Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-07-15
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.

suit OF the days sport was the death OF
young Degnan from gun shot wound.
I. G. Berry, white man, who lives AT
Waverly, Lafayette County, has been ar
rested for forging the name of Mr.. Wade
Hicklin to a Lafayette County Bank check.
A farm hand near Independence, named
Mills, has welded Miss Maud Long, the
girl who last winter became known
throughout the country by rescuing two
children left in the woods by mailman
from Kansas City.
John II. Cary, sheriff of Buchanan
County, has been sued for $4,000 by fif-
teen leading business men of st. Joseph.
for levying upon the stock of /. We'll &
Co. in the interest of foreign creditors.
The Internal Revenue Collectors for the
st. Louis district for the fiscal year ended
June 80, show an aggregate of $685.
400 81, as compared with SOL ,5S5 y, an
increase of 1924 ,904 Is
The convicts at jefferson were given {
bounteous Fourth of July dinner, and were
permitted to enjoy themselves part of the
day in the yard free from the ordinary
disciplinary restraints.
1t costs an average of eleven and a
quarter cents a head to take care of the
convicts at jefferson City during the
month of June.
An unknown man was found in a livery
stable in st. Louis a few days ago in a
semi-unconscious condition, the effects Of
delirium tremens.
George Cornlaw, brakeman, attempted
to commit suicide with laudanum in John
Kraye's boarding house in st. Louis, a
few days ago. When found he was in a
critical condition.
n. NJ. Pope, a teamSter, was thrown
from his wagon few evenings since by a
collision with cable street car in kansa S
City on the curve of the road. He fell I'M
der the grip car and was killed, the
wheels passing over his neck. This is the
Fl, st fatal accident since the road was
opened. Pope was fifty years of age and
leaves a wife and three children.
Charles Jones, of st. Louis, ninety five
years old, died recently at Washington
City.
Oliver Smith, of Grundy County, got
caught in his mower and received cuts
from which he bled to death.
Edward Hamilton, young man and
painter by trade, was drowned while sein.
ing in Lime creek, over in Clay County, g
few days ago.
A savage Texas steer broke away in
West Kansas City few days ago and
severely gored pedestrian named VIM.
Christian. After a long chase the police
killed the animal.
S. B. Roberts. manager of the Pacifi,
Mutual Telegraph Company at Kansas
City, has disappeared and his account
show a shortage of $4,000.
The Missouri Fund Commissioners met
at jefferson City a few days since and
made preparations to meet payment on
State bonds soon falling due.
The people of Kansas City seem to fee.
confident of the approach of the Chicago
& Northwestern road within two years
entrance to be effected by way of the Bel
line.
The motion in arrest of judgment In the
cases of Chyo Chiagk and Chyo Coon, the
convicted Cinnamon in St. Louis, wal
overruled by Judge Van Wagner, ano
they will be sentenced to death according
to law. The attorneys have all the term
to prepare their bill of exceptions on which
to take the cases to the Supreme Court.
The report of the st. Louis mail carrier!
for the month of June shows that during
that month there passed through the post
office IA ,001 registered letters, 1871 $50 mai
letters, $50 2S7 local postal cards and S27,-
454 new spapers and circulars, and that the
collections were 146, 10S letters, 453, 9SS post.
al cards and 315, 1888 newspapers and circu.
lars.
They deal out justice to criminals il
Livingston County with the swiftest dis.
patch. Charles Coplinger and Charles
Scarborough, two horse-thieves arrested
at noon the other day, were indicted by a
special grand jury, pleaded guilty in the
Circuit Court and were sentenc ed to four
years each in the penitentiary within
eighteen hours after their arrest.
Frank Wesner, young unm arried man,
was drowned while bathing in the river
at st. Louis few nights ago. He had
crossed to the other side for the purpose
of bathing, and had ventured too far out
in the water. Not being able to swim he
was drowned before help could reach him.
He was twenty seven years old, black
smith by trade.
Ada Wilson took dose of poison in st
Louis few nj ghts ago with suicidal in.
tent. The timely arrival of ply siciar
thwarted her intentions. Ada some two
months ago tried to kill herself by shoot.
ing in the head with 22-caliber pistol.
Louis the other day under very peculiar
circumstances. Annie Early, q comely
little blonde, twenty years old, was the
bride, and Thomas O'Hearn, who was
handcuffed and in charge of a deputy
sheriff until the completion of the cere-
mony, was the groom. He was then re-
leased and the couple departed. The dep.
utv sheriff procured the license.
A negro woman and two children, one
small boy, who were driving, met with a
serious accident in Lexington few nights
ago. They were approaching a bridge
which spans ravine when the horse took
fright and ran away, striking one of the
side rails of the bridge with such force as
to drive it entirely through its body, kill
ing it instantly and throwing the wagon
and it's occupants over into the ravine.
All were quit seriously hurt.
The Lafayette County Court has ap-
pointed a mine inspector, giving the place
to Mr.. James H. Gilke, of Higginsville.
His appointment is only for term of six
months.
ST. Louis has had case of sunstroke.
John P. Combs, aged eighty seven, shot
himself few days ago in a meadow near
the farm house of his son-in-law George
w. Buchanan, near independence, with
whom he was making his home. He left a
letter explaining that old age and his
strong aversion to being dependent upon
his children for support We're the causes OF
his thus ending his life.
In drunken quarrel at Kansas City q
few days ago, Ed Fitzgibbons, a bar
tender at the Eldorado House, was fatally
stabbed by Andrew Miller, a railway