Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-09-15
Methodist Church South Gossip.

ne ST LOUIS annual conference Z!
the NJ. E. Church South convenes a
Kirkwood on the osth inst.
The district c,udes the tsrritoTy lying he
tween the Missouri river and the Arkansas lint
and extends from the Mississippi river to tn:
Gasconade. There will ha over 200 delegates
and the conference will be presided over by
Bishop Galloway. OF Tennessee. He is one O
tie most eloquent Methodists in the country
ard distinguished himself as a prohibtio,
leader in Mississippi some years ago. and by Ri
recent memorable address before the Wesleyan
Methodist conference in London, when the en-
tire audience was moved to tears.
Among matters of inheritance that Will CONS
before the conference will be the appointment
Of three presiding elders to succeed Elder NJ
Finney. of West st. Louis: Elder W. r. Mays
of South st. Louis and Elder j. Green, of Pop.
lar Bluff district, whose terms expire. 1t is TN
derstooLl that thu re will be many changes anC
n number OF transfers. It is rumored that
Rev. s. r. Wcrlain. of Centenary lin st. Louis)
will very likely succeed DR.. Finnev presiding
elder OF the West St. Louis district. The vacan
cy at Centenary will in all probability be filled
by the reappo:ntmant Of Dr. John Matthews IL
response 70 expressed desire of the congrega
ton. 1t is also thought that Rev. E. B. Chap.
rell will succeed Dr.. John Matthews at St
Johns lin St Louis) be having declined tbs
presidency OF the female annex of the Southern
university of Georgetown, Tex, which was
tepderei him some time ago.
Mays. IreS.OiCR el0eT OF the SOGsN o.
Louis district. will return to the pasto-ata. II
is understood that DIR. Fnney will be appointed
superintendent of the new hospital in st
Louis which is soon to be erected out of the
sl,oOo,0r0 bequeathed by the late Robert A
Barnes for that purpose, ani which will place
the Southern, Metho1ists in the front rank o!
the charitable denominations Of ST. Louis. A
new s.j.fm orrhanege is also among the mat
tiers TO lie considered by the conference.
State Biologists Report.
State Geolorist Winslow has sub.
mitted d report to the governor of the
transactions Of his department for Au.
gust. He sa=s:
r. the field inspections Of iron ore de~osi.s
have been made IN Pulaski. Phelps. Dent. Craw-
ford Iron and Madison countics: the c!ays o!
the ror: bern and central portions Of tho state
have received much attention. and ff1nl visits
to mineral resorts in Johnson Henry, Vernon
and I.acleie counties have been made. About
forty square miles have hee1 covered by D.
tailed 1naprine. Most of the work of the past
month however. has been in the Office
and lahratory. The first draft of t'e rerorf o.:
the iron ores is now cor9pletn! and its revision
and rreraration Tor the printer IS in active
progress Much a7vanca has also been made i-
tha Trepcration Of other reports. The fald
work for thu detaile1 narT;ng in J7sDor anC
Newton counties was finished last rcnti'. and
TIE Rating Of thiz work is now we'll advanced
in tire Office. In tire lqbratorv the chnrnira'
work, in connection with TIE study CT the z;nc
and Lad ores. has been continued.
PANEL BONES Nei.hbor.