Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-08-29

EX-SENATOR MALONE was unanimously
nominated for Governor by the Virginia
State Republican convention at Norfolk
on the ed.
BUD RESAUD's trial began at Purvis,
Miss, ON the 21st but the courtroom was
almost deserted, the interest in the prize.
fight cases having died out.
The English, Scotch and American coll
1eges in Rome have united in sending to
the Catholic University at Washington q
marble bust Of st. Thomas Aquinus.
ROBERT MARVEL, of Indianapolis, Ind,
after fast lasting sixty-seven days,
died, on the Goth, aged eighty-fiv years.
Mr.. Marvel ate his last meal June 13.
THE Florists convention at Buffalo, N.
Y, adjourned, on the 23d, and on the oath
the delegates went to Niagara Falls, re-
turning in the evening to q banquet No
vote on National flower was taken.
MRS. MAVERICK received the news of
the Communication Of her sentence on the
23d, and was much affected thereby, al
though incapable, in her weak state, of
any marked manifestation of emotion.
FRED GILLIAN, while carrying the mail
between Pearde and Eden, La. on the
10th, when about fourteen miles from
Yazoo, was met by Henry Gordon, who.
after some angry words, shot and killed
him.
THE town Of Moscow, O.. on the north
bank of Ohio river, twenty miles east of
Cincinnati. is dnder a reign of terror, re-
sultIng from the ravages of a dreadful
epidemic of diphtheria Of the most fatal
form.
THE International American Congress
will meet at Washington at noon on Oc-
fober q, and will be attended by from
fifty to sixty delegates, including some of
the most distinguished men in Central
and South America
The proposed Worlds Exposition in
commemoration Of the four hundredth
anniversary of the discovery Of America
is already attracting considerable atten-
ton on the part Of the English press and
that Of the continent.
THE effort to enforce the Sunday law
was reasonably successful in Indiauap-
oils, Ind, on the 18th. Several of the sa-
loon men undertook to defy the officers,
but five of them were arrested, and the
Others then closed up.
THE Attorney General has expressed
an opinion that Captain Duverge. who is
under sentence in Madagascar for killing
a United States Consul, would be tech
nically free if brought to this country to
serve out his sentence.
PRESIDENT HARRISON made a patriotic
and feeling speech at the cornerstone
laying Of the soldiers monument at In
dlanapolis, lid, ON the 22d. Speech and
speaker were enthusiastically received by
the assembled multitude.
THE cornerstone of a magnificent
shaft, to rise 2S6 feet from the center of
Circle Park, in Indianapolis, as a tribute
to the fallen heroes of the rebellion from
Indiana, was laid with interesting and at.
fecting ceremonies on the I'D.
PRESIDENT HARRISON received a hearty
welcome to his old home on the occasion
OF his return to Indianapolis, Ind, on the
21st to take part in the monument exer-
cises in connection with the reunion Of
his regiment the Seventeen Indiana.
The victorious Massachusetts, rifle
team, recently returned from England,
were entertained, on the evening of the
Goth, by the Boston Press Club. The &C.
casion brought together a large number
of journalists and distinguished guests.
BIDS were opened at the Navy Depart
ment, on the 22d, for the construction Of
two new 3000-ton and three 1900. ton
cruisers. The, bids however, were rejected,
as all were in excess of the amounts ap-
propriated by Congress for the construc-
tion of these vessels.
MISS CLARA BARTON says that the
President was not invited to visit the
scene of the great flood in the Conemaugh
Valley to view for himself "the terrible
condition of things there" but to see what
great progress had been made in provid-
ing for the homeless. etc.
THE town of Durham, Me-, which was
incorporated as Royalsborough for Col
onel Royal, of Medford, Mass, and which
takes its present name from Durham
County, England, where Colonel Royal
was born, celebrated the one hundredth
anniversary Of its incorporation on the
cd.
In delying among the records OF his
Office, Solicitor OF the Treasury Hep
burn has discovered proof OF unpaid per-
sonal judgments due the Government ag-
gregating IS. 900, 600. the great majority
of them secured prior to 1851. He will
attempt to collect them, and is hopeful Of
success.
The Thirteenth New York regiment re-
Gently applied to the State Department
for permission to visit Hamilton, Ont,
under arms. Their application was re-
ferred to the British Minister, and re-
ply was received, on the Goth. by the de-
partment from the Minister. stating that
the request had been granted.
POSTMASTER LEWIS has Withdrawn
from partnership in the Atlanta (Ga-l
Rubber Company, Of which he was presi-
dent. His partners suggested his retire.
ment on the ground that the notoriety
incurred by the post Office trouble over
the appointment Of a negro clerk might
injure the company's business.
THE finance committee of the proposed
Worlds Fair committee of New York
City met on the Goth, at the City Hall,
Mayor Grant presiding. Among those
present were Messrs. Gould. Rockefeller,
Belmont Seligmau, Inman, Steinway,
Mills and Kelly. Several plans were dis
cussed and referred to an executive COM
mittee.
The Pennsylvania Steel Company In.
tend to establish an immense ship-yard
at Sparrow Point Nd, twelve miles
from Baltimore. The company will have
the most magnificent equipment in the
world for building steel ships. This in
dustry is to be carried on in conjunction
with their iron and steel works at Spar
row Point.
A SENSATION has been caused in Wien ma
by the disclosure that Prince Sulskow-
sky. who was until recently confined in
the aristocratic lunatic asylum at
Doebling, on being pronounced sane
al, a ms nothing