Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-03-27
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

SHOCK or earthq uake was lcIC aG
Bonn, Germany, on the 18th.
THE Republican members of the ways
and means committee agreed, on the
18th, to a reduction of the tariff on
sugar amounting to over fifty per cent.
from the present rate, and affecting a
reduction of between SO, 600, 900 and
S2S, 600, 900.
In the secret session of the Senate, on
the 18th, the Call resolutions for consid-
ering in open session the nomination of
District-Ju Judge Swayne and District-At-
torney Stripping of the Northern district
of Florida were rejected by large major
tiles.
GENERAL CHARLES L. You've, of To-
ledo, has been appointed by Governor
Campbell, superintendent of the Ohio
Soldiers and Sailors Orphan Asylum at
Nenia.
THE United States Minister at Lisbon
reports to the Department of State that
by decree, which took effect February
2S, the duty on all foreign wheat i'm
ported into Portugal was reduced from
twenty to fifteen reis a kilogram.
III. 5. IVES was released from Jail in
New York City on the 18th. His
bondsmen are Geo. III. Stayner, .Jr., and
Geo. w. Stryller, in the civil suit, and
Henry Hamilton in the criminal suit.
THE Worlds Fair committee, on the
18th, agreed upon the Chicago bill, as
| amended, and it will be pushed through
Congress at the earliest possible date.
AFTER run of more than four thou
sand miles, occupying nine days, the
special train conveying the American
Association of General Passenger and
Ticket Agents, under the management
of Robert Somervill, of the Chicago Il
Alton railroad, arrived in the City of
Mexico on the 18th. The visitors were
greeted with the booming of cannon and
the cheering of a large cOncourse of peo-
pie.
THE election committee of the House
heard arguments, on the 18th, in the
contested election-caSe of James Hill,
Republican, against T. c. Catchings,
Democrat, from the Third district of
Mississippi.
THE grand jury of the District of Co.
lumbia, on the 18th, brought in an in
dictment against Charles E. kincaid, for
the murder of w. =. Taulbee.
JOHN b. KETCTAM, banker and one of
the most influential citizens of North
ern Ohio, was elected president of the
Toledo Board of Trade on the 10th.
THE Gray Cotton Manufacturers AS
ISOLATION of Montreal, Can. has agreed
to an advance of one-half cent per
pound on the finer cottons.
VI. DELAuAYE, one of the French del
egates to the Berlin Labor conference,
has resigned in consequence OF differ
ences with his colleagues.
THE British delegates to the 1nterna-
tional Labor conference were dined by
Prince Bismarck on the 10th.
The Paris Intransigeant, commenting
on Prince BiSmarck's resignation, says
that war is certain to break out before
long, and the Steele fears that some
rash act of the Emperor will disturb
the peace of Europe.
PRESIDENT HARRISON went to BenJles
| Point, Md, on the 10Th, for u few days
| duck shooting.
| THE United States cruiser Newark.
| the first vessel designed under Secretary
| Nhitneys administration of the navy,
and the last of the three steel cruisers
built by Cramp Il Sons, was launched at
Cramps Ship Yards, on the Delaware.
on the 10th.
THE demands of 1,scO striking GOLFERS
at Sheffield, England, were conceded by
the mine-owners on the 10Th.
THE United States steamer Dispatch
arrived at Norfolk, Va, on the 10th,
uninjured by her recent mishap, and Sec
rotary Tracy returned to his Quarters on
board.