Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-04-21

build spoon factory at the Niagara
Falls.
Ida Lewis, the Newport, R. l., hero
Inc, who has saved the lives of so many
drowning persons, cannot swim.
During the ten months that have
just closed New York City has con-
sumed 36, ,605, ,524 pounds of fresh fish.
Rev. J. g. Adams, d. D., of Lynn,
Mass, says that Ito treat women as an
inferior is a mark Of inferior nature"
The young men of Cincinnati have
organized Society for the Discussion
of Political Economy and Constitut tional
Law.
The vote at Carlinville, Illinois, on
the question of allowing women to vote
on dram-shop license resulted Al yeas,
a61 nays.
One of the grounds on which an Ohio
wife demands divorce is that her hus-
band habitually sleeps with pistol in
his hand.
The Yorktown Centennial Commits
sion is meeting with gratifying success
in raising $3.50, 900 in the thirteen orig
inal States.
Kansas saloon-keepers are greatly
grived because the new liquor law pre-
vents the churches from celebrating the
Lords Supper.
The hammer with which John Paul
Jones nailed the histori" flag to the
mast Of his ship is owned by gentle
man in Indiana, Pa.
A lady writer asserts that nearly $l5,-
000, 900 is invested in oleomargarlne fac
tories, and that they have added nearly
81 to the value of every OK killed.
1t ia reported that Col. Fred Grant
will resign from the army to take
charge of the Texas Western Narrow
Gauge Railroad as Chief Engineer.
The Congregational Church at Hol-
brook, Mass. has been seeking pastor
for nine years, listening during that
time to sermons by 24O candidates.
A Cincinnati negro thought the man
he shot at was unarmed, but knew bet
ter on receiving seven Lullets, one after
another, in various parts Of his body.
| A marriage license was recently is-
sued in Waterloo, Iowa, to parties
w hose combined age was 142 years, the
groom being 78 and the bride "a years
old.
| DR.. Bowker recently examined 800
specimens Of the vinegar sold in Bos-
ton. Less than 200 specimens were
al represented, and many were poison
Gus.
Many of the Minnesota Touring mills
are changing from the stone to the
roller system of grinding, and the meth
cd is almost revolution in flour max
ing.
Within the past fifteen years the
Congressional Library has doubled it.
self three times. 1t is expected that
the library will soon contain 1000, 900
volumes.
The finances of the negro church at
Cartersville, Ga, are managed on sound
business principles. Every member is
assessed 25 cents month, and failure
to pay is followed by expulsion.
Col. Thomas A. Scott lately bought.
at sale in Northumberland county,
Pa, clock made by his uncle in 1870.
It still keeps good time, and every three
hours plays tune on chime of bells.
/ At the dedication Of Unitarian
church i'll Hartford, Conn.,, Christian
clergymen preached and Jewish rab-
bi pronounced the benediction. The
church is ono of the most fiourishing in
that city.
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
held in recent decision that bargains
in stock by way OF margin, where no
intention exists Of actually delivering
the stock at issue, are wagering con-
tracts" and therefore utterly void.
At a recent book sale in New York
| the second book ever printed in America
was sold. It was printed in the City of
Mexico in 1914. There are only doz-
en- leaves in the book, but it brought
$525. The book is Rikel's "Compendio." I"
The following is placarded in the the
atre at Durango, Col: "From and after
this date all persons who wish to gain
admittance to the auditorium of the
Coliseum must leave their weapons at
the front bar, where checks will he
given for Them"
The following is from an advertise
men: published 1T Bristol, Conn.,: " Lost.
strayed or stolen from his bereaved
household. one red-headed man, five
i feet and eight inches tall, full act of false
teeth on upper jaw, and one real one on
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