Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-02-05
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.

away County purchased q pistol of II. Inn
boden, secondhand dealer in st. Joseph,
| and asked Imboden to load it, which he be-
| gan doing. While he was placing cartridge
in the chamber it exploded, striking Moran
in the left side. He was in a critical condi-
ton, and not expected to live.
| At Kansas City, on the 18th, the largest
real estate transaction that had ever taken
place there was the sale Of some Main Street
property to the Shirdley Bros. The property
in question is on the corner OF Main and
Ninth Streets, and runs clear through to
Walnut, and is 100 feet front on both Main
and Walnut, and the entire block on Ninth
Street. The price asked was $4,000. 1t is
stated that new opera house will be erect
ed on this site at once.
The night of the 18th at writing school
near Peninsular School House, in Cooper
County, a serious cutting affair occurred be-
tween two young men named 10. Simmons
and John Case, in which the former stabbed
the latter near the region of the heart. The
supposition was that Case could not recover.
Simmons made his escape.
The night of the 18th George Miller, a
grocer in West Kansas, detected burglar
in his store, and Miller and his young man
attempted to capture him. The burglar, a
negro, drew revolver, and in the scuff1e
that ensued young Miller was shot in the
left shoulder. The ball that inflicted the
wound was large one, of 42-caliber, and
made an ugly hole. The police heard the
noise, and coming up captured the burglar
and escorted him to the police station, where
he gave his name as Daniel Mcclellan. The
police know him as a bad character, alias
Frank Walker.
S. G. Butchers drug store, at Burlington
Junction, Nodaway County, burned Sunday
morning, the 18th. Loss $500. Applica-
ton for insurance in st. Louis company
was made three days previous. Policy not
revealed.
A. G. Ruby's store, and the Post office at
Rochester, ID miles from st. Joseph, were
burglariZed of small amount the night of
the 18th.
A reorganization meeting of Kaw Valley
Division No. 30, of the Order of Railway
Conductors, was held in the parlors of the
Union Depot at Kansas City the evening of
the 10Th. The following officers were elected:
j. w. King, C. c.; F. c. Aech-
ternauch, P. c. c.; F. G.. Fisher, A. c. c.;
c. Sinms, S. c. c.; Ed. Davis, j. C. c.; Sol.
Stephens, I. s.; D. w. Vaughn, o. S.; Jas.
Laughlin, Secretary and Treasurer.
The debt Of Franklin County is $4,000.
The citizens of Moberly have subscribed
upwards of $1,000 to the Irish Relief fund.
A new paper is to be started at Plattsburg
by Capt. C. j. Nesbitt. who for some wears
has owned a half interest in the Platte City
Landmark.
Three ladies, Mrs. NJ. C. Gilbert, Miss AL
lie Hughes and Mrs. Fannie M. Wise have
started new paper in De Witt. They call it
the PhitOmdthedn Banner.
Accordingly to the Agricultural Department
report for January the crop for Missouri is
as follows: Wheat-Audrain: Injured by
drought. Christian: Going into winter
quarters in very best condition. Galloway:
Increased acreage and looking well. Craw-
ford: Damaged by rust and the Hessian fly
some improvement since cool weather.
Gentry: Looks well. Gasconade: Slightly
damaged by the Hessian fly. johnson:
Acreage increased 20 per cent. Lincoln:
Eggs of the fly are in nearly all of the fields
fine November rains brought the crop UP
beyond expectations. Marion: Late rains
improved it. Pulaski: Doing finely. Platte:
Looking well. St. Charles: Much damage
by the Hessian fly; some fields sown second
time. Vernon: More or less fly and chinch-
bugs; prospects discouraging. Washington:
Some fields of early sown about killed by
the Hessian fly; Russian amber from
department is looking well. Per-
~: Some complaint of damage
by the Hessian fly. Ste. Gsnevieve: Extra
ordinary growth and increased acreage.
Sullivan: Some fields so badly injured by
the fly that they were resown. Worth: Do
ing well. Caldwell: Very fine. Dallas:
Rather small, owing to dry fall; but condi-
ton is good. Pemiscot: Very favorable fall
business of all kinds improving. Corn
johnson: Superb crop; weighs heavier than
ever. Platte: Yield 10 per cent. below last
year. Perry: Abundant crop; considerably
damaged by being blown down. st. Charles:
Injured by drought. Caldwell: Some of 1t
will be spoiled by wet weather before it can
be husked.
Ira E. Barnes has been appointed by Gov.
Phelps Inspector of Coal Oils, etc, for the
City of Sedalia, for the term of two years
from the date of his appointment. This is
Mr.. Barnes's fourth term.
The cotton receipts at st. Louis from Sep
TENDER to January % are in round num-
bers $50, 1000 bales, against 225,0OO for the
same period last year. An increase of 1856,
600 bales in less than five months should
satisfy the most skeptical that st. Louis is
bound to be the primary cotton market in
the world. The total receipts of last year
amounted to 1896, 900 bales; they will certainly
exceed 525 900 bales this year, valued al up
ward Of $31, 100000.
On the Goth Siegel Williams of Texas, aged
10, while on visit to his uncle, David Will
liams, living near Cave Spring, ID miles
northeast Of Springfield, by way Of joke
pulled from under her the chair on which
his cousin, Miss Jemima Williams, was sit
ting, causing her to fall to the floor. The two
had been previously romping playfully to-
gether, but this act SO enraged the young
lady that on rising she seized rifle, walked
into the yard where the young man had re-
treated, and shot him through the forehead,
killing him instantly. The young lady is in
paroxysms of grief at her rash act. The
family is of the highest responsibility.
James L. Simmons, well known tele-
graph operator of St. Louis, committed |
suicide the night of Saturday, the oath, by |
swallowing quantity of Paris-green. On |
the 18th John O'Leary, aged II years, while |