Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-09-08
Miscellaneous Items.

miscellaneous Items.
| St. Louis tobacco market (Aug. 27)
Dark Tugs, common to good, 500 to $500;
| bright smoking, common to good. 50. 15 to
500; dark red leaf, $3.50 to $3.50; half
| bright wrappers, common to medium, $40
to $1S
For nearly year the west end of the
| Missouri Pacific Railroad from Jefferson City
| to Kansas City, has been made notorious by
| the frequent swindleS perpetrated by the
| news agents. A few days ago, soon after
| leaving st. Louis, d. c. Holland, a passen-
| ger, purchased from the news agent, John
| +. BoslOugh, some oranges, rendering a s.
! bill in payment. This the agent took and
| placed it in his pocket, and drew forth in
| stead q II bill, which he folded up and
| handed to Holland, with the remark that he
| could not change it. Holland placed the bill
| in his pocket without looking at it, but
| short time afterward made the discovery
| that he had been swindled. He complained
to the Conductor, who informed Special De-
| tective Furlong, of the Missouri Pacific
| Road, who was OH the train. 4 telegram
! was sent to the police at Sedalia, and on the
| arrival of the train Furlong turned Boslough
| over to them. He was taken before Squire
Clark and rs the money was found up the
| prisoners sleeve and identified by Holland,
lie was sentenced to six months imprison-
ment in the County Jail and to pay Il fine OF
$50. Boslough has been on the Pacific Road
about three years.
j. Z. Pollard shot and mortally
wounded Joseph Daugherty at Sibley, Jack
son County. The former is n dry goods
apt md ], Lott. oil If
goods from him and refused to pay for them.
This Occasioned lawsuit and quarrel,
which terminated in the shooting. Pollard
gave himself up, waived examination and
gave bond for appearance before the Grand
jury. The affair has created Il good deal OF
cXcitment, but the general opinion is that
Pollard was justifiable. Daugherty was
desperate character.
An incendiary attempt to burn the
bonded warehouse of the Crystal Springs
Distillery, ut independence, was made the
Other night. 4 bundle of shavings saturat,
ed with coal oil was placed under one end
and set on fire, but, very fortunately, the
Waterman discovered the blaze in time to
give the alarm and save the building. The
warehouse contained over 700 barrels of
whisky, which would have been destroyed
had the discovery been made ten minutes
later. There is no clew to the inceHdiary
and deep mystery surrounds the affair.
Governor Crittenden has appointed
and commissioned Frank c. Condor, of St.
Joseph, Major and Assistant Inspector
General; Henry a. Newman, of Huntsville,
Major and Quartermaster: and Lucien 2.
Nolan, of Macon, Aide de Camp on the staff
OF Brig. Gen. Van Cleve. commanding the
District of North Missouri.
At st. Louis, on the Goth. Philip
Mueller, a peaceable German, was fatally
shot by q hoodlum named Jack Hayes.
A man named Watson, employed in
digging a well on the Little Blue, south Of
Independence, was overcome by the noXiOus
gas and called out to be hoisted up. When
he had been raised to within about ten feet
of the top he groaned, let go his hold on the
rope, and fell headlong to the bottom, crush
ing his skull and mangling his body almost
beyond recognition.
A letter from gentleman in Fall
River, Mass, has been received by Secre-
tary Renshaw, of the Missouri immigration
Society, asking him to indicate a county in
which from 90, 900 to 80 200 acres of land can
be purchased in body at 81 an acre. The
body of artisans who are preparing to leave
Massachusetts,, but there is some probability
that the land is wanted for speculative pur-
poses.
Deputy Sheriff Williams, of Cooper
County, the other day arrested four men,
near Bunceton, charged with violating the
law regulating weights and measures, by
putting a false bottom in a half-bushel
measure. These men were engaged i'm rum
ming tbreshng machine, where they
worked their nefarious scheme to their profit.
The Kansas City Board of Trade, in
f1uenced by several bucket-shop failures re-
Gently, have drafted au ordinance which will
be urged upon the City Council, imposing a
penalty Of not less than $50 nor more than
$500 for opening an establishment of this
kind.
One Martin, an individual travelling
on the deaf-and-dumb dodge, attempted, in
a drunken spree, to board the Missouri Pa
citic train at Kansas City and had his foot
badly crushed. His cries for help betrayed
the imposture, to the no small amusement
of the crowd.
There are twenty-five murderers in
the Jail at st. Louis. The latest addition is
muIatto named G. W. Sears, who cut the
throat of Salie Freeman, yellow girl. be-
cause she started for church with a rival.
The hoyrible deed was perpetrated on the
sidewalk, and bis victim was a corpse in five
minutes from the time of his assault.
St. Louis dog-catchers are at work.
The dwelling of Mat Ganskey, WELL
known farmer living about two miles from
Jefferson City, was entered by burglars the
other night. The family were chloroformcd
and about 800, mostly gold, silver and frac-
tional currency, carried off. Ganskey WAS
away from home When the victims recov-
cred from their stupor the neighbors were
alarmed and pursuit made, but at last ac-
counts the parties had not been ares ed.
At Kansas City quarrel between a
hack. driver named Cal Hatcher and team
ster named House resulted in Hatcher re-
ceiving a wound from which it is doubtful if
he will recover.