Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-08-20
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.

Gilbert and Sullivan's opera 'sThe Mi
kado" is still enjoying prosperous run
at Uhrig's Cave, St Louis. The Olympic
Theater will begin the season on the 30th,
Tony Pastor, who has opened the house
for six years, being the attraction. The
new Grand Opera House will be opened
on September 14th by Nat Goodwin. Both
these houses will bs under the business
Management of Pat Short. The Peoples
Theater and the Standard Theater will
also open in few weeks, and the amuse-
ment season will be in full blast.
| The Secretary of the Y. M. c. A., at St
| Joseph, was arrested few days ago for
| obstru citing the sidewalk and disturbing
the peace while holding religious wor-
| ship on the street.
David Marbles, of Coloma, shot and
| killed his divorced wife few evenings
since, and afterward blew his own brains
out to avoid lynching at the hands of 8
mob which surrounded his house.
| The cash value of railroad property il
the State assessable and worcestershire is
placed at 500, OOo, 900.
| The Mackerel Brigade of st. Louis is
| preparing for a grand swim in October.
John Botz is under arrest in st. Louis
for striking his father on the head with G
l
will probably die.
| In the case of Peter Donnelly, founc
dead at Kansas City few days ago, the
| Coroner's Jury found that he was muir
| dered by unknown parties.
w. NJ. Mcdonald, Jr., who killed John
| Q. Gray at Lisbonvlle, July 9th, and es
| capped, has voluntarily surrendered.
A Grant Monument Association has
l xr,ifh
| Sherman, D. R. Francis. H. G. Haarstick,
Anthony Ittner Miles Sells, D. R. Grier,
Nelson Cole, o. NJ. Frost, VIM. j. Lemp.
S H. Latin. H. T. Massengale, c. P. Wal.
| bridge and F. T. Espenschied as the first
| Board of Directors
Special arrangements have been made
with the various railroad companies CEN
| tering at st. Louis by Secretary johnson
| of the st. Louis Exposition whereby Wis.
| itors to the Exposition will be granted
round "trip tickets at one and ons third
fare.
A terrible rain fell few nights ago in
johnson, Lafayette and Pettis counties.
A slight slide occurred near wellington,
between Lexington and Independence,
Delaying the train near two hours. 1t was
a very refreshing rain to the country, in
surfing magnificent crop of corn through
out Western and Central Missouri.
Three more weeks aud the great st.
Louis Exposition will be opened again.
With the large number of exhibitors and
improvements made a successful season
is assured.
Vice President Hendricks has accepted
an invitation to the st. Louis Fair.
j. A. Clayton, fireman, was fatally
INJURED in a collision on the st. Louis,
Hannibal & Keokuk Railway few days
ago.
Judge Thomas Brown of the Buchanan
County Court has gone to Brownsville,
Ore, to visit his brother, who founded
that city, and whom he has not seen in
forty years.
Governor Marmaduke as been requested
to appoint three delegates from each Con-
gressional district and ten from the State
at large to attend the st. Paul River Con-
vention.
A curious freak Of nature was seen re-
Gently in a hog at the National Stock
Yards, st. Louis, which has sixteen per-
fectly formed toes, four on each foot.
This singular animal attracted con-
siderable attention.
Mrs. Sarah C. Hines has been awarded
$500 damages in the Circuit Court at
Lexington against the city for injuries
sustained in a fall caused by defective
sidewalk. One of her limbs was broken
in the fall.
The degree of Doctor Of Philosophy has
been conferred upon VIM. P. Teichman. a
former student of Washington University,
st. Louis, by the Royal University at
Munich, Germany He is the son of Mr.
Charles H. Teichman, of ST. Louis.
jefferson Best, an orphan lad of fifteen,
was drowned in tn river at st. Joseph
few days ago. His younger brother, try
ing to save him, came near sharing his
fate, and was only saved by the heroic eff
forts of their only companion.
Ephraim B ckeSt, of Jefferson County,
has been totally blin1 tor many years.
He was advised to use applications of coon
oil to his eyes. After using the oil for
three days he was able to see.
Ex-Governor Crittenden has declined
his appointment by Governor Marmaduke
on the committee to receive funds for the
Grant monument at Leavenworth, because
he is on the original committee with Gem
eral Miles.
The forty ski annual convention of
the Beta Theta ri fraternity will be held
in st. Louis commencing August 26th and
continuing until the 18th.
During heavy rain and wind storm
that swept over Higginsville and vicinity
a few days ago, lightning struck and
killed ten-year-ol1 boy of A. B. Brown,
druggist at MAYHEM, six miles west OF
Higginsville. The wind did consid cradle
damage by blowing down standing lcorn
and breaking trees.
Jud ge Alexander Martin, of st. Louis,
will probably be a candidate for NOM
nation as Supreme Judge His friends
argue that st. Louis has not been rep
resented on the Supreme bench since
the death of Judge Ewing, in 1873. and
that Judge Martins service as Commits
sioner of that court has fully demon
strated his ability and integrity.
The City Council of Kansas City at
the suggestion of the Mayor, AMI owing
to the revelations of the press, in
structed the City Counsellor, by unani-
nous vote, to draw up ordinance
providing for the appointment of milk
inspector. The discovery has been made
that not only has watered ana skinned
milk been sold, but that re yular formula
for adulteration was in use among dairy
m,n.
Maxwell is back again.
Governor Marmaduke has appointed
Frank r. Blair of St Louis; Abe Furst
OF St Joseph; ex- Governor Crittenden, of
Kansas City, and F. D. Hirschberg, of st.
Louis, as a State committee to act in con-
junction with similar committees in adj
lining States in devising means and di-
recting the erection of Grant statue a.
Leavenworth, Kas.