Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-09-10
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.

TENDER 18th: olympic Iheater, "A Far-
lor Match" Pope's Theater, Adah Rich
mond Burlesque Company; Standard
Theater, Dan Sully, in 'Capital Prizes"
ST. Louis Exposition Opening 9th); Pan
Drama Siege of Paris. The Grand Opera
House, magnificently rebuilt, opens Sop
TENDER 14th with Nat Goodwin as the
attraction.
In St Louis there are more than a score
of families which sport coats of- arms,
and in spite of ridiculs they are anxious
to have it known that they thus ape the
manners of the English aristocracy.
The Chicago & Alton Railway Com .
pany will pay a reward of 81, 900 each for
the arrest and conviction of the parties
who robbed the passen on train No.
49, Sci TENDER 81, and liberal reward
for infor nation that will lead to their
arrest and cow lotion.
A fireman was run out of Sedalia few
days ago at thu muzzle of gun for in
sulting lady.
A grocery store in South Sedalia was
burg ariz ID few nights ago and ten dol
lars worth of goods were taken.
John Brassaman, a Deputy of County
Collector Joseph Green of Jackson County,
and John O'Brien, were arrested at Lex
in & burglarized the store of Obadiah and
Orlaud Rose, at MAYHEM, and also of
having broken open thesfirm's safe, from
VIII CHI $50 were taken.
An attempt was made few nights ago
to blow open the safe of the Corder (La-
fayette County, Post office, in Mr.. Martin
Leiser's store. Mr.. Lesser lost some mer-
chandse and $500 in money. The safe
was SO badl y damaged that it can not be
opened.
The agricultural department of the st.
Louis Fair will maintain it's reputation
his year. Such is the number of app lea
tions for space from manufacturers of
implements and Others that the directory
has been compelled to greatly enlarge his
department and add considerably to tho
thirty acres which at the last fair were
allotted for the exhibition of agricultural
implements. This department will oc-
cupy site on the north side of the Fair
grounds, with a frontage on a newly
made gravel road OF 8, 700 feet. The
greater part of the locality is occupied by
private pavilions, rich in material and
splendid in architecture.
Governor Marmaduke, in reply to a let
ter from Mr.. Bates, Superintendent of the
Chicago & Alton Railroad, asking his CO.
operation in the apprehension of the par
petrators of the Blue Springs robbery,
said that he would jo n heartily in the eff
fort to remove this stigma from the good
name of the State of Missouri. The last
vestige of these crimes, he says, must and
shall be speedily stamped lout, and he re-
lies upon the prompt support of the peo-
pie throughout the State. He has issued
proclamation from Jeffers on City off err
pS
conviction of the robbers, and calling
upon. all office rs of the law tc use their
efforts in bring ing the offenders to JUS
tice.
An o1d-fashioned train robbery took
place few nights ago at Blue Springs,
little town in jackson County, on the
Chicago & Alton Railroad. When the
train stopped there three tough-looking
citizens stepped quickly aboard the car
next to the smoker. Two of them took
their positions, with revolvers in hand,
at the two ends of the car, and when
the train was fairly in motion the third
robber went through the coach demand
ing all the money and jewelry of the
passengers. He was quickly accommo-
dated, but so slow were the robbers in
getting to work that they only had an
opportunity of robbing one car. They
then compelled the brakeman to pull the
bell rope, and when the train slowed up
near Independence, they jun ped off and
escaped.
A new banking institu ton has been or.
ganized and started in Sedalia, known as
the Bank of Sedalia, with capital of
500, 900. The stock is in the hands of
thirty-two stockholders. The officers of
the new bank are: S. H. Boiler, Presi-
dent; P. e. Chappell. Vice President; r.
T. Gentry, Cashier; L. E. Davidson,
Assistant Cashier; John L. Hall, Secre-
tary.
During the month of August there were
16S persons committed to the st. Louis
Jail, and 14s discharged. The total cost
of running the institution for the month
was 1,9S5.46.
Preparati are being made in st.
Louis for the usual fall festivities in con-
nection with the Fair. There will be the
usual illumination, only on a grander
scale, the Yelled Prophets pageant,
Trades proc assion and the cruise of the
Mackerel Brigade.
st. Louis captured the following pr;zas
at the jacksonville Qll.) military tourna-
ment: First class, Infantry, Branch
Guards, first, $1,000; Treadway Rifles,
second, $500. Second -class, Infantry, La
fayette Guards. 500. Z,uaves, Busch
Z,uaves. first, $50. Best drilled soldier,
Orrin Putnam, Rainwater r fes, first, $50;
A. Marks. Branch Guards, second, So
Bands, Postlewaite's Band, first, $500;
Arsenal Band, second, $3.50 B st cornet
j. Herdl cka, Arsenal Band, fine cornet.
B st snare drummer. Fritz Hunt, Arsenal
B nd. The prizes were all paid in full.
A ST, Louis drummer a few DAYS ago
swan the Mississippi River at Dubuque
He reached shore exhausted after being
forty minutes in the water.
After a few weeks of unexampled activ.
ity on the part of officials and exhibitors
the great S.. Louis Exposition has been
prepared for it's second season, beginning
the oh. and lasting forty days. From all
available accounts the display far ex-
ceeds that of last year, and many obj scts
of special interest have been secured,
among them the Greedy relics from the
Arctic seas. The art exhibit is said to be
something superb. Gilmore's famous
sic.
Nevada gets Insane Asylum No. 8.
The feast of st. Louis was celebrated in
:he Catholic Cathedral in st. Louis with
impressive services on Sunday, the 3Oth
ult., Rev. FIR. Huges celebrating high
mass. There was grand procession of
children and socialist. of the parish. All
the services during the day were largely
a tended.
Tie seventh inter-St Exp osition,
which opened at st. Joseph on the 31st
ult., showed every department and hall
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