Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-06-17
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.

tempted to commit suicide the other day in
novel manner. Having emptied . can OF
coal Oil over herself and thoroughly satu-
rated her clothing with the liquid, she then
applied match. She was soon enveloped
in fame, but the agony and torture was
more than she could stand and her shrieks
soon brought her neighbors to the spot, and
by liberal application of water the flames
were extinguished. The unfortunate
woman is quite badly injured, though it may
be not fatally.
Representatives of the various military
companies of the State met at st. Louis re-
Gently and organized a society called the Ma
tional Guard Association of Missouri, with
Brig. Gen. Charles w. Squires, of st. Louis,
as President. Preliminary arrangements
were made for holding an encampment Of all
the militia of the State at st. Louis begin
ming July 1. Resolutions were adopted urg-
ing Congress to adopt the bill now pending
before that body to increase the appropria-
ton for the National Guard from $3.50 900 to
81, 100000.
A siX-year-old son of Fenton Barnett, a
farmer residing five miles west of Sedalia.
was struck by lightning and killed a few
nights ago.
The Missouri State Board Of Immigration
recently received an application for lands
and information from a merchant i'm Man.
chester, England, who stated in his letter
that he and number of his friends wanted
to purchase a large tract of land somewhere
in the Missouri Valley for the purpose of i'm
proving it for industrial purposes and SELL
ing portions after improvement in small lots
to persons who could pay for the land and
Improvements in small annual instaliments.
A negro horse jockey named Archie Duni-
gan was arrested in Kansas City the other
day for killing another negro I'm quarrel at
Nashville year or so ago.
Frank Lane, charged with the murder of
Bill Young, who was hanged by mob in Scot
land County some months ago, has recently
been arrested in Yankton, Dakota, and will
be brought back for trial. Q
Mr.. James Boogs, wife and family, of st.
James, Phelps County, were ON their way to
Rolla, ten miles distant, when one of the
traces came loose and frightened the horses,
which ran away, upsetting the carriage and
throwing the whole party out. Mr.. Boogs
was so badly injured that he died on the
Goth ult.
A meeting of number of prominent St.
Louis gentlemen, including Col. Henry
FIad, President Of the Board of Public
Works; Judge John NJ. Krum, the Hon.
Albert Todd, and others equally well known,
was held the other evening to take steps for
the organization of a St. Louis Cremation
Society. A resolution advocating the prac-
tice was adopted and committee appointed
to organize the society.
Col. Elijah Gates, in the Circuit Court of
Livingston County, has sustained his attach
ment suit against the Mastin Bank and 9TH
ers, on the item Of $1S7,50O, and judgment
was rendered for that amount in his favor.
This secures beyond all peradventure, it is
said, the State deposits in the Mastin Bank.
Messrs. Silas Woodson and Clay Ewing,
State Fish Commissioners, says the st. Louis
Globe Democrat, are making arrangements
for planting young shad and carp in different
streams of the State. Since tine failure of
the plan to establish q hatchery in Forest
Park, st. Louis, the Commissioners are I'M
decided ais to the best place to plant the
young carp. A large quantity of shad will
be placed in the Meramec, Black, Currant
and Gasconade Rivers. A special lot of 49,
900 will be turned over to the Gasconade
Fishing Club, and by them turned loose in
nursery the baby fish will start on the voy-
age of lite, going one hundred and fifty miles
to the muddy Missouri, down the Mississippi
the jetties, about / 800 miles to the
Gulf of Mexico, and next year they are ex-
pected to return to the Gasconade to be cap
tured and eaten by the members Of the club.
If only one hundred of the 900 return the
experiment will be considered successful.
The st. Louis, Arkansas and Texas Rail-
way Company, of Missouri, has filed articles
of association in the office of the Secretary of
State. The cash capital is 100000 and the
association consists of Charles w. Rogers,
Alex. Douglas and Alex. Grayson, of st.
Louis; John O'Day and Chas. f. HARDWOOD,
of Springfield; George A. Purdy, Of Pierce
City; j. D. Fish, Jesse Seligman and K. L.
of New York. The length of the
road will be about thirty five miles and will
commence at a point four miles east OF
Pierce City and run in direct line las near as
southwark through Barry
County to the southern boundary of the
State.
The meeting of the State Sportsmen's As
at Macon City, which begun on the
LIST, was gratifying success, representa-
tives being present from nearly every club
in the State. The following officers were
chosen for the ensuing year: j. b. c. Luz
cas-, of st. Louis, President; Paul FRANKIE,
Of st. Joe, First Vice-President; DR.. Stark,
Of Kansas City, Second Vice-President; DR..
R. NJ. Swander, of st. Louis, Secretary; j.
W. Crooks, of st. Louis, Corresponding Sec
retary.
The Bar of the Western District Of Mis-
souri, gave grand complimentary banquet
IN the night of the Sd at the Coates House,
Kansas City, to Judge George w. McCreary,
recently arrived to fill the vacancy caused by
he resignation of Judge Dillon.
Jacob Vein, telegraph operator who had
been at st. Joe for two weeks looking for
work, committed suicide on the I'd by shoot |
ng himself through the head with pistol. |
Vein had been dissipating somewhat and it
S supposed dependency caused the act.
Charles w. Haseltine, son Of Capt. w. B.
Haseltine, of st. Louis, was the successful |
for the naval cadetship in the |
second Congressional District.
The statute of this State provides that a |
inc Of $50 shall be imposed upon any one
guilty of taking the eggs from or destroying
BIRDS nest.