Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-01-24

Barnes, of Tombstone, Arlz., for resort
ing to gag-law-
THERE are rumors in the Suakim bazar
that the dervishes are massing at Khar-
toum, with a view of marching on DON
COLA, and that the Mahdi is contemplating
the invasion of Egypt
A NEWSPAPER reporter named Reeves
was committed to prison at Dublin, on the
14th, for contempt of court in refusing to
testify from notes he had taken of speeches
delivered by Parnellites-
TEE thirteen White Caps who were ar
rested at North Salem, n. H, for assault
upon John E. WEIGH were, on the 18th,
fined SIS and costs each, upon payment Of
which they were released.
THE steamer Saginaw, which sailed, on
the 18th, for Dominican ports from
New York, had on board 100000 metallic
cartridges and sixty cases of rifles, con-
signed to parties in SANTANA
THE coolest cold wave of the season
was reported from the Northwest on the
18th. Neche, OAK, reported AZ degrees
below zero: Morris, Mimi. 80 below, and
Grand Forks, OAK, % below.
IT is announced in London that Captain
Petourel, late private secretary to the
married to Miss Blanche Eckley, daughter
of the late Arthur Eckley, of Boston.
ADEPUTY United States marshal arrest
ed John j. Burton, alias J. Warren Miller,
at Trinidad, Col, on the 18th, on a charge
of having defrauded the Government of
S1,113 while postmaster at Royal City,
Ind.
ADUEL was fought, on the 18th, between
Henri Rochefort and NJ. Lisargy, editor
of the Paris La Bataille. The weapons
used were swords. Both combatants were
wounded, III. Lisargy's wounds being dan
gerous.
A PARTY of revenue officers returning
from a raid on illicit stills in the North
Carolina mountains, on the 18th, were
fired upon from ambush by moonshlners.
Several men were wounded and a prisoner
was rescued.
The Shah of Persia, it is understood
from official announcements, will visit
Russia on March .. remaining in st.
Petersburg fortnight. Thence he will
proceed to Berlin, Paris, London and
Constantinople.
THE largest mortgage ever recorded in
Kanawha County, w. Va, was that of the
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad Company
gage Company of New York, and placed
on record on the 18th.
In the House, on the 18th, Mr.. Voorhees,
presented petitions of 1000 citizens of
Washington Territory, asking that legis-
lation be enacted SO women can vote for
members of constitutional conventions in
the several Territories.
THE Secretary of State and Miss Bayard.
on the 14th, entertained the President and
Mrs. Cleveland and the other Ministers of
the Cabinet and their wives, with the
Speaker and Mrs. Carlisle and Senator
and Mrs Gray, at dinner.
REPRESENTATIVE NICHOLS, of North
Carolina, is the latest candidate for Pub
lie Printer. He Is practical printer, and
a member of the Typographical Union,
and will receive the Endorsement of
great many members of the House.
The statue of Benjamin Franklin, which
had been placed upon the pedes tai in the
space formed by the intersection of d and
Tenth streets with Pennsylvania avenue,
in the city of Washington, was unvailed,
on the 18th. the 1S3d anniversary of Frank
Inns birth
EXPORTS of principal articles OF pro-
vision from the United States during De-
cember past aggregated in value $780,,
7S2, against SS,025, 354 in December, 1885,
and for the twelve months ended Decem-
Der 81, 1888, were valued at $S7, O61, 137,
against So, 29s, GIG in 1887.
SEVERAL New York jewelry firms have
been fieeeed of amounts aggregating 49,
900 by man claiming to represent A. NJ.
Egbert, OF Cincinnati, to whom they sold
goods on credit. The goods were after
ward shipped TO Europe, but large por-
ton of them were seized en- route.
In the international skating contest. at
Hamburg, Germany, on the 10th, for the
Ladies' Gold Cup, Joseph F. Donoghne,
the American champion, finished first,
making the distinctive miles-in the
very fast time of IGN minutes, which sur
passes all previous records for the same
distance.
AT joint caucus of Republican Sen
ators and Representatives at Harrisburg,
Pa, on the 18th. IT was decided that the
proposed prohibition amendment to the
Constitution should be passed at once,
and that the q iesti0n Should be submitted
TO the people at the special election to be
held on June IS next
THE site for the New York State chapel
to be erected on the Gettysburg (Pa.) bat
tiefield has been selected. 1t is in the south
ern portion of the National Soldiers
Cemetery, on the hill where the summer
house now stands. The proposed building
is 20 cost 800. 900, $50, 900 Of which has al
ready been subscribed.
In the Ohio Woman's Suffrage conven-
fion, held at Columbus with an immense
attendance, ON the 18th, Mrs. Laura NJ.
Johns, of Kansas, made the address of
the day, and referred to Oskafoesa, in her
State, where the mayor, council and city
officers were women, as being the best
governed town in America
A SPECIAL from Fort Dodge, Ia. says:
The movement for the organization of
society of Democratic veterans OF the war
is not confined alone to Indiana Active
steps are being taken for the organization
of camp in this county, and eighty lone
members of the proposed organization
have already been obtained.
The Senate committee on claims has
directed Mr.. Hoar to prepare a general
bill for the settlement Of claims on ac-
count of church property destroyed in the
South during the war. Claims of this
character aggregating 500, 600 have been
settled, and others aggregating many
times that amount are pending.