Morning journal and courier., 1890-03-03

governor of Iowa declares that prohibition
 has not diminished tho consumption of strong drinks in the State, and that the law has been "despised and ignored" in the large cities from the day of its enactment.
 Quite discrepancy here.
 The legislature of Massachusetts is to con- slider the question of abolishing ''stock gam-
 bling" The matter is before the joint judi ciary committee in two ways. There is an order to consider the sxpedisncy of prohibit ing dealing in stocks. bonds, wheat futures, etc., on "margins, i" when no actual purchase or delivery of such purchase is made, and another to consider the expectancy of extend ing gambling laws to dealings in margins and securities, grain, produce or other commodi- ties, where no actual transaction is intended. It is not probable that the Massachusetts legislature will make any more progress toward settling the question involved in this matter than other legislatures have.
 This is the constitution of tho Citizens public school union of Boston: The object of the Citizens' public school union is to aid in securing for every child e suitable intellect ual, moral and industrial education, free from the injurious influences of political and religious controversies, and to this end to se- cure ths election of school committee which shall fairly represent all citizens of Boston. Both men and women shall be eligible to membership. The Citizsns' public school union shall consist of citizens of Boston who wish the public school system of the city to be continued for the benefit of all it's children and who unite to secure that object; but no person shall be admitted to membership who will refuse to vote for Catholic or for a person of any other faith to become mem- bsr of the school committee, provided such person is believed to be loyal to the public schools and otherwise suitable for the posi- tion.
 Mir. Edison is going to have hand in the development of the new South. He has opened 8 branch workshop at Charlotte, North Carolina, and scientific reporter of the Atlanta Constitution had talk with him there the other day., He is interested in twenty iron mines in the Piedmont region, it appears; he has .. process for working the lower grades of gold sulphurets at profit; he has another process for eliminating phos- phorus, from iron msgnetites, and one for Concentrating" iron ores in which the per- handling by the usual methods; he thinks we'll of Georgia nickel ore. and is inclined to take hold of 1t; but he complains bitterly of the difficulty of getting accurate information about Southern mineral properties. "Why don't you have a survey in Georgia" he asked. "When I go out to prospect a prop- erty here meet negro, who refers me to another negro, and finally find the mine-a dental drill vein."
 Denmark has organized a new system of State butter shows. The scheme includes continuous butter show at the expense of the State during several months in each year, where fresh samples of butter will be receiv- ed every fourteen days, the judges decision to be given on the butter as received and it's condition at the end of fourteen days. The samples are to be sent immediately on the receipt of letter or telegram, 50 that the dairymen will not be able to make a special cask for exhibition, and the samples are to be repeated as often as required. Competing dairies must send in a return of the feeding and system generally followed on the farm, with special reference to the week during which the samples are sent in. At present the number of dairies entered is 360. Nine judges have been selected and these act in groups of three each each group recording an independent opinion on each sample, which is checked by those of the other two groups. Each group will consist of two butter mer- chants and one dairy expert. The exhibitors are paid the usual market rate for their ex- hibits The shows will be held at intervals of fortnight during eight months of the year.