Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-03-25
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.

Meyer, of Minneapolis, Mimi, shot him
self to death in st. Louis few nights
ago.
At the last report there were 226 patients
at the st. Louis City Hospital; 302 at the
Female hospital; sol at the Insane asy-
lumt; AZ insane at the PooIhouse, and
397 laupers at the Poorhouse.
Governor Marmaduke rendered a most
hospitable reception to the Cleveland and
Hendricks Glee Club, of Chillicothe, and
| the Marmaduke Guards of Kansas City
| who visited the State capital recently.
Hon r. c. Randall, member of the State
Legislature, died at his home in Nodaway
County recently after an illness of about
ten days.
Warrants have been served upon leaders
of the strike at Sedalia, but the accused
had plenty of friends in waiting to furnish
bail.
There were 1872 deaths in st. Louis last
week, against 147 the week previous and
147 for the corresponding week last year.
The births recorded during the past week
numbered ia.
The bodies of two dead infants were
found wrapped up in a piece of cloth under
the railroad track near the st. Louis, Keo-
kuk & Northwestern railroad depot at
Louisiana, Pike County. a few days ago.
Mr.. John D. Russell, the new postmaster
at Sedalia has assumed the duties of the
office. The employees of the Sedalia Demo
crt1 presented him with the pictures of
Cleveland and Hendricks, and rendered
him serenade.
st. Louis recently purchased nineteen
graded Holstein cows for the Poor House
for 81 ,232 25, and one registered Holstein
bull for S102.75.
The ST. Louis College of Pharmacy held
its twentieth annual commencement exer-
cises few nights ago. There were thirty.
three graduates.
Henry Ammel killed his MOTHER in law,
Mrs. Mena Smith, in st. Louis, few
nights ago, because she refused to sur
render to him a two-dollar chrome which
had been the property of his (Ammel's)
deceased wife. He afterward made an
abortion attempt to commit suicide.
The North Missouri NJ. E. conference was
in session at Glasgow last week.
Rev. ". F. Johnson, colored minister
of Lebanon, eloped recently with a young
woman of his congregation.
convention was held last week at JEFF
ferson City in the interest of appropria-
tions for the Improvement of the Usage
river.
The n. o. Nelson Manufacturing Com
pany, of st. Louis, offers to divide its
profits with its employees, after deducting
seven per cent. interest on the actual cap
ital invested.
Thos. w. Rhodes, of Lake Creek Town
ship, Pettis County, one of the most prom
inent and wealthy farmers of that section,
and his wife were arrested few days ago
by Captain Dennis Molloy, of Kansas
CITY, charged with fraudulently obtaining
from the Government pension of 1928 per
annum for the past nineteen years.
Missouri had POS horses on the farms
within her limits on January 1, valued at
$43.13S,11
The baseball season has begun in st.
Louis.
Mike Allen, alias Henry Zeigler, was
arrested in st. Louis few days ago for
murder committed in Ohio in 1877.
Maud Long, the Jackson County heroine.
noted for her rescue last winter of the two
little Mcconnell children lost in the snow,
has gone to arrensburg, where she will
take three years course at the normal.
Her expenses while at school there will be
paid from fund created by her Kansas
City admirers for that purpose.
Frank Lemberger was tried in the Grim
inal Court at st. Joseph recently for as
sault with intent to kill. The jury found
him guilty. and fixed his punishment at
ten years in the penitentiary. This is the
highest penalty that could be imposed
under the law. Lemberger assaulted an
old man by the name of Arnold, about one
month ago. and robbed his house. 1t has
only been four months since Lemberger
was released from the penitentiary.
At game OF ball at Independence few
days ago. Harvey Warnkey and Clarence
SheI herd, young men ged about eighteen,
quarreled. and. though the difficulty was
believed to be amicably settled at the time,
Warnkey attacked Shepherd an hour later
and struck him in the head with a pick
handle. Shepherd was not expected to
live.
The first number of Las Dos Banderea>
(the Two Flags, a monthly journal. edited
BY Mexican Vice Consul Maurice Rahden,
was issued recently at Kansas City. Its
aim, as ably but modestly set forth in the
is to build up better CONNER
cial relations between the United States
and Mexico and strengthen the friendly
between the two republics.
The striking mania has extended to Pet
It's and Saline counties among a class of
1ahorers who it was supposed would be the
last to fall into line. The farm hands of
those counties have demanded of their en-
ployers an increase from fifteen dollars and
board to twenty dollars per month and
board. The demand was at first refused,
when no less than fifty men quit work
The employers finally weakened, however,
and nearly all the strikers have gone back
to work at the increased scale.
Mr.. w. II. Burnett and Miss Katie Frame.
after considerable difficulty and scheming,
in which the eroom's father was hood !
winked. were married at Waverly. Lafay- |
cite County, a few nights ago. The elder |
Burnett strenuously objected to the match, !
and finally his son consented to take sew |
enty dollars and leave for San Francisco
while the rates We're low. Getting the |
he went to Lexington, procured a |
license, hired team, which took him back |
TO Waverly, where message was sent the |
bride. who came to him in response, and |
the knot was tied.
The Missouri river is about clear.
The st. Joseph cattlemen held a meeting |
a few nights ago and decided to appeal to |
the Supreme Court from the recent deci-
sion of Judge Grubb, regarding the power
D the city to tax their stock. They also |
decided to give in their stock to the Asses
sor under protest. and made an assessment
TO defray all expenses. Legal gentleme /,
N the city. after careful examination of
The decision, say that it involved the stock
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