Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-06-12
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MISSOURI STATE NEWS.

Edward Fegan, one Of the best khowr
newspaper men of St. Louis committed
suicide few days with slough on Rats.s
Drink did;it. u
The house of Frank holland, colored
burned at Independence a few nights age
and Cornelius Smith, ibis nephew, persisted
in the flames. ,LgiFn9fs
| A piece of quartz rock, weighing some
thirty pounds, and bearing seven distfnc,
rabbit foot prints, has been found In Knox
| County and is considered an interesting
I fossil. ean 3ft9 s'ssA - q
| Jack Flood was shot at st. Joseph q few
nights ago'by Pat Murray at the latter's
house, while paying attention TO Mary,
Murray's daughter. Il Murray was arrested
| and Flood was not expected to live, 81 /.
The Missouri clay pigeon tournament
| will take place at Jefferson City June Is
10 and 20, under the management of the
Jefferson City Gun Club; open to all
amateurs.
Joseph Ford, a colored roqstabout,
had the flesh shot off the index finger Of
his right hand on the steamer Montana,
at Lexington, a few days ago by Captain
George Keith. The trouble grew out of
a refusal to work by numbers of the
rousters. Ford shot at Captain Keith
twice, but did not hitehim. II AZ stFi
The committee appointed by the Court. &c
make preliminary report on the condi.
ton of the State Savings Bank at st. 10.
seph, report the assets of the bank at. 81,
721,slO.46, and. liabilities at 81 %, 597 80,
leaving surplus $19l,21a.07, which does
not include the amount in excess Of $15, 900
of paper believed to be good. ~
There is great rejoicing in Lexington
over the election victory in favor Of Che
waterworks. Work will be commenced
with the least possible delay. i"'8 iit7s 81
Alexander Campbell, sewingmachine
agent, committed suicide in st. Louis. a
few days ago by shooting himselfseiii !,
A colored Republican Club and a Young
Mems Democratic Club have been formed
at st. joseph. o,-..&. ,s. .l,,a4.,..
Lexington's new Council includes seven
Democrats and five Republicans. ~
George q. Long has been commissioned
Postmaster at Dudley, Stoddard County.
The name of Moniteau Post-ofice, Mon,
iteau, has been changed to Clarksburg, .toi
The Public Health Association will meet
in st. Louis October IA. There will be a
large gathering of physicians.
John Stanton, Of st. Louis, fatally I'M
jured his wife a few days ago by throw
ing vitriol in her face while she was sleep.
ing. .s82F.aEs@ 54.,
saT The depositors of the StaJoe Savings
Bank have signed petition asking that
the assignee be released from .hiskdpties
and agreeing to the banks proposition to
make all deposits payable .in three Six
and twelve months, or four installments.
Horace Hall, ST., colored, is in Jail at
Lexington for voting three times DIT the re-
cent election. ;" Siit t.s
William Lee, barber, fell frotr third.
story window in st. Louis few days age
and was probably fatally injured. 10 !.
IT, The Baptist Female College at Licking
ton held its commencement last week
with the following list of graduates:
Misses Ella Avery, Hannah w addell.
Maggie Salmon, Lille Emerson, jamie
Webb and Matte Ashby, the svaledicto.
rian. !. A.. 5.....sr s....s. ,f,.,s,...sg --''
Chas. H. Hazeltine, of st. Louis, was
among the recent graduates at the Naval
Academy at Annapolis. .e@e
The case of the Catholic Church at Lex.
ington VS.. Toeblen and others has been de-
cided against the church on appeal. The
suit will be brought again in The name of
the church. a,s1 tai ill l.gi'aC ,.,.-,
9, c. N. Andrews, brakeman, was muir,
derously assaulted by two two negroes al
Centretown, Cole County, a few days ago.
Ed Shelley, one of the negroes, has been,
caught. The other is named s. Ed. Taylor.
Andrews was cut with knives and will
probably die. , 7@'"
John Flood, who was shot by Pat. Muir.
ray at st. Joseph, for improper attentions
to his daughter, is getting better. Muir.
rays daughter states that she is married
to d man named Wood at Pittsburgh, Pa.
A few days days since frankie Jones at.
tempted to commit suicide at her home in
st. Louis by taking 1audantfm. She bolted
the door of her room before beginning the
performance, but it was subsequently
forced open by a police ioficer, who found
her lying on bed ina cornatose condition.
A physician was called and her life saved.
; The commencement exercises of the Sc.
dalia University. were held at Woods
Opera.house in that city, last weekl The
house was crowded to its utmost capacity. ]
E. E. Brandon was awarded the gold medal
for the prize essay. Geo. w. Burro, of Se-
dalia, and c. E. Evans, of Montana, stu.
dents of the University, have been ap.
pointed cadets to West Point from their re.
spective districts. ! There were seven con.
testants in the 'oratorical contest. ll
The murder of Albert White, jr., at Per-
ry, Rails County, d few days ago by "A. E.
Hyde grew out of rivalry for the affections 1
of q pretty milliner The men met in La.
francis drugstore, when Hyde drew pis
tol and placing it quickly against w hite's
chest fired, causing instant death.
. The reDort of deaperate encountey
which occurred at Pat Devin's farm, half
is at hand. John Halls cattle broke into
Devihe's raspberry patch and were de-
stroying the vines. The family set the
dogs on the cattle, and HalPs hired man,
joan iSwampley, shot one OF the dogs.
Divine then went over and became in
v ,lved in row with Swampley.g A fight
ensued, and Devlne's. daughter, Mary,
went to assist her father. Swampley
forced her into a room in, the house, locked
the door, and proceeded to- choke. her,
whereupon Divine seized an ak, forced the
door open, and with this weapon assaulted
Swampley.i The girl took a hand in the |
melee and considerable scratching and
biting was done, but no. serious injury was
Inflicted. 1t is dexpected the matter will
come before the courts. q ~ sssfs4 sogo an
Cheat in wheat--is q cheat. - l.4s a.st..
Marshal Langhorne, of Independence.
recently arrested in Clinton County
John Fields and Griffith Cravens, tive
es, who stole several fine |
animal, two months ago in the Vicinity OF
The animals were not re-
covered, but their whereabouts has beer
learned from confessions made by.eachf OF