Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-02-21
Miscellaneous Items.

| trial before the Circuit Court which COM
| mences next month.
| Miscellaneous Items.
C. J. Cooney, supposedly from st.
| Louis, was found dead in ditch near Mon
terey, Mexico, few DAYS ago.
The officers of Lexington are seeking
| a man named Thompson, who claimed to be
sewing. agent, but is alleged to
have been engaged in the distr button of
| obscene literature
The coal miners of Lexington have
| been circulating notices without signature
| recently, bearing the following: ga great
many miners have been crippled and killed
| by accidents here, but during sickness re.
sulting from injuries received while at
| work, they draw no pay. The miners in
tend to put a stop to this. The coal compa-
ny can afford to allow us half-pay during
time are laid up from hurts"
DR.. w. p. King, of Sedalia, is hunt
| ing for a daughter of Julia Melton, who is
| supposed to have died in Jefferson City
| after the war. The title to a large prop
| erty is involved.
A St. Joseph dispatch of the 18th says:
| The man suspected of committing the MUIR
| der of Mr.. and Mrs. Pennington, near
| Frankfort, Kas., passed through this city
yesterday morning. He came in early Sun
| day riding sorrel horse, and took breakfast.
| AS soon as the description was read in the
| morning papers the police were notified.
| The man answers the description exactly.
Detectives now on his trail, and it is
! probable he will be overhauled in a snort
time.
A mare stolen from John Bressett, of
St. Paul, Mimi, was found few days ago
| in possession of Charles T. Wildbohn, of
St. Joseph. The beast had passed through
| several hands before Mr.. W. became her
purchaser, but he had to give her up.
A sycamore tree near New Madrid is
forty three feet in circumference. 1t is
hollow, and man on horseback can ride
into it.
Governor Crittenden has been paying
a visit TO New York
Conductor VIM. Cook, of the Wabash,
st. Louis & Pacific Road, was roughly
treated few days ago. An Irish section
hand got ON his train about thirty miles
from st. Joseph and had huge dog. The
Irishman insisted on riding in the ladies'
car. Cook objected and dumped the dog off
the train. The Irishman did not say
word, bnt gathered a poker, and when
Cook was not looking he gave him a blow
over the head, telling him. Cook was bad
ly bruised in the affair. A man named
Charles Ward, friend of Cook, took the
matter up. The Irishman jumped off the
train, but Ward caught him sand pounded
him most numerically. Cook was in a
very serious condition in a hotel in st. Jo-
seph.
Arrangements are now in progress
for the annual meeting of the Missouri
Sportsmen's Association, to commence in
Kansas City on the 10Th of May and con-
tInue during the week.
During the year 1888 there were man.
ufactureu in st. Louis 81, 100000 gallons of
malt liquors, an increase of 1,24S,S35 gall
Ions over 1882. The amount manufactured
for the past seven years reaches the enor-
nous total of 169,471, 7s6 gallons.
Fire destroyed the steamer w. P. Hal
liday at st. Louis, the loss being 100000.
Senator Cockrell recently introduced
a bill directing the Secretary OF War to is
a certificate of honorable discharge to
the members of the Missouri Home Guards
whose claims for pay were adjusted by the
Hawkins Commission of 1862.
A certificate of corporate existence
has been issued by the Secretary OF State
to the Higginsville CT eamery Associaf ion,
Lafayette County; capital 5000, one-half
paid up.
General Sherman was presented with
a Post Commanders badge of solid gold by
Ransom Post G. A. R., at st. Louis, at its
meeting few nights ago. The General is
Commander Of the Post.
The School Board of st. Joseph has
severely censured a number of clel ymen of
that city for introducing Rev. DR.. Munhall,
the revivalist, into the public schools with
out permission, and countenancing his
evangelistic labors among the scholars
therein.
Glessner & Ross cracker and candy
factory at Kansas City was recently
closed by the Sheriff on an attachment suit
for $500, money loaned by Nathan Hill.
receiver has been appointed to take pos
session. Liabilities, $35, 900; assets about |
$50 900.
Winter wheat looks promising.
THE Supreme Court has affirmed the
judgment against Mat. Lewis, condemned
to death in ST. Louis for the murder of his
wife in 1877, and fixed March IA as the date |
for the exection.
Miss Ethel Ballew, living in Higgins
vile, Lafayette County, boasts of four liv- |
ing male ancestors-der father. VIM. Bal |
lew, aged So; her grandfather, Edward |
Won Anglen, aged So; her great-grand- |
father, Peter Labertew, aged Is, and her |
great-great-grandiathe Asher Labertew, |
aged 81, and said to be the most active of /
all.
The Harrison revival in ST. Louis is |
still progressing with gratifying results. |