Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-11-07
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.
A Temperance Question Settled.

MISSOURI STATE NEWS.
A Temperance Question Settled.
At Kansas City, recently. the question
as to whether or not the police commits
.ioners had the right to prevent sa
loon-keeper from removing from one por
ton of the city to part in which they
had just prohibited saloons, was de
cided in the negative in the court in the
case of Walter Sherlock, and the city
auditor was compelled to issue the
license
pickpockets at n Funeral.
Grant Morris and Bed Horrocks, young
men well known to the ST. Louis police
attended a funeral in that city recently
for the purpose of picking pockets
They moved among the mourners with
their hats OFF and a sorrowful air, bu
their look changed from sorrow to agony
when detectives arrested them an6
locked them up.
Divorced in Four Minutes.
The divorce record for speed in Kan
sas City was broken in Judge Field!
court recently in the case of Polly viii
son VS.. Marion Wilson. 1t was just foul
minutes from the time the case was
called until the divorce was granted.
Stole the Winter Stock.
At Mount Surat, small village il
johnson County, a few nights ago, {
store was robbed of 5000 worth of new
goods by men who loaded the goods in {
wagon and drove away. The goods had
just been received and were not I'm
packed. They composed the entire
winter stock.
A Splendid Showing.
The report of Postmaster Hyde of st
Louis for October shows the largest tota
receipts and the largest total increase II
the history of the office. The total re
ceipts for the month were SOL, 673.07
For the same month of 1888 they were
SSs, 335. 43, the increase being $13, 331 .64
Internal Revenue Collections.
The collections of internal revenue fol
The ST. Louis district for October aggre
gated S6OS. 6O4.2s. The total receipts fol
the same month of 1888 were 1854, 5SS.3S
showing an increase of S24, 015.SS.
Committed Suicide.
Harvey D. Wilson, of Kansas City,
contractor and builder, committed sui
eide by shooting in the head. The de-
ceased was formerly wealthy citizen o.
Milwaukee, Wis. and settled in Kansas
City about four years since. He was g
member of the knights Templar and
that order conducted the funeral cere
monies.
Lebanon District Ministers.
The Ministerial Association of the
Lebanon district, in session at Lebanon
elected the following officers for the en-
suing year: President, T.. c. Sappen-
field, Rolla; vice president, r. w. Nc.
fGlens, Salem; treasurer, 1. j. K. Lin
beck, Salem.
An Honest Policeman.
Officer Schroeder, of the st. Louis
police force, few nights since, found
a box containing lot of gold-headed
canes, all valued at $500, which was ac-
'cidentally left out by an employe of a
jewelry firm. The canes were restored
to the owner.
The Menonites Build IL Church.
The Menonites are building a new
church three miles south of Holden.
This sect believes that the New Tesla
'ment is the only rule of faith. They do
not believe in original sin or infant
baptism. They are opposed to Christians
taking an oath or holding Office, and
they are opposed to using physical force.
They make excellent citizens.
Aid for New Railroad.
The citizens of Nevada have subscrib-
ed $40, 900 towards building the Kansas
City, Nevada & Fort Scott railroad.
Earthquake.
Two severe shocks of earthq uake were
felt at ST. Louis at 1853 on the morning
of the I'd. The shocks were severely
felt in tall buildings, and it was sound
sleeper, indeed, who was not awakened.
No damage was done.
Their Employer is Millionaire.
William Conway and William Brady,
employed in the wholesale clothing
house of A. N. Schuster & Co., st. Jo-
seph, have been arrested, charged with
stealing between 81 900 and 81 500 worth