Iron County register., 1886-07-08
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.

Leo Erhlich, of st. Louis, has inventeda
new telephone.
Judge Van Wagner, in the st. Louis
Criminal Court, has decided that the hum
dred-yard law is valid.
A hailstorm in Worth County a few
days ago materially damaged the croI
outlook.
The Exposition building in st. Louis il
just now busy scene. Carpenters are
hard at work putting things in shape fol
the great show.
Samuel Irwin, for several years superin.
tendent of the Missouri Pacific car shops
in Sedalia, has been transferred to st
Louis. Robt. Walker succeeds him.
w. e. Page, who robbed the Adams Ex.
press Company at Golden City and rar
away in woman's apparel, gets two years
in the penitentiary.
Marcus Bernheimer, of st. Louis, has
been elected president of the Hebrew Char.
tiles Association.
DIR. S. A. Richmond, through his coun-
sci, pleaded not guilty to the charge OF
murder in the killing of Colonel Strong a
st. Joseph. He was remanded for trial.
Ed Carps, notorious and clever thiet
and burglar, was arrested in Sedalia few
days ago after plying his vocation with
considerable success in the city. He was
confined in the calaboose pending examin-
alton, from whence he managed to escape
and was at large at last accounts.
The contract for burying the Kansas
City paupers was awarded recently to A.
B. Strawyer, at the extremely low bid
of three mills. The undertaken claims
that the advertising he draws from hav-
ing the contract compensates him for his
loss.
The interior wall of the Jackson County
courthouse at Kansas City, recently re-
paired, fell few nights ago with ash,
burying the prisoners in the old jail All
were rescued. The strength of the cells
and iron cages saved them.
Chas. Kane, better known as Queen
a celebrated clog dancer, died in Kansas
City a few days ago, of consumption, aged
twenty eight.
The State Supreme Court has adjourned
to the October term.
j. A. Robinson, real estate agent
carved up negro stable hand named Fred
Gudgel, at whom he became enraged, al
Kansas City few days since. The latter
was taken to the hospital and Robinson
was arrested.
Governor Marmaduke, Adjutant-Gen.
eral Jamison, Colonel Allen, of Carthage;
Colonel Hunt, of Kansas City; Colonel
Wickham, of Gallatin, and Colonel Scott,
of Kansas City, comprising a portion of
the military committee, visited Sweet
Springs last week, making the final ar.
rangements for the encampment which
will be held from July - to II.
A singular freak of nature was exhibited
in Sedala recently at the residence of Mrs
Baxter. 1t was in the shape of two per-
fectly developed eggs, with the exception
that one of the eggs contained the albu-
men. while the other contained both yelks.
The eggs were without the shell and were
linked closely together by an oblong liga-
ment.
The coming triennial conclave of the
Knights Templars at st. Louis promises to
be the greatest event that city has seen
for many years, according to the predic-
tions of those interested. Nearly all the
hotels have disposed of all their spare
room for conclave week, and applications
for quarters are being received by the ho-
tel committee from all over the country.
The concerts to be given by the Templar
bands and the Templar drills viii be prom
inent features of the week.
Governor Marmaduke has committed the
death sentence imposed upon Joel Ander-
son and Laurel Baugh, of Carroll County,
to Imprisonment in the penitentiary for
life, otherwise they would have been
hanged July Is. The petitions presented
to the Governor were numerous, and from
the very best people of the county.
The two-year- son of Anton Croum-
berger, living in South ST. Louis, fell into
a cistern in the rear of the family resi-
dence few days ago and was drowned
before assistance could be rendered him.
Geo. kohlenberg, two years of age, liv-
ing with his parents in st. Louis, while
playing i'll the yard few days since, fell
in the cistern and was drowned.
The sale has been made at Kansas City
of Mr.. Corrigan's interest in the Corrigan
Consolidated Street Railway Company tc
a Boston syndicate. Eighty three hum
dred shares were purchased for $S30,000.
The transfer includes several lines CT
horse-cars now in operation and fran
chises for cable roads to be built. 1t is
stated that these projected lines will soon
be built by the new company and all the
roads thoroughly equipped.
Patents have recently been issued to the
following Missouri inventors: George
st. Joseph, chimney cowl; Lucius L. Cul.
yer. ST. Louis, drop door for oven; George
+. BOLTON, st. Louis, portable adjustible
head rest; Orrin L. Hubert, st. Louis
furnishing unmounted multiple photo
graphic sheets; George S. Hurd, n. B
Stauera and w. A. Woodson, steam wash.
boiler; Michael Rice, Brookfield, combina.
tion racks for wagons; Samuel Schwab |
Windsor, machine for fastening buttons |
E B. kollert, passenger conductor on |
the Denison (Tex.) division of the Mis-. |
souri, Pacific, arrived at Sedalia few |
days ago en- route to Leipsic, Saxony, |
where he goes to claim as a bride the |
choice of his youth. He left the chair car |
for brief period. placing valise con-
tanning his passports, money and passes /
In custody of a stranger, and during his
absence the baggage was stolen. The |
matter was reported to Railway Officer
Mason, who soon discovered the valise in
possession of an unknown man. The
was recovered, but the thief es.
capped. Had it not been for Mason's |
promptness, Kollert's marriage would
have necessarily been postponed, as all
his available funds were in the valise.
Police Commissioner Lee has resigned
The Kansas City police few days age
received telegram from Denver announc-
ing the capture of William Harding, the
daring diamond robber who created a sen.
sation in Kansas City early in February
by attempting to rob Bakers store in day
light and shooting his way through