Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-07-26
miscellaneous items.

| miscellaneous items.
There IS to be a reunion of the sur
viving participants in the battle of VIII
sons Creek. or Oak Hills, at and near
! Springfield, August s, 9 and 10.
Walter j. Randolph has been com
| missioned Postmaster at Ennence, Shan
| non County, and James Gooch Postmaster
at Oak Dale, Shelby County.
At ST. Joseph Wheeler, Britain was
the other day sentenced to two years in the
| Pententiary for burglary and larceny. In
company with another young man he Ell
tered a boarling-hou about two years
ago. and stole Il number of watches and
some money from the guests. He was ar
| rested and afterwatd escaped from custody.
| Detective Finley Swallowed him through
several Western States and captured him
few days ago in Ohio.
| An infant child of Mr. and Mrs
Hubbard, Of Kansas City, aged eight
| months, had a remarkable fall recently
| from the second-storv window of their
| residence. The distance was about twenty
| feet, and yet, strange to say, the child es-
capped with no further injury than wv
bruises about the arms and face.
There was lively bonfire in the St
| Joseph Registers office short time ago,
when a little over 81 900 worth of mutilated
| city scrip went up in smoke and flame.
| The bills, mostly ones and twos. We're no
| longer fit for circulation. and after being
| Cancelled the numbers were taken to guard
! against the possibility Of duplicates being
! issued. and then the whole roll consigned
| to the flames.
| William Fl. Heath, who was at one
| time County Auditor of St. Louis County,
| and was found short i'll his accounts and
sentenced to the Penitentiary- where he
remained several years, has recently re.
married his former wife, who had obtaineda
divorce from him during his incarceration.
The State Dental Association closed
Il four days session at Sweet Springs few
| days ago. The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year: President, d. j. Me-
Millen, Brunswick; First Nice-President.
A. J. Prosser, st. Louis; Second Vice
| President, W. \. Conrad, st. Louis; Re
cording Secretary, G. l.. Shepard, Sedalia:
Corresponding Secretary, w. IL. Eames,
st. Louis; Treasurer, j. A. Price, Weston.
Executive Colnmttee-Doctors Tindall,
Shattuck and Provost, all of Kansas City.
The next meeting will be held at Sweet
Springs, the second Tuesday III july. 1884.
An accident occurred at Sedalia the
other day which resulted i'll the death OF
George A. Ames, foreman of gang at the
stock yards in that city, aud a very worthy
Young man. AmeS was sitting on the rear
end of the hindmost car of freight train.
The train started suddenly, and he
thrown off and struck with the back of his
head on a car that stood near and was
killed instantly.
George Grant, the colored man con.
victed of the murder of Officer Pat Jones.
at Kansas City, was the other day
fenced to death, and the day of execution
was set for Friday, November 30, 1888.
Jones was killed on the Sd day of April,
1882, a few hours after the killing Of jesse
James by Robert Ford, and when the city
was wild with excitement. After the death
OF Jones an Infatuated mob lynched a poor
negro named Harrington, supposing him 20
be the slayer, Of Jones, while Grant for tae
time being escaped.
Mrs. J. P. jacobs, n widow. aged
twenty-eight, committed suicide by hang
ing at Kansas City a few days ago. Size
left letters to all her. friends telling them
that she haG. committed the deed so that
she might be with her husband, if there
Is Il ana II itot, 50 Liiiit size
at least lie by his side in the grave. Mott
careful directions as 30 the disposition Of
her remains and effects were given, and
she wanted her two-year-old girl let
with somebody not '.biggotted ortho-
dox church member or rich person.
She also desired that the child
should not be taught that Jesus was her
saviour or the Bible great truth until
Surh time she piOhf ln panahIp of
Judging the matter for herself In the let
tiers were accounts of two previous and I'M
successful attempts upon her life-the first
by taking tive. ounces of laudanum. and the
second by taking an ounce of chloroform !
internally, and saturating handkerchief
with another ounce. Her husband had
been dead a little more than year.
1t is said the Kansas City Saloon
keepers Association has decided to comply
with the Sunday closing provision of the
Downing law. but will endeavor to see tina:
the general Sunday law is enforced too.
Albina is no longer Il post-ofiice.
An old farmer residing in Buchanan
County, few miles from st. Joseph, re- /
Gently plowed up an old coin ninted in New |
Orleans in 114S. On the coin are the fol- /
lowing words. or letters: "t. L. r. A. t
q. L. By. L. NJ" and the figures las.
Ihc State Fund Commissioners have |
issued a certificate OF indebtedness in favo..
of the State University for the - |
S242 600, being the amount. derived from
the sale OF agricultural college lands. tn. |
certificate runs for twenty years, and /
bears five per cent. interest, payable semi,
annually. /
In Poa!srFBIuff school district there
are 345 children of school age.