Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-09-07
MISSOURI STATE NE VS..

Columbus Ramsour, a young ma
living in Collins Township, St. Clair County,
attempted self-destruction the other day,
the weapon used being revolver. The ball
entered his breast an inch and half below
the nipple, but struck q rib and glanced
outward, and thus his life was saved. A
quarrel with a young lady whom he was
about to marry, for which purpose he had
procured a marriage license a few days
previously, is assigned as the cause. lie was
with his intended bride only q short time
before he shot himself.
State Auditor Walker says the Fund
Commissioners have just invested s. 1895, 900
of the So, OOO, COO invested in the Hannibal
& St. Joseph Railroad litigation in United
States 4 per cent. registered bonds. The
Fund Commissioners have also called ST.
10000 of State 500 option bonds for pay
ment Sept. /, this being all the State bonds
subject to call. Mr.. Walker says the pros
poets for State tax collections were never
better. Not a dollar has been lost in two
years through any State Collector, and Is
the crops are good and abundant he antici-
pates prompt and early returns this season.
Definite steps have been taken to es-
tablish Spansh-American and Mexican
Exchange In st. Louis, and headquarters
will be opened about the middle Of next
month. Numerous applications for MEM
bership have already been received, and all
the large Western and several OF the East"
ern cities will be represented by some OF
their heaviest manufacturing concerns. Inc
organizers have concession from the Mex
lean Government which will enable them to
construct a building in the City of Mexico,
where an exposition of American machinery
and manufactures can be made, and Next
can and Spanish American products will be
kept on exhibition at the st Louis Exchange.
Interpreters will be provided at each place,
and every facility furnished for the transact
ton Of business and the promotion OF COM
mercial relations between the two countries.
Some days ago young man made his
appearance in St. Joseph with wound in
his neck and another in the arm. He gave
the name of. T. Wells, and said he had
been the victim of a highway robbery near
Clarinda, Iowa, in which he had lost $500
and a gold watch. 1t was subsequently
learned that an attempt at robbery had been
made in Fremont County, Iowa, and that
one of the party had been shot and wounded
by Sheriff Chandler, but escaped arrest.
Events proved that the man wounded was
Wells, who is relation OF Polk Wells, the
notorious, and he was arrested and marched
back to answer. E-
Facts have just come to light which
seem to indicate that several parties in Sc
dasia have been made the victims OF bold
and successful patent-right swindle. About
three weeks ago an intelligent man, who
gave the name of G. T. Demoree, and rep
resenting that he was the proprietor OF
Shunck's patent door check, sold the right
for several of the best counties in Central
Missouri to James Baird, who has handled
successfully number Of patent rights, and
to D. P. Hartshorn, an old citizen and eX-
Marshal. These gentlemen at once began
to canvass the territory they had bought,
and met with excellent success. After this
Demoree sold the right for Pettis County to
A. S. Brown and the Watkins Bros. Brown
and his partners paid for their territory and
received the papers for it in due form. A
few days after they began the sale OF the ar
ticle A. S. Hurlburd called upon Brown, and
showed him papers which proved that Hurl-
burd had bought from Demoree's agent, or
q man who represented himself as such, the
right for Pettis County. 1t is supposed thai
Demoree's agent pocketed the money and
did not inform him of the fact that he had
sold Pettis County.
Horace Donneily, a prominent grocer
at ST. Joseph, was fatally shot by William
Toole, son Of leading lawyer, on the Esd.
The two men had discussion and made a
bet. Toole lost his watch and wanted Dom
nelly to give it up. Donnelly refused. Words
do.
claring if the watch was not returned he'd
blow Donnelly's brains out. Donnely
started for his pistol, and Toole fired. strik-
ing him first in the breast and then in the
cheek. AS Donnelly fell he fired shot, but
missed his man. Toole was jailed.
The trial of Howard Underwood,
charged with the murder of Belle Lucas in
August, 1881, in progress at Charleston for
several days, resulted in verdict of murder
in the first degree.
Stephen Hays, prominent farmer,
was thrown from a wagon and fatally in
jured while returning from the funeral Of
his nephew, near St. Joseph, the other day.
Shannon County has new town.
Archer.
The Canada thistle is f1ourishing to
such an extent in Pettis County that the
County Court will be called upon to take
action on the subject.
Nearly hundred carloads of water
melons have been shipped from Charleston
this season. The highest price reached was
1900, the lowest price 1928, per car.
Among new post-roads established by
the postal bill which recently passed Con-
gress is one from Boonville, via Clark's
Fork and Gooch's Mill, to Rocheport.
Lebanon has been shocked by the
| finding of dead negro baby, whose posi-
ton indicated that it had been buried alive
Three carrier pigeons left Kansas City
the other day for Cleveland, Ohio.
r II. Ewart, Sedalia stock dealer,
was badly injured by a savage COW the other
day.
Col. w. j. Marker, formerly Collector
at Sedalia, fell from scaffold on building
which he was erecting at Appleton City, the
other day, broke three of his ribs, and was
badly bruised. "a