Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-06-02
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.

MISSOURI STATE NEWS.
A. . meeting Of the sIcursioniss Of
the Missouri Press Association, held = the
NeWhall House IN Milwaukee, these resolu-
tions were unanimously adopted:
/ 1ssslsss. That the warmest gratitude OF this
Associas1on isdueto the oascers Of the Chica-
go, Milwaukee, 4 st. Paul Railway, and eSpe-
Carpenter and Assistant General Passenger
nor
and they took us in. and did everything pos
sible to contributed our 'entoyment Ut this
Wisconsin fairyland.
:, Resolred, That we, as editors of Missouri,
eo ee 9,aay commend 70 our people VINO nse
the beautiful region of lakes and dslls that
lies along the line of the Chicago. Milwaukee
Of exquisite scenery, an invigorating climate.
healthfulness, and pleasant society, and com
mend this great railway as the best route by
things combined iif1 a-st tf4f-.i-. "a n
Mrs. Patrick Powers, of st. Joseph,
has been adjudged insane, and sent to the
asylum. 1t will be remembered that her hus-
band, well-known travelling man, accident.
ally killed himself in hotel 10 Grand Island,
Neb., last March. She has five children, all
small. Grief over the death of her husband
40
and highly esteemed lady.
A Society for the Prevention of Cruel
ty to Animals has been organized at ST.
Louis, with large membership and q full
and efficient corps of officers. The following
is the law under which the Society proposes
to act:
Revised Statutes of Missouri, 1879. Chapter "a.
SEC. l,sog; If any person shall torture. tor
ly beat, mutilate, cruelty Kill, or over-Grive
any domestic animal, or shall unnecessarily
fail to provide the same with proper food,
or shall cruelty drive or work the same when
unit for labor, or cruelty abandon the same
70 die. or shall carry or cause the same
an unnecessarily cruel and inhumau manner,
he shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor.
use. or in any wav be Connected with or inter-
ested in the management of, shall receive
money Tor the admission of any person to,any
or batting any bull. bear. dog, cock or other
creature. or any person who shall encourage,
aid or assist, or be present thereat. or VINO
shall permit or suffer any place belonging to
him or under his control, to be so kept or used,
shall. on conviction thereof, be guilty of a
misdemeanor. 'A
SEC. l.644. Every person who shall be con-
vfcted of any mtsdemeanor under the provis-
ions of this article shall be punished by inn
one year, or by fine not exceeding 81 ,O0O or by
both such fine and Imprisonment.
Scotland County justice recently dealt
out fine of 500 and costs to a man for leav-
ing his wife.
A few days ago Messrs. Rufus Rhoades
and Ward Townsend killed a pelican near
Arrow Rock, Saline County. that measured,
from point of beak to end of tail, five feet
one inch. and from tip to tip Of wings eight
feet seven inches.
The st. Louis Globe Democrat says:
A few days since an obstruction of heavy
wooden rails was placed on the tracks of the
st. Louis & San Francisco Railroad, near
Cuba, Crawford County. No. 6 passenger
train, bound east, ran into the obstruction
that night, but was not thrown from the
track. On the next night train No. IS, bound
west, ran into more formidable obstruc-
ton about One-quarter of a mile from the
scene Of the first attempt. The train,
by miracle, escaped ditchng. Mr..
Frank Erskine, the detective Of the
road, went down there to work UP the case,
and remained in the neighborhood until he
found q man to whom Peter Walker had
confessed making the two diabolical attempts
at wrecking and wholesale murder, and de-
clared his intention of making another.
Walkers grievance against the road was
that an engine had run over his dog. The
detective quietly nabbed his man, and took
him to the jail at Steelville, where he is now
safely locked up. to await trial on the felo-
NOUS charge Of attempting to wreck train.
Joseph Kasson, barber, committed
suicide in st. Louis with morphine. He was
% years of age and came from Texas, where
his parents reside. No cause assigned for
his rash act.
General Manager Talmage, Of the
Missouri Pacific Railroad, is authority for
the statement that that company viii make
number of important additions to their
system in this State the coming season,
among which the following are enumerated:
A new line from Pacific, in Franklin Coun-
ty, forty miles from st. Louis, running south.
westwardly to Carthage, 275 miles, where It
will intersect with the Lexington & South
ern division. A branch to Cuba, Crawford
County, to connect with the Salem & Little
Rock Road. A line Is also to be surveyed
by way of Joplin to Short Creek, thence to
Neosho, with branch to CRANKY, and south
through the western tier of counties in Ar
kansas 100 to $50 miles. These roads will
be built this year and the whole work will
be pushed as rapidlyas possible.
G. c. Broadhead, chief engineer of
the surveying party which has been engaged
in making a survey of the route between
Boonville and Marshall, Saline County, has
made report showing the distance to be
twenty-eight and one-third miles, with an
approximate cost Of construction per mile at
ST. 800, making total cost Of S325, 900. An
effort is being made to have the survey con-
tinued to Lexington, to connect there with
the narrow gauge, making direct through
line to Kansas City. There Is great proba-
bility Of the road being built.
A gang of burglars broke open the
store of Mr.. A. T. Dorsey, at Houstonia,
Pettis County, the other night, bored into
the safe and put in a charge of powder pre-
paratory to blowing OF the lock, when they
were frightened off and compelled to aban-
don their job. They were evidently adopts
at the business, az they had performed