Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-04-19
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.

convention and the National Sangerfest
N. o. Nelson, of St. Louis, proposes te
erect public bath-h houses for the use of the
poor Of the city.
Captain Evans of the st. Louis Salvage
Corps makes the following report for the
quarter ending March 81: Box alarms, 152:
still alarms, 81; false alarms, IL; second
alarms, L; third alarms, L; fires where nc
alarm was given, 46; total fires, 276; loss
on buildings, $50, 05S.79; insurance, 81, 273,-
800: loss on contents, $157,016.66; insur.
ance, $679, 1896.
State Coal Oil Inspector William II
Baggot has issued a circular, addressed te
all dealers in petroleum oils throughout
the State, calling their attention to At.
torney-General Boone's opinion defining
the duties of the State Inspector of Oils
He notifies all dealers that it is unlawful
to sell coal oil or gasoline for illuminating
purposes, at wholesale or retail, in any
quantity whatever, unless in or from in.
spected, gagged and branded packages.
The City Council of Lexington has
passed stringent ordinances prohibiting
any work on Sunday and regulating the
closing of saloons.
Four of the persons arrested in Kansas
City for keeping saloons open on Sunday
were fined $3.50 each by Recorder Daven-
port, the highest fines ever paid there.
Miss Birdie Dunlevy, the eighteen-year.
old daughter of A. c. Dunlevy, cornice
maker at ST. Louis, eloped recently will
James B. Mckinley, treasurer of the Pal.
ace Museum, and the couple are said te
have been married in Chicago.
Rev. Sam P. Jones has notified the local
option committee in st. Louis that he will
speak for them Wednesday and Thursday
May and 3. and will spend whole week
thnf ION boz oil
Michael Tierney, who died at his home
in st. Louis q few days ago, was one of the
old residents of the city. He was born al
Castelar,, County Mayo, Ireland, in 1872
and was therefore seventysix years OF
age at the time of his death.
The meeting of the Lafayette Presby-
terry and Presbyterian Sunday-School
Convention at Lexington last week was
in part centennial celebration, it being
just 100 years since the meeting of the first
General Assembly of that denomination in
America
Henry C. Still, alias LANCE, indicted at
st. Louis on three charges of attempted
fraud, pleaded guilty in the case in which
he was accused of attempting to obtain
goods valued at $50 from the James A.
Beakey Stove Company by making false
representations, and was sentenced to
three years in the penitentiary.
Competitive examinations will be held
in st. Louis on the 2Sth inst to fill vacan-
cies from the Eighth Missouri district il
the cadetships at West Point and Annap
oils. Candidates for the Naval Academy
must be over fourteen and under eighteen
years of age when admitted, and candi-
dates for West Point must be over seven
teen and under twenty-five.
Julius Dahlberg and Josie Arthur Dahl
10 -4,@1
days ago on a warrant issued on informa-
ton furnished by the assistant United
States attorney, charging them with be-
ing connected with Jack Evans in passing
counterfeit money
Prof. William B. Potter, of Washington
University, st. Louis, was rendered
complimentary banquet at the University
Club few evenings since by the Engl-
neer's Club of st. Louis, of which he was
the last president. Prof. Potter is one of
the ablest chemists and metalurgists il
the West, and has solid standing
throughout the United States. This fact
was recognized at the last meeting of the
American Institute of Mining Engineers
held in February, at Boston, and which
elected the st. Louis professor as presi-
dent of that organization.
Rev. A. H. Myher, prominent minister
L
man car on the Wabash at Kansas City, 8
few nights ago, intending to go to the con-
vention of ministers at Nashville, Tenn.
and was passing down the aisle when two
men rushed against him as if in q great
hurry to get out. A slight struggle ensued.
and when the men had disappeared the
minister found that his pocket book, con-
tanning 500, and his railway ticket had
also disappeared.
Christ Church, st. Louis, is to be raised
to the dignity of a cathedral, and will be
known as Christ Church Cathedral.
handsome endowment is being raised for
its maintenance, $37, 900 of which was re-
Gently donated by parties who refuse to
allow their names to be made public. The
edifice will be completed by the building
of the tower, a new organ will be provided,
and such other improvements made as
may be deemed necessary.
The Governors mansion at jefferson
City was the scene of a brilliant gather
ing few evenings since, in response to
invitations issued by Governor and Mrs.
A. P. Morehouse to ''Pink Reception"
given in honor of the Imperial Club of
jefferson City. The house was beautifully
and tastefully decorated with plants and
cut fowers, with draperies of pink silk.
A string band, stationed at the side of the
grand staircase, partially hid from view
by tall palms and other plants, furnished
the music, and dancing was kept up until
late hour. The guests of the evening in
Guided the elite of the Jefferson City So
ciety and quite number of ladies from
abroad.
April the st. Joseph Clearing House
began to charge from fifteen cents to
twenty-fv cents on all checks of 800 or
less drawn on country banks and passed
through that institution. The action of
the association was pub liShed in the city
dailies, and copy of a circular setting
forth the same was sent to all banks in
terested. Almost Immediately merchants
doing business with st. Joe began to OBJ
ject and through their local papers en-
tered a vigorous protest, coupled with the
statement that all balance due st. Joe
houses would be paid and another mar
ket be patronized, which is being done.
The clearing house stoutly defends its
course, and the wholesale men say it will
not materially affect their trade. The
country customers, on the other hand,
maintain that they will buy their goods
elsewhere until the embargo is raised.
The late rains were a godsend.
A proposition will be submitted to the
voters of Lexington school district May
for the issuance of 900 in bonds for the
erection of a new high school. There are
at present five public school buildings in
the city, and should the proposition carry:
the present high school building and
grounds will be sold and the new building
erected on the park, which is school prop
erty.
The Comptroller of the Currency has de-
clared second dividend of fifteen per
cent. in favor of the creditors of the Fifth
National Bank of st. Louis, making in all