Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-04-09
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.

A case was disposed of in Court at Inde,
pendence few days ago with which il
connected a chain of circumstances rather
unusual j. R Morrissy was sent up fol
SIX months for swearing that Rev. j. III
johnson, of the Methodist Episcopa
Church South. had seduced woman in
HICKORY County, Mo-, and had wife il
kentucky after marrying Miss Josie Hans.
ton, OF Jackson County. He pleaded guilty
to perjury and made a clean confession OF
how he had been laid to do so by some
members of the minister's flock. johnson
will prosecute his prosecutors further and
some prominent parties are expected to be
taken by surprise
Vice President Hoxie, Superintendent
Van Dyne and Hager, and Chief Surgeon
Outten, of the Missouri Pacific, were il
Sedalia a few days ago examining the
hospital and taking steps to rebuild the
burned depot. 1t was decided to make
large improvements and additions to the
hospital, which is to be refitted and re.
painted in elegant style. After examin
ing the grounds and talking with some OIL
the leading citizens it was suggested that
a corporate company be organized under
i the name of the Union Depot Company, to
erect building at a cost of $50, 900, to be
leased to the railroad company at six per
cent. interest on the money invested, the
company to pay all taxes and keep the
property in good repair. The proposition
is now under consideration and will prob
| ably be adopted.
The deaths for the month of March in st.
Louis numbered 610; births, S13
The report for March shows $2,055, S74, in
the State Treasury.
| a fo1x, 81; inf nt al
child was left at the door of Mr.. j. w. Pat
rick in st. Joseph, by whom it was turned
| over to the Home of the Friendless.
A colored coal operator named Andrews
has been placed in the Lafayette County
Jail, charged with breaking into Robin
sons mill at Lexington and stealing -four
thcrefrom. He does not deny the theft,
| but disclaims breaking into the mill.
There are seventeen counties in Missouri
| in which the County Court, regarding the
| local option feature OF the Downing law,
| grant no saloon licenses.
| Because of reduction from 1926 to $1.10
| per diem the trackmen employed on the
| Hannibal & st. Joseph and Kansas City,
| st. Joseph & Council Bluffs Roads quit
! work a few days ago The officials of the
companies had not taken action looking to
a settlement of their grievances and the
| places remained untitled.
| Charles krauss, twenty-one years old,
| while at work upon an ice machine at the
| Schilling & Schneider Brewing Company
| establishment in ST. Louis few days ago,
| lost his balance and fell into the cellar, a
| distance of over fifty feet. By the fall his
| right leg and his jaws were broken.
Willie Moore, of st. Joseph thirteen
years of age, was thrown from a stalk
! cutter a few days ago and instantly killed
by having his neck broken.
Jaler Sigmund of st. Louis reports that
during the III onth of March the number of
pri oners committed was ia; discharged,
1873; in the Jail April LIST, IA; against
1873 on March LIST; 1O3 of those committed
last month were males and eleven fe-
males. The expenses for the month were
S4,2440S; receipts from transient prison.
ers, etc, $lS1.o5. The daily cost of each
prisoner was 50 Is cents.
The Governor has remitted the judg-
ment for $500 rendered in the st. Lou
Court of Criminal Correction against o.
III. Fauntleroy, surety on a recognizance
of T. B. Murphy, forfeited at the February
term of said court. Murphy was arrested
for assaulting Harry Lyford on the 25th
of January and, failing to appear when
the case was called the bond was forfeit
ed.
The fund commissioners a few days
since forwarded to the Bank of Comm cree,
New York, $2,045, for the purpose of TAX
ing up three State bonds of 81 go each,
being the only bonds falling due this
year. The $40 is for the fractional inter-
est ON said bonds up to the first of April,
inst The bonds were issued to the North
Missouri railroad Company, and are num-
bered respectively, 155, 115 and 191.
Thos. McGovern, section laborer, ged
fifty years, who was taken to the
Railroad Hospital at Sedalia, from
Barnes, kas., died few days since, and
was buried in the Catholic c -metery. Nc
Governs death was the result of injuries
received by being caught under the lever
of a moving hand-car, which crushed him
to the floor of the car across the spine
with such force as to break the three Inch
bar OF the lever. He laid in hopeless and
terrible agony from March 81 until his
death, it being impos sible to do anything
for him. He has a son living at Van
Notre, Ill.
One OF the lost sensational cases ever
tried in Justice Court cana up before
Esquire P. B. Rife, in Sedalia few days
ago. entitled 1.-THE State VS.. John 3.
Peffiey," the charge being ''an attempt to
ss.st in self-murder." The affidavit was
sworn out by Miss Dora T. Ka sley, a
handsome young lady of nineteen, with
whom Peffley, who is aged twenty -four,
has been keeping company for the past
three years. ana to whom he was at one
time engaged to be married. The alleged
suicidal episode is claimed to have grown
out of mutual agreement to cancel
the engagement because of certain
unfortunate misunderstanding and
opposition between the families of
both the parties to its fulfllment. Miss
Kagley swore positively that Pefiiy gave
her twenty five cents with which to pur-
chase stry chime, which she did, and that
he then took her to the house of a friend,
where it was agreed the drug should be
taken, but TIL at, after he left, she recon-
sidered the matter, and did not consum-
mate the &C. Peff1y, on his part, swore
there was no truth whatever ia the allega-
ton, and the evid ,nce OF the witnesses
was quite as conflicting, and resulted in
tne dismissal of the case. Several other
suits are liable to res ait from the alter.
= he blue birds have come to stay.
Sheriff Shelton of Livin gston County |
m d a trip t. Lexington few days ago |
after Isaac Myers, who was arrested at |
Waverly, charged with having stolen a |
horse at Chillicothe He was recognized |
by the officers as the man wan ed. Myers |
was taken back to Chiilico;he
Some time ago John c. Snea, one of the |
rebellious members of st. Mary's Church. |
at whose Instance Rev. Father Jardine !
was investiga ted by Bishop Robertson