Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-03-11
Miscellaneous Items.

Inc supreme Court mas afnrined the con-
eiction of jeff Wilson, of Lafayette Coun-
ty, of murder and sentenced him to be
hanged April 2.
William Brady, employed on the steam
boat Pearl, at st. Louis, slipped on an icy
plank few days ago, fell into the river
and was drowned. Brady was twenty
eight years old and single.
The Board of Alderman of Sedalia at q
recent session unanimously adopted an
ordinance submitting to a vote of the peo-
pie at special election, to be held on the
22d instant, proposition to incorporate
the city under the charter provided by
statute organizing and governing cities of
the third class.
Mrs. Agnes Lehman, German printers
wife in st. Louis, committed suicide few
days ago by shooting herself with a re-
volver. No valid reason seemed to exist
for the act.
Louis a few evenings since by blowing his
brains out.
James w. Talbot, one of Mssouri's old
est pioneers, died recently at his home in
Easton, Buchanan County He was born
in Bourbon County, KY, March 10, 1876,
and grew to manhood in Carroll County,
KY. He came to Missouri in 1916, remain
ing until after the admission of the State,
in 1921, and while here he was employ ed
largely in surveying public lands. Re-
turning to Kentucky he married the
daughter of Rev. George Strother, an emf
nent divine of the M. E. Church South. By
her he had eight children. In November,
1913, Mr.. Talbot came back to Missouri,
settling in Buchanan County, near San
Antonio.
Jacob Hunt, of Odessa, Lafayette County,
has recently lost five head of thoroughbred
cattle from hydrophobia, and others of his
fine herd show symptoms of the malady.
A supersedeas has been granted in the
case of Jack Hayes, under sentence of
death in st. Louis, by the United States
Supreme Court, and he has new lease of
life.
Adolphus Busch, the noted brewer of st
Louis, has gone to California with his
family and large party of friends, to
celebrate his silver wedding at Los
Angeles. He has nineteen children, and
ranks as millionaire.
The st. Joseph City Council has accepted
the proposition of the st. Joseph Electric
Light Company to light the city with cleo
tricity.
The law requires that after September 1,
1886, applicants for teachers certificates
must pass examinations in physiology and
hygiene. All certificates issued prior to
that date are valid until they expire by
Limitation; and persons holding GER
tificates, the time on which extends be-
yond September /, 1886, are not required to
be examined in such subject; only those
who make application for certificates after
September 1, 1886. can be required to pass
in this subject This is not an ex post
facto requirement.
Lent begins March 10.
A warrant was sworn out in Sedalia q
few days ago for. A. Q. Cameron by Pearl
Parker, of Carthage, who accuses him of
defrauding him out of sixty five dollars on
a bogus draft. Through the assistance of
friends, Cameron paid the claim and was
set free. Cameron claims that the whole
affair was a mistake.
A large number of ladies, all from Clay
township, and principally from Yelling
ton, appeared before the Lafayette County
Court a few days ago and demonstrated
against the granting of further saloon
license in that place. The court is in di-
lemma.
The st. Louis cable road will soon be
running.
During the month of February there
were 129 risoners committed to the ST.
Louis Jail, and on March there were 206
prisoners on hand. 1t cost - ,2S9. 81 to run
the institution for the month.
The County Court of Pettis County has
decided against allowing one of the large
rooms in the new Court house building to
be set apart for political conventions and
other public purposes.
The st. Louis Grant Monument fund is
to be worked up by series of popular lee
lures by Henry Ward Beecher and Prof.
John Fiske in April. Prof. Fiske's lee
lures will be illustrated war subjects.
At last accounts Senator Vest was slow
ly improving.