Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-07-19

Miscellaneous Items.
Prince Bernhard of Saxe-W eimar,
Duke of Saxony, was a recent visitor a
st. Louis.
Lewis Jeffreys and W. W. Weir, two
young men from the country, who stole 6
couple of carloads of cattle and tool
them to st. Joe to sell, pleaded guilty in
the Criminal Court in that city, and were
let off with the light sentence of two years
each in the penitentiary.
Maud Mills, nee Maud Long, the brave
country girl who saved the Mcconnell
children from perishing in the snow near
independence one cold night in January,
1856, has brought suit in the Circuit Court
at Kansas City for a divorce from her
husband, Albert w. Mills.
A terrifice explosion occurred in VIM.
J. Lemp's brewery at st. Louis, few
days ago, but luckily no one was injured.
In boiler house, separated from the
main building, are seven boilers, all of
which were in use. Joseph j. Berry. who
has charge of the boiler-room, and Joseph
Luck, the engineer, were luckily out of
the building when the explosion oc-
Cured.
The recent accidental death of Manager
Mitchell of the Peoples Theater, St.
Louis, has brought about the promotion
of Matt Ryan, for many years business
manager of the house, to the full man
agerial position, which all who know him
feel sure he will fill acceptably to the
proprietor, Mr.. Kilgore, and the patrons
of the house. Mr.. Mitchell's death will
in no way interfere with the next seasons
business.
Jack Anderson, barkeeper for Bishop
& Christie, at Kansas City, disappeared
a few nights ago, taking with him $500 in
money belonging to the house.
Negotiations have been completed for
the location of ! summer opera company
at st. Joseph, in charge of John Temple
ton.
At Independence, few days ago.
aged nine and ten years respectively,
while engaged in shooting at a target
began to quarrel. Swearinger turned q
loaded rifle on young Crisp and shot him
through the right hand, making a very
painful wound. The boy was arrested
Peter Buellens, Belgian, in the en-
ploy of the Lexington Coal Mining Com.
pany, had his left leg broken few days
since while at work in the Grady mines,
above town, by fail of slate. The bone
between the ankle and the knee was badly
crushed, and it was thought the leg would
have to be amputated. Bue1lens is unable
to speak English, rendering it all the
more difficult to treat his injury.
Aaron M. Wilcox, President of the
Western Steel Company, announces that
the works will be shut down for an indefi-
mite period, they having reverted to the
St Louis Ore and Steel Company. Sew
eral hundred men will be thrown out of
employment by this move.
An ordinance has been introduced in
the st. Joseph City Council granting the
Citizens and Frederick Avenue Console
dated Street Railroad companies fran
chise to operate their roads by electricity.
w ork on both roads will be commenced
as soon as practicable. The two roads
have mileage of nearly seven miles,
and traverse the principal streets in the
city. The successful operation by cleo
tricity of the Union road, which has just
been completed to the City Hall, has
made the change of the rival companies
necessity.
Daring burglars broke into Morton's
restaurant in Kansas City, few nights
ago, and despite the fact that bright
light was burning and people were con-
stantly passing on the street, proceeded
to break the knob off the small safe in
the front of the place and to force the
lock off with an iron bar. About $500 in
small bills were secured. The tools were
left behind. st. Louis crooks are being
watched.
st. Louis is to have free baths.
Fl. H. Hoagiand, barkeeper in Kan.
sas City saloon, was found dead in his
room few nights ago. He was forty
four years old, and leaves a wife aad
three children at Westchester, N. Y.
Death resulted from complication
ailments, superinduced by the intense
heat.
The bootblacks of st. Joseph have
formed union with fifty members, and
have raised the price of a shine to ten
cents. They have made member of the
police force their secretary and treasurer.
The monthly dues will be forty cents, and
each member must wear a badge on his
hat
Missouri railroads earned S33, ZIG, 3I3 Is
Ia the year 1887.
Mother Dumont, who for two years past
has been at the head of the Convent of /
the Sacred Heart in St. Joseph, has been
suddenly ordered to San Francisco to |
take charge of the convent there She |
left. few days since, taking with her
Mime. Mlltonburger. of the st. Joe con-
vent. The mother and brother of the |
latter from st. Louis spent several days |
visiting her prior to her departure.
Rev. DR.. D. Schley Schaff, late pastor OF |
he First Presbyterian Church at K ansas I
City, with his family, are going abroad
'or about year. DIR. Schaff wilr study I
or six months at the University of either
Berlin or Leipsic, Germany.
The Missouri railways during 1887 killed
l6a nersons and seriously injured 424