Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-04-10
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.

| at No. 172S Morgan street. ST.. Louis, opened
| the arteries of his wrists with a razor few
days ago. He was discovered nearly four
hours later, when be was still holding his
wrists above basin, over the edge OF
| which the blood was stopping to the floor.
| He was taken to the hospital, where he died
shortly afterwards from exhaustion. Re-
I ligious melancholy is assigned as the cause
| of the act. Olsen was forty-three years old
and unmarried.
In the First Collection District of Mis-
souri, there was collected during March ON
account of United States Internal Revenue
1896, 242.67, as follows: For beer stamps
! So, 792.Ss; for spirit stamps, $163, 622. 90
| for tobacco stamps. STAG, 0S.5S; for cigars,
| Sl0.4s9.05; for snuff, $26S.o4; for penalties,
| specials, 81 ,S61.52. Compared with the col.
lections of March, 1888, the business shows
an increase of four per cent. in beer, tel
per cent. in cigars, twenty per cent. in to.
bacco and decrease of seven per cent. in
spirits.
II. B. Aderhold attempted to commit
| suicide by shooting himself in the reading
room of the Southern Hotel, st. Louis, a
few days ago. The pistol proved too weak
for the job and Aderhod still lives.
Something over a week ago man
named William Farrow stole a horse from
George Able near Union Star, De KALI
County. He was captured subsequently
but made his escape and disappeared in
the brush. A few nights ago he stole an.
other fine horse from Free Sexton but was
captured, securely tied and taken to the Jail
at Albany. Farrow is City Marshal OF
Union Star and his actions have created
considerable interest.
There is no cattle disease of any kind
in the naighborhood of Sedal,a.
The elections in Independence result
ed IN the choice of hight .cense aldermen.
MAJOR Z. S. Raglan of Independence
has gone to Oden TO superintend The plant.
ing of ] A o acres in orchard trees for the
Missouri Valley Horticultural Society.
A negro convict, who escaped from
the PenlGentiary few nights ago, was
captured near Usage City.
Jas. ricer and Jennie r. Bro ckman,
of Buckner, jackson County, were married
few days ago on banter. Both are
prominent people and have caused quite a
sensation by their strange freak.
State Treasurer Chappelrs report OF
the transactions of the Treasury Tor the
March /, 50 O63, 407.40; receipts during
March, 5000, 1862; disbursements, $780,
525.57; balance in Treasury April ], 81 $751;
450.35.
The off bearers at George Farrar's
brick yard at Lexington, mostly boys, re-
Gently notified their employer that they
wanted to see him at the yard the next
morning. He kept the appointment, when
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day or they would strike. The demand
was acceded to. No woIk was done that
day, however, as it was too cold. They
were getting only fifty cents day.
Measles are raging violently in the
vicinity of Lexing on. In the family of
Dave Daniels, consisting of thirteen per-
sons, all were down but one, most of them
seriously i'll. A relative came to attend
them, and was also taken sick with the
same complaint.
j. w. Sauborn, Secretary of the Mis-
souri, State Board of Agriculture, says he
has just received reports from some
two hundred correspondents from all
counties in the State, which gave the aver
age of growing wheat as ninety eight, and
still Improving; also that the amount OF
wheat and corn now in the hands OF pro-
ducers averages for corn twenty-four per
cent, and wheat Sc venteen and half per-
cent. After some inquiry into the subject
it is safe to report peaches as having suf-
fered greatly by the severe winter, and the
crop will be very light. Apples promise a
fair yield. The smaller fruits will be
short.
Governor Crittenden has granted a
pardon to John Marsden, VINO was convict
ed at the September term, 1883, of the Cir
cult Court of jefferson County of grand
larceny and sentenced to the Penitentiary
for two years. Marsden was the youngest
member of the band of desperadoes who,
for several years, terroriZed that county,
and the crime for which he was tried and
convicted was stealing eleven hogs. He
was a cousin to Mack Marsden, the leader,
and it is partly owing to the valuable as
sistance and information he gave the OF
fcers that the gang was broken up and the
free-booters composing it killed or brought
to justice. A very lengthy petition from
the citizens of Jefferson County asked the
pardon.
A few days ago Moses Smith, col
ored man, deposited a load OF ashes on a
dumping ground in st. Louis. Samuel
GRAY, another colored man, arrived soon
alter and found the pelvic bones of a hui
man being just where Smith had been. On
searching a little he discovered skull and
bones of arms and legs. so that there was a
skeleton i, except few minor bones. The
skull had been cut in two, dividing it into an
upper and lower portion, as though by a
medical student Gray reported his dis.
covery to the police, and Smith was ar
rested. He said that he had found the
bones in an ash-heap near Twelfth and
Washington avenue, and thought the chest
bones were a turtle-shell He was held
awaiting the action of the Coroner, and
the skeleton was boxed and transferred to
the Morgue. Some flesh still adhered to
the ribs and backbone,
Elmer Norman, o Livingston Coun.
ty man is having jug-shaped cyclone cave
built, which he says is for the accommoda-
ton of his neighbors. The cave will be
arched over at the top with hole at the
side like an Esquimaux hut, and will be
eight feet four inches in diameter, and six
ieeG six inches from top to bottom and two.
thirds of it will be underground.