Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-03-09

pcn1tenttary, SiUl,OJG: special attorney ices,
$500: state board Of agriculture. s2s,6oo: bu-
| reau of geology, $1,000; labor bureau. SCI 600:
mine inspector. $1,000; special committee, No
land defalcation. S2I6; state militia g 800; spe
! cial judges. 1890; transportation national
| guards $3.50 teachers institute colored
! Sl.73S; earnings penitentiary. $4,000: execu-
tors funds. $4,000; public lands, S. 900: state
| fiscal agents. 5000; insurance department.,
! So, .G6
The Teachers Institute Law.
JEFFERSON CITY, March 3.-The house
wasted the greater part of yesterdays
session in consideration of Il bill amend
| ing the teachers institute law.
The real fight was over the existence of the
present law or the enactment OF the old law of
1882 Evidently the house is in favor of the old
law. and eGgrossed the bill re-enacted some
Gays ago The friends OF the present law how
ever. were not disposed 10 give up the fight,
and consequently proposed some changes so as
to save the act. Finally the bill was tabled,
and the motion TO reconsider called up and de-
feated The contest viii ROW be over the re-
| enactment of the old law. contained in Dr.
Eaton's bill.
Say it will Reopen st. Louis Joiuts.
JEFFERSON CITY, March Alta meet
ing Of the house committee on criminal
jurisprudence Hon. Leverett Bell and
Thomas Il. Harvey, of St. Louis, APP
peared before the committee in opposi-
ton to the senate bill modifying the
pool law SO as to permit the sale of
pools on fair grounds and racing asso-
Citations of this state on events in prog
ress outside of the state. Messrs. Bell
and Harvey opposed the bill as meas
ure that will, if enacted into law,
tend to reopen the joints closed by the
operation of the present law.
Gen wickhanl Exonerated.
JEFFERSON CITY, March 1.-The leg
islative committee appointed to inves-
tigate the official conduct 81 Adjt.
Gen. Wickham has reported.
The charges were preferred by James Smell,
4 former clerk. The report of the committee in
effect is that the committee found evidence
against the official integrity of Gen. Whickham.
further than the uncorroborated testimony Of
Mr.. Smell. which was of an indefinite character.
1t is the opinion of the committee that the law
is at fault in not providing more business-like
methods for the transaction of business per-
tanning to the acknowledgements office.
Money for Normal Schools.
JEFFERSON CITY. March 4.-The low
er house of the legislature has passed
upon favorably and engrossed a bill APP
propriating the following sums for the
normal schools: At Kirksville, $40. 500;
at Warrensburg. $50. 600; at Cape Girar-
deau, S27, ZOO. The same bill appropri-
ates $4,000 for grading the grounds at
the state university. The bill will pass
in this shape.
A Sad Story.
Fred w. Osterwald committed suicide
in St Louis. taking poison.
Some one told Osterwaics sweetheart stories
rejecting on Osterwald's character, and she
cr,fh off ed nj
possessions. grocery store and 5000 lodge in
surance, to his sweetheart, and in q letter
to her signed himself Your true loving Fred
-Osterwald' and wishes her every blessing.
1t, now transpires that the tales carried to
his sweetheart were entirely without founda-
ton.
Caused by Grief
Mrs. Kate Henry was found dead. sit
ting in chair, in st. Louis the other
day.
She was the widow of Capt. Robert c. Henry,
a well-known man in his day. Among her pos
sessions was a watch left her by her husband
which she priced highly. In the forenoon a
thief stole the watch. and Mrs. Henry grieved
over its loss that it is believed that heart
disease was brought on, and that il caused her
death.
Some Good Plums.
A Washington dispatch states that
Col. Richard Dalton is slated for the
coilectorship of the port of st. Louis,
that ex-Congressnan Waddell, of Kan
sas City, will be appointed attorney for |
the Western district, and that ex-Gov. |
Francis will receive a foreign mission |
if he wants it.
Murdered by Foot Pads.
f. z. Brown, live stock dealer of |
st. Louis, was attacked by foot pads, |
md so badly beaten that he died in an |
r. The ST. Louis Live Stock OK
hge offers $1,000 reward for the ap- !
fehension of the murderers.
Barn and Contents Consumed.
At an early hour the other morning |
the barn of A. F. McCray. miles north |
east of Cowgirl, Cald wen county, was |
destroyed by fire with all its contents |!
j. West Goodwin Married.
J. West Goodwin, editor of the Sc |
dalia Bazoo. and Mrs. Josephine A. |
Hunt. of San Francisco, were married |
in st. Louis on the 27th.
Death of a BANKER.
Frank n. Chick, second vice-presi. |
dent of the National Bank of Kansas |
City. died of Bright's disease, the other /
day, at Excelsior Springs.
for CnuFcn 6XVcuStOns
Over 500. 200 of the sa00. 900 proposed |
to be raised by the Southern NJ. E. |
church in St Louis for church exten.
sion has been subscribed.
Found Dead.
Mrs. Eliza Sewall, widow, aged and |
poor, was found cead in bed at st. Jo- |
seph. She has two sons whose where
abouts are unknown.
A New Bank for Weston.
Weston, Platte county, is to have a |
new bank. 1t will be private insti- |
tuition, with Kemps NJ. Woods, Jr., of |
Liberty, as president
Music Wire.
A musical entertainment given in st. |
Joseph the other night was listened to |
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