Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-02-23
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.

pOIIltCu W tAdLHiAC CSIoCHSC Al eAAS u rs
Lovett case delivered an opinion that the
Grand Jury did not make sufficient invsti
CATION, and that the witnesses before them
were not thoroughly examined. The fol-
lowing resolutions were adopted:
Resotred, That in view of the positive evil
dence submitted to the Grand Jury against
| officer William Lovett for the wanton murder
Grand Jury $50 -cailed) as gross outrage on
| the liberties of this community, on our COM
| the common sense of an enlightened people.
| Resolred, That as law abiding and peacea-
BILE citizens of this city, county and State, we
hereby demand of the Board OF Police Com.
mssioners of Kansas City a reconsideration of
| its premature decision generating officer
William Lovett from blame for the murder of
! Joseph Burns, and that said 3 nard of Police
| Commissioners at once institute q thorough
| investigation of the facts under the evidence
now in our hands, clearly establishing the
| guilt of said Officer William Lovett.
The following regimental organiza-
ton of the National Guard of Missouri has
been announced: The Sd Regiment Of In
fantry will be composed of Company A,
Capt. Shepard Barclay; Company B, Capt.
Daniel G. Bordley; Company E, Capt. VIM.
Bull; Company T, Capt. Fitz w. Guerin;
| Company G, Capt. Robert Buchanan; Com
pany II, Capt Huntington Smith. The fol-
lowing named field officers OF the Sd Infant
~, n. G. NJ, have been commissioned:
JAS. G. Butler, Colonel; E. ID. Meier,
Lieutenant Colonel.
A number of unemployed carpenters
in st. Louis have organized cooperative
society. The shop, large and commodious
apartment, is located at 20S Chestnut street.
The plan on which the organization is start
ed is the payment Of $40 initiation fee,
each member receiving per cent. interest
! orfo RI
the Treasurer withholds II per cent. of each
mans wages until $1,000 has accumulated
with which to establish sinking fund. Az
ter that only 10 per cent of the mems earn
| ings will be retained.
Barkersvle, Galloway County, recently
quarreled about a letter which Bailey had
written to young lady and sent to her by
| Whitaker. Tt seems that while conveying
The letter Whitaker opened and read it,and
was teasing Bailey about it, who told him
the less he said about it the better it would
be for him. Whitaker did not cease his
teasing and was challenged to fight. On
going out Bailey seized an ak and dealt him
a blow on the head, from the effects Of
which he died in few hours.
St. Louis County has had a supera-
bundance of tramps Of late. Some fifteen or
| twenty of these nomads have made them
selves so disagreeable to residents along the
Olive street road, near st. Louis, that a
meeting was held at which it was resolved
| to put the band to flight and impress them
with the advantages of emigration. Moving
down upon one of their camps in body the
citizens, in vigilante style, ordered them to
| be off, and when they refused to move made
an assault upon them, beating and hammer
| ing the tramps until they were scattered in
all directions.
Galloway County has Is grist mills
and II saw mills, valued at 800, 900.
The Fulton public schools, white and
colored, run each nine months at cost of
$500.
Patrick O'Brien, brakeman on the
Kansas City, st. Joseph & Council Bluffs
| Railroad, recently fell between freight cars
at Kansas City and received injuries from
| which he died in a few hours. He was at
work upon the train when the accident hap
| pened, and in attempting to step from one
| car to another missed his footing.
| S. B. F. G.. Barr, a prominet citizen of
Laclede County, was recently found in an
insensible condition on the Ball's mill road,
house, where he fingered for two or three
| hours and then died.
Mayor Piner, of St. Joseph, recently
| addressed the following note to City Mar
shall Craig: cit appears that the city is
overrun with thieves, robbers and burglars.
have reason to believe that certain men who
are pretending to be detectives are the
guilty parties. I would advise you to have
1 ~
| from the Mayor arrested as a vagrant and
| dealt with accordingly" Several arrests
were made, among them being person
claiming to be chief of the Missouri Valley
| Detective Association.
An imposter calling himself James
Warne, and claiming to represent several
Eastern papers, has been swim Hing resi-
dents OF Independence and vicinity out of
small sums of money. He is about five feet
nine inches, dark complexion, good talker
and well dressed.
A friedrich and pottery mandatory
at Fulton is talked of by parties of ample
means. The material is not costly. very
abundant and accessible, and of the best
quality to be found in the State.
Alanson B. Wakefield, of st. Louis,
now prisoner in the Penitentiary at Jeffer-
son City, has become insane. It seems that
constant brooding over his troubles and the
disgrace of his present situation has broken
down his mind.
The Woman's Christian Temperance
Union of Kansas City contemplates home
for newsboys and bootblacks and an indus
trial school for girls.
Four men recently raided st. Louis
brfckyard guarded bv man named Note
kamfer. They stripped him Of his cloth
ing, rolled him in the mud, drew knives
and threatened to kill him. All this was
done in the expectation OF extorting infor-
nation of hidden money. The miscreants
finally gave up their torment and left the
place without plumber.
Jefferson City is to have machine
tor making artificial ice.
The new Methodist Church in Holt,
Clay County, is finished.