Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-12-12

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VIENNA was completely snow-bound
IN the 4th, and provisions rapidly be
came scarce and dear.
DELUcA, the Italian, who shot Mill
ionaire Cunningham, while poachlng OF
the latter's estate at Milton, Mass, was
indicted, on the 9th, for manslaughter
1T is semi-officially denied in Lisbon
that there is any agitation in Portugal
arising out of the revolution in Brazil
looking to the establishment of repub
lie.
REAR-ADMIRAL GHERARDI, in com
mand of the North Atlantic squadron
sailed from New York, on the I'd, for &
cruise along the Atlantic coast, touch
ing first at Port-au-Prince, Hayti.
JUSTICE LAWRENCE, on the 4th, in the
Supreme Court chambers of New York
City, declined to approve the draft of q
certificate of incorporation submitted te
him by leading Prohibitionists of the
United States.
THE Russian censor has forbidden the
following New York newspapers in the
Cars dominions: The Evening Post,
the Sun, the World, the Times and the
Tribune. The New York Herald is al
lowed to enter Russia.
GOVERNOR MILLET of South Dakota,
saws that he has visited Miner County
and found six hundred and fifty fami-
lies in need of aid. He says that South
Dakota will do every thing possible for
the relief of the destitute.
FIRE in the Monongahela House, the
largest hotel in Pittsburgh, Pa, on the
5th, caused damage to the extent of
100000. Firemen Long and William
H. Diebold were badly crushed by fall
ing debris, but were rescued.
THE trial of Moussa Bey, the leader
of the Kurds in Armenia, upon charges
of wanton cruelty and outrage, ended,
on the I'd, in the acquittal of the mon
ster of all the accusations brought
against him. The result occasioned no
surprise.
A DOZEN or fifteen Connecticut post
masters, arrested for violating the
postal laws by selling postage stamps on
credit, appeared before the United
States Court at Hartford on the Sd. They
were fined $50 and costs, amounting in
each case to S110.
JAY GOULD appeared on Wall street
Just before noon, on the I'd, when the
decline in stocks was at it's worst point,
and the market quickly turned, with the
Gould stocks leading, and advanced
steadily to the close, early losses being
more than recovered.
In the meeting of the Evangelical
Alliance at Boston, on the 5th, Bishop
Huntington, of New York, spoke on the
gospel of the people, and queried: MAY
not the non-acceptance by the masses of
the gospel we preach be because it is
not in fact the gospel?"
C. r. FLINT & Co., C. E. Ward and
John Dunn & Sons, South American
merchants in New York City, have re-
ceived advices from their correspondents
in Buenos Ayres, stating that there is
no foundation for the rumor of extern
sive commercial failures in that city.
THE Portuguese Charge d'Affaires at
Rio de Janeiro has been instructed to
maintain semi-officia1 relations with the
provisional government pending the rec
ognition of the republic by Portugal.
This recognition will be given when a
constitution for the republic shall be
definitely adopted.
THE municipal gas-workers at Man
chester, England, lodged notice of an
intended strike, but subsequently with
drew the notice. The managers re-
fused to accepted the withdrawal and
locked the men out. ''Blacklegs' were
taken in place of the locked-out men,
and are being housed and fed at the
works.
THE Kearsarge and Galena sailed, on
the Sd, from New York for Hayti. The
Dolphin, which belongs to the same
squadron, was detained by the non-ar-
rival of a Hotchkiss gun which is to
complete her armament. AS soon as
that is placed on board the Dolphin will
follow the other vessels to Port-au-
Prince.
HANNIBAL PRICE, the new Haytian
Minister to the United States, who ar
rived in New York City, on the 9th, on
the steamer George w. Clyde, on his
way to Washington, says the people of
Hayti are now happy and contented and
are making money. They are thinking
of the coffee crop at present and not of
rebellion.
THE Portuguese Government is pre-
pairing a circular letter to the European
Powers stating that the government is
ready to prove unbroken occupation by
Portugal of African territory now
claimed by England. The letter will
further say that Portugal is determined
to maintain her possession of the terri
tory in dispute.
GOVERNOR JACKSON of Maryland, on
the I'd, withdrew his proclamation which
opened the Hog island oyster grounds to
the public. Governor Lee of Virginia
sent Governor Jackson a telegram the
same night inviting him to come to
Richmond and discuss the matter over
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