Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-11-08
Miscellaneous Items.

miscellaneous Items.
Wheat is progressing rapidly through
out the State, now that the backbone of the
drouth has been broken.
The thirty-sixth annual session of the
st. Louis Conference of the M. E. Church
was held at Poplar Bluff last week.
- Snow fell in Sedalia, Pettis County
on the oath inst.
Governor Crittenden has appointed J.
R. Reppey, of Schuyler County, a member
A. Ely, resigned.
ton County, November 10, for the purpose
of voting upon the proposition of restrain
ing sheep, swine and goats from running at
arge.
Mr.. Epperson has nearly all the ma.
chinery in place for the wooden mill at
West Plains, Howell County. He had some
trouble in getting water in sufficient guam
tity, which cansed some delay, but at last
he got well anger at'work and succeeded
in getting a fine fountain of water right in
the factory. .| -
Much excitement was created in
Charlotte County few days ago by the
murder of joel H. Children by J. B.
Marshall, EACH prominently connected.
Governor .Crittenden has accepted the
resignation Of Police Commissioner Cleve-
land of st. Louis.
The switchmen at Kansas City re.
Gently demanded an advance in wages.
= Prominent citizens of St. Louis have
organized a law and order league, under
the presidency of Gerard B. Allen, and
raised an emergency fund of $1,000 with
which to fight the gambling ring. -,
Victor E. Shaw, City Attorney of Sc
dalia, Pettis~ County, and Miss Maytie
Parker, daughter of Mr.. Albert Parker,
President of the Third National Bank of
Sedalia, were joined in marriage a few
days since. The occasion was quite bril-
liant one.
The. Grand session of Select Knights
of the Ancient Order of United Workmen
was held recently in Kansas City,, The fol-
slowing officers were elected: Grand Com
mander, H. L. Dean, of Breckenridge; Vice
Commander, H. II. Clark, Brookfeld; Lieu
tenant Commander, f. w. Averill, Kansas
City; Grand Standard-bearer, Andrew
Kisse1, Centralia; Grand Recorder, DR.. W.
G.,Rieha1Tlson, ST. Louis; Grand Marshal,
Ffancis Senhiger, ST. Louis; Grand Treas
urer, w. B. Halzard, Joplin; Grand Senior
Workman, N. S. Gardner, Appleton City;
Grand Junior Workman, A. M. Saxelbv,
st. Joseph; Grand Guide, F. D. Snyder,
Maryville; Grand Trustee, H. G. Buchanan,
Hannibal; Grand Representatives to the
Supreme Legion, II. L. Dean, w. C. Rich
ardson and Franeis Senniger. ~
At Kansas City few days ago, while
Thomas Leavitt, a stock-shipper was trying
to board a moving train, and missing his
footing fell beneath the wheels, which sew
cred his head from the body.
Frank West, formerly agSt. Joseph
butcher, is missing from that city. He left
a few days ago with $500 in his possession
,ostensiby to purchase cattle, since which
time nothing had been heard of him.
The Coroner's Jury returned YER
dict of wilful murder against Edward Sim
mons who shot and killed VIM. Rieffian,
the colored porter at VOLTS gambling house
in Kansas City, recently.
The Clinton Creamery IS completed.
In the, ST. Louis Criminal Court on
the 23d inst. motions in arrest of Judgment
in the cases of Frank Braggs, Kate Douglas,
Charles Rose and John Wilson, convicted
of murder in the first degree, were argued
before Judge Van Wagner and severally
denied. Kate Douglas and Rose were SUBJ
sequently sentenced to be hanged December
Z, and Braggs was setenced to ninety-nine
years and Nelson to twenty-five years in
the Penitentiary.
Andrew Eleringer, a st. Joseph horse
dealer, was arrested few days since,
charged with secreting stolen horses.
Livingston County. is shipping large
quantities of apples this season.