Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-07-14
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.

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st. Louis, and erect a fitting monument to
\ that eminent Sunday-school worker, Stephen
VI. Paxson, whose forty years. service in or
] ganizing Sunday schools in the Mississippi
Valley are abundantly worthy of such rec
ognition. All Sunday-schools of every de-
nomination are asked as token of respect
for this noble man, who devoted his entire
life to the Christian education of children.
to send at once contribution, much or lit
tie, to the Treasurer, Henry T. Nash, Esq. +,
1G2 North Fourth Street, st. Louis, who will
take careful charge of all money given 10 this
! object. Rev. c. L. Goodell, President; Rev.
! George @. Adams, Secretary.
An emigrant society has been formed
under the auspices of Vicar General Muehl-
siepen for the purpose Of inducing German
| Catholics to settle in Missouri. Circulars
have been issued setting forth the adyan-
| ta@es OF the climate, etc., of the State. and
calling for stockholders. The trustees are
! Vicar General Muehlsiepen, Joseph Gum
mersbach, G.. l.. Goetz, VIM. Druhe, Joseph
F. Meyer, E. Pruess, A. Leiwecke, of Usage
! County, Matt Stoltman and HI. j. Spaun-
/ horst. The Vicar General is temporary
! President, and Mr.. Spaunhorst Secretary
and Treasurer.
The Central Railway of Missouri is
| duly Incorporated with a capital of $4,000.
| The length of the proposed road is about Al
miles. 1t will run from St. Louis to Creve
| C9ur Lake; thence to Tavern Rock, in the
| County of Franklin: thence up the south
| bank of the Missouri River to the Missouri
| Pacific track and Labadie Bottom, in Frank
| lin County.
| Governor Crittenden has appointed
the following persons, recommended by the
| State Pharmaceutical Convention, held May
| 6 last, members of the State Board of
| Pharmacy, provided for by bill which
passed the last General Assembly: j. +.
| Hurt, Columbia; G.. A. Howard, Boone
| vile; VI. W. Alexander, st. Louis.
The editor of the St. Louis Christian
AdrOcdte appeals to ministers and members
of the church in Missouri to furnish him
with any and all matter pertaining to the
history of the denomination (Methodist
Church South in this State between the year
1874 and the present that may be in their
possession or that they may be able to pro-
cure. Such matter, of course, as should be
embodied in the permanent history Of the
denomination.
State Treasurer Chappell recently
NlSllcu New lily the purpose OF
receiving the So. 900, 900 due from the Han
nibal & st. Joe Railroad and depositing the
same in the National Bank of Commerce,
the State depository, ali of which was sue
cessfully accomplished.
The Missouri State Dental Association
met at Sweet Springs on the 2Sth ult. DR..
j. G. Harper, of st. Louis, presided, and
DIR. w. II. Eames, of St. Louis, acted as
Secretary.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Partridge, of
81. Louis. have decided absolutely to Wash
ington University tract of 100 acres OF i'm
proved land, located in st. Louis County,
near the County Seat, and valued at $50, 900.
The wife of Jacob Stutzman, Clay
County farmer, recently gave birth to a babe
endowed with two heads and four legs. The
extra head and legs bore remarkable re-
semblance to the head and talons Of an eagle,
and panoramic representation attended by
the mother during the prenatal period, at
which the dOuble-headed eagle Of Austria
was suddenly thrown upon the canvass,
startling her in a remarkable manner, as is
now recalled, is attributed as the cause of
the monstrous phenomenon. The abnormal
creature lived but few hours. l. will be
preserved as a curiosity by the Kansas City
Medical College.
There have been filed in the Office of
the Secretary of State articles of consOlida-
ton of the st. Louis, Arkansas Il Texas
Railway of Missouri, the st. Louis. Arkan-
sas & Texas of Arkansas, and the Missouri,
Arkansas IL Southern of Arkansas, to be
hereafter known under the title If the st.
Louis, Arkansas & Texas Railway Company.
c. W. Rogers and Alex. Douglas. of st.
Louis: d. III. Nichols and John O'Day. of
Springfield, Mo-; b. Il. Davidson and $. III.
Van House, of Fayetteville, Ark; f. P.Wat-
son, of BCntOnville, Ark. j. 4. G. Blackburn,
OF Rogers, Ark. and Peter Van Wrinkle, of
War Eagle, Ark, are the Directors of the
new company. The officers are G. w. Rog-
ers, of ST. Louis, President; John O'Day, OF
Springfield, Vice President; +. w. Lille,
Treasurer and Secretary, and Alex. Dau@h
erty, Assistant Secretary. The consolida-
tion took place June 10, and the entire length
of the road as consolidated is about 49, miles.
1t will run from Plymouth Station, about
four miles east of Pierce City, southwesterly
through Barry County, Mo-, and through
Washington and Benton Counties, Ark,
southwesterly to Fayetteville, and from
thence southwardly to Fort Smith, Ark.
On recent Sunday, during the alb
sence Of the family, the residence of Ed.
Lumkin, distant about three miles from
Hickory Hill, in Clark Township, Cole Coun-
ty, was entered by burglars, who broke open
a safe in which Isey Norleet, father-in-law
to Mr.. Lumkin, kept his money, and took
therefrom about $1,000. 1t is supposed that
the robbery committed by parties who
had knowledge that the safe contained mon
ey, as they chose time when all the family
were absent at Hickory Hill Church, where
the funeral service of Mrs. Lumkin, Mr..
Norfeet's daughter, was being preached.
Entrance to the safe was effected by break
ing off the hinges of the door with sledge-
hammer.
A three-year-old son of Cyprian Trail
ter was fatally injured at Jefferson City.
Unobserved he had climbed upon the bump
ers between the cars while the train was
standing still, and when it started he was |
thrown down and fell under the wheels.
Eugene Stearns, aged 20, was crushed |
to death by a falling boulder in Perry & Tay- |