Iron County register., 1885-04-23
Miscellaneous Items.

| trusts that the expense of calling together
the Legislature can be avoided.
Miscellaneous Items.
John Bonham, a well -kn own commercial
| traveller and lecturer, died in st. Joseph a
few days ago of infammatory rheuma-
tism. His brother represents Andrew
County in the Legislature.
| Eddy Waterhouse, a young lad, has
mysteriously disappeared from his home
in st. Louis, and no trace of him can be
found.
Grove McMichael, a colored man, plowed
| up 5000 in gold and silver near Versailles
few days ago.
! NJ. E. Farley, of st. Louis, and Miss
Mamie Hutchinson were recently united
| in wedlock at Lexington
| A squad of Oklahoma boomers passed
| through st. Louis a few days ago. They
| were provided with a house on wheels,
| which was about by IA in size, weather.
| boarded, but rooted with OIL cloth, with a
stove, and in this shanty they proposed
| to sit and wear out the Government
! troops.
During q recent thunder r-storm in st.
| Louis the flagstaff at the Union Stock
! Yards was struck by lightning and shiv-
cred into splinters. A piece of the broken
| pOie w lliitLu hayes, "HO udppeuou
to be in the vicinity at the time, and
knocked him down, inflicting injuries that
rendered him unconscious. The gentle
| was removed to his home in North st.
| Louis critical condition.
| The chances for the st. Louis Exposi.
tion's securing number of the displays
now at the New Orleans Worlds Fair are
very favorable. Sun Quong Wo of Dem
| Col who iS iptaraSta5 in ona of tho
| largest Chinese companies, is CORES pond
ing with Secretary johnson in regard to
| making an exhibit of Chinese manufact-
| ures. The display is at present at the
New Orleans Fair, aud is the finest ex-
hibit of Chinese goods ever shown in this
country. The Meriden Silver rware Com
pany, of Meriden, Conn.,, have written to
know if their display at New Orleans can
be sent direct to the Exposition.
We learn from a number of our ex.
changes that swindlers from Ohio have
been play ing a curious game on the Gu.
pidity farmers in various portions of the
State. They lprofess to sell new kind OF
oats, valuable for oatmeal, at $40 a bushel,
for seeding purposes, agreeing to take the
whole yield and pay 81 a bush l for it,
The sharpers turn up after harvest and
pay the 81 promised, then sell the farmer
ten bushels:at $40 a bushel, agreeing tc
take his note for 500 and to buy the whole
yield the following year at 81 bushel, as
before. This the last seen of them, but
the note for 500 turns up for payment.
The agreement prohibits the farmer from
retaining any for seed.
The Indiana BIooded Stock Company, Oh
indianapolis, Ind, sold at Kansas City a
few days ago twenty six head of Here
ford cattle for 1856, mostly an average of
1861 per head. The attendan ce was small,
and the uneasiness caused by pleuro-pneu.
monia, together with depression of the
money market, made the average low for
the class of cattle. The cattlemen are
using every effort toward stamping out
the pneumonia in this State.
The Mormon Conference at Independ-
ence adjourned after ten days. session,
during which time unusually large
amount of business was dispatched. The
final meeti full of feeling for some
of the delegates who go as missionaries to
foreign fields. A strong affection exists
between the adherents to this faith, and it
was peculiarly manifest at the farewell
meeting. After expressions of thanks by
vote to all the Saints residing at Inde-
pendence, and all who had favored the
was pronounced by Associate President
w. w. Blair, and the Thirty third Annual
Session of the Conference of the Church of
Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints adjourned
to meet at Lamont, Ia, April 9th, 1885.
Governor Marmaduke has appointed
William Bull, of st. Louis, Inspector
General N. G. NJ, with rank of Colonel on
the staff of the Commando in Chief, vice
Leigh o. Knapp, resigned.
The Governor has remitted fine of $500
assessed at the May term, 1884, of the JEFF
ferson County Circuit Court, against E. H.
Bradbury for running private bank with
out filing statement of capital stock with
the Secre ary OF State, as required by law.
An unknown man about sixty five years
old, dressed in dark clothes and carving
a cane and umbrella, gray whiskers and
mustache, sat down On the street in ST.
Louis few nights ago, fell over on the
sidewalk and died.
Sedalia wants the new prison.
NJ. NJ. hampton, an old resident of Seda-
liza, died few nights since, aged sixty
four years. He was a native of Christian
County, KY. He was prominent mem
ber of the Masonic fraternity aud leaves
family o. children of mature wears tc
mourn his loss.
At Miller's switch, eight miles east of
st. Joseph, Joseph Link was struck by
Wabash train a few nights ago, and
Knocked down forty foot embankmeut.
He was intoxicated and sitting on tie
when struck. The train was stopped and
Link picked up, when it was ascertained
he was only slightly injured.
1t is predicted that the coming bench
show in st. Louis will be great success,
Judge j. H. Davis, a native born citizen
OF Oregon County, died recently of con-
sumption. By profession he was a sur.
veyor, and has done much to locate set
tiers upon Government lands. He served
term as Probate Judge, and was well
known throughout Oregon and adjoining
counties.
Mr.. John H. Wilson and Henry Timbor.
ious started across the river at st. Louis
few nights ago in small skiff. Before
they had gone far the boat capsized. Tim
borious succeeded in swimming to shore,
but Wilson was carried out into the chan
mel of the river and drowned.
ports Of pleuro-pneumonfa among
Missouri cattle have been exaggerated.