Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-09-06
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.

Gilmore, with his band. will be the
musical attraction Of the st. Louis Expo
sition again.
Lightning struck Mount Vesavius at st
Louis. q few days ago, and Pompen mar :
rowly escaped complete and permanent
destruction.
James Young was fatally stabbed by
Joseph Gentry at Kansas City, during a
quarrel over some work, a few days since.
The knife penetrated Young's right lung,
producing a mortal wound. Young is
colored man and is worth several thou
sand dollars.
Henry Renkel, a farmer and cattle.
raiser of Napoleon, Lafayette County,
was found dead recently. in room or the
Delmonico Hotel, Kansas City. The body
presented a frightful appearance when
discovered, Renke1 having been dead two
or three days.
Mrs Albert vogt, German, forty years
old, residing with her husband in st.
Louis, attempted suicide, few days ago,
by taking au ounce of carbollc acid. A
physician was called and the woman was
pulled out OF danger. The cause of her
act is jealousy, and she states that she
will again try to kill herself.
Warden Marmaduke of the State peni-
tertiary reports the receipts of the insti-
tractors sale of brick and other sources
will aggregate ST., 600, which, taken to-
gether with cash balance arising from
the unexpended earnings of July, will
give $19 800 available assets. The liabili-
ties for the month, including support and
repairs and improvements, will aggregate
something like $16 500. This is, perhaps,
the first time in the history of the institu-
ton that it has ever been able to meet all
obligations without drawing upon the
State treasury, barring. of course, the
period embraced under the lease system.
The Modocs, of st. Louis, beat the rec
ord in the four -oared race in the Salt
Lake (Utah) regatta.
st. Louis will send two CT her best de.
tectives to Columbus, O., to serve durin e
the G. A. R. National encampment, and
assist in running in the professional
thieves and sharpers who are expected to
gather there on that occasion.
The death is announced of Samuel
Jacks, at the residence of his son, in
Wichita, Kas. Mr.. Jacks was at one
time prominent wholesale merchant of
st. Louis, having large establishment
on Main street, and owning much other
property. He retired from business ten
years ago. Death was the result of
paralysis.
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ty's oldest citizens. died at his home,
near Kansas City, q few days since. He
left an estate valued at 81. 900, 900.
Perry Noland arrested for shooting his
brother Gus, was discharged at Kansas
City.
William Werner, a carpenter, fifty
wears of age, while working in a new
building in st. Louis, fell through the
rafters from the third to the second floor
and received severe internal injuries.
An interesting programme is being
prepared by the Mississippi Valley
Medical Association, which meets in ST.
Louis September IL, II aud Is. A large
gathering of the representative medical
men of the States of the West and the
South is assured, probably five hundred
physicians.
George Hartman, a boy three years of
age, was leaning out of the second story
window of his home in St Louis, few
evenings since, when he lost his balance
aud fell to the sidewalk. He was carried
unconscious to physician In the neigh
borhood, who said the skull was fractured
and that the wound would prove fatal.
Louis Grady, colored roustabout,
twenty-five years of age. who arrived in
ST. Louis a few days ago on the steamer
Monroe, went ashore art night to hunt up
companion who was to ship with him, and
while he was on shore the boat started to
pull out He ran to the wharf-boat and
made a desperate leap for the boat, which
WIS fully fifteen feet away, and he caught
it. He could not hold the weight of his
body with the small grip he had and fell
into the river and was drowned.
Joseph W. Gresham shot and instantly
killed convict named John Riley at the
State penitentiarv few days ago. Riley
was sentenced - som Daviess County in
1886 for twelve years for burglary and
larceny, and was considered one of the
toughest criminals in the prison. He was
lazy and vicious and engaged in numer-
Gus fights with guards aud prisoners.
Gresham had reported him recently for
attractions of prison rules. At the time
of the killing Riley assaulted Gresham
in the Ge1sicke boot and shoe shop,
knocked him down AMI beat him severely.
During the melee Gresham drew his pis-
toll and shot his assailant twice, both
balls passing through the body and both
being fatal wounds. The coroner held An
inquest and the guard was exonerated
from blame.
The date of the Vailed Prophets pag-
cant IN st. Louis this fall is set for Octo-
Der 3.
The sanitarium belonging to DR.. c. W.
Scott, located on the Rock road, about
four miles from Kansas City, was COM
pletely destroyed by fire a few nights
ago. The loss will not fall short of $780,
900. There were five patients within, all
of whom, together with the DOCTORS fam
lily, were saved.
One exhibit which will attract much at
tention at the St Louis Exposition is the
display made by the Missouri State Hor-
ticultural Society, with the assistance of
a number of counties in the State. MIR.
L. A. Goodman, the secretary of the So
cieiy, superintended the preparations
made for the reception of the articles to
be displayed. The centrallroom in front,
on the second floor, formerly occupied by
Barr's exhibit, was set aside for the dis
play, which is now in position. The ex-
hibit of the various fruits raised in the
State is the finest ever made in Mis-
souri,. and it's excellence will not only he
manifest at the opening, but it will be
kept up to the same standard during the
whole exposition. The following coun-
ties make exhibits: Green, Bates, Vernon,
Barton, Howell Holt. Cooper, He nry,
Adair and Jackson. Two or three others
are also expected. Large shipments of
fruit which arrived early were placed on
cold storage awaiting the opening day.
St Louis Exposition opens September.5.
Henry Green. aged eight years, was
swimming in Turkey creek, at Kansas
City, few days ago when, before he
knew, he was in the midst of scalding
steam and water from one of the water
works pumping house boilers which was
being blown off. Before the little fellow
could get away he was fatally scalded.
Governor Morebouse recently honored
a requisition from the Governor of Texas