Iron County register., 1891-10-15
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.
Missouri Iron Output.

| crease Oh - per cent. III uoCS
not appear from the Investigations of
the census officials that there is any
satisfactory explanation OF this retro
grade movement. Missouri blast
furnaces, as the report shows, use
chiefly red hematite. with small adj
mixture of brown hematite, and get 56
| per cent. of iron. The Alabama
| furnaces get only 46 per cent. Only
one other state shows a better per cent.
than Missouri. 1t costs in wages to get
| out ton of iron ore in Missouri only
81 cents. In Minnesota the cost is S1.19.
| In Alabama it is S1.O6 None OF the
| great producing states have any advan-
| tage over Missouri in cheapness of min
ing. The capital invested in iron min
! ing in Missouri is S4, 613, 396, that is ST.
| O00,0 less than in 1850. Eight mines
are reported in operation, giving en-
ployment to 72o people.
| State Educational Committee.
The state educational committee
| composed of one prominent educator
from each congressional district and
| two at large, and also the president of
| the State Teachers association, held
| meeting at jefferson City.
[This committee was appointed by Col. A.
| F. Fleet, of Mexico, retiring president of the
| state association, in accordance with a
| resolution of the association at its last ses
| sion in June. This is the most important
educational committee meeting ever held in
| the state The committee met for the pur
pose of counseling with the state superfn
tendent upon the educational needs of the
state. The policies and plans agreed upon
| by this committee are to be carried out in
| the different counties of the state through
| the members of the committee. No doubt
| great good will result to the schools of the
state through such organized efforts. The
members of the committee as follows:
First congressional district, A II. Morgan,
Memphis; Second. w f. Coleman, Moberly;
Third. b. G. Shackelfo:d, Richmond; Fourth.
c. A. Hawkins, Hopkins; Fifth, j. NJ. Green
wood Kansas City; Sixth, r. NJ. Scotch. Sc
d lila; Seventh, L. j. Hall, Montgomery City,
Eighth, F. E. Cook, St. Louis; Ninth. George
II. Murphy, st. Louis; Tenth, y. S. Coker,
Frederfcktown; Eleventh, T. l.. Rubey, Roi-
la; Twelfth, w III. Martin. Lamar; Thir-
teenth, John Turrentne, Maronville; ; Four
teenth, j. H. Malugen. Piedmont; Fifteenth,
George L. Osborne, Warrensburg; at large,
j. r. Muir, kirksville, and j. n. Barnard,
Cape Girardeau; ex- Office as president of the
state association, w. y. Hawkins, Nevada
Delegates Appointed by the Governor.
The governor appointed delegates to
the convention at Evansville, Ind, Octo-
western waterways. as follows:
ID. W. Shackelford BoonviIle; w. ]. Nc
Guilty., Rocherort; Casper Erhardt, st.
Charles; j. +. Davidson. Hannibal; c. NJ,
Napton, Jos. ii. Waterworth and John ID.
Finney. st. Louis; VIM. Cox, Ste. Geneveve;
J.. III. Davis, Jackson; b. f. Turner, Kahoka;
w. V. Leach, Cape Grardeau; Lagrande At
wood, Fulton; r.. Graham Frost Salem; John
G. Tarsney, Kansas City; Xenophon Rylani
and William l.. Wilson, Lexington; z. d.
I'd
don.
He also appointed delegates to the
National Prison association meeting at
Pittsburgh, Pa, and delegates to the
Transmississippi congress at Omaha,
Neb.
Kett-Tutt1e.
Mrs. Mary Tuttle, the accomplished
daughter of Hon. Wilbur F. Tuttle,
speaker of the last Missouri house of
representatives, was married at Calvary
Episcopal church, Sedalia, the other
day, to Mr.. VIM. Kett, the ceremony
being performed by Rev Cyrus Z.
Brady, in the presence of large circle
of friends. Mr.. Kett is civil engineer,
and resides in Chicago, but at present
he is stationed in Texas The bride is
the oldest child of Col. and Mrs. Tut
tie and is one of central Missouris
handsomest and brightest young ladies.
The couple left on bridal trip to st.
Louis and Chicago.
Had a Remarkable Memory.
Robert Stith, colored, for many years
chat keeper at the door of the dining
room of the Southern hotel. st. Louis,
died few days ago, after long illness
He was remarkably gifted in the line of
his business He could take a dozen
hats from a dozen different guests as
they passed into the din1ng-room all at
once, put them on the rack. and dis
tribute them an hour afterward to their
several owners without making a mis-
take. 81 haven't much memory, except
for hats and coats, but I've got hats
and coats down very fine" he used to
say.
A Woman Robbed.
Mrs. Elmira McReynolds, of Des
Moines. Ia, en- route to her old home
in Johnson county, Tenn, was robbed
of sos on the depot platform at Sc
dalia few evenings ago, Immediately
after having alighted from a Missouri,
Kansas & Texas train. She was left |
with only S1.5O. The money lost was
the savings of three years while en-
ployed as domestic.
4 New Bank.
Smithton, Pettis county, is to have a
new bank, with a capital of 1900.
Articles of association have been filed,
and officers will soon be elected.
His Intentions were Good.
1t is said that A. r. French, of Kan
sas City, who proposed that each farmer
donate several bushels of wheat to re-
Iieve distress in Europe, has gone insane. |
On n Bad Charge.
Richard Wood, a booE-keeper, was |
arrested at ST. Joseph on the charge of |
having stolen the books of the firm en-
ploying him to cover up his stealings.
A Big Contract.
The Laclede car works of ST. Louis |
have secured contract for 375 cars. for
a New York street railway, the largest |
contract ever made in the country
Why He Committed Suicide.
In ST. Louis, few days ago, Matthias /
Osterman, who lost money in a trade.
placed his head in front of moving
freight car and was decapitated.
Sued His Mother-in-Law.
A ST. Louis man has sued his mother
in-law for $4,000 damages on the
ground that she had alienated the affec-