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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-02-03

An inventor thinks he has solved the
problem of propelling boats In canals
and rivers by means Of ejecting water
from the boat. Unlike his predecessor.
he makes use not of . large pipe, but OF
a great number Of tubes with very small
outlets.
IT seems that the application Of tun.
ing-fork to the web of the garden spider
will not only entice the insect toward II,
but even cause the spider 10 act toward
o fly drowned In . repulsive substance
as though the fly were alive and without
80 disagreeable sauce. -.
PAMPAs grass b . very agreeable
thing to everybody possessing what i'm.
pressionists delight TO call, In their own
peculiar and vague way, the artistic in
stinct. Some farmers In Southern Cali
fornia have found that this beautiful
grass can be grown with very little
trouble and sold for decorative purposes
at large profit. One Of these men put
three-quarters of an acre under the.
grass, and was able TO sell each head or
plume at two and half cents, netting
about $500 /; another sold all he raised at
seven and half cents q plume. This
industry Is growing. Ten thousand
pluIUo9 WoE0 0I5pOScu VI All southern
California last year. Europe could take
an almost unlimited number Of them.
AT the Greenwich Observatory a very
ingenious instrument Is In use to record
automatically the duration of sunshine
through the day. It consists OF glass
globe hung within a hemisphericaf cup
Of slightly greater diameter, the cup be-
ing lined with strip Of paper covered
with stencil ink. The globe Is entirely
exposed upon the roof, and, while tho.
sun Is shining, acts a. q burning-glass,
and causes continuous line to be made
upon the paper. This line will be
broken, however, Is often as the suns
light is obscured by clouds, and thus a
record of the amount Of sunshine for the
lay will be obtained.
TIE dangerous properties OF carbonio
,xide have long been known-an at
nosphere which contains only little of
his gas rnay produce poisoning and
leath. Some exact experiments on this
ubject have now been described TO the
french Academy by M. Grenant. He
that man, or one Of the low
r animals, compelled to breathe for
'alf an hour In an atmosphere contain.
ng only 1-779th of carbonic oxide ALB
orbs the gas in such quantity that about
ne-haf OF the red blood corpuscles.
ombine with the gas and become In
apable Of absorbing oxygen; in an at
nosphere containing 1,1440th Of car
onic oxide about fourth Of the red
combine with this gas.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-02-03
Pffn AID POINT.

LooK. upward IN the city and zee tho
network OF wires. Then you viii under.
stand Why h y natural that there should
DO 20 many rumors in the air.-B0stow
zFonscrips.
A RRD-HEADRD man recently attended
q masquerade wrapped from his head to
his heels in q brown cloth and with his
head bare. He represented . lighted
cigar.-Syrocxss Herald.
ArrKR Milwaukee doctor had put In
tapeworm, darning-needle worked out
of the patients shoulder. The doctor
made up his mind that something had
70 come, II the man lived long enough
troit Free Press. itI. fitTf
|" You are in Hme," said the pcda-
Pgue to one Of his pupils, who entered
the last stroke Of the bell was dying
way. "Bad grammar" said the lad.
and bad spelling. also; for there's no
a in time" And now that boy II
aving . bad spell aiso-but not iike-
Fise.-Meriden Recorder.
THERE are none 30 deaf a. those who
Won't hear. "Father," said . young
eprobate, pitching his voice 20 the old
gentleman would be sure 10 hear, "let
NC nave Ouo uunQreQ OOuarSr - Err
bald the parent, inclining his ear. "Let
N, have two hundred dollarsP" "I
heard you quite distinctly the first time,
|tny son, quite distinctly. "-NeU Haven
Register.
SILL take o roll," said the saw-lo9
| to the baker, rs IL went down the HILL
'Steu6enrilie Herald. sand I'll take \
loaf," the saw said while they were roll
ing 1t back.-W5iliamsport breakfast
Table. But the log fooled 'emswhils
they were rolling It by taking turn
over.-Rtchn,ond Baton. Please dough.
nut tumble these statements, gentlemen.
-YaOco6 Strauss. Reading such puns
might incite mon to do waffle acts.-
Rome Sentinel.
"YEs, I'm going to skate" he an
swered, as his teeth ratified together and
his ears stood out like sheet-iron medals.
Z" They tried TO stuff me with story Of
q boy who froze to death on the rink as
the park, but wouldn't take It." ibid
one freeze to deathP" "Nawi Come
to find out about it, he Just froze his
ears and nose and fingers and toes, and
the rest of his body wasn't touched as
ALL They can't scare me with any Of
their tales Of horrorl"-Detro0 Frcs
Press.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-02-03
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

THE Ponca Commission unanimously
recommend that the Government allot 100
acres Of land to each man, woman and
child of the Ponca tribe of Indians,
said lands to be selected by them on
their old reservation in Dakota or on
land now occupied by the Ponca Indians in
the Indian Territory, said lands to be secured
| to them by patent and not subject to lien or
| conveyance in any manner, either volun-
tarily or Involuntary, for period of thirty
years.
EIGHTEEN lives were lost by the
laundering of harbor boat at Cherbourg,
France.
Mrs. COLLIER, of Blandford, w. Va,
fell down and broke kerosene lamp which
she was carrying, setting her clothing on fire
and suffering fatal injuries.
Mr.. SHAW and the other Irish MEM
bers of Parliament who seeded from the
Home Rule party have been asked to resign
their seats by their constituents.
A LOCAL trading steamer capsized
near Singapore, China, causing great loss of
life. Seventy bodies had been recovered
and many more were carried away by the
current.
CooL's livery stable at Avoca, Ind,
burned on the night of the Goth, and a
hostler, name not given, persisted in the
flames, together with sixteen horses.
GERMAN agriculturists are earnestly
complaining against the importation Of
American productions, which, they say, Sc
riously affects their interest.
DURING the absence of Mrs. Bash
comb from her home at Altoona, Clinton
County, N. T., her house caught fire and her
four children were burned to death.
Ex-GOv. SPRAGUE has filed petition
for divorce from his wife. The principal
grounds alleged are desertion and adultery.
A BOILER in James 81. Hall & Co. g
pillow works, at Maysville, KY, exploded on
the 9th, killing William j. Harris, the fire.
man, and wrecking the building.
A GRAIN ELEVATOR has been opened
at Port Royal, s. G. It is notable as being
the first and only one ever built on the South
Atlantic coast.
A MONSTER petition, signed by 80, 600
names, headed by Wendell Phillips, Bishop
Simpson and Rev. Joseph Cook, praying
Congress to observe the treaties made with
the Indian tribes, and in the future to do
Justice to the remnants Of that people, was
presented in the Senate on the 9th by Mr.. |
Dawes. The Naval appropriation bill passed. !
In the House the contested election
case Of Yeats vs.. Martin was taken up. and |
after several speeches the previous question |
was demanded. The Republicans refusing
to vote left the House without quorum and |
1t adjourned.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-02-03
MISSOURI LEGISLATURE.

summary OF frO0oe01n8s.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. Thursday. Jan. 30.
In the Senate, Messrs. Boland and Kin
kead were confirmed a. St. Louis Police
votes and the latter twenty-two. K general
appropriation bill gives S75 900 for pay Of the
General Assembly, 81, 600 less than In 1873.
The fiogging bill Is to include husbands aud
wives who beat each other or their children
Andrew Ellison, A. w. Alexander, John s.
Greer, II. @. tike, A. w. Ewing, Louis W..
Davenport, Charles @. Rozier, George T. Bart
lett, and j. X. Kinney have been appointed
Normal School Regents.
In the House, Messrs. Carpenter Of st.
Louis, Donelan of Buchanan, Loomis of WASH
ington, Smith of Lafayette, Ritchey of New
ton, Bell of Jackson and Allen of st. Louis
vsere apDOfnfed Sxaocfal Committees ON
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-02-03

between that city and the Wabash, in the
hope that it will be made a main line to St.
Louis.
For the six months ending December
81, 1880, there were ID, 900 more Immigrants
arrived in the United States than during the
same period in the previous year.
MOUNT BAKER in British Columbia Is
in state of active eruption.
THE 6rearm factories of Birming-
ham are being guarded by policemen and
soldiers to prevent their being raided by the
Fenians.
CINCINNATI capitalists are forming a
stock company, with a capital of Sill, 900 900,
for the permanent leasing Of the Southern
Railroad.
THE President has nominated Stanley
Matthews Associate Justice of the United
States Supreme Court, vice Justice Swayns,
resigned.
AN airline double.track steel railroad
is projected between New York and Chicago,
to be ultimately extended to Omaha The
corporation known as the continental Rail-
way Company" has secured the necessary
franchise through the different States, has
made the entire survey, and is reported to
have expended already several millions of
dollars in preliminary work, with the inten-
ton of pushing it to completion at the earli-
est possible date.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-02-03

daily balances.
The conditions. among others to BIO com.
piled with, are:
]. The selected depository or repositories
must give as security for the deposits bonds
of the United States or the State of Missouri.
or both, equal in amount to the deposits.
3. The selected depository or repositories
change needed by the State, and make col.
lection OF all checks and drafts RENTED for
sne S To Oh the state, Tree OF charge.
incurred from time to time by the Governor.
Attorney General and Treasurer. in inspect.
ing and seeing that the bonds given as se-
curtty for the safe keeping OF the public
funds are actually I'm the vaults of the bank
keeping. must be paid by the depository or
repositories.
All other provisions in relation to the let
ting OF said deposits may be seen by referring
to the statutes heretofore referred TO- ANY
other Information desired win be cheerfully
furnished on application to this Office
Very respectfully.
PHIL L. CHAPPELL, State Treasurer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-02-03

THE minute lines and burrows on
persons hands are likely to receive .
far more useful attention than the OBJ
servation Of the great lines by fortune
tellers. There is reason to believe that
the spiral whorls ON the thumb and
finger points are peculiar to individuals
and races, and may be as certainly used
to define the chronological class or posi-
tive Identification of the being possess
ing them as the measurement of the
skull or examination Of q photograph
would be.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-02-03

THE deadlock in the Pennsylvania
Legislature over the election of United
States Senator, according to dispatches Of
the 25th, promises to be one of the most
memorable in the history of our politics.
The majority of the Republicans support
Oliver, the Cameron caucus nominee: the
boilers have united on Grow. Senator Wal
lace has been renominated by the Democrats.
A vote taken on the 25th showed-Wallace.
81; Oliver, 80; Grow, 55; scattering Gall Re-
publicans), -.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-02-03

IT is reported that Sitting Bull has
surrendered to the Canadian authorities and
proposes to go to Fort Buford under the
protection Of the Canadian police. He says
he intended to surrender to Major Brother
ton, but was afraid he would be treacherously
dealt with
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-02-03

AN English company with capital
OF $2,5OO,OOO has been organized for the pur-
pose of establishing line of ocean steamers
for the transportation Of cattle from this
country to England. Four steamers of the
proposed line will be built soon.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-02-03

Billings, OF Louisiana, United States Circuit
Judge for the Fifth Circuit.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-02-03

The Tennessee Legislature, on the
18th, elected Howell E. Jackson United
States Senator. He is a State Credit
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-02-03

GENERAL SKoBELOFF has captured
Geek Tepe after hard fight in which both
sides sustained heavy losses.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-02-03

A PARTIALLY deranged prisoner in
the Connecticut State Prison recently
tasted eighteen days, but then gave in.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-02-03

WILLIAM VAN BLARCoM, a farmer of
Geneva, Mich. killed his wife and then COM
United suicide. Intemperance and family
troubles are assigned as the cause.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-02-03

G. H. VAN WICK has been elected
United States Senator from Nebraska. He
served several terms in Congress some years
ago from the old Tenth New York Congress.
sional District,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-02-03

THREE different reports have been
submitted by the Congressional members of
the Board of Visitors to West Point. Sena-
tor Garland and Representative Phillips de-
clare that the mingling of the races is SUBJ
ject to drawbacks which no legislation can
control. Senator Edmunds is of opinion
that the standard of admission ought to be
raised; and Representatives Mckinley and
FELTON, hold views directly to the contrary.
Senator Garland presents a bill providing
that hereafter no officer above the rank of
Colonel shall be assigned to duty at the
academy.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-02-03

SENATOR MAxEY, of Texas, was re-
elected on the first ballot. The vote stood
Senate-Maxey, %; Throckmorton, 8; Davis,
l. House-Maxey, 81; Throckmorton, "a
Davis K
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-02-03

SIX million bales is now believed to
be possible figure for this years cotton
crop. This enormous amount would be al
most million bales greater than that of last
year, and more than a million greater than
that of the year before.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-02-03

TIE jury failed to agree in the Irish
Land League trials. The announcement of
the result was loudly cheered by the specta-
tors present, and the event was celebrated
in Dublin and elsewhere by bonfires, pa
fades, etc.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-02-03

The Committee on Constitutional Amend
ments have agreed to report favorably to the
House the joint and concurrent resolution
submitting to vote Of the people the ques.
ton Of removing the capital OF the State.
There was but one dissenting voice.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-02-03

A MOST terrible accident to an express
train took place on the New York, Lake
Erie & Western Railroad, at an early hour
on the morning of the 23d, at Tioga Center,
near Oswego, N. Y. The breaking of an axle
on the locomotive while going at
o high rate of speed caused a con-
cussion which wrecked the entire train
with the exception Of the rear sleepers,
which fortunately became uncoupled and so
were saved from destruction. The postal
car, next to the locomotive, turned COM
pletely over, the combustible material with
which it was filed caught fire from the
overturned lamps, and the whole
car was soon in flames. There were four
postal clerks at work in the car, whose escape
was cut of by the locked doors and they were
literally roasted to death. They were Daniel
81. Seybolt, Of Mount Hope, N. T.; Joseph
Reidenger, of Elmira, N. Y; George w.
Ingraham, of Binghamton, N. Y, and Henry
B. Fox, Of New York. H. C. Brewet, ex-
press messenger, met a similar fate by the
burning Of the express-car. A number Of
passengers and employees were injured by
the conclusion, but none it was thought
fatally.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-02-03

UNDER the Springer resolution for a
postal telegraph, the Post-office Committee
is authorized to send for persons and papers,
and will doubtless investigate the Western
Union Company's affairs.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-02-03

A STUDY in oil-The attempt to get .
gardine out whole.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-02-03
Assessment of PersonaI Propertx.

State Auditor Walker, in q communication
to the Treasurer of Monroe County. has de-
o1ded that bonds owned in this State and de.
posted In another are not subject to assess.
ment horo. -
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-02-03

REPRESENTATIVE MURCH. the Maine
Greenbacker, says that in the coming con-
test for the Speakership the Greenbackers
will muster ten votes, which will be cast for
q regular Greenback candidate.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-02-03
ANOTHER RAILROAD HORROR.

Details OF One - the Many Recent Rau-
road Aceldents-A Train On the New Yev.k
d Erie Road Thrown from the Trock
and Set On Fire, aad Fear Men BusneA e
Death.
ELMrRA, N. r, January "a.
ERIE train No. II, from Buffalo, left Elmira
last night at eleven o'clock for New York.
The train consisted Of one postal car, one ex-
press car, two baggage cars and nine passen.
ger coaches, most OF them Pullman sleepers.
When i've miles west Of Owego, near Tioga
Center, one of the driying-wheel axies of the
locomotive broke close up to the wheel, and
the entire train, which was going at the rate
OF thirty-five miles an hour. was thrown from
the track.
The accident occurred where there was no
embankment. The engine kept its feet, the
engineer applying the air-brakes as soon as he
felt the shock. The cars were stopped very
quickly, but the forward ones were turned
over and over two or three times, some going
on one side Of the track and some on the
other.
The engineer and fireman escaped unhurt.
The postal-car contained four clerks. This
car almost instantly took fire and burned like
gunpowder. The Oil lamps used probably ex-
ploded and added fuel to the fire. Every man
IN the car was roasted to a crisp. The remains
OF one, who weighed over two hundred
pounds, were gathered up and put In q small
box.
On the express car was messenger, Henry
c. Brewer, Of Eimira, and efforts were made to
relieve him. A hole was cut in q side door of
the car so that he got his head out, but his legs
were fastened by the piled-up mass Of express
matter. The train men tried to pull him out,l
but the flames drove them away. They saw
his hair and whiskers burned on, and then he
put his hand up to his eyes and fell back into
the flames.
The men in tho postal car must have per-
tshed very quickly, as not q sound came from
the wreck except the cracking of the flames.
The names of the dead are: Joseph Reding-
or, mail agent; Eenry c. Brewer, express
agent, Of Elmira; Mail Agent Seybolt, Of
Mount Hope; Mail Agent Ingraham, of Bing-
hamton; Mail Weigher Fox, of New York.
The remains were taken to Owego. where an
inquest was held.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-02-03

THE bill for the protection of life and
property in Ireland, introduced by Forster.
Chief Secretary Of Ireland, empowers the
Viceroy to arrest persons reasonably suspect
ed as principals or accessories in reasonable
offenses. The bill is retrospective as regards
arrests for treason. 1t will apply to the
whole of Ireland, but, with regard to agra.
rian and other crimes, will apply
to proclaimed districts only. As a
Justification for the proposed
measure, the Secretary gave long and
detailed description of the outrages which
had been committed. He alleged that the
Land League had system of Constables in
all districts who recorded every infringe
ment Of the rules Of the League. "The re-
suit il, I" he said, ''the Land League is su.
preme. There is a reign Of terror. Those
who break the law are safe, while honest
men who keep 1t are in danger. The Land
League strikes terror. We must therefore
strike terror into them; we must arrest these
criminals" His speech was loudly ap-
plauded.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-02-03

THE House Committee on Post-offices
and Post-roads will report unanimously in
favor Of the bill introduced by Representa-
tive Springer establishing postal telegraph
service, under the control Of the Govern
ment.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-02-03
NEWS AND NOTES.

4 Summary Of Important Events.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1881-03-02

WE call attention to the card OF
Dr.. Julius A. Johnston, who offers
his professional services TO the citi
zens of Pincville, Alexandria and
vicinity.
DO not hny cheap medicines on
the score of economy. The best are
none too good for the sick, and are
the cheapest. Such are the Cherry
Pectoral, u e Sar:aparilla, and other
standard remedies Of Dr.. j. c. Aye,
& Co. They are worth all they cost,
aud should be in every house.
|. We direct the attention Of oul
readers to the notice of Mrs. Mary
V. Crawford, to he found elsewhere
This lady has opened day school
for girls in the Cluney building, or
the corner of Fifth and St. James
Streets. A number of boarders will
he accommodated, giving those liv.
ing in the country chance to attend
first class private school. Our cit
izeus should avail themselves of this
opportunity, and pa,ronize this homo
institution.