Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-03-04
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.

st. Louis celebrated Washington's birth
day by parade of the police and fire de-
partments.
Mrs. Sallie Mcclellan Gum, wife of J.
viii Gum, prominent merchant of Loui-
siana, Pike County, died of consumption a
few days since.
A school housetwo miles west of Sedalia
was burned a few days ago. It is sup
posed to have been fred by tramps; loss,
$500.
The Missouri Press Association will hold
its annual meeting at Mexico, May IL.
During the year 1885 st. Louis paid in
fire insurance premiums 81 1872 OPS, and col
lected for losses $511 1851, or an excess of
premiums over losses of $3.50,
Harry Kroeger and Charles Knollman, a
pair of st. Louis boys, each about fifteen
years of age, left home a few weeks ago
with $135 in money which Knollman had
stolen from his father, and started on a
"Jesse James" career. Their money be-
coming nearly exhausted, they turned
their faces homeward, and arriving in st.
Louis a few days ago, put up at cheap
lodging house, and while fooling with
their revolvers, playing burglar, Kroeger's
pistol went off, killing Knollman almost
Immediately.
Adam Rode1, forty years of age, dropped
dead on the street in ST. Louis a few DAYS
ago from heart disease, from which he had
been suffering for some time.
st. Louis sports lost over sixty thousand
dollars and the main in the recent cooking
contest at Dallas, Tex. 1t was an eight to
seven affair in favor of the Dallas birds.
George Smith, colored porter at the
Chicago & Alton depot at Independence,
wa tied up in barn by N. G. Williams,
coal dealer of the city, a few evenin gs
since, and was given hundred lashes for
having presumed to address love notes to
Williams little daughter. Smith has left
the city.
The property owners along the proposed
route of the Elevated road at Kansas City
have commenced proceedings for an in
junction.
The residence of II. w. Jaenecke at
Louisiana, Pike County, was burglarized
few nights ago.
George T. Ray, eighty-two years old,
died at Chillicothe recently.
Arthur Gage Millen, a dissipated news
paper man, was run over and killed on the
Missouri Pacific track near Sedalia few
DAYS ago.
John S. Lavender, one of the original
Frees State leaders in Missouri who rose
to the rank of Brigadier- General in the
Union armies of the Southwest, died in st.
Louis a few days ago.
During the year 1885 there was issued for
the purpose of building school-houses in
this State bonds to the amount of Sl69.670.
These figures were obtained from Judge J.
NJ. Oldham, clerk of the bond department
of the State Auditors Office.
The remains of Luther B. Kneisley, who
died recently in Kansas City from stroke
of paralysis, were taken to Sedalia for in
terment Mr.. Kneisley was formerly part
owner of the Sedalia Democrat.
VIM. Nelson, of Pleasant Hill, while in
temporary fit of insanity on a Missouri
Pacific train a few nights ago, jumped
from the platform of one of the cars, alight-
ing on pile of rocks and sustaining severe
injuries about the head. He was carried
to his destination in charge of attendants.
A defective fue caused the destruction
by fire few days ago of the grocery store
and residence of J. W. Hardin at Sedalia.
Mr.. Hardin will bring suit against the Mis-
souri, Pacific railway for damages, the fire
department having been delayed fifteen
minutes in reaching the fire by freight
train blockading the thoroughfare.
Martin O'Brien, charged with criminally
assaulting a little girl at Sedalia, was
bound over to await the action of the
grand jury. His bail was placed at $500,
and being unable to furnish bondsman
he was lodged in the county Jail.
Fred Mauer, of Collinsville, ILL.,, aged
thirty two was found dead in his room at
a Union Avenue hotel. Kansas City, few
DAYS ago, with bullet hole through his
forehead. Mauer had been in the city two
months, and claimed to be an engineer.
The case was clearly one of suicide.
The Knights Templar and members OF
the Masonic fraternity generally in st.
Louis are making great preparations for
the triennial conclave, which will take
place in that city September next and the
prospects are that it will be one of the
notable events in the history of the order.
Nearly all the available hotel room has
already been contracted for.
What is generally supposed to be the
body of the missing DR.. S. A. Richmond,
of st. Joseph, was seen on float of ice in
the river at Winthrop few days ago. A
party of bOatmen started in pursuit. but
the ice was in such a condition as to rem
der approach impossible. The body of the
man lay on cake of ice on it's back and
his face bore long black whiskers. Tele-
grams were sent to towns down the river
to look out. There is reward of 81 900 for
the recovery of the body.
The executive committee in charge of the
Wool Growers convention and National
Sheep Shearing to be held in st. Louis,
have decided, in view of the enlarged i'm
portance which that coming event has as
sumed, to extend the time for holding the
same to take in April I and 10 next inclu |
sive. Letters received by the committee
show a great interest in the convention all |
over the Western country. The gentleman
having the affair in charge feel warranted |
in expressing the belief that the attendance |
will be larger than at any similar enter |
prise ever held in the West.
Henry Englar, German laborer, was |
killed by Fort Scott train near Armour |
Bros packing house at Kansas City few |
days since. 1t is thought that he was |
failed to observe the train until it was |
within few feet of him. He then attempt
ed to leave the track, but his foot got |
caught and rendered him powerless to save ,
himself. When found he was still breath
in g, and lived for an hour after the acct
dent.
ST. Louis is to have dog show.
A grim procession passed down the Mis-
souri, river at Kansas City few days ago
The river was full of floating collins, a
change in the current, caused by the ice
gorge, having turned the water in on Pest
house island, entirely washing away the