Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-12-27

ways anu IucduS COIuIlllllcc, Oh III
Doth, recommended an appropriation o
$4,000 to supply deficiency in the Gov
eminent printing Office.
THE Methodist ministers of Cleveland
O., at a secret meeting, on the 18th, decid
ed not to refer to Mrs. Wards novel
"Robert Elsmere," in the pulpit.
Mr.. TRoUP, the transport officer of tn
Stanley expedition, says that there wa
not single Snider rifle nor any ammuni
ton for that kind of rifle in the who'll
caravan when it left Vambuga.
EDWIN BOOTH, Lawrence Barrett ant
Joseph Jefferson have joined in the move
ment of American actors against the i'm.
portation of foreign actors to America
under contract to play in this country.
IT is said in the lobby of the British
House of Commons, and is quite general!
believed, that Mr.. William Henry Smith
has made his last appearance in the House
as the leader of the government party.
AMONG the distinguished persons grant
ed audiences with the Pope, on the 18th
were Bishops Keane, of Richmond, Va.
and McQuaid, of Rochester, N. Y, anG
Mr.. Charles A. Dana, of New York City
PROF. BRIcE's new book, sThe Ameri.
can Commonwealth" is highly spoken OF
by English critics, and has even been Ek-
ened in importance to De Tocqueville's
great work on Democracy in America. .
MEMORIAL services for the late General
Philip II. Sheridan were held in fremont
Temple, On the 18th, under the auspices of
the city of Boston. They were very sim
pie. General F. A. Walker delivered the
eulogy.
A GATHERING of $50 millers, represent
ing the largest milling concerns in the
Southwest, Northwest and Southeast, met
at Milwaukee, Wis, on the 18th, for the pur-
pose of considering measures to lower the
present output of -four.
Mr.. GLADSTONE started from London
for Italy on the 10Th. His arrival at Dover
was greeted by thousands of his admirers,
who cheered him enthusiastically. The
channel was rough during the voyage and
q heavy fog prevailed.
THE coal operators in the Hooking,
have formed pool to regulate the output
and selling price of coal for the coming
year. The pool controls about two thirds
of the output of the State.
THE New York Journal says that George
STOuCl, "uO was OuCt On lcIIlS VI llll-
macy with Jay Gould, is about to publish
a book on ssGould and Gouldism," which,
the author claims, will make Mr.. Gould
wish he had never been born.
THE National Exposition at Augusta,
Ga, closed on the 18th. The valedictory
was delivered by General C. A Evans,
and the response by Lester E. Hickok, of
Boston There was a grand pyrotechnic
sdiSp1av and nncb anfbnSiaCp
r. NJ. HALL, a nephew of Senator Col
quit, of Georgia, recently appointed
Government inspector of surveys at Dem
yer, Col, was arrested in that city, on the
18th, for selling railroad passes and ''beat-
ing" hotels out of board bills.
Mr.. HoAR presented to the Senate, on
the Goth, petition signed by 3,22s citizens
of Massachusetts, praying the adoption of
a constitutional amendment to prevent
the interference of any religious sect
with the system of public schools.
WHOLESALE discharges of conductors
by the Atlantic 6 Pacific Railroad Com
pany between Albuquerque, N. M, and
Mo;ave, Cal, have recently been made.
Fifty conductors, of both passenger and
freight trains, have been dismissed.
THE Secretary of the Interior, on the
1.th, rejected the claim of the State of
Michigan to a tract of land in the Upper
Peninsula. Some thirteen hundred acres
are directly involved, while more than
one million acres are indirectly affected
IT is stated that a huge syndicate, con-
trolling capital of $s,OO0,O0O, has been
formed by Henry Willard to buy up aud
operate large list of electrical patents,
including the stOck-ticker service, and
Edison electric lighting and other inven-
tons.
AN extensive religious revival is going
on among the colered people of Jefferson
vile. Ind, conducted by white lad sew
erteen years old, named Harvey Smith.
The boy is an eloquent speaker, and pro-
fesses to cure diseases by faith and the
laying on of hands.
SOUTH DAKOTA is strongly opposed to
the plan outlined by Congressman
Springer for its admission. The people
have had Constitution for three years,
and are ready to enter the Union without
going through the work of framing an
other.organic instrument.
AcoLoRED preacher, named H. F. Lee,
en- route from Pennsylvania to Augusta,
Ga, to accept call to the pastorate of
The .colored church there, was rudely
awakened, when near Madison, Ga, on
the nth, by half dozen white men, and
made to vacate his berth in the sleeping
car
THE new warehouse to be erected on
State street, Boston, will cover the site of
the noted old Bunch of Grapes tavern, one
Of the most historic spots in Boston. 1t
existed as early as 1712. 1t was there that
Washington, Hancock, Lafayette and
others made their headquarters at various
times
UxrrED STATES troops were called out,
on the 18th, to stop work by the Delaware,
6 Western Railroad Com
paGy on Government land near Buffalo,
n. Y. The company is erecting large csal
trestles on Buffalo creek, which, the Of
fcials claim. tencroaches upon Govern
ment property
A LONDON Taxes special dispatch from
Zanzibar confirms the statement that the
German Commercial Cornpany's plant
there will be closed, and reiterates the
prediction of serious results in eOnse-
quence. There is almost continuous riot
ing In the streets of Zanzibar by idle and
Germans.
THE proposed consolidation Of the |
brewery interests In Syracuse, N. Y, has |
been accomplished, and the papers are |
being prepared. A new incorporated i
Is being formed with a capital |
stock of something more than 100000. |
The capital In all subscribed by Syracuse |
Md New York parties.