Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-06-25
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.

ardeau, there having developed some op
position to the proposed price of the lane
required.
The largest sale of property that ha
taken place at Lexington for years oc
CURED recently, being the sale of the La
clede Hotel, of which Mr.. j. D. Dyer, o
St Louis. is part owner. The price pait
was 1000, a Mr.. Miller, of Camden, Ra,
County, being the purchaser.
Two young men named Stephen Van
dyne and Frank Shine were arrested il
Sedalia a few days ago for showing tn
queer. They got rid of several dolla
ieces, going into stores and calling TO
nickel cigars, and, of course, getting tn
change, were that much winner. They
were held for examination, and will prob
ably tarry until the next term of court
They are about twenty eight or thirty
years old, and genteel looking fellows.
The State Board of Equalization con-
vened on the 18th, and. after announcing
the value of railroad, telegraph and brid q
property, adjourned till the 23d inst, Al
which time all parties who desire to hav.
a hearing concerning the assessment re-
ferred to will be granted the same.
The Governor has appointed Stephen h
Steele Judge of the County Court of Penn.
iscot County, to fill a vacancy.
John zellers died a few days since al
the st. Louis City Hospital, from ARISEN
ical poisoning. He had lived unhappily
with his wife and family and admins
tered the poison himself, this being the
second trial.
The German veterans held their second
annual convention in st. Louis during the
past week, the gathering being character
0n1I xr1 ,,Si,, Md in oto51f
| equal proportions.
Three hundred coal-miners ara out a
| strike at Lsxin gton.
Several persons were seriously injur ed
in an accident on Kansas City's new cable
| railroad few days ago.
The body of n f1oater, badly decomposed,
with no means of Identification except a
| collar button with the letter "a" en-
graved uponi it, was taken from the river
at Waverly, Lafayette County.
| A negro convict escaped from the State
| quarry at jefferson City a few days ago
and subsequently entered a farmhouse,
five miles west of the city, and robbed it
| to the extent of $50 in money and suit of
clothes Officers are on his trail.
Samuel Zanes, St. Louis chiropodfs t,
| about twenty seven years old, fell from
| the front platform of street car few
| evening since and of the car wheels
passing over his neck and head, frac-
| tured his skull. Zanes was picked up
dead.
Stephen Vandyne and F. P. Shinn,
| charged with passing counterfeit silver
| dollars at Sedalia, were com mitted to Jail
| by United States Commissioner Scott, in
| default of bail, to pear before the next
| term of the United States Court.
The fifth annual meeting of the Missouri
| Bar Association will be held at Sedala
| Wednesday and Thursday, the 18th and
| 10th of July. The opening address will be
+, delivered by Jacob Klein, at the request
| of the President. Governor Thomas c.
Reynolds, who will not be present. An
interesting programme has been arrang-
ed, and the railroads will make reduce
ton of rates to accommodate those who
attend.
All Lung, the Chinaman imported from
San Francisco to ''settle" the row between
| the Mongolians of st. Louis, and who ar
rived and was arrested few days after
the murder of Lou Johnson, has again
been taken into custody on a Criminal
Court capias. charged with attempting to
induce witnesses for thu prosecution in the
murder case to absent themselves
Dorothy Rose, an old lady, was run over
and killed by large sake wagon in st.
Louis, few days ago.
The Mexican Band paid a visit to the
Chamber OF Commerce. during their stay
in ST. Louis, and gave the "boys" a SER
enade, creating much enthusiasm among
the bulls and bears. They also paid a
visit to jefferson Barracks, and were
warmly welcomed. Captain Payen, the
nf tl,n nd
of a handsome gold medal from the Expo
sition people, the presentation being made
by General Sherman.
Mr.. Serat, Superintendent OF the coal
company at L kin gton, would not consent
to the demand made upon him by the
miners, to continue weighing coal by the
busael instead of by the ton. and the strik-
ers are still out. MIR. Serat says it is not
so much the question of weight which is
actuatng the miners, their request is
equivalent to a demand for higher pay,
which the company decline to give, par
ticularly at the present season.
Richard Brassfield, of Jackson Town
ship, Livington County, who was recent
ly discharged from the Penitentiary at
jefferson City, having served two years
as a penalty for the seduction of a neigh
boris daughter, was again arrested and
lodged in the County Jail few nights
ago charged with an attempt to commit a
rape on his mother-in law, Mrs. Julian
Stockwell, a respectable widow lady re-
siding in Jackso on Township.
Governor Marmaduke has granted a
pardon to Oliver Hunt, who was sent
to the Penitentiarv from Macon County
in September, 1884, for five years for
grand larceny. The petition for Hunts
pardon alleged that he was SO simple
minded as to be incapable of distinguish
ing right from wrong, and DIR. D. Stand
ish, Prison Physician, at the request of
the Governor, examined him as to his
mental condition and certified that he
was an imbecle. The pardon was issued
upon the physicians statement.
Nearly all the places of amusement in
st. LOUIS are closed for the season. The
only attractions of the better class for WIS.,
itors now is the "Siege of Paris" piano.
rama and Ford's Opera company at Uh-
rigs Cave. They are now giving SRA
Diavalo," with 'Pirates of Penzanc," in
preparation.
A June freshet seems imminent.
Among other consignm >nts from New
Orleans by the City of Memphis on her
last trip to st. Louis was the relics of the
Greedy Arctic expedition for exhibition at
the Exposition in the fall. They are con-
tanned in a dozen immense cases, weigh
ing in the aggregate $500 pounds.
John Mueller, a German twenty-four
years of age, left his home at st. Louis
several DAYS ago and has not since been