Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-06-24


| ing near Louisiana, has heifer that gave
| birth to calf when she was just one year
and five days old. Both the heifer and
| calf are doing well. It is certainly a most
| remarkable case.
Burglars effected an entrance to Mat
| thew Dennis residence at Kansas City
| few mornings since. and being discovered
| by that gentleman, fired three shots at him
| and escaped. Dennis received only flesh
wounds.
| The boys in st. Louis high school,
| being asked to name the five greatest jour-
nalists in the United States, headed their
lists almost unanimously with the name of
a local base ball reporter.
Sheriff Nelson, of Fort Wayne, Ind, ar
| rived in Kansas City a few nights ago
with a warrant for the arrest of S. E.
Gross, on the charge of embezzlement.
Gross is charged with embezzling several
sums of money at that place, bat the
amount does not exceed fifty dollars in
any one case. He was found on South
Grand avenue by Detective Bryant, who
arrested him. He says he is innocent.
He was taken back to Fort Wayne.
A swarm of bees settled on the Capitol
grounds at Jefferson City few days ago,
| on maple tree, near the ground. Some
one procured nail key and endeavored to
hive them, but the bees had their own
views about such a contrivance, and re-
fused to settle in the key under the home
stead act.
Henry Boehm, a young man twenty
three years of age, was drowned in the
river opposite Louisiana a few days ago.
The body was recovered and an inquest
held, with verdict of accidental drown
mo A pnipaiHant foa t,1ra of tha Of
fair is the fact that Mr.. Boehm's wife's
father, Milton Sinkhorn, was drowned on
the same day six years ago.
Johnnie Graves, the sx-year- old son of
Hon. Alex. Graves, ex-Congressman from
Lexington, while playing about the stable
of his grandfather, Mr.. John Aull, a few
days ago, was kicked in the head by
horse and seriously hurt that it was
feared his injuries would result fatally.
The attorneys for Brooks alias Maxwell,
the murderer of C. A. Preller in st. Louis,
are leaving no stone unturned to secure
the setting aside Of the verdict rendered
at the recent trial, and to that end have
been securing city and country for affi
davits to show that members of the jury
were intelligent enough to have read of
the case and perhaps passed opinions on
its merits previous to the trial.
The victims of the recent shooting affray
in Kansas City are quite comfortable. Nc
doubts entertained of the recovery OF
Mr.. Munford or Miss Streeter. Mr.. Ha1e's
condition, however, is grave. The bullet
which lodged in his neck near the base OF
the brain, still remains. The doctors have
been unable to reach it.
Police Captain Fran gel and Mrs. Fran.
ryal ce1ahra te1 THAR silver yua6Iinu il, ST
Louis a few days ago. The occasion re-
calls his romantic marriage in 1861, while
lying on what was thought to be his
death bed from numerous wounds re.
ceived in the terrible slaughter of June Ii
of that year.
An important ecclesiastical meeting OF
Catholic bishops was held last week in st.
Louis, presided over by Archbishop Ken
rick. There were present; Most Rev. Pc
ter Richard Kenrick, Archbishop of st.
Louis; Rt. Rev. John Hennessy, d. D..
Bishop of Dubuque, Ia; Rt. Rev. John
Joseph Hogan, Bishop of Kansas City and
ST. Joseph; Rt. Rev. Henry Cosgrove,
Bishop of Davenport, Ia: Rt. Rev. James
O'Connor, Bishop of Omaha; Rt. Rev.
Louis Moody Fink, o. s. B., D. D., Bishop |
of Leavenworth, Kas. 1t was intimated
that three or four new dioceses would soou
be established.
The day we celebrate is nigh.
Mrs. Weber, a daughter of Adolphus |
Busch, the millionaire brewer of st. Louis, |
has brought suit for divorce on the |
grounds of drunkenness, neglect and |
abuse. |
Ex-Governor McClurg recently started |
overland to Dakota, accompanied by the |
family of his son-in- law, Mr.. c. c. Draper. |
The Governor expects to accomplish the |
long journey in two months.
Morrison Munford of the Kansas City |
Times was shot by a lawyer named W. d. |
Garlic a few days ago. The wound is not !
considered dangerous. Two other persons !
were struck by wild shots.
The police of st. Louis are sitting down /
on immoral variety theaters.
DIR. S. S. Laws has purchased the Gen.
tropolis Hotel at Kansas CITY.
James Norville, who killed Timothy God
dard in Linn County few DAYS since and
escaped, has been captured.
George Woodward, of ST. Louis. has filed
third suit against Jay Gould for $500, 900
for breach of contract in connection with
the building of the San Francisco road.
Mrs. S. l.. Vining, of st. Louis, has been
notified by Secretary Bayard that she is
about to receive from the treasurer of the
United States the sum of 81 1000, 900, which
was awarded by the Court of Claims I'M
der the terms of the French spoliation bill.
John Farrell, a ten-year- old boy, was
at ST. Louis a few days ago.