Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-04-12
MISSOURI CuLLlkGS.

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James w. Owsley has been appointed
postmaster at Palmyra.
All divisions of the state supreme
court convened on the 10th.
w. J. Jones is the new mayor of Ne
! vada, defeating 4. Ambrose.
o. V. Bingham, editor of the News,
| was elected mayor of Shelbina.
James Anderson, rs, veteran of the
Mexican war, died near Chillicothe.
R. B. WorrelI, well-known hotel
man of Mexico, died the other night.
Fulton elected democratic ticket
and Mount Vernon a republican ticket.
Ground has been broken at Perry
vile for the Chester & Perryville rail-
way.
The Central District Medical society
of Missouri held their meeting at Sc
dalia.
The Clinton district presbytery, rep
resenting southwest Missouri, met at
Clinton.
Incendiary fire at Maryville burned
Il. Hamill's barn. Loss, So, 900; no in
surance.
AT dance near Upton, Henry Lat
| ner stabbed and fatally injured Jacob
Worm broad.
Gov. Stone has appointed James E.
Lee coal oil inspector for Ray county
for two years.
Gov. Stone has appointed VIM. d.
Murphy inspector of oils at CORN,
Scotland county.
Lee Brewer, wanted in Mercer county
for alleged perjury, was arrested in
Menard county, Ill.
The residence of S. C. G. Hopkins,
near Marshall, was burned. Loss, $3,-
700; insurance, 81, 500.
The town limits of Pennington will
be extended, giving an increased popu-
lation of several hundred.
A. Kellar, dry goods and clothing at
Lamar, has assigned. Liabilities, $780,
600; nominal assets, $4,000.
The Palmyra presby terry met at Loui-
siana. The session was opened with
sermon by Rev. E. 3. Walker.
Charles Schideck's 1O-year-old girl
was fatally burned at brush fire on
her fathers farm near California.
Complete returns give Webster Davis,
republican, 2, 159 ma jority over all other
candidates for mayor of Kansas City.
w. j. Hayes & Son, bankers at
Cleveland, O., purchased 10000 worth
of Poplar Bluff waterworks bonds for
$685. $685.
Rev. w. T. Gillian of Warrensburg,
has accepted call to the passionate of
the Cumberland Presbyterian church
at Union, Neb
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passionate of the First Baptist church
at Macon, but he has not decided
where he will locate.
The Nodaway Valley bank, at Mary
vile, capital 100000, has been incor-
porated by A. S. Easton, A. E. Plant.
A. G. Easton and Samuel Plant
Cooper county's board of equaliza-
ton has reduced the valuation of
horses and mules 10 per cent. from the
valuation of the county assessor.
At st. Joseph, Horace Davenport, an
old soldier, fatally slashed his throat
with penknife. His pension was re-
Gently dropped, and he became despond-
ent.
John Joeps was elected president of
the board of managers of Asylum No.
8, at Nevada, in place of D. d. Ken
nedy, recently appointed consul to
Malta.
The 4-year-old daughter of Villa m
Hatfield, living at Elmer, Macon coun-
ty, was burned to crisp. She was
playing with matches when her clothes
caught fire.
The Kansas City presbytery has
chosen Rev. w. M. Pocock, of Clinton,
and Rev. A. McClaren, of Nevada, dele
gates to the general assembly, which
meets at Saratoga in May.
All the depositors of the Bank of
Excelsir Springs, suspended, have been
paid in full by DIR. S. r. Keith, the
vice-president. The concern will be
reorganiZed and resume business.
The Charleston district conference of
the M. E. church, south, embracing
the counties of Scott. Cape Girardeau,
Mississippi, Stoddard, New Madrid and
Pemiscot, met at Sikeston, Bishop w.
w. Duncan presiding.
Sheriff Hogg, while placing James
Jones behind the bars at Poplar Bluff,
discovered that the lock had been
tempered with. Jailer Melton's inves-
tigation showed that a plan had been
arranged for a general Jail delivery.
Rev. E. A. Spring, of Erie, Ill, closed
a meeting of several days recently at
the Pennington Baptist church. There
were four additions to the church. 1t
is probable that Mr.. Spring will be
chosen as resident. pastor of the church.
Adam Young, who was granted a
new trial by the supreme court. has
been granted a change of venue to the
Hannibal court of common pleas from
the Palmyra circuit court. He was
convicted of the murder of his father.
Rev. J. M. Hardy, of the M. E. church
south, died suddenly at his home in
California, He was one Of the Oldest
and most honored residents, having
been public administrator for twenty
years past. He was one OF the pioneer
preachers of the county.
George Burns, II, son of Thomas
Burns, of Crawford county, quarreled
with his father He then went to his
brothers house, while the family was
away, and in the presence of his Swear
old nephew put trace-chain around
his neck and strangled himself to death
The board of curators of the state
university has ordered the executive
management to admit free to the uns-
versity, in the department of medicine
and law, students having the highess
grade in the graduating class from
each school of the Missouri College
union.
Representatives Of McGee college,
Macon county; Broomfeld college.
inh NIL,