Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-11-19
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.


the following dramatic attractions WIZ np-
pear in st. Louis: Standard ineaeer,
Two Johns" Comedy Company; ropes
Tbeater. IA Tin Soldier;n Olympic Thea
ter, Primrose g. Vests Mlnsereis' uf"nu
Opera House, New York Inaiia anea.er
Opera Company; Peoples ihea'ef' Aos'.
Siege of Paris Panorama.
Fire at Mr.. J. C. McGrew's machine coal
mines at Lexington few hlgnes ago CO.
tally destroyed the engine-house, once,
sheds and shafts, entailing quite heavy
loss.
The Sterling Price Monument Association
has been organized in st. LOUIS.
Hugh NJ. Brooks father has gone back
to England.
William Hyde has been appointed POST
master of st. Louis
A delegation of st. Louis Elks went to
Philadelphia to attend Jehn McCullough's
funeral.
William Mcdonald, ST., surrendered
himself to Sheriff Clivirger at Kingston,
Buchanan County, fey days ago on the
charge of murder in th first degree, for
complicitity in the murler of John l. Gray
on the 9Th of July last,at Lisbonville, on
the Raw County line, fifteen miles from
Kingston.
In the Criminal CURT at st. Joseph
Joseph Suggs, a coared man, pleaded
puiltv to the charge attempting to burn
the packing house at Winthrop belonging
to Jacob NJ. Smith, ipJune last, and was
sentenced to- two yefs' Imprisonment in
the Penitentiary.
Charles johnson, olored barber, was
foupd dead on the f1o- of his room back of
his shop in Kansas Cy few nights ago
with an empty revoler beside him. Ed.
A. Stevens, q well -kpwn attorney, claims
to have been presentat the time of the
shooting, and that UNISON shot himself.
There are some who uestion this explain
alton.
st. Joseph is all ton up over the ques-
ton of the enforceent of the Sunday
law.
The members of t, Common Council of
st. Joseph seem boul to have four dollars
per session for theirervices, and declare
they will vote again every appropriation
unlesss they get ii 1t was recently de-
cided that they weronly entitled to 500
year.
Judge D. A. Finkfor eighteen years
well-known resideIof Kansas City, died
few days since, iris fiftieth year. De-
ceased was in 1SSelected Mayor of the
CITY by the large majority ever re-
ceived by a Repubhn candidate for that
office.
Mrs Margaret P.tephens, aged eighty
five years, died at Italia, few days ago.
Mrs. Stephens vase grandmother of Lou
and Speed Stephen of Boonville, and re-
! lated to many of t'most prominent fam
| lilies in Central Asouri. She was the
| daughter of Major m. Moore, who came
| to Missouri from Etucky, and settled in
| Cooper County in 6, as one of the early
| pioneers.
| The remains of Aand Mrs. A. I. Yeater,
| of Sedalia, who re killed recently by
| Apache Indians II, Deming, N. NJ, were
brought back toedalia for interment.
| Mrs Yeater wasHoman of rare culture
| and refinement, Id her husband was
looked upon as mongst the foremost
young business of Central Missouri.
| An unknown IN distinguished himself
in st. Louis fevays ago by falling out
| of a third sto1 window and becoming
| highly indignaT when the police Off.
GERS had pal wagon come to take
him to the Disp.ary. The man was not
seriously injure
The Westernlion Iron Works building
in st. Louis cleaned out by fire a few
evenings sinceLoss, $4,000; covered by
insurance.
nauuer AZ Som Southland and aAbe !
| Hall, who ere arf>sted last May on a |
charge of Ealing hogs f,om the Kansas |
City, st. Joph & Coune1 lluffs Railroad, |
were acquiid by the july IN their recent
tfial at st. .seph.
The GranJury of Pets County return
ed twenty-x indictmenta eainst Emmett
King, whoobbed the edalia Savings |
Bank of $4,000 last SUNNI.
Eighteen,rominent citfns of Sedalia
were arraieed in the Cfinal Court in
that city iew days slnfharged with
using seinein taking iish IN Flat Creek.
Judge Rylnd gave the Nators of the
law sevee lecture and u fined them
$40 and CO.'S each.
I Governo Marmaduke hasbointed ex-
Senator htson j. Ferry re Commits
sioner for .ansas City.
A premim list of 81 800 lAaranteed
by the StLouis wool men fortNational
shearing be held there next ing.
A warrat was issued in st. lis few
days ago or Mrs. Durham, pfpal of
the Laclea school, Tor lnnuhlaS whip
ping child.
As the nsult of a revival in theSistian
Church atSt. Joseph under the kstra.
ton of Elder NJ. NJ. Goode, JIG hons
have beenmade to the membershl Hstly
by baptism.
The Palmer House, the new u at
Louisiana. Pike County, Is neari 4n-
!, pleted, ard has been leased to Il Il
Of q
The tenh annual report of the IA "a
Commissioners of Missouri mas lusR
issued 1t is book of 362 pages, and
them is cleaned the following: NUM-
miles in operation at the close OF the
1882. 4,741: built during during the
1884. 131: gross earnings inside the
during the year 1884. S29.lIS,S2S; gross
penses for the year 1881, Sl',84',o'S:A
, earnings for the year 1884. S1l 81, l19. II
tai amount of work chargeable to the e
Der of miles in Missouri. S12l .119, 106:
:, amount of bonded debt on same, SIPS
02G: total stock and debt. S233, 6G9, l32.
State now has mile of railroad ito eys
thirteen and three-quarters square miles
territory. and to every 500 inhabitants.
companies control ninety two per cent
all the railroads in the State, and one CO
:. ! binatiou of interests control forty i;
| per cent.
q Lexington don't want the branch pris
= Martin Miller, aged seventy-two yes
= residing in st. Louis, who has been sick
;. some time, tried to commit suicide a
days ago by hanging himself with
= clothes-line His wife interfered and
;. made another attempt with silk ha
= kerclief. but was again foiled. Threat
ing to drown himself he left the house
;. has not vet been seen or heard from.
The Grand Jury at the June term OF
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