Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-01-30

Real estate at present cash mar
Furniture and fixtures. ........... 1903 IL
Due from other banks, good on
sight draft. 300, a42 IS
Checks and other cash items -. 1900 1862 Il
National Bank notes, legal ten
der United States notes and
gold and silver certificates -. ABB, s9s SO
Gold cpin-.-.---..--.---- .-.-...- 1880 bO
Silver coin. ........ 1882 81
Total. Observation-Disclosures , 272 81 ST
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid in.............S 5,45O, 900 90
Surplus funds on hand ....... :. 3,S3S, Sl3 81
Deposits subject to draft At sight
by banks and bankers. u -. 2,946,324 81
Deposits subject to draft at sight
by individuals and others. :. 23,s6o,s1s 81
Deposits subject to draft at given
dates. -. ................-. s,177,125 60
Bills payable and bills reds-
cOunteu..-- Observation-Disclosures ...-.-..---.
Total ....... ...................$44,2 72 ,577 So
St. Louis Receipts and Shipments.
Secretary Morgan of the st. Louis
Board of Trade has completed the COM
pilation of that portion of his annual
report which relates to the railroad and
river freight business of the city. The
figures are very encouraging from any
standpoint, showing as they do total
increase in receipts of 1,10S. 1874 TONS and
an increase in shipments of 80. $40 tons.
utIS W DIS lullIIlsS8 OIl vi coO bbiSI-
els in the amount of coal received last
year, as compared to that received the
year previous. The mild weather of
the past two winters, and the introduce
ton of gas as a fuel may in a measure
account for this.
Experience of Couple of la Grippe"
Patients.
DR.. James Mcclure. of st. Louis. had
a severe attack of Ia grippe" recently,
and his experience is exceptional. Said
he: Il suffered with the fever for three
days, the temperature reaching, should
say. 105 or more. / could not accurately
determine in my own case. The third
morning | awoke and found myself as
thoroughly wet as though | had come
from a bath tub. My perspiration dur
ing the night was most profu.'e. / in
stinctly placed my hands together,
when. 10 my surprise, | found all the
skin from the palms came off, clean and
clear They were as tender and as
white as a new born babes, and SO re-
manned for several days. One of my
patients, suffering precisely like my
self. accompanied by the intense fever
and profuse perspiration, had more
extended peeling off process. He was
literally skinned from head to foot
Killed While Coupling Cars.
Edward Huntingdon, a switchman OF.
the Diagonal road, was killed at ST.
Joseph while attempting to make a
coupling. The cars ran over his head,
MASKING it to a jelly and strewing his
brains over the track for distance of
twenty feet. huntington was twenty
one years of age and unmarried.
Why He Suicided.
The fact that Conrad Bobb, the st.
Louis barber who committed suicide, by
taking dose of morphine recently had
misappropriated and squandered the es-
tate of Peter Scherdin, of which he
was executor has just come to light and
furnishes d clew to the motive for the
rash act.
Suing Her Parents.
Miss Clara Waldecker. singularly
beautiful woman of twenty-eight sum-
mers, who claims to have supported her.
sell ever since she was fourteen years
of age. is before the courts in st. Louis
as plaintiff in a suit for the amount of
two notes t;S2, 400, in which her parents
are defendants.
Cut Her Throat.
Mrs. Robert Craig, a st. Louis mil
liner. while laboring under the halluci-
nation that she was pursued by persons
who wished to murder her, cut her throat
with a table-knife, inflicting an ugly
cash. which, however, will not neces-
sarily prove fatal.
4 Pettis County Tragedy.
John Hastings, thirteen years old, the
son of Squire Samuel l.. hastings, OF
Dumpville, Pettis County, was accident
ally shot and instantly killed, few
days since, by his brother William, aged
seventeen wears. The boys were hunt
ing rabbits, when Williams gun was ac-
cidentally discharged, the shot striking
the boy in the left breast in the region
of the heart. He fell dead in his broth
er's arms. Coroner Overstreet decided
that an inquest was not necessary.
a Rumor Anent Archbishop Kenrick.
1t is currently reported in Dubuque,
Ia, that Bishop Hennessy, of that do
cese, is soon to be made Archbishop of
St. Louis. The telegram containing
this important piece of information was
shown to Very Rev. Philip P. Brady, Y.
G., at st. Louis, and was by him pro-
nounced rumor not to be relied upon.
Thirteen Horses Cremated.
Thirteen Horses were cremated in a
St. Joseph stable few nights ago.
There were 1876 horses and mules in the
stable when the fire broke out The
cele brated trotting mare, Two Eyes"
a fast PAGER. a promising colt and val
liable stallion were among the animals
cremated. The horses were owned by
Peter Podvant. who loses S11, 900, with
81, 900 insurance.
Death of an Cld-Time Merchant.
John c. Davis, an old-time merchant OF
ST. Louis. and the founder of one of the
large business enterprises of that city,
died several days ago.
Terrible Case of Infanticide.
Mile Green, colored, sixteen years
old, residing a Georgetown, four miles
north of Sedalia, has been arrested
charged with killing her infant child on
December so. After killing the child,
it is charged. she buried its body in the
yard, and day or two ago the hogs
rooted it up and were devouring it when
the discovery was made.
Committed Suicide.
Conrad Bodd. of ST. Louis, aged forty
eight, committed suicide by taking NOR
phine. He leaves wife and five chill