Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-12-25
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Joseph. He was arrested and lodged il
Jail
Governor Crittenden has declined Il
offer a reward for the apprehension of ths
parties who lynched Omaha Charley. HI
thinks the county authorities should at
tend to the business without any reward
IL Marks, an EN- .,loye of the Key stone
Wringer Company, in st. Joseph, was ar.
ressed a few days ago on the charge of EN-.
bezzlemens, the company claiming that be
sold machinery and failed to account fol
the money. In deEauls of $500 bail he was
committed to Jail.
Charley Collins, a st. Louisicrook, was
arrested in ST. Joseph few days since
while in the act of going through room il
the ST. James Hotel. It is said he is also
wanted in Kansas City; and should the
charge be o. a serious nature he will be
sent there for prosecution.
The fourth trial OF George Grant, at Kan
sas City, indicted for murder in the frs
degree for the killing of Police Officer Pat
Jones. in April, 1882, resulted in verdict
of guilty OF manslaughter, fourth degree
and a sentence of two years in the Penl-
tentiary. Grant has been twice convicted
OF murder in the first degree and sen.
fenced to hang, but the Supreme Court in.
terfered in both cases and granted new
trials. On the other trial the jury dis
agreed.
The coal prospectors at st. Joseph think
they have struck the DIES red article.
Rev. H. ID. Jardine, an Episcopal minis
ter of Kansas City, has filed S25, 900 dam
age suit against the Times of that city:
charging defamation of character.
Mr.. Frank Hynes, of West Plains, has
been appointed to represent Missouri at
the New Orleans Exposition.
Fred Spilker, the saloon keeper, who
killed his partner, Kornhardt, in st. Louis,
was convicted Of manslaughter in the
fourth degree and given two years in the
Penitentiary.
Governor Crittenden pardoned Robert
Trimm, sent up for twenty years from
Newton County for murder in the second
degree. The convict was an inmate of the
hospital.
Fire at Higginsville, Lafayette County,
a few days ago, destroyed the Arcade Ho-
tel and saloon, the property of Schultz q
Co. Both buildings were completely de-
stroyed. Many of the effects were saved.
The insurance about covers the loss.
Governor Crittenden has issued his proc
capture and conviction of Clifton Wade,
VINO shot and killed Robert Cummings in
Monroe County in 1888.
The Governor recently appointed Fred
erick Wugener Presiding Justice of the
County Court of Warren County, to fill
the vacancy occasioned by the resignation
OF Wugener himself, which was rendered
the Governor and accepted the day pre-
viously.
j. A. Carroll's grocery store and resi-
dence at Sedalia, was totally destroyed by
fire few nj hts ago. Loss, about IS, 900:
insured for $500. j. S. Truck was badly
Turned while endeavoring to rescue Car
rolls children from the burning building.
The Governor has remitted the fine of
500 assessed Callaghan McCarty by the
Criminal Court of st. Louis for man
slaughter in the third degree.
The Governor has granted a full pardon
to Harry Williams, colored, who was con-
victed of mansiaughter in the third degree
at the December term, 1884, of the Cole
County Circuit Court and sentenced to one
years Imprisonment in the County Jail.
Williams killed man named Henry Reke
under great provocation at Centertown in
June, 1888, by striking him over the head
WIN piece OF ScantlIng.
w. s. Meredith, of Knox City, Knox
County, No., was in st. Joseph a few days
ago in search of his wife, who left home
on the 18th inst. ostensibly' to visit her
father near Edna. On the 18th inst. Mr.
Meredith received postal card from her
mailed on the Kansas City, st. Joe &
Council Bluffs train, saying that she left
him for good in company with her broth
er-in-law, Emer Porter. Meredith started
ON the trail and discovered that Mrs M.
and her little son, three years old, passed
through st. Joseph on the night of the 18th
inst. The d serted husband says he will
spend ali he is worth to recover the child,
but ii the wife desires a separation he will
offer no objection.
The three-story frame residence Of Rev.
DR.. Henry Bullard, aston of the West
m nster Presby IRAN Church at st. Joseph
was consumed Ly fire, a few nights
ago, as We're nearly all the
household goods and q vaIual1e library
By the breaking of a ladder, two of the
dremen were precipitated to the ground,
twenty five feet distant, sustaining severe
injuries. The night being bitter cold, the
hrenan were greatly retarded in their
work, an for q time it looked as if the adj
ia cent buildings would succumb. The house
cost about $1,000, and was nearly new.
Tle doctor 5 library was one of the largest
aud most complete in the city.
General B. NJ. Prentice, who commanded
the Sixth Division of the Army of the Ten
lessee, has just returned to his home in
rom a visit to the battlefield of
shiloh, VIII re, in company with number
# .l.,Cy rfis nd
;-rs, he spent several weeks reviewing the |
'c1nes OF the most desperate open-field !
light of the rebellion. The scene is being |
transferred to canvas on the same mag |
lificent scale of the battle OF Gettysburg.
A man named .. j. Beam was arrested !
1t Seligman, Barry County, a few days |
lgo on authority OF telegram from de- |
ective in pursuit. The prisoner was en- |
quite West and was charged with forgery,
aid to have been committed in Avon, Ill. |
lie claimed that his name was j. O. Hen
lerson, and pretended not to know what
lie was wanted for. His identity was es-
ablished beyond doubt.
Mississippi County is full of corn, but
he farmers do MT desire to sell at the
present price if they can help it.
W.Lter has come in earnest.
Hog cholera is raging in the neighbor-
cd OF Lexington and to such an ex-
ent that Mr.. HI. Clinton Syndor, an ex>
eEsive SWIM breeder, is out in card
tating that SO many of his herd have
iei that he is wholly unable to fill de-
aands Tor sock. His losses are princi-
'a.ly among his Poland China hogs, and
..oInt to nearly 1920 in value.
The Governor has appointed the follow