Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-06-10
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.


saloon a few days ago a dispute
arose as to the pocketing of ball,
when the latter raised his cue and
stuck Saunders frightful blow over the
temporal bone, telling him to the floor, and
infiicting an injury which proved fatal,
Gould was arrested at Corle's cracker fac
tory, where he is employed. Saunders
was grading contractor.
The first display of fruits under the
auspices of the Lafayette County ORTIZ
cultural Society took place at Lexington
recently. Only strawberries were
shown, and of these forty-six varieties
were displayed. The exhibit was mag
nificent one. The society is only recently
organized but is growing rapidly. The
State Horticultural Society meets at Lex
ington next winter and the local society
discusses the coming meeting at its
monthly sessions in order that its MEM
bers may be prepared for it.
John R. Rice, of Randolph County, died
few days ago of an overdose of choral.
Mrs. Smith, of Randolph County, died
recently from the effects of a stroke of
lightning.
Sam Meadows shot his wife at Louis
lana, Pike County, a few days ago. At
Murray he was bound over in the sum of
Il 600. Failing to give bond he was sent
to Jail.
John johnson, an unmarried man, about
thirty years old, was instantly killed by
Union Pacific switch engine at Armstrong,
Howard County, few days ago.
Mrs. Fannie ShirS, the wife of Judge W.
Shirk, one of the ablest members of the
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rheumatism of the heart, after an illness
of only five days. She was thirty seven
years old, and leaves sorrowing hus-
band and three children.
Pat McCove was acquitted at Lexington
of the charge of murder in the first degree,
having been an occupant of the county
Jail since last October under such an in
dictment as an accomplish of Linn Fogel
in the murder of Xavier Miller. Fogel has
not yet been apprehended.
Governor Marmaduke has committed the
sentence of John Burns, alias Donahue,
who was convicted May 81, 1884, in the
Criminal Court of st. Louis upon a charge
of robbery in the first degree and sem
teced to the penitentiary for ten years, to
a term of five we ars, with benefit of the
three fourths rule.
+ A young man named John Lynch was
struck by train on the trestle-work on
the north side of the Hannibal bridge at
Kansas City few days ago and knocked
a distance of twenty feet. He was consid-
erably bruised about the head, and one of
his arms was severely sprained. He was
coming into the city in company with
his brother, who escaped by catching a car
just as it reached him.
While Charles Hermann was unloading
ice in st. Louis few days ago he sudden
ly dropped dead on the sidewalk. He was
twenty eight years old and resided with
his family, wife and two children. He
had been troubled with heart disease.
Edward Kaub and Annie NJ. Cross, alias
NJ. Ottens & Co., were arrested in Kansas
City few days ago, on the charge of
sending lottery tickets through the mails.
Kaub is an old offender, and was twice ar
rested in st. Louis charged with similar
offenses. They were taken before United
States Commits sioner Perkins and held on
$500 and 5000 bail respectively for further
appearance.
The commencement exercises of the
Baptist College at Lexington are over and
that building is now almost deserted. The
ment We're of high order, and the
graduating essays, eleven in number, very
good.
The transactions of the State Treasur-
er's department for the month ending
May 81 are as follows: Balance May I,
81 496, 1880; receipts for month, $780,
260.S7: disbursements, $500, S67.07: balance
June 1. 81 ,439, $50 90. The earnings of the
penitentiary for the month We're SIG, 70S. 80.
Kansas City's million dollar court house
is not as near at hand as was believed
few days ago. The County Court at its
recent meeting in independence, for the
purpose of ordering an election upon the
question of issuing bonds for building a
second court house at Kansas City, to take
the place of the one destroyed by the May
storm, upon the advice of counsel. E. P.
Gates, G. o. Tichenor and j. r. Waddell
the matter was deferred until the August
term of court, on account of some irregu-
larities in the adjournment of the present
term back and forth from Ramsay City.
The suit of Nancy A. Gray, of Lisbon
vile, Ray County, for $1,000 damages
against VIM. G. Mcdonald, as accessory
before the fact to the killing of plaintiffs
husband by a son of the defendant. was
on trial last week in the Circuit
Court at Chillicothe on a change of
venue. The grand jury of Ray County
ignored the bill against the senior Nc
Donald but young Mcdonald was indicted.
tried and acquitted. Both sides had able
counsel, and the case was holly contested.
The result has not yet been learned.
When the Bank of Conn erce building
in Kansas City was opened a few morn
ings since it was discovered that some
body had visited the placed during the
night, and from the disturbed and disar-
ranged condition of things around the
room it was surmised that a big haul had
been made by robbers. The safe had not
been disturbed, however, and an examina-
ii on showed that the burglars had secured
but small amount-about 500 in silver,
which had been left in the walt without
being put into the safe. Burglars tools,
including sledge-hammer and a chiseI
which had been stolen from a blacksmith
shop, were found on the floor.
The prohets predict stormy month
A few nights ago an unknown man with
dark complexion, black mustache and
goatee, of medium height, about thirty
seven years of age, wearing a new white
suit and straw hat, jumped from the west
pier of the st. Louis bridge into the river
Conductor Frank Hensel and w.
Drew, brakeman, employed on the Mis-
souri,, Kansas and Texas Division of the
Missouri Pacific railroad, were arrested
few days since charged with burglary
and larceny, having broken into a car of
merchandise in their train on May 10, near
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