Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-03-31

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The rulers Of the Adventists in Mich
igan have forbidden life insurance.
One more Boston materialixing medi-
um has been grabbed while personat-
ing, in disguise, q returned and embod-
led spirit. ttNet 4 r4e "f Z
A Philadelphian poisoned four chill
dren 'Just to see 'em cut up and frisk
round" He was gratified, for they had
violent and almost fatal convulsions.
A clergyman of San Francisco oalcu-
lates that one-third Of that city's popu-
lation are habitual churchgoers. one
third are skeptical as to religion, and
one-third are Indifferent. fl.f
Some enterprIsing traders are filling
cd honeycombs with glucose and shiT-
ping them to Europe labelled ''Caiifor-
mia honey" At present the enterprise
Is said to be very profitable.
1t is a singular coincidence that the
famous italian discoveries Of Amer
lea came to the New World under for
eign flags, and that all Americans to-
day go to Europe under foreign flags.
In view Of the danger of being seized
and exposed by unbelievers, q Boston
spirit medium announces that he will
hereafter keep cooked pistol In his
cabinet, with which to shoot meddIers.
A glass dress Is being maze for Fam
ny Davenport i'm Pittsburg. II will
have long train of woven glass and
be deliberately trimmed with glass lace.
To make the texture the glass Ii first
spun into fine threads and then woven.
A dog in q Cincinnati theatre smelt
smoke. traced II to fire In Q dressing
room, barked an alarm, and thus saved
a large audience from catastrophe.
His food was changed from hard crack
ers to sponge cake, and his name from
Bum to Hero.
A Second Advent congregation at
Greenwood, Kansas, have lost con-
fideDce in their pastor because, while
publicly avowing o belief that the
world would come to an end In 1881,
he secretly took q note for Ave years on
a loan of $1,000, and demanded IL per
cent. interest with ample security.
DIR. James Abernathy snd John r.
Alternately. although not related, were
born on the same day, married twin sis
ters on the same day, and, after living
to be three score and ten years Of age,
died recently, at their homes In CASTOR.
North Carolina, on the same day, but
their residences were five miles apart.
Three Judges have been removed
from Office In Massachusetts since the
Revolution, one for physical disability,
one for bribery and corruption, and one
for violating State laws in fugitive
slave case. Charges are now being
considered against q fourth Judge. who
il accused of corruption and tyranny.
When It was discovered that the young
women who were engaged In the Lou
isville High School, In the publication
of a school paper, were making person.
al solicitations among the business men
for advertisements and subscriptions,
and were not only offering prizes Of
jewelry as On inducement for patron
age, but were also bestowing kisses
where kisses would win q customer,
the authorities Of the school put their
veto upon the project. .,f.s'
During the war William H. Augur, q
Union soldier, helped three sisters who
were I'm great distress at their despoiled
home i'm Virginia. At the death Of the
last of them, some years ago, IL was pro-
vided that the estate should be kept In
trust for certain missing heirs until
1881, and then, IL they were not found,
be given to Augur. who had returned
tn his family at Meriden, Cenn. The
time has now expired, the heirs have
not appeared, and Augur Is to receive
100000.
Charleston, 8. c., with . white pop
ulation Of twenty thousand, has thirty
white religious congregations and q
church for each. A visitor to the city
estimates the average sizs Of the CON-
gregations at less than i've hundred.
AS a consequences the pastors are poorly
paid, and are not particularly able men.
There are seven Episcopal churches,
four Presbyterian, one Congregational,
fous Methodist, three Baptist. two
Lutheran, one Unitarian, Ave Roman
Catholic, one Huguenot and two Jew
ish.
Emil Francois married q quadroon
woman In Texas, where intermarriage
between whites and those possessing
any negro blood IL q penal offence. He
was convicted and sent to prison for
five years. The convict received much
sympathy, for his wife was nearly white
and his love for her was quite sincere.
The case was carried to the Texas Court
Of Appeals, which now declares thelaw
under which Francois was convicted 70
be In conflict with the Fourteenth