Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-02-05
Miscellaneous Items.

| A fire broke out in F. G.. G. owley's car
| riage shop at Sedalia a few nights ago.
| He loses about y 900, and is fully insured.
| The building belonged to j. We'll, of st.
| Louis, and is total loss.
The annual Encampment of the Depart
ment of Missouri, Grand Army of the
| Republic, takes place at Kansas City ON
| the 4th, 9TH aud 9th of March, for which
| extensive preparations are being made.
| 1t is expected that General Sherman will
| preside at the annual banquet.
A passenger train the Missouri Pa
| cific jumped the track while crossing the
Little Blue River near Independence, a
few days ago, and miraculously escaped
going down.
John c. Landzettel a few nights ago
| wante to go in the ST. Louis Morgue and
die on slab. He was taken to the Police
Station, where died ten minutes after ar
irving
MIR. James Larkin, prominent citizen
of Lafayette County, died at his home a
few days ago from heart disease and gen.
eral debility. He was in his SEVENTEEN
year.
Thomas M. Winston, ST., Marshal of the
Supreme Court, died at jefferson CITY a
few days ago after a long illness. He was
sixty eight years old, and had been resi-
dent of the city for forty years. He had
been prominent politician, and was a
man highly respected by all who knew
him. He leaves a wife, three daughters
and two sons.
DR.. j. c. Hearne, Secretary of the State
Board of Health, arrived in jefferson City
a lew days ago, armed with some hundred
and fifty letters written by physicians in
various parts of the State, commencing
the action of the Board in the past setting
forth its usefulness, and asking the Legis-
lature to continue the Board.
An enthusiastic meeting was held in
sedala few nights agoto take action re-
gardinS the building of standard gauge
railroad to Marshall and to make some
move toward moving the State capital to
oedalia. Action was taken looking to the
early building of the road. Quite sum
OF money was subscribed to defray the
eNi enses of submitting an amendment to
the State Co stitution, and a committee
was appointed to solicit further subscrip-
tions to secure the necessary amount.
Winter hangs on with firm grip.
Abe Langston, Riley Mostrev and John
Drisco were arranged before Justice Oil
VIZ at st. Joseph q few DAYS since on a
charge OF burglary. These are the burg
lars SO neatly trapped by the police few
nights ago.
A. I. W Illiams, one of the oldest grocery
merchants in Independence has failed.
Ireierred creditors are p. P. Parker. Mrs.
Lima Parker and Mccoy & Son, bankers.
other large creditors are Beckham, Mer-
Ger d Co., Kansas City, and the st, Louis
Glass Company. This following the fall
ure of Sullivan & Sons, has badly affected
business circles.
Gummerseli's fashionable dry goods
house IN st. Louis has failed
Sedalia folks at jefferson CITY saw thew
talk about capital moving Just to make the
Jefferson City people mad, and that it's
all a joke.
Joseph Miehler, German, thirty. four
years OF age, who had been employed as a
driver on the Broadway street-car line in
st. Louis, sent his wife out to visit her
mother few days ago. Between five and
SIX o'clock in the evening she returned to
nnd the door locked. Forcing it, she found
her husband lying dead on the fioor. still
ciutching pistol, from which he had sent
q bullet through his brain. Beside his
widow ne leaves child two years of ACE.
Four more of the Durbin gang have been
arrested at Odessa.