicago to be pleuro-
pneumonia.
THE probate of the will of the late Sam
uel J. Tilden was again adjourned on the
ODD for one week in consequence of the alb
sence Of Mrs. Caroline B. Whittlesey.
TREASURY officials predict large issue
of one-dollar silver certificates, as it is
thought they will take the place of some
the larger denominations of greenbacks.
ENGINEER BREWER of the excurs ion
train recently wrecked on the Nickel
Plate road has turned up at Buffalo, and
was to appear before the coroner on the
23d.
TURKEY will demonstrate against the
action of Russia in impeding the Bulga-
rian court-martial, and will strongly up
hold the Porte's suzerain rights over Bull
garia.
THE Supreme Court of the United States
will convene for the October term on Mon
dav, the 10Th prox. The number of cases
on the docket steadily increases from year
to year.
A NEW commercial treaty between En-
gland and the United States by which
Canadian trade relations would be greatly
affected is said to be about agreed upon
by both countries.
ADvIcEs from New Laredo, Mex, of the
Goth state that Colonel Juan Rodriguez
Martinez (El Coyote) is still alive, though
wounded, Notwithstanding the reports of
his killing by Mexican troops.
THERE were received at the Treasury
Department on the Goth. for redemption,
100000 of uncalled three-per-cen bonds,
making the total amount of such bonds
surrendered to date about ST 100000.
THE business failures soccurring.through-
out the country in the seven days ended
the oath numbered for the United States
165, and for Canada 30, or total of 1S7, as
compared with a total of 1S5 for the pre-
vious like period.
THE British war scare of 1885 cost the
English Government 1,117 900 pounds for
the hiring of transports which We're never
used. For the America they paid $1,000
pounds, the Umbria $4,000 pounds and the
Rosetta $4,000 pounds.
WHITAKER, of Chicago, in a bicycle
race at Craw fordsville, Ind, on the "a th.,
against time, made one hundred miles in
six hours, three minutes and fifty-nine
seconds, beating the worlds record by one
hour, seven minutes and one second.
THE great charity concert for the bere-
fit of the Missouri Masonic Orphans
Home in st. Louis on the ODD was grand
success. 1t was preceded by an interest
ing friendly competitive drill by several
commanderies of Knights Templar. The
attendance is given at about 10000.
RIGHT REV. j. F. SHANAHAN, Bishop of
the Roman Catholic diocese of Harris burg,
Pa, died at his residence at Harrisburg
on the oath. He retired on the night of the
23d in apparently good health. but in the
morning had an acute attack of conges-
tion of the brain, which terminated fatally
before noon.
FOUR retail grocers were arrested at
Cincinnati on the 24th on warrants, issued
at the instance of Deputy Food Commits
sioner Gegan, charging them with an
offense under the law which provides that
imitation butter shall not be sold without
having put up notice that imitation but
ter is for sale.
MANY people were unable to secure a d.
mission to the Metropolitan Opera-house
at Columbus, O., on the night of the 24th,
on the occasion of Governor. Foraker's
speech, which was not so much political
as an exposure of the brutalties, robberies
and outrages at the Ohio penitentiary I'M
der Governor Hoadly's administration
prior to last January.
Ex-PREsIDENT ARTHUR has decided to
leave New London. He will return to New
York and occupy his house on Lexington
avenue this winter. Sherman w. KnevaIs
spent a day with him recently at New
London. He says that the Generals health
does not show any improvement, neither
can he be considered any worse tn an
when he left New York.
PROF. WIGGINs predicts that the 29th
inst. will witness one of the most terrific
subterranean upheavals ever known on
this continent. He says the disturbance
will be confined to the thirtieth parallel
of latitude, and extend from ocean to
ocean, and that New Orleans, Macon and
Mobile will be ruined. The rbance,
he says, will be accompanied by violent
meteorological agitation further north.
THE annual pageant of the st. Louis
Trades Display Association on the night
of the 23d presented another brilliant and
interesting spectacle to the thousands of
visitors in the city The streets were SO
densely packed along the route of the
parade as to be in some instances almost
impossible, and along the entire line the
beauty of the floats and their appropriate
designs were the subject of commendatory
comment.