Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-07-27
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.

notified the States Agent, Senator John T..
Heard, now in New York, that the United
States was ready to pay the State of Mis-
souri, $250. 900 of the militia claims, for the
collection Of which Senator Heard was ap-
pointed the agent OF the State. This sum
represents money actually paid out Of the
Treasury OF the State during the first nine
months OF 1867. No part of it goes to pay
the claims of individuals.
The Governor has offered reward of
$50 each for the arrest of Taylor Starks
and an accomplice, whose name is unknown,
who on the 18th of last month murdered
Charles EImunson, in CRANKY. Starks is
described as q years old, about five feet
eleven inches high, swarthy complexion,
blue eyes, light brown hair, light mus
tache, with erect carriage. The accomplice
is about % years old, five feet seven inches
high, brown eyes. light hair and complex
ion, nc beard, and rather heavy set.
John w. Daniel went to Cover, Gin
ton County, to celebrate the Fourth. and
late in the evening started for his home.
While passing through belt of timber his
horse threw him and ore of his feet caught
in the stirrup. The horse ran away, drag
ging Daniel over the rough ground, now
dashing his body against tree and then
trampling on it in a wild race. The unfor-
tunate man was dragged about two hundred
yards before his foot became disengaged,
and the horse ran on, leaving the mutilated,
dead body lying by the wayside, where it
was discovered.
A little girl of Mr.. j. j. Spencer, car
rying baby in her arms, attempted to
walk over the cistern in the rear OF the fam
lily residence in Osceola, few days ago,
when the covering gave way, precipitating
both into the water. The brave girl held on
to the baby until ropes were lowered, and,
although several times after grasping the
ropes the chill caused her to fall into the
water again, she held on to the child and at
last succeeded in placing it safely in the
hands of those above, after which she was
herself rescued.
By order of the State Central Com
mit.ee a Democratic State Convention is
called to convene in the hall OF the House of
Representatives, at Jefferson City on the
26th inst, for the purpose of nominating
a candidate for Judge of the Supreme
Court, Superintendent of Public Schools,
and Railroad Commissioner, and to transact
such other business as may regularly come
before it. The basis of representation will
be one delegate for every 500 votes cast by
each representative district in 1880 for Han
cock. and one delegate additional for every
fraction of 500 votes amounting to 255 or in
excess thereof, provided that each represen-
tative district shall be entitled to at least
one delegate.
There is prospect of lively war
being inaugurated between Jackson County
and the Missouri Pacific Railway, on ac-
count of the tearing up of the Kansas City
g. Eastern Narrow-gauge between indie
pendence and Kansas City. The Narrow
gauge was built in 1872, chiefly upon sub
scription of bonds to the amount Of $780,
600 by Kaw and Blue Townships,the provis-
ions of the charter being that the road
should be maintained and operated during
a period of ninety nine years. Three years
ago the road was sold to Jay Gould, who II
few months ago, without any warning, aban-
doned it.
Governor Crittenden is reported to
have said, in regard to the vacancy in the.
old Second Congressional District, that he
supposed the citizens were either indiffer-
ent to the vacancy or would speak out in
due time; that he had no disposition to de-
prive St. Louis of full representation in
Congress; that he did not believe the action
of the Legislature in redistricting the State
interferes with the old district as far as th~
vacancy is concerned. The Governor fur
Their stated that if the people desire it
special eletion will be called at the proper
time.
George Grant, the colored man charg-
ed with killing Officer Patrick Jones, OF
the Kansas City police, on the night of
April 3, was found guilty of murder in
the first degree, and will probably
be hanged. The crime caused the
most intense excitement in Kansas
City at the time of its occurrence, and ii
Is now known for a certainty that poor Har-
rington, the man lynched by the mob in
West Kansas on the night of the murder,
was an innocent individual.
The Senatorial convention at Jeffer-
Intellectual ballots.
The Grand Legion of Select Knights
A. o. U. w. convened in Brookfeld.
July II.
The St. Louis Fair will open on the
I'd of October.
The debt of Shannon County amounts
to 27,177.74.
Last years crop of wheat in Phelps
County was somewhere about 125, 600 BUSH
els, and it is believed that this years crop
of wheat will be from 225,0O0 to 250, 900
bushels.
Johanna johnson, young Swedish
woman, was deserted at the Union Depot in
Kansas City the other morning under pecu-
liarly distressing circumstances. She left
Stockholm in company with young Swed-
ish nobleman, who promised to marry her
on arriving in this country. The faithless
lover got possession Of all the money she
had and started to hunt up minister, but
failed to return.
Drivers of Kansas City street-cars
complain of the dangerous practice the boys
have of putting torpedoes on the tracks.
Hematite, Jefferson County, enter
tanned the St. Louis District Conference of
the Methodist Church South.
The steamers Northwestern and Belle
of La Crosse burned at st. Louis the other
day.