Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-10-13
Miscellaneous Items.

The Post-office Department has COM
pleted an adjustment OF such postmasters'
salaries as the quarterly returns seemed to
warrant. In Missouri little or no change
was made. In this State there are found
1907 of1ices-an increase of fifty eight in the
present year. These offices are divided into
four classes, the fourth class being by far the
larger number. 1t is this class that, with
salaries less than thousand dollars a year, are
appointed by the Postmaster General; the
three higher grades are appointed by the
President and require confirmation in the
Senate, and hence are termed Presidential
offices. The first grade receives So, 900 or
more; the second between 1000 and So, 900,
and the third between s., 900 aud s. 900. In
Missouri there are 81 Presidential offices:
three of the first grade, St. Louis, 1000,
the most an office can receive under the gen.
eral law; Kansas City, $4,000, and st. Jo-
seph, $1,000. OF the second class there are
six, Hannibal, s., 800: Moberly, $2,100; Sc
dalia, $500; Springfield, $2,1OO; Carthage
and jefferson City, $1,000 each. The third
class numbers AZ. There has been one Office
only that enters the Presidential class, Ne
osho, Newton County, which will hereafter
receive $1,000. There are only three letter.
carrier offices i'm the State-St. Louis, Kan
sas City and St. Joseph.
A special from Independence says:
After the jury in the Ryan case had retired
a great many people left the courtroom.
The prisoner sat with his counsel and gaZed
about the room as unconscious as anybody.
When the jury returned he watched their
faces as though to read the verdict, and
when the clerk read the sentence-twenty-
five years in the Penitentiary-Ryan looked
around and smiled, seeming to think that it
made no difference with him. The sentence
being read, the prisoner was strongly guard
ed by the Marshal and posse and taken to
the Jail. He was subsequently taken to
Kansas City, surrounded by strong guard.
During the trial Prosecuting Attorney Wall
lace received an anonymous letter, headed
with skull, crossbones and coffin, advising
him to discontinue the prosecution Of Ryan,
or he would be summary dealt with. AL
though an attempt on the part Of Ryan s
friends to rescue the prisoner was antici-
pated, no such attempt was made, the pres
ence of the Governor and a posse of armed
and determined men having probably no
little influence in dissuading them from any
overt act.
VIM. Gemeinhardt, strongly suspect
ed of being implicated in the murder of DR..
Hemstreet, on the 4th ult.. near jefferson
City, has been arrested and lodged in Jail.
The detectives have been working up the
case for several days and think they have
sufficient evidence to warrant the conviction
of one or two persons Of the crime. &c.
meinhardt strongly asserts his innocence
and claims to know nothing Of the murder
further than that he was at the house where
the dance was in progress and saw Hem
street leave for home, and was afterward
one of the party that went to bring the body
back. Gemeinhardt WIS at work building
a house when arrested and offered no resist
ance to the officers.
Hon. r. Graham Frost, of st. Louis,
has been appointed by Governor Crittenden
Judge Advocate General Of his staff, with
the rank of Brigadier-General.
Big attendance at the St. Louis Fair.
The Governor the other morning re-
ceived visit from lady who desired the
PAL don of her son. In answer to the insui-
ry as to what her son was charged with she
replied, "Handling horses.'' This was
enough for Gov. Crittenden, who at once
told her he would have nothing to do with
parties charged with "handling" horses, or
mules either.
The German residents of st. Louis
celebrated the roth birthday of the late Col.
Hecker by organizing an association to pro-
vide monument in commemoration of his
heroic and patriotic deeds.
The Knights of Bedlam is the name of
st. Louis colored society.