Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-02-13

On the 5th the Fourth Pennsylvania
Congressional district Republican con-
vention nominated State Senator John
E. Reyburn for the vacancy in Congress
caused by the death of Hon. William D.
Kelley. There was no opposition. The
election will be held on the 18th inst.
IT is generally conceded that the Gu
ban sugar yield will be smaller than
was at first anticipated. This is due to
two cause.-the prolonged drought,
which has considerably decreased the
yield of the cane, and frequent fires on
the plantations which have destroyed
much cane. At Sagua some estates will
scarcely produce thirty per cent. of the
quantity expected.
A VIOLENT earthquake occurred at
Nagona, Japan, January 0, and several
houses were destroyed.
REARADN.RAL STEPHEN QUACKEN-
BUSH, L. S. n. (retired), died at his
residence in Washington, on the nigh
of the 4th, aged sixty-seven years.
BIDS were opened at the Treasury De-
partment on the 9th, for building a
revenue steamer for use at Newburn, n.
c. The Pusey & Jones Company, Of
Wilmington, Del, was the lowest bid
der at SIS, 900.
THE nomination of Ex-Governor War
mouth. of Louisiana, to be collector of
the port at New Orleans was before the
Senate committee on commerce at its
meeting on the 9th, but action on it
was deferred. 1t is expected that the
nomination will be reported favorably,
and that the fight against it will be car
ried to the floor of the Senate.
THE Employers Union, of London,
formed for the protection of masters
against the eXorbitant and arrogan
eXactions of their men, led by irrespon-
sible agitators, already embraces sixty
firms and offers Inducements to indus
trious and faithful workers which the
trades unions will find it difficult to Off
set.
\ JUDICIAL order was, on the 9th,
handed to the correctional police of
Paris for the apprehension of NJ. Secre-
tan, the secretary of the defunct copper
ring, and several other members of the
ring.
GOVERNOR FLEMING was inaugurated
at Charleston, w. Va, on the 9th. The
oath was administered by Judge J. w.
EHpllSu- Ol IHc EoupTeHIc NouII. ~
great number were present. among them
many ladies.
Mr. POwDERLY, on the 9th, instituted
salt for criminal libel against Edward
Cal!aghan, of Scottdale, Pa.
HENRY NJ. STANLEY was entertained
at dinner, on the night of the 9th, by
Mr.. Eugene Schuyler, United States
Consul at Cairo. A large number of
prominent persons were present.
THE worst blizzard within the recol-
lection of the oldest inhabitant of
Stephen, Mimi, ragged there on the 18th.
The wind was from the north and the
air cloud of snow. The mercury
registered 10 degrees below zero, and it
was growing colder.
THE imports into the United King
dom of Great Britain for the month of
January. exceeded those for the same
month of 1889 in the sum of 800. 900,
and the exports in the sum of $500, 900.
THE American Minister to Portugal,
Mr.. Loring, intends spending his leave
of absence in Italy. He will depart
from Lisbon for that purpose about the
end of the present month.
GovERNoR-GENERAL SALAMANCA of
died on the 9th. The ViceGovernor-
General assumed command of the island
pro tempOre.
BUSINESS failures during the seven
days ended on the 18th, were: For the
United States, 265; for Canada, Sc; total,
321; against total of 2S1 the previous
week. For the corresponding week of
last year the figures were 273 in the
United States, and so in Canada.
WHILE Her Majesty's man-of-war Bar
racouta was testing her boilers off Mar
gate, on the 18th, one of the cylinders
exploded, killing two of the crew and in
juring ten others.
REPORTS from the coal mine horror at
Abersychan. Wales, on the 18th, placed the
number of dead at 100, ITO dead bodies
having already been taken from the
mi1e.
ALASKA shaft, at Mount Carmel, Pa,
the Philadelphia & Reading Coal and
Iron Company's largest colliery, was
closed indefinitely on the 18th. One thou
sand hands are thrown out of work.