Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-10-16
NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary of Important Events.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

| ueF machinery DrOhen 1HoSe w hO "cie
on the vessel when she started down
the river say that her speed was very
great and that she promises to be one
of the fastest boats ever launched.
GOVERNOR THOMAS of Utah certifies
! IN his official report that there has been
no change in the attitude of the Nor
mon church on the subject of polygamy,
notwithstanding the recent official ut
terances against it. That Infamous
doctrine is still part of its creed, and
plural marriages take place in spite OF
all laws forbidding such unions. 1t will
not do to disregard this testimony.
THERE is a strong movement on foot
among the pottery employees along the
| Upper Ohio valley, and west of the AL.
| leghenies generally, to cut loose from
| the Knights of Labor and form a sepa-
rate National organization similar to
| the American Flint Glass Workers
| Union.
Two young men have been arrested
at bloomington, Ind, for peddling four,
| five and ten-cent stamps on the street.
| They are believed to belong to band
who have been robbing SO many post
offices in that section.
| On the 9th the historic and famous
| Bluecoat school in London was slightly
| damaged by fire.
| BIG Guatemala recently received a
severe drubbing from little Salvador,
| but apparently, she is not yet satisfied.
In the new conflict she has provoked
with her alert and plucky foe she is
hardly likely to fare any better. Hav-
ing violated the rules of war by murder
| ing all prisoners captured from the
enemy, and having none on hand to
meet the exchange provided for in the
peace protocol, she goes into the new
conflict with decidedly dirty hands.
SPAIN can not make a special treaty
with the United States in regard to the
West Indies trade without extending
| the same privileges to European ma
| tions with whom Spain has treaties
containing the most favored nation"
clause as to imports of Spanish colonies
JOSEPH JoNAsSoN, son OF Mr. Meyer
Jonasson, of New York, was acquitted
on the Sth, in Berlin, of a charge
made against him by students with
whom he had quarreled for an insult to
| him because he was an American. They
| accused young JonassOn of saying: Il
sneeze at your Emperor" political
crime for which the extreme penalty is
ten years Imprisonment in German
| fortress.
MIR. JAMES NJ. GAMBLE has assumed
| the Indebtedness of the Wesleyan Fe-
male College near Cincinnati, amount ting
to S2S, 600, and thus prevented the sale
| by foreclosure of that old Institution. 1t
is the leading Methodist college for
| women in Ohio.
THE newspapers of Mexico call on the
Mexican Government to appeal to the
Postal Union against the action of the
United States Government in forbid
ding the transmission of Mexican news
papers, bearing Mexican postage. with
lottery advertisements.
BY a conservative estimate over 500,
900 damage was done by the late prairie
fire in Norton County, n. ID.
THE Millers' Association of the State
of Pennsylvania ad journed, on the Sth.
after a two-days' session at Reading.
Invitations to hold the next meeting
were received from Philadelphia,
Wilkesbarre and Altoona.
THE little town of Saffron-Walden,
England, was the scene of much re ioic-
| ing. on the Sth, over the safe return of
Young Pelly from Canada, where he is
| popularity believed to have had a mar
| row escape from the fate which over
| took his companion, Benwen. The
| streets of the place were decorated with
| flags and arches, and the numerous
friends of the Pelley family gave the
returned wanderer hearty welcome.
AMONG the passengers from Europe
| by the Teutonic which arrived at New
| York, on the Sth, were Hon. j. c.
bancroft Davis, John Il. Herreshoff,
Hon. Pitt Kellogg, the Duke and Ouch
ess of Marlboro, Mr. Joseph Pulitzer
| and Hon. Leland Stanford. On the City
of New York wore General John Albert,
ex-president OF the Transvaal, and his
| family, and Theodore Thomas.
| APpREHENsIoNs are entertained that
| the conference between the representa-
tivcs of England and Italy on the
| limitation of the African possessions OF
the two countries will prove abortive
Both sides tenaciously adhere to their
respective positions with regard to Cas-
sala, and it is not impossible that this
may result in defeating a settlement.
ABOUT $50 shoe manufacturers, repre-
senting all parts OF the country, met in
new L OFh, On tllo tbn, anu ueCIueu 10
| advance the price of shoes from twen-
| ty-five to fifty cents pair.
| Miss INEZ CoULTRE, missionary to
Utah, who is at present in New York
| has made important revelations con-
corning the Mormon church in relation
| to female immigrant converts.
FALSE rumors concerning alleged
| movements of Russian troops on the
Turkish frontier have been spread by
| Russia in the hope of terrorizing the
Sultan into an alliance with the Gar.
THE committee on revision of the Con-
fession of Faith of the Presby terian
church met in Pittsburgh. Pa, on the
18th.
SIR HENRY DRUMMoND WOLFE, Brit
ish Ambassador to Persia, was reported,
on the 18th, to be dying.
THE Dupont Powder Works near Will
mington, Del, together with the liza
cent town of Rocbland, were COM
pletely destroyed, on the 9TH. by
the explosion of nearly ten tons of
powder. Twelve persons were killed,
twenty seriously, and scores slightly
wounded. Loss. estimated. 100000.
TIE steamer Alono of the Mallory
line arrived at New York, on the 9TH,
from Galveston, with her cargo of cotton
on fire. Alter landing her passengers
in safety by means of tug. she pro-
ceeded to the Erie Basin, where her
hold was flooded by the fire tugs She
has 5, 200 bales of cotton on board.