Iron County register., 1881-09-22
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.

Dark lugs, common to good, $3.50 to $3.50;
bright smoking, common to good, 800 to
$500; dark red leaf, $500 to 5000; half
bright wrappers, common to medium, $40
to $1S.
Irving Mack, a well-known and re-
spected resident of Boonville, concluded to
descend to the bottom Of his well, sixty feet
deep, with the intention of cleaning it him
self. having failed to get some one to under
take the job. Several persons were present
and assisted in lowering him. When some
distance down something went wrong, and
the persons at the top called to him, but re-
ceiving no answer, and he being disengaged
from the windlass, they Immediately real
lied his perilous situation. His wife and
sisters became frantic ut the thought of be-
ing unable to render him assistance, as no
one was willing to risk his life in that well.
After several futile attempts to recover his
body with grab hooks, Joe Brock, an old
colored preacher, said he "would trust in
the Lord, F" and made himself secure with a
rope and started down. He had not gone
far when he gave the alarm to haul him up,
as the foul air was to much for him. A pump
was secured and fresh air pumped in, after
which he succeeded in making the descent,
and tied rope around the body of Mr..
Mack, who was then brought to the surface
a corpse. Mr.. Mack leaves wife and one
child.
The keeper of the Sedalia Cemetery
the other day found a young girl Of respect
able appearance lying in half-conscious
condition out among the graves. After some
difficulty he aroused her and found that she
was just recovering from the effects of a
large dose of laudanum. Her name is Ida
Britt, an orphan, eighteen years old, and
employed as housemaid in the family Of q
prominent citizen. She said her employer
had accused her of stealing $50 from him
and she felt such anguish over the charge
that she went to drug store, bought %
cents worth Of morphine, and took all Of it
at one dose, with the intention of killing
herself. The largeness of the dose counter
acted its deadly effect.
1t has been found that carp do not
flourish in the st. Joseph ponds, there being
too much spring water-surface and river
water being better adapted to them. Com
missioner Steedman states that all the carp
in the ponds at that point will be transferred
to the ponds at Forest Park. st. Louis,
and the St. Joseph ponds will be used ex-
game fish. The Wabash Railroad is now
building at MOberly, regular fish car for
the use of the board. The car will contain
water apartments for the different kinds
of fish and will be used in distributing the
productions of the ponds to various portions
of the State. The car will also be used to
transfer fish found in the sloughs along the
Missouri River-just after a rise in the river
60 ;b,,fs ;,,f he
streams. The same system is in operation
in Illinois and is said to work satisfactorily.
The Governor has granted requisi-
tion for j. Volney Ryan, who broke Jail at
Sedalia on the 25th Of last July. He had or
ganized local board purporting to be
branch of the Connecticut Mutual Life In
surance Company. The fraud was discov-
cred and he was arrested, but skipped out
of limbo. He was lately arrested at Shreve-
port, La, where he had been practicing the
same game under another name.
DR.. Montezuma Hemstreet, a we'll
known citizen of Cole County, the other
night was found in dying condition in a
fence corner, about $50 yards from String
town, a small village about ten miles south
west of jefferson City. Evidence taken be-
fore the COroner's Jury showed that while
dance was in progress at the house Of Andy
Bohmenberger, about mile east Of String
town, DR.. Hemstreet rode up, dismOunted
and went into the house. He was some-
what under the influence Of liquor, and be-
came engaged in a wOrdy quarrel with some
yeung men. A man named Thompson in
terfered, and induced the Doctor to re-
mount his horse, going with and assisting
J, do oft ha do
away. In a short time the report of his be-
ing in an unconscious condition by the road
side was brought to the house, and party
went and found him in fence corner, took
him to the house and laid him on a porch,
where he died. There were the tracks of two
men leading away through plowed field
from where the Doctor was lying, and across
the road was found piece Of sawed oak
paing. one inch thick by nearly three wide
and about three feet long, covered with
blood. This was evidently the weapon with
which the assault was committed. There
are strong suspicious as to the authors of the
crime, but at last accounts no arrests had
been made.
A farmer named Steep, residing
near Minneville, small town on the Rock
Island Railroad about ten miles from Kan
sas City, attempted to cross the track in
front of an approaching train, when his
team baked and were struck by the locomo-
tive going at full speed. The horses were
killed, the wagon was demolished,
and Steep was thrown under the wheels and
crushed to death. The train men say they
whistled long and loud at the crossing, but
warrants have been issued against them,
charging criminal negligence.
The family of Judge o. M. Harris,
who is farmer and resides nine miles west
of Sedalia, partook of a can of corned beef
for supper the other night and all who ate
were seriously poisoned. Mr.. Harris, Mr..
j. c. Wood, his brother-in-law, and three
children were all very sick at last accounts.
The St. Louis Christian Adrocate con-
spicuously publishes the fact that ''the head
of large and prosperous business house in |
this city, which deals largely in playing
cards, is prominent member of the Meth
odist Church South, and also member of
the Board Of Police Commissioners, whose |
duty it is to see that all laws regulating |
gamblers, etc, are enforced.'