Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-05-12

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Thousand Chinese each.
! The population of Chicago has in
creased 20 per cent in ten years, and
membership in the churches only Is
per cent
1t is said that Senator Conkling has
for years been accustomed to speak of
the late acting President as Ruther-
fraud 3. Hayes.
The autograph fan is the latest in
rention. II is made of parchment, and
distinguished personages can write
their names on il.
A Free Thinkers National Conven-
ton has been called 10 meet at Hor-
nellsviIle, New York, August 24th, to.
remain in session five days.
The Cunard Company is obliged to
ldispateh four steamers per week-each
carrying one Thousand passengers-to
brig oyer elaigrants to this coun-
try.
On the 30th ult., Prof. Proctor, the
great astronomer. WAS married TO Mrs.
Sallie Crawiey, of St. Joseph, Mo. The
couple left for New York, and III June
will sail for Europe.
! Professor Lewis Swift, of Rochester,
New York, has discovered a comet III
the constellation OF Andromeda, there
l,t, s1ra.1 1.if, 1lar
offered by w H Warner.
; Along the northern side of Lake On
spring. dwellers Oh the islands cross to
the mainland in safety by fastening
long, wide boards to their feet, like
snow shoes.
Cars on several OF the San Francisco
: street railroads are moved ly wire Ca
bles, but this is only done where the
grade is SO steep that horses cannot
: we'll be used. The system is now TO be
! tried on Level route in Chicago.
Col. Fred. Grant viii take the Presi-
deney of the Narrow Gauge Company,
a road projected from Houston TO Pres
! lido del Norte. distance of six hundred
and sixty miles. Forty-two miles, from,
Houston to Patterson, are now in oper-
alton.
The Rev. DR.. James Freeman Clarke,
OF Boston, SAYS: II discredif the extrav-
agant statements which give iDtemper-
ance as the root Of all crime in this
country. and maintain that there is g
= steady growth of temperate la blfs
: among the people as compared with
: the customs OF a few generations
:. ago"
Prof Pickering, OF Harvard College
Informed some alarmed New England
ers that no uneasiness is felt among
professional astronomers about the eff
> feet on human a4fairs Of any conjunc-
ton of plannets. There is no reason K
\ suppose that such conjunctions are al
n tended by any peculiar terrestrial pAe-
: nonaena-
= "Iset Tne 20 bone and bear the bless.
n said a man wearing nany-pockefee
ulster, who had just professed religion
Z at a New Jersey reyival meeting lie
y me out. let me out.p But suspicious
! detective unloaded him of three watch
nj es and five poeketbooks that be had
II taken from mourners around the anx
: ious seat
A National Matrimonial Mutual Ben
: eft Society has been Incorporated a
D Kansas City Its design is to entour
age marriage by placing at the GOLD
, nand OF the young certain sum O
money to give them a start in life
is Membership fee SO, and one dollar as
+ sessment or each marriage occurring il
the lnenbership-no benefit 10 accrue
however, until six months after join
y ing
Five hundred acres of land aroun,
Yorktown have been purchased by th
committee association formed to oe3t
trare the centennial anniversary c
sh Lord Cornwallis's surrender. The Ian
= will be beautifully laid off as q parad
and camp ground for the French an
~ American soldiers The new build
r ir,ss viii be erected near the site Of th
ad village Virginia is anticipating
d. lively celebration OF this annivel
= sary-
I'd Chicago has q Mormon churei
Ak founded by the followers OF the origin
5. ~ Joseph Smith, but does not counts
h- nance f,olyran,y. and claims that II
- following passage was III the unmnti
sted Book Of Mormon. 1*W therefore,, II
u, laretheren. hear me. and hearkea 10 tt
pT word Of the Lord for there shall IA
r.. any I2s n among s-ol save il be csae VIII
and concatiaes he shall have none, fl
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