Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-11-26
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.


In the cases OF the st. Joseph saloon
men in the Criminal Court in that city,
some seventy five in number, Judge Wood
ward created a sensation the !other day by
calling the defendants up, and on plea of
| guilty, sentenced each one to pay fine OF
| two dollars and costs, amounting in all to
| about $25 each, His Honor exacting a
| pledge from each MOTTO again open their
| places of business on the Sabbath.
| There were 1877 deaths in ST. Louis dur.
| ing the week ended the 14th and 213
| births.
Mr.. Ben Franklin, of Kansas City, goes
| as Consul to Hankow, China.
The st. Joseph Post-office has changed
| hands, Colonel Tracy going out and Mr..
Evans going in.
James Anderson, brother of M. w.
| Anderson, President of the Anderson
Chiles Banking Company, his wife and
| child, and young man, Robert kenney,
| who was guest of the Anderson family
| at their home near the Blue Mills Landing
north of Independence, were poisoned at
| supper a few nights ago by taking rat
| poison in their coffee. The poison was put
| in the coffee by q thirteen year-old boy,
Harry Bogard, whose home was with the
| were out of danger.
| In the Pettis County Circuit Court, on
the 10th, Amos Huling, white burglar,
| was given three years; Jordan Murphy,
| colored burglar, five years; John s. Mat
| tox, a horse thief, six years; George
| Shackleford a colored burglar, nine years;
| VIM. Herndon, a colored burglar, five
years, and Joseph Hopkins, convicted on
| assault with intent to kill, five years. The
| prisoners were taken to the Penitentiary
| the same evening.
| The preliminary examination of Ess
| Cant at Lexington for the murder of Cor
| nelius Hockaday resulted in Cant being
| held for trial in the Criminal Court. Hook
aday's wife is also in custody, and if prom
| Used evidence is forthcoming she will I'M
| Goubtedly be tried as particeps criminis.
| st. Louis packed $4,000 hogs during the
FIRST half of November; Kansas City, $1,000,
| and ST. Joseph, 10000. The largest num-
Der of hogs ever received in Kansas City in
| one day was on the 18th inst, the receipts
footing up 17,75S.
| Daniel Zimmerman, alias Dan Silver
man, of Dayton, O., was arrested in Kan
sas City few nights ago in a helpless
state of intoxication, having been on an
extended spree. He was locked up and
died in his cell during the night.
Adjutant- G eneral Jamison has returned
from Dakota, where he was summoned as
a witness in one of the Territorial courts
at Yankton.
| There are only forty applicants for the
position of janitor of the new Court house
| at Sedalia, and all the towns in Pettis
County have not been heard from yet.
| The Prison Inspectors have agreed to
| accompany Governor Marmaduke on a
| tour of inspection with a view to selecting
a site for the branch Penitentiary.
| Judge Edwards of the Cole County Cir
| cult Court has ordered the discharge of
| Wolford Gay from the Penitentiary, on the
| ground that he was sent there before he
| was eighteen years old.
| The trial of John O'IIara in the st. Louis
Criminal Court for the murder of Mrs. Nc
| Auleff, resulted in a verdict of guilty of
murder in the first degree. This will prob
| ably be a hanging case. The crime was
| committed October 18th, 1884,
| Immediate steps are to be taken for the
rebuilding of the Catholic Protectorate at
Glencoe, recently destroyed by fire.
An unknown man leaped into the river
| from q sand barge at st. Louis few morn
ings since and was presumably drowned,
as he disappeared in the darkness and was
| not seen thereafter.
| William A. Garesche, of st. Louis, re-
| Gently appointed United States Consul at
| Martinique, has started for his post of duty.
| He was banqueted on the eve of his depar-
| turc.
| A very dangerous counterfeit silver dol
| lar is in circulation. Look out for it.
Rev. Sam Jones began his evangelizing
work in st. Louis last Sunday
| A fire at Sedalia few days since de-
| stroyed barn belonging to Judge john
| Baker, used as a warehouse for storing
meat. Loss about $1,000; insured for
S3.400. The origin OF the fire is a mystery.
The bond of Postmaster Hyde of st.
Louis, amounting to $4,000, has been ac-
| cepted, and his commission will issue
| forthwith.
| Governor Marmaduke has pardoned
Thomas Graham, alias VIM. Brogan, of
| Lafayette County, who was serving q
| fouryears' term for obtaining money I'M
| der false pretenses.
| Policeman Paul Mercer, of st. Louis,
was shot in the abdomen and probably
| fatally wounded by a burglar few nights
| ago.
! The st. Joseph police a few days since
arrested two crooks giving their names as
Robert B. Stewart and Frank r. Fleming.
The arrests were made in ex-Councilman
Joseph McSweney's saloon, where the
men had stopped to get drink. Besides
having a complete set of burglars tools,
| the men We're armed with murderous
bowie knives and revolvers. The arrest is
regarded as most important one, and
| the police are on the lookout for other
members of the gang, who have been max
ing things SO lively of late.
| When Joseph Buchanan emerged from
| the Penitentiary at Jefferson City, u few
days, ago, he was met by the Sheriff of
Webster County, who arrested him on
| charge of assault to commit rape on the
! person of Miss Prock, who resides near the
Wright County line.
Miss Cora Erwin, of Kansas City, OBJ
tanned verdict of $4,000 damages for
breach of promise of marriage against
Robert l.. Jacobs, of Excelsior Springs.
The residence of Mrs. Pavy, in st. Louis,
widow of the scientist who lost his life in
the Arctic regions, was entered by thieves
few nights ago, who stole small trunk
with the lady's initials, L. w. P, on the
| inside.
st. Louis has its daily murder or suicide
| John Slattery and Andy Brown, two of
/ gang of tramps that captured freight
train on the Kansas City, st. Joseph &
| Council Bluffs Railroad, ON the night of
the 18th, and held it for three hours with
/ fevolvers were tried in the Criminal Court
at st. Joseph and Slattery was sentenced to
four years in the Penitentiary. Brown
pleaded guilty and sentence was re-