Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-09-29
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.
Missouri Crop Report.

Missouri Crop Report.
Weather crop bulletin of the Mis-
souri, weather bureau, state board OF
agriculture. for week ended Septem-
Der II:
The week just passed has been exceptionally
cool. the temperature averaging degrees be-
low the normal. and despite the seemingly
RenerouSraips of the 10th and 18th, the rain
fall except in the extreme southeast section.
averaged from one quarter TO one half an inch
| below the normal. and another soaking rain
would be most beneficial to all interests. Sum-
married. the conditions follows:
| The ground is in fair condition for blowing
and seeding. and more than average wheat
acreage is promised. The early plant OF corn
bias matured finely, and cutting is general in
the southern counties. Late plant is fair but
| green and much fear OF early frost. which
would prove very destructive, is entertained
Potato digging has commenced in some Sec
tons. and the crop is below the average in
| both in quality and quantity Pastures are i'm
proving. and stock begins to show the effects
| of cooler weather and more water. Light
| frost was general throughout the state on the
18th and 14th, but damage IL reported.
! Some damage was done by high wind and ex-
cessive rain on the 10th. Grasshoppers ara
SO destructive in many localities that. in
| der to save it from their ravaees, much wheat
will not be sown till late Cotton picking is in
| progress in the southern counties, with the
| crop very fair.
An Important Decision.
Judge CAN'T, of Division No. of the
| state supreme court. handed down an
| important decision the other day.
1t was in the case of the State J. N. Hath
way, in which the court decides that the act Of
the general assembly creating the state board
of health is constitutional. Hathaway was
prosecuted by the board for practcing medi-
| cine without certificate from the board. He
| he things
| that the board was unconstitutional. Judge
CAN'T says in his opinion:
THE legislature in the interests of society
and to prevent the imposition of quacks, ad ven
| turers and charlatans upon the ignorant and
he1Dess, has the power to prescribe the Qualifi-
cations of those whom it permits to practice
medicine. To ascertain whether they come to
the standard the state prescribes. 1t is within
| the power of the legislature to provide for a
board of experts who shall con1uct the exam
| nations. All this is within the scope of the
| legislative hand of the gov eminent and the
! in this board the power TO examine not only
| into the literary and technical requirements
| acter IS grant of judicial power, is without
| force
Certificates of Candidates
Secretary of State Lesueur has given
| out the following to the press:
The filing Of the certificates of nominations
in the office of he secretary of state is now in
order. The Australian ballot law requires that
the certificates required TO be filed with the
rotary Of state must be filed not less than
| twenty days before the election. The same
law reQuir es that the certificates required to be
flied with county clerks must be filed not less
| than fifteen days before the election: there
fore. the certificates to be fled with the secre
tarv of state must be flied before the 18th
| of October while those to be filed with
county clerks must be fled on or before the
oath Of October. The nominees and the chair
men and secretaries ofpolitical parties and con-
ventions. and party managers generally. and
especially the newspapers. should direct atten-
| ton to this important matter.
Murdered by a Maniac.
The other morning the body of VIM.
Rice, farmer residing near Bethany,
buchanan county. was found in a field,
with the head split open.
trail of blood led to til, house of Il. L.
Long. neighbor. When a posse reached there
Long and his wife were found entrenched in a
| cave with plenty of firearms. Long held the
crowd at bay while he forced his wife to write
| a statement of the murder. and then cut his
| throat. He Gid not cut it deep enough. and was
captured after desperate fight and jailed. He
| IS crazy. Rice went to Longs house at nieas.
| and Long split his head open with Ak, AMI at
midnight forced his wife aud daughter to help
! him carry the body to field belonging to a
farmer. half mile away. Mrs. Long tainted
three times on the way
Sensational Embe element Case.
Another sensational embeZZlement
| has come to light in st. Joseph. and
| three persons are under arrest.
The amount said to have b.en take is about
$40 600 and the institution aff ectad is the Ameri
| can National hank OF St. Joseph. Last winter
All investigation Of the books showed that some
one had been making changes in figures. The
| investigation was conducted quietly that
ed n he re
were mada the receipt of information of an
arrest in Chicago Of the third party to the tran
| ssction. Deputy United States MARSHAL Shlell
arrested Joseph z. Mack. hook- keeper. and
| Frank W. Black collector. The man arrested
| in Chicago is N. c. Curtis. formerly assistant
| cashier.
| Fad Fire In a Village.
The store and post office of Henry
| Kloss, at San Antonio. village 10
| miles east of st. Joseph. was burned
with its contents at an early hour a few
| mornings ago. Building and stock
| total loss. besides the contents of the
! post Office. including an extra heavy
| mail which had not been distributed.
| The whole town narrowly escaped de-
struction. It is supposed the work was
started by thieves, who had first rob-
| bed the store
An Unlucky Week.
Montrose, Henry county. recently
had an unlucky weel-. On Wednesday
boiler exploded. scaldine the engineer
to death. On Friday an unknown man
| about so years old fell dead while leav-
ing a saloon. Saturday night Miss
Mary Weem shot her sisters foot off:
she didn't know it was loaded. On
Sunday night the depot burned.
A letter has been received by the Sc
dalia Commercial club from Rev. J.
Spencer. of Warrensburg, secretary of
the Missouri state Chautauqua. saying
that the annual meetings of the Chau-
tauqua assembly will be transferred
from Pertle Springs to Sedalia it the
latter city will subscribe $4,000 to the
Chautauqua fund.
She Was n Friend Of the Poor.
In the death of the wife of Maj. C. S.
Buckingham. of st. Louis, a large num-
Der of sick and destitute people lost a
| sincere friend and the church a worker.
Broke the Record.
At independence Mrs Mollie See