Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-05-22

public.
RETURNS from all but five of the Pres
byteries of the Presbyterian church
show that 133 have voted for revision OF
the Westminster Confession of Faith,
90 against revision and six have declined
to vote.
THE Dr. Rule, who committed suicide
at arksville, La, and who claimed to
be brother of Hon. Warner Miller, OF
New York, was not related to Mr.. Mill
er. The latter'S only brother died forty
years ago.
Mr.. POwDERLY has issued a mani
festo to the knights of Labor of Penn
sylvania advocating constitutional
convention to modify the State Consti-
tuition so that the Australian ballot sys-
TEN can be adopted
THE betrothal of Henry NJ. Stanley,
the American explorer of Africa, to
Miss Dorothy Tenant, young En-
glish lady of artistic tendencies and
greatly admired for her beauty, was an
nounced on the 10th.
FRANCE and Germany have agreed,
in order to avoid disputes on the 'front.'
Ter, to set apart wide space of ground
on either side of the boundary line and
place at frequent intervals large stones
marking the limits conspicuously.
THE citizens of Morton County, n. D.,
are alarmed at the proposition of the
Government to abandon Fort Lincoln,
and say the proximity of hostile Indians
will force them to abandon their homes
if military protection is withdrawn.
Mr. JOHN G.. CARLISLE, ex-Speaker of
the House of Representatives, was
nominated for United States Senator by
the Democratic caucus at Lexington.
Ky. on the 10th, receiving on the last
ballot - votes against A. for Mr.. Lind
say.
ELEVEN students have been expelled
from the Batavia On. " Institute for
the Blind, charged with insubordination.
for petitioning the Legislature for the
removal of III. X. Smith, teacher of piano
tuning, claiming that he is incompe-
tent.
MYRIAD worms resembling the army
worm are making their appearance in
the southern and eastern portions of
Lancaster County, Pa, and are ravag-
ing the grass fields. Farmers are much
concerned over the appearance of this
new pest.
THE active work of the annual meet
ing OF the National conference of Char
tiles and Correction, at Baltimore, Md,
began on tho 18th. \ dismal picture of
the increase of crime was presented by
the special report by General Brinker-
hoff, of Ohio.
GOVERNOR BoIEs has decided to rec
ommend to the President for appoint
ment as Iowas Commissioners to the
Worlds Fair Prof. King, of Lynn
County, and w. l. Buchanan, who is
well known as a promoter of the Sioux
City corn palaces.
THE organization of the South Ogden
StockYards and Land Company was
completed at Omaha, Neb.. on the 18th.
The capital stock is 81, 500. 900, and the
company proposes to begin at once the
construction of packing-house, hotel,
exchange building and yards.
TwENTY-sIX men were buried by a
cave-in III the Ashley mine, near
Wilkesbarre, Pa, on the 18th. Nearly
all of them have large families de-
pendent upon them for support, and the
prospect of any of them being rescued
alive and uninjured was considered as
very remote.
TIE engineer of south-bound freight
on the Wisconsin Central railroad dis
covered ties fixed to the track seven
teen miles north of MarShfeld, Wis, on
the 10th. The obstruction was evil
IDENTIFY placed for the purpose of wreck,
ing the fast limited express, which was
due in about thirty minutes.
THE National convention of colored
men in session in Washington, on the
18th perfected permanent organization
by the election of Rev. J. c. Price, OF
North Carolina, as president, and w. c.
Chase, of Washington, secretary. A list
of honorary vice-presidents, one from
each State represented in the conven
ton, was also selected.
THE Winona (Minn.) flouring-mill
said to have been the best equipped
building OF the kind in the world, with
n capacity of 1900 barrels of flour
day, containing 1000 barrels of flour
and the elevator, in which were about
$4,000 bushels of wheat, were totally
DESTROYED by fire on the 18th. Loss
$500, 600; insurance. 5000, 900.