Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-06-14

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81. FINLEY, Castle Fin, Pa; Charlie!
T. Orr, New Albany, Kas., and VIM
Long, Utica, n. Y, were appointed t.
cadetships in the Military Academy OF
the Sth.
EMPEROR FREDERICK went from BerliI
to Potsdam, on the yacht Alexandria, OF
the 1st- He was enthusiastically cheere6
by the populace. The trip seemed to d.
him good.
THE marriage of the Duke of Costa AMI
Princess Letitia Bonaparte is announced
from Rome to take place in the autumn
The Pope has given his consent to the
marriage.
IT is said that the President is well
pleased with the nomination of Judge
Thurman, for whom he contracted great
friendship during visit Of the latter to
Oak View, some months since.
The London papers comment generally
upon Mr.. CleveIand's denomination at st.
Louis, and all express satisfaction over
the result of the convention. They seem
to consider his reelection as sure.
THREE privates of the Tipperary Ore
1and) militia at Queenstown, were, on the
9th, sentenced to Imprisonment for a
week and to be dismissed the service, for
firing salute in honor of Mr.. William
O'Brien.
MINISTER Wow PUTrKAMER has asked
Emperor Frederick's permission to re-
sign, his decision being caused by the
contents of an autograph letter viii ch the
Minister received, on the It'll, from the
Emperor.
THE visiting delegates to the st. Louis
convention waited with anxious expect
ancy on Sunday, to hear the hour of twelve,
midnight, strike. They were not dry, but
wanted to observe how well the Sunday
law was kept
THE standing of the graduating class at
the Annapolis (Md.) Naval Academy is
now being made up. William N. Newton,
of Pennsylvania, will be first on the list,
and Frank Marble, Of New York, will Sc
cure second honors.
A sEM1-pANIc occurred in Diamond
mine stock in the London Stock Ex-
change, on the 9Th, owing to the refusal of
the banks to make advances, taking
shares as security. The stock of some Of
the mines fell five points.
A STATUE of Garibaldi, the Italian pa
triot, warrior and liberator, paid for by
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America ranging from five cents to
$1,000, was unvailed in Washington
Square, New York, on the 4th.
THE frame house at Point Pleasant, O.,
in which General U. s. Grant was born,
has been foated down the river ON a
raft, and hauled up to Race and Canal
streets, Cincinnati, where it is to be placed
on exhibition under a canvass.
THE Italian Chamber of Deputies, on the
9Th, rejected the petition of the italian
Bishops, asking that the article in the
Penal Code bill imposing penalties on the
clergy for abuses committed in the exer-
else of their functions. be eliminated.
Mr.. WHISTLER was defeated for re-
election as president of the Royal Society
of British Artists, on the 9Th, and in a fit
of anger and disappointment resigned
from the association. His action was
initiated by twenty-four of his adherents.
THE Senate, on the 9Th, confirmed Cap
tain VIM. B. Remy to be Judge Advocate
General of the Navy, with the rank of
Of Iowa, to be Consul at Lyons, and j. D.
Lopez to be postmaster at st. Augustine,
Fla.
Mr. HENRY WILLARD has written a let
ter in which he confirms the report that
he is organizing German expedition to
the South Pole. DIR. Neumayer, director
of the Deutsche Zewarte, of Hamburg,
will cooperate with Mr. Willard in the
expedition.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND manifested great
interest in the proceedings of the st.
Louis convention. He remained in the
White House all day, on the 9Th, and, with
his Cabinet around him, read the bull
letins from the convention. A special
wire connected the Western Union Office
with the White House.
THE straw goods trade of New York was
treated to a surprise, on the 9th, by the
announcement that the H. o. Barnard
Manufacturing Company, one of the larg-
est houses in the trade, had asked an ex-
tension from their creditors. Their state
ment shows liabilities Of $4,000 and as
sets of $4Ss, 600.
TAFT & MoRGAN's sash and door fac
tory; the Baldwin Refrigerating Com
pany's office; Sheppard & Morse's lumber
yard and planing-mill, and over half q
dozen tenement houses in Burlington,
Vt, covering an area of two blocks, were |
burned on the 9th. The total loss will be
100000; insurance, $125, 900.
GOVERNOR AMEs of Massachusetts, gave
a reception at his residence in Boston, on |
the 9Th, to the commissioned officers of |
the Massachusetts, militia. The Ancient |
and Honorable Artillery and their guests |
were invited. Among those present were |
the visiting delegations from New York |
and London and other distinguished mill
tary men.
CHARLES WILLIAMS, of Manchester, N.
H.,.J. u. Van Tassell, of New York City, |
and several capitalists of Jacksonville
and st. Augustine, Fla, have chartered
the Jacksonville & st. Augustine Short /
Line Railroad to build a competing
Inns from Jacksonville to the ancient city
1t is said that work will be begun next
month on this route.
A CARRYING pipe of the Standard Oil
company sprung leak at Greenpoint
avenue and Oakland street, Long
Island City, N. Y, on the It'll. Sparks
from q blacksmith shop ignited the oil.
The pipe burst and the burning fluid
spread rapidly over the ground, threaten
ing the destruction of property. Two |
alarms were sent out The flames were
finally extinguished before much damage
Bas done. /