Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-07-10
HlA0URI STATE NEWS.

Second WaA School, first assistant, Miss
Mary a, smith, salary SIS; second assist
ant, Miss Jahnnie Finley, salary $40; third
assistant Mss Kistfe Ferry salary $50 ;
Third Ward School. principal, Miss Aure-
liza Miller, salary $50 per month; first as
sistant, Miss Florence w. Arnold; salary
$40; second assistant. Miss Ida Morath,
salary $50; calored school, principal, Ffoi.
3. T. Cotmau, salary 900; first assistant.
Miss Maggie johnson. salary $35; second
assistant, Miss Lottie Doniphan, salary
SIS; third assistant, Miss Minnie ROBIN
SON, salary zap. ~
The following business companies nave
fled articles bf association with the sec
| rotary Of State:s Hook File and Gfind.
Stone Company; capital, SIG. 600; half pald
| ups composed of 100 shares, held as 1ol-
| lows; Louis Hook, ninety eight shares
Charles T. Gostermann and William kaut-
| mann, one share each; Salisbury Mill ana
Elevator Company, Salisbury, Charlton
County; capital stock, 1000; half palo
up; composed of 800 shares. held as ioi-
lows. James w. Lewis, John Wayiand,
13s shares each; N. B. Williams, twenty
| four shares.
John. J. Wade has been commissioned
Postmaster at Butterteld, and Edward y.
Hanley. at Green Ridge. ..8.5fil...
Supervisor Chase, of the st. Louis zen.
sion District, has been transferred TO 10 o
peka, Kas. He will be succeeded IN MS
old field by Major A. R. Banks. - So s
The recent election at Lexington resNt
ed in favor of building water-works by
vote Of 100 to Is.
New Post Offices have been estabiisheda 81
Boyer, Wright County. and at Saiinas
Audrain County. II sls5,y.ss l.gal M
The new whest is generally of 9 superior ,
quality. go.
over three hundred dog cheeks have
been. sold in Seda1ia.. Dogs without
checks are promptly killed and their owns
ers arrested and fined. Ia r
| Two German girls, were rescued from
| the river at st. Louis a few nights ago,
| who attempted 10 drown themselves They
| declared they would yet leave this wicked
world together. Jat 4 RS SBslks
| The iron tank for the Lexington water
works is to weigh 100 tons. 1t will De le6
| feet high and twenty-five feet in diameter,
| and on q structure forty-four feet high.
| George H. Kelly, the ex-County Clerk OF
Butler County, recently sentenced to ten
| years in the Penitentiary for forging
| county warrants and bonds, has been as.
signed to duty as .book-keeper for Prizes
| meyer s. Co, shoe contractors at the
| Prison.
State Treasurer Chappell reports for
June: Balance on hand from June l,
81 ,57l, 250.06; receipts, $50, 20; disburse-
| ments, $S67. S1S.21; balance on hand.
81 1858, 1896. M
| A German, twenty-four years of age.
| name unknown, was drowned while bath
| ing at st. Louis . few nights ago.
| The following patents have recently beer
/ issued to Missouri inventors: S. E. Cheese
man, Kansas City, cartridge loading Inn
| plement; NJ. E. Herbert, st. Joseph, base
burning steam boiler; H. g. Cady, Pine
Bluff, nut lock; J. Collins, Tyro, harrow;
b. r. Easton, Middle Settlement, gin saw
cleaner. T. e. Murphy, of Pine Hill, has
patented cotton press.
posed mad see at ws welt Plains rscspt1x
was taken to Kansas City to try the vir-
| tues of a maidstone in the posses sion Of a.
| lady of that city. When applied to the
| wound the stone adhered to the flesh with
great tenacity, and finalfy dropped of OF
| its own accord. After being soaked in
milk to remove the virus, it was again, ap-,
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the stone refused to cling 20 the wound.
The owner says the boy is surely cured.
The same stone has been used in number
Of cases before, with the happiest results.
There was the usual batch of casualties
attending the celebration of the Fourth in
st. Louis. Charles Hines, colored. was
shot in the left arm; William Hacket was
shot in the left hand by some one unknown;
a bottle offoowder exploded and took off a
finger for boy named Holland; Nora
Berger, aged five, was severely burned in
the left eye while firing crackers; John w.
Shankey was shot by stray bullet In the
left thigh; Willie Davis was also
shot in the left thigh with a bullet
from pistol in the hands Of
playmate; Jerry Barry had his skull frac-
tured by being thrown from buggy, his
horse having been frightened by tne.explo-
sion of firecrackers; stray bullet lodged
in the shoulder of Andrew Patterson; Pat
Wallace accidentally shot Albert Brad
shaw in the groin. There were several
other casualties of a minor character.
A collision occurred a few DAVIS ago ON
the Missouri Pacific Railroad, eight miles
east of Independence, between a construc-
ton train and the Texas passenger, No.
12S. No damage was done to the trains.
7. e. O'Carroll, brakeman on the con-
struction train, was killed instantly. Com
ductor Seymour suffered the breaking of
two ribs. O'CarrolI resided at Pleasant
Hill, and leaves a wife.
The body of man about ffty years of
age was taken from the river at Wayne 4
City few evenings since by James Mar.
low. The man bad been in the water ut
least five days. There were no marks of
foul play, and nothing but handkerchief
with the name d. P. MARYLAND in his peck.
cts. Helwas five and one-half feet tall,
will weigh about 160 pounds, black eyes,
full sandy beard and red hair. The re-
mains were not identified and were buried
on the river bank. H1
Harvest hands are getting $3.50 day.
-feter Short, who is said to have been 100
years oid, dfed few days ago at the home
OF his son-ln'law. Barney Hollern, in st.
Louis short was born in the County Ty-
rome. Ireland, and emigrated will, his two
children to this country in 1889. Mrs.
Holterns has daughter, states that at that
Time 70 ShorI was seventy years of age. They |
came Sdlrectly to st. Louis, where the |
daughter was married. She has two grand /
Children. which makes Mr.. Short great
,fsi.. Ezs. 1910
An old man named Morrison was killed |
IN st. Louis few days ago by falling |
from scaffold.
The Court Of Appeals has adjourned for
he summer. I z. sssaA es;si5 .3s}ftr
John Toohey. about thirty yesrs OF age,
'vas arrestedat St. Joseph a few days ago,
Ior drunkenness, and lodged i'm the Gala. /