Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-02-23
Miscellaneous Items.

Frank A wood, a white coachman in the
employ of DR.. Banduy, of st. Louis, expert
mented in the doctors absence with 6
hypodermic syringe and a solution OF
morphIa, to try it's effect on him. His ex.
pertinent was success sful, and he carried
the knowledge gained into the beyond.
A reunion of the Mexican Veteran AS
ISOLATION of Missouri will be held in st.
Louis February %.
Governor Morehouse has pardoned Benz
Bushing, sent up from Mississippi County
in 1888 for murder in the second degree.
Secretary of State McGrath says: 81
see no change in the situation as far as
Norton's candidacy is concerned. He is
neither out of the race nor has he de.
clined. He has declined engaging in a
campaign and boring his friends with let
ters.
Ned Forrest, new star in the constella.
tion of evangelsts of the Sam Jones order,
is holding a meeting in st. Joseph that il
being attended with remarkable results.
He breaches in the First Methodist E pis-
copaI Church, which is crowded to the
doors at every service.
Major II. T. Massengale, a wellknown
member of the st. Louis Merchants Elk
change, died few days since. His re-
mains were borne to the grave by mum.
Der of his business associates.
The Ahrens dry goods house at Lexing.
ton has assigned.
Mr.. A. Griesedick, the st. Louis brewer,
lost three children within four davs re-
Gently through diph,aeria. A little girl
and her twin brother were the first to sue
cumb.
The Delmonco restaurant, at Jefferson
City, caught fire few days ago from a
defective f1ue and damaged the building
and contents to the extent of about 81 $50.
The building is the property of the Lin
dell heirs, of st. Louis.
Miss Emma Abbott, the famous operat-
ic star, will make her annual visit to St.
Louis and give week of grand opera,
beginning Monday, March 49,
Society circles in ST. Louis are said to
be all agog over the expected visit of Mrs.
James Brown Potter. Her engagement
at the Olympic theater, beginning Febru-
arv 81, will be the great social dramatic
event of the season.
Prosecuting Attorney Wilson at Lex
ington dismissed the charge against ohm
Jackson, who was held for the Arvine
murder. Jackson'S arrest was caused by
a number of contradictory stories which
he told.
Mr. Fred Lintels, the head clerk of he
secretary of the Kansas City Board of
Trade, aud Mr.. j. NJ. Garnett, of Buliene,
Moore & Emerv's, were held up a few
nights ago near homo on Woodland ave.
nue., and relieved of something over 500.
There were three robbers.
The officials of the ST. Louis Health De-
partment have had their attention drawn
recently to the extraordinary mortality
among the old people in the city. In the
deaths of pers ons older than sixty five
years. The oldest of these died of senile
debility at the age of eighty seven years.
The deaths among these old people are
accounted for by the sudden and severe
changes in the weather which have been
occurring of late.
At the recent session in st. Louis of tho
Grand Lodge A. o. U. w. of Missouri
III. L. Rogers was reelected grand
master workman. The other Off.
GERS elected were S. A. Underwood, Jop-
In. grand foreman; c. F. Boogher,
Savannah, grand overseer; David Will
lock, Palmyra, grand guide; d.. Nc
Williams. Mexico, grand Waterman;
Adam Thies, Hannibal, trustee. The rep
resentatives of the meeting of the Su-
preme lodge will be H. S. Rogers, Chas.
F. Wenneker and d. II. Shields.
Mrs. McLain, living at Riverview, q
suburb of Kansas City, sent her seven
year. old son, Willie, to store, near her
home few days ago to buy pair of
stockings. She gave the boy one dollar
to pay for the stockings. He has not
since returned home, and no trace of him
can be found.
After balioting four days. the jury at
Kansas City, in the case of j. A. Roach,
the slayer of Conductor Shaw, brought
in a verdict of four h degree manslaugh
ter, and assessed the punishment at two
years IN the penitentiary.
J. r. Calvin. agent at Kansas City for
the Equitable Life Insurance Company,
some time ago induced Wing & Steen,
real estate men, j. S. Reber. S. M. Sedg
wick, Crockett and others, all prominent
citizens, to give him notes for various
amounts. alleging that he would get
them big policies and have them APP
pointed Western directors. The notes
were cashed and Calvin spent the money
on jewelry. Then the victims understood
how they had been duped and they got
what they could out of him and tele-
graphed Ben May, of st. Louis, to come
on and secure the notes. 1t is expected
that Calvin will be arrested.
"Maxwell's" father is in st. Louis.
A st. Louis photographer is preparing
in order to complete picture
of the in Ierior of the jail, in cluding the
lookout" or watch tower. When the in
terror is completed it will have Maxwell,
Preller's murderer, in the center of the
floor, standing out in bold relief. The
W ork is being executed for an English
journal.
s. NJ. Wilson, colore l, of st. Louis, who
has occasionally published a paper in the
of political aspirants of his race,
shot and mortslly wounded Archie Irwin
on the streets few nights ago, the result
of personal differences of opinion on the
conduct of the colored schools.
Michael McDermott fell down stairs at
ST. Louis dfew days ago and was killed.
Christ Bauman, sixty years of age,
dropped dead a few days ago at his home
in st. Louis. He had just eaten dinner
and was walking away from the table
when he reeled and fell on the floor
corpse.
Arrangements are already made for st.
Joseph's Interstate Exposition for 1883,
and it will be the best in every respect
ever held there. The association is now
out of debt and has several thousands of
dollars ahead.
Robert Nephler pleaded guilty at Kan
sas City to the charge of keeping
house and was fined $500 and
costs.
The revenue collections at ST. Louis last
week were S125. 1876 03.