Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-10-25
miscellaneous Items.

miscellaneous Items.
Near Sedalia a few days ago a we'd
ding occurred under novel circumstances.
Miss Amanda Kinsley had been taken to
| the farm home of her betrothed, II. c. Duff
| field, by his brothers and secreted, that her
| father might not prevent the wedding, as
threatened. The old man, however, got
| there before the Justice, and was driven off
by the brothers with guns. They were all
| in battle array when the Judge arrived,
and the ceremony was promptly performed
| to every ones satisfaction.
The first annual fat-stock show of the
State will be held at Riverview Park, Kan
| sas City, beginning November l and con-
| tinuing over the 9Th. A large amount in
premiums is offered.
The stove molders in Ambrose's fac
| tory at st. Joseph struck a few days ago
| for an advance of ten per cent in wages.
A beautiful altar costing $4,000 has
just been completed for the German Catho-
| lie Church at ST. Joseph.
G. W. Kuhn and William Kost shud-
dered in bed at st. Joseph, few nights
ago, while two burglars despoiled their
clothing of money and a gold and silver
watch. They dared not speak for fear of
| getting hurt. -. t.f ?
H. D. Cleveland has received the APP
| pointmept as Police Commissioner for the
city of st. Louis, vice Kerwin resigned.
| The State Fair, Notwithstanding the
| unfavorable weather, was successful not
only in point of exhibits but in attendance
| as well. 49,
The killing of Sergeant jerks, of the
st. Louis Police, make up list of nine
murders of police officers in that city in the
l'past twenty-five years. -.. .
Mr.. Samuel Kennedy, who. lives in
| the delta between Medicine Creek ana
Grand River, Livingston County, had an
exciting adventure recently. He had gone
out after squirrels, and spying one up a
tree near the bank of Medicine Greek, he,
to get a good shot, stepped out ON some
drift-wood, but to get still better view he
| backed out further toward the water for
several steps, and then looked behind to
see how much further he could go with
safety, when he was Mortified to see few
feet from him large and Notwithstanding
beast, having all the appearance of pam
Their. His first thought was TO shoot the
beast, but he remembered that his gum con.
tanned only small shot and he desisted. The
panther eyed him for moment and then
got up and trotted off few steps, turned
| and eyed him again and then struck for a
thicket. aE
The city of St. Louis is considerably
agitated in regard to recent developments
rejecting upon the integrity of it's police
administration and the methods employed
by the Board of Police Commissioners, and
there are indications of a general upheaval
in response to the demands of the law
abiding citizens and the action of the Grand
Jury.
A new hotel to cost $4,000 is to be
erected at Chillicothe, Livingston County.
In Lexington, Lafayette County,
there are $50 pupils in attendance at the
public schools, ninety at the Central Fe-
male College, seventy-nine at the Eliza
beth AuH Seminary, 1G2 at the Baptist
Female Seminary, sixty at the Went
worth Male Academy, thirty at the Roman
Catholic Parish School and twenty-five at
Miss Hawkins School, total Of 1886.
Since the death of his father recently
at Nine Mile, Galloway County, James 7.
Crump has found secreted under the hearth
of an old shop s., 100 in twenty-dollar gold
pieces, part of which was packed in glass
fruit-jar. ...,z-s.ss l.z..
Mary Churchill does not materialize
A few nights ago, at Scdalia, Frank
Palmer, one of the best-known engineers on
the K. & T., Division, left his, residence to
go to the round house to take charge of his
locomotive. just east of the round-hoi1se
in dark common he was knocked down by
some robbers and rendered senseless for
half an hour. When he recovered con-
sciousness he found that he had been rob-
bed Of seventy-five dollars and gold
watch. - f.
Gus Myers, New Madrid farmer re-
Gently made a sale of 1000 bushels of corn
to be delivered in December.
Chillicothe, Livingston County, ID
preparing for building boom next season.