Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-07-31


counties OF the STAGE, imposed on the treas
urers, got the money and skipped In vieW6f
tlae aboresf acts.4Iihel eaygul;offer Sle0 reTani
los ms arrss and return to any one OF fhe
above-named county lreasarers:, ,,i.,afi
ioE'si Ia ss9f1'st State 3 snpt. nbsic 81 hools.
- JEFFERSON, City, Mo-. ifiiaasg Etaat;
''''N Miscelianeeous items. = ia ~,
3ewy days since ii q hine year!o1d son Of
Peter Wake. OF independence, fell from a
wagon loaded with brick, going down hill.
The wagon passed over his head, MASKING
it to jelly and killing him instantly. i
:. The Governor has issued a pardon to
William Wilson of Ray County, 2 who.
upon pleading guilty to a charge of as
saulting his wife,, was, on the 18th of
July, sentenced to term of sixty days
in Jail, to be worked out upon the public
highways The pardon was granted aat
the request of his wife and number of
prominent citizens, and is conditioned that
Wilson abstain from drinking intoxicat-
ing liquors and beating his wife. M
The Weinbush & Powell printing and
'lithographfng building in KansassGity fell
% few days ago. Total loss about SIS, 900.
Miss Lola Close was badly hurt and nine
others bruised. q.
with Mrs Joseph Brooks, aged thirty
seven, sfrom st. Joseph a: few days since.
They were, larrested at Trenton by Mr..
Brooks order. taken back to st. Joseph,
and win be tried for adultery.
County by order of Court; ones over Flat,
Greek at Thateher's Ford, 12e feet span;
and one over Muddy Creek, three miiss
- r FYA&
span. tNN
The Ninth National Bank Of New York
City is suing Lafayette County for SIC, GOO,
With interest from, September 1868, 'oif
coupons attached tu bonds voted to the st!
Louis & st. Joseph Road.
The Chillicothe Water works have fallen
through for the present on account of the
financial failures of the contractors.
Owen Owen, aged seven, was kicked in
the face and badly hurt by a horse at Lex
ington few days ago. One of his eyes
was put out. Us y iihiiHi' ~ a''t'
The cholera scare makes watermelons
cheap throughout the State. yJt. ~ -
,Stonewau Jackson, colored, escaped
from the county chain-gang at Lexington
to attend circus at Richmond recently,
and was recaptured under the tent.
Patents have been issued to the follow
ing Missouri Inventors: Josiah Dodge, APP.
pleton City, harness; Alexis. Gillett, Bur-
lington junction, sulky cornstalk cutter;
Oliver U. Guinaud, Kansas City, tricy Gle;
Sam Higdon, Gentryville, fifth wheel; r.
II. Stevens, Slater, nut-1ock. J.. ..;.ats.
Mr.. c.; NJ. Primer, who has been prospect
ing for coal for some time in the northern
part OF Lexington, made successful |
strike q few days ago, having at a depth
of nearly so feet found q vein of about
twenty inches in thickness. Mr.. Primer
has been prasetssting the search for coal
for some time, relying on his own means
to carry him through the expense. He
states that he will soon sink q shaft for the l
of the coal bed. Es.f ofif e'&
Wear, Boogher s. Co., dry goods dealers.
St. Louis, have failed. Assets, $620,0JO;
$4aU,Ooo. Nathan Cole is the
assignee III a"BtH1 Idi m 2sIlEf9UoI
! Mr.uiDickd Olmstead, ~ of ,Sedalia, who |
keeps . livery stable, returned q few days
ago from Ash Grove, Kas., having gin 4
charge two horse thieves named Cox tiid5
who on the '175h of July, |
went to his stable! and hired two horses
and.a buggy, representing they desired to
60 to Warsaw to visit sick brother Of 4
Cox's. Not returning kilograms were sent
out. They were arrested at Ash Grove !
while attempting to dispose of the outfit. !
e Colonel Ed Meier was elected Colonel of |
the combined First and Third Regiments |
of State troops; G. P. Walbridge, Lieu. |
Colonel; Robert Buchanan, Major
; The United States .Sub-Treasury at St |
Louis contains about 20,O0O, 600. .4afss
The new Post office at st. Louis was &C.
cupied on the Goth inst.
A rattle.snake five feet four inches long
was recently killed in the kitchen of |
Farmer iii Rails County,
A session of the Southwestern Associa. |
ton of Fruit and Vegetable Evaporators I
was held in Kansas City last week.
The Governor has issued his proclama.
ton Offering a reward of $50 for the arrest |
and conviction Of Wesley Pritchett, charg,
ed with tSilliag John Vermillion on the 8dsl
Of July, inst, in Lawrence County. Tue |
crime, it is alleged, was unprovoked and |
Tie County Court Of Law
renee County offers afi additional reward |
of 500 fos. Plitchett's arrest. and convc-
aen. p3.:,d sill !s,suH . ;.os,i bus -
The fraudulent pensions case, at SedaFa,
1eretofore mentioned, IN which Mr.. and Y
Yrs. John W hite were arrested for Having |
lrawFn II $40 pension money! belonging to
MIR. Whites sister, now a Mrs. Scheer, is
developing further frauds, the Seheers
having been arrested too. charged with
to draw a pension after the
Of Scheer. to the widow, in her
ormer name of Harriet A West They I
gave bond in the sum of $40 each Sfor
heir appearance a5 the September term l
If the United States District Court at JEFF.
ferson City. f's'' 5tS+
Sedalia is pining for tannery.
"A young man named Alphonso Hesh out
vas accidentally and fatally shot at Lake
Contrary, FIVE miles south of st. Joseph, a
lew evenings since. Heshout was out row
ne with Miss Jennie Fance and was shoot
ng' with pistol for amusement 1t was
discharged while in the young
ady's hands,. ~--s-~~
The Lexington street railway is COM
Dletei, ana the event was celebrated by q. L
general Jubilee, and a serenade and supperH
'endered Messrs. Young, Ewing and Lsird,