Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-03-18
under consideration and press them to
early completion.

under consideration and press them to
early completion.
THE Parnen reception in st. Louis on
the evening of the 4th was grand
| affair. It took place in the Chamber OF
Commerce, which was crowded to its
utmost capacity. Gov. Phelps and other
distinguished citizens were present and
took part in the proceedings. About
$500 was netted as the result of the
meeting.
THE Senate Committee on Appropri-
ations viii recommend for passage the
bill to repeal all laws which provide for
permanent and indefinite appropriations
except SO far as they relate to the sink
ing fund and to the payment of interest
or principal of the public debt or of the
bonds issued to the Pacific Railroad
Companies and to certain other specified
objects, such as the support of the Ma
rine Hospital service, etc. The bill also
proposes a number of important changes
in the laws concerning elapsed appro-
priations.'
AN additional report has been made
by Maj.-Gen. Wright, Chief of En-
gineers, on the subject of establishing
dams and reservoirs for the purpose of
rendering the Upper Mississippi naviga-
BILE throughout the summer season of
low water. The report says that the
plan is feasible, and that through its
operation reserve amounting to Co.
OOO, 200, 900 cubic feet of water can be &C
cumulated and made available for
doubling the depth of the river after the
10Th of July. The first cost of the pro-
posed system is estimated at $500, 200.
and the annual expense of operation
thereafter about 7,84O.
EDISON is said to have invented proc
ess for extracting the gold from ores
already used by miners-what are tech
nically known as "tailings." A COM
pany has been formed and purchased
large quantities of these ''tailings'' in
the mining districts of Virginia City and
elsewhere, and will at once proceed to
work them over by his process, the de-
tails of which are of course not made
public.
THE Committee on Invalid Pensions
have unanimously agreed to report IA
vorably the bill introduced by Repre-
sentative Clardy, of Missouri, providing
for the payment of arrears of pensions
to the widows and minor heirs of sol
diers who died in the United States
service during the war of the rebellion,
or who have since died from wounds
and injuries contracted in such service.
THE Chinese are leaving San Fran
cisco by the car load for the Atlantic
States. The recent action of the San
Francisco Board of Health, ordering
the depopulation of the Chinese quar-
ter, the enforcement of the law against
the employment of Chinese labor, and
the prevailing low rates of fare have
all combined to bring about the exo-
dus.
THE Select Committee of the House
on the Intnr-nnon--; G-.aI nave aSreeo
to present joint resolutions pledging
the Government to maintain the Mon
roe doctrine in regard to all projects
for Isthmus transit.
Count DE LEssEPs had an interview
with President Hayes on the 9th, during
which the inter-oceanic canal project
was freely discussed. De Lesseps stated
that it was not contemplated that the
canal should be under foreign control,
but that he would be glad to have the
majority of the stock placed in this
country.
THE Duchess of Marlborough, writ
ing 10 the Lord Mayor of London,
March z, says: "The distress in Ire
land continues to be general, and in
some parts is increasing"
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.
A NEGRO named Louis Kinder was |
hanged by mob in Colleton County, s. c.,
on the night Of the 1st, for committing an |
outrage upon a white woman.
REV. EDWARD COWLEY, ex-manaper