Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-05-06
Miscellaneous Items.


Miscellaneous Items.
In presenting claim for Sc, 900 insurance
on the life of Arnold Taggli, at ST. Louis,
Charles Ohlendorf told tale that resulted
in his arrest.
Mrs. Annie Hogue, of Louisiana, Pike
County, has sued the Chicago & Alton
railroad for s., 900 damages for the loss of
her husband.
The master pIasterers of st. Louis have
agreed to pay 1919 per day for eight
hours. The rate has been $3.50 for ten
hours.
The First German Congregational
Church of st. Louis was dedicated Easter
Sunday with appropriate and pleasing
exercises.
A hail-storm passed over the country
about thirty miles east of ST. Joseph few
days ago, preceded by a heavy wind
storm and miniature cyclone. Much dam
age was done to cattle and fruit-trees.
The hail stones were many of them as
large as hens eggs. They fell for twenty
minutes.
The grand jury at st. Louis indicted
nine boycotting bakers, who are charged
with conspiracy, blackmail and robbery;
nine deputy sheriffs for manslaughter in
killing Thompson on the Mississippi
bridge, and commission merchant named
Charles E. Hoffman, for selling bogus
butter.
The jury in the case of Chas. D. Bennett,
who was tried in the st. Louis Court of
Criminal Correction on the charge of car
rying on the business of private detective
without a license. returned verdict find
ing the defendant guilty and fixing his
punishment at a fine of 800 and thirty
days in jail.
The Missouri Supreme Court has ad-
journed to Monday, May II.
a jury in the Criminal Court at st. Louis
convicted Missouri Pacific striker named
John Holland of assaulting a brakeman,
and he was given thirty days in Jail.
The State Board of Equalization has adj
journed. The changes increase the value
of real estate $l,479,300 and personal prop
erty SCI ,645, making total estimate Of
$4,54l ,245.
A cattle company of st. Louis has leased
over two million acres of grazing land in
the British Northwest Territory for TWEEN
tv-one years without taxation. The trans
fers of this land are from Her Majesty the
Queen.
At recent meeting of staff and field
officers at Jefferson City it was decided to
hold the militia encampment at Sweet
Springs, beginning July II.
Clarence G. Hubbell, an old and promi-
nent physician of st. Joseph. died a few
days ago.
John W. Roberts and Assessor r. W.
Unsell were thrown from their buggy
few nights ago while on their way from
Louisiana to Bowling Green, and Roberts
was badly injured. The horse became
frightened at passing train, broke into a
run and left for parts unknown.
A pardon has been granted by Lieuten
ant-Governor MOrehouse to James Nc
Clemmer, convicted in Bates County last
November of grand larceny and sentenced
to the penitentiary for two years. The
prisoner is in the last stages of consump-
ton and was pardoned on recommended
tioa of the prison inspectors and physi-
clan.
J. ]. Russell, aged seventy mine years,
dropped dead in w. D. Ilgenfritz's store at
Sedalia few days ago.
Bishop Robertson's end is thought to be
very near, his death being momentarily
expected. DR.. Montgomery Schuyler, of
Christ Church, the oldest Episcopal min
lister in st. Louis, answered a summons to
his bedside on the 10Th inst, and remained
with him during the day. The sight of
the aged minister bending over the form
of his dying superior, scarcely past his
prime. is said to have been very pathetic.
A sensation was created in S1dala
few days since by the reception of a box
among the regular Missouri Pacific bag
gage, which, upon being taken into the
baggage-room, emitted such foul stencil
that investigation of its contents was
do Tod
corpse of a female. The police were
called, and thought they had a case of
murder on hand, when they were con-
fronted by couple of medical students
from Warsaw, who claimed the box and
contents. stating that they had brought it
from the st. Louis Medical College for the
purpose of further dissection.
Cora Lee has been admitted to bail.
An Italian named Lorenzo Caponia was
arrested in st. Louis few nights ago by
Captain Hall and Mr.. Shaw, of the United
States secret service, for showing counter
felt two dollar notes. His house was
searched and $3.50 in counterfeit bills were
found.
Peter VAIL, a brewer living in ST. Louis,
committed suicide a few days ago by
shooting himself through the head. The
gun, and the deranged victim succeeded in
blowing the greater part of his head off.
VAIL was married and the father of two
children.
A number of young colored men of Chill
icothe have organized a brass band.
While James Gates. cripple, was run
ming his trot line at Lake Contrary, near
st. Joseph. few mornings since, some
unknown party emptied the contents of
two barrels of a shotgun containing No. 6
shot into his body, producing wounds that
were expected to prove fatal. Over one
hundred shot went into his left side and
arm. 1t is thought rival fisherman did
the work.
Chas Kempfert committed suicide in st.
Louis by turning on the gas in his room.
The sixty seventh anniversary of Odd
Fellowship was duly celebrated by the or
der in St. Louis.
Dispositions in the Maxwell-Pre case
have been received from Hyde, England.