Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-11-29
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.

MISSOURI STATE NEWS.
Governor Crittenden has appointed
Trxon 4. Woodward as Police Commits
sionertfn s.. Louis, vice Cleveland. re-
signed. &.
Allen Moore was, held by the Cor
oper's Jury for tie Hankins murder in st.
Baissss
Chas. Burns, convict, sentenced q
year ago in the st. Louis Criminal Court
for larceny, escaped from the Penitentiary
at jefferson City few days ago.
A. w. Van Antwerp, Water Conn
missioner of Sedalia, Pettis County, died
few.days ago, and was buried with Masonic
lhbnprs. Ill \ ssv.
$500 Alex Euston has been appointed to-
fill the vacancy in the st. Louis Merchants
Exchange directofy, caused by the reslg-
nation of Charles e. Slayback.
At West Plains, Howell County, a
few days ago, Joe Davidson shot and in
stantly killed Taylor Langston during
drunken brawl.
DR.. VIM. B. Conery, Of St. Louis, was
sent to Detroit, Mich, as representative OF
the State Board of Health to the American
Public Health Association.
The report of Superintendent Of Let
ter-carriers Boyce, of Kansas City, for the
month of October is completed. It is the
largest showing ever made by the office
there. and the footings are more than those
of last month, which up to that time was
greater than any preceding month. Its as
follows: Letters received, Al, 1852; postals
received, 115,3S7; drop letters received,
46, 1s9; drop postals received, 50. 4so; papers
received, 1850; registered letters, 1852;
letters collected, ff96,2 55; postals, s2,3ts;
papers, 6S,9s6. xs
Chas, Hurd, a boy employed at the
Southern Hotel, st. Louis, was killed few
days ago by falling down the freight ele-
| vator shaft. .e<ss srr.x44tsss
| The law restraining swine from rum
ming at large took effect in Rails County on
the 11taa inst.a 3
The apple. drying and packing estab-
lishment of J. c. Spring, at Chillicothe,
| Lexington County, together with q frame
budding and track-master's office sof the
road, were recently consumed by fire. j.
| G. Spring estimates his loss at or about
$4,000, on which there was not cent OF in
! surance. I.s fsF. no 4'f
! John Schrieber, living ten miles from
| st. Joseph drove to the city few days ago
with spring wagon and stopped ae-his
| brothers saloon on Market Square to get
Edrinks ~The team toslefright and ran to the
ErancissSt Street Depety%fhere they turned
] up thu railway track ana. ran twenty feet
on the trestle over the Blacksnake before
going through. A train was delayed forty
minutes, but the horses were not badly
/ 5 n4yss days ago team M,
+ belonging To- Chas. Vance, employed in
hauling sand, backed into the Missouri
i River at the foot of Francis Street and
! went down in twenty feet OF water and was
never seen afterward. General James
4 Craig had offered $3.50 for one of the horses
and Mr.. Vance had a standing offer of $3.50
for the other. His loss is about 5000.
The Sedalia Neau Age, Prohibition
newspaper, has. suspended publication at
that place, removing to Windsor IN henry
County.
II Governor Crittenden issued requl-
sition few days ago on the Governor Oh
Massachusetts for the arrest and rendition
of R. F. Packard, and appointed William
. q. Desmond State agent to receive said fu'
| e,gitiye from the authorities tef said State.
Pickard is under arrest at Boston, and is
held by the Chief of Police of that city
, -
| ard is the man who established the prize
package tea store in st. Louis, whereat, il
is alleged, noted politicians secured prizes
{ not SO much from luck in drawing as from
promised immunity to the vender from Pc
lice interference.
In Sedalia few, nights ago a man
approached a policeman requesting to be
arrested, Saying he was hungry and had ne
| TLa oAE him, tn the
station when he said his name was William
) Savage, and that he was deserter from
the army. He belonged to Company B
: Third Cavalry, stationed at Fl. Leaven
). | worth, Kas. He was nearly chilled to dealt
when taken in. S.
g A telegram was recently received
;. from Bob Ford, slayer of Jesse. James, a
the st. Charles Hotel, New York, an
q nouncing that he was alive and well AM
!, all fears for his safety were groundless.
In the case of Edward Ischer agains
| the st. Louis Bridge Company and the Tun
;, mel Railroad Company, tried in Judg
Is Thayer's Court at st. Louis, the jury rer
.dersd "a verdict in favor of plaintiff TO
y s.. 600 damages. Ischer was an employee G
$ defendant's ,and1ost asleg by an iron PIP
F. rolffflg on him from a car which he was a.
:, sisting to unload near the Union Depot.
At Sc Joseph the case of James h
Ringo, late City Register, for embezzl'
't' ment of 100000 in city bonds, has occupie
e the attention of the Criminal Court fo
Several days. - 4 r.
" The Berea Stone Company of C1evt
;, land, O., will furnish the stone for the ne
. Exposition building at ST. Louis.
l. The Governor recently issued a pa
:, don to Marion Hedgepeth, serving sci
S. tence ip., the Cooper County Jail for felon
J. Gus assaulH pf which. he was CONVICTED
If October, 1881. The pardon was issued I
lQ tha-request of The Prosecuting Attorne
and Sheriff of Ceeper County, in order th'
"a AC03dHkeoartsef said county fhirht SCI
ia tence. -Hedgepsth 10 the Penitentiary,
having broken out of Jail and stolen a hor
ri after his jaifsentence, and for these Grim
de was indicted, and pleads guilty.
Tho CoEernor has remitted the fni