Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-05-17
MISSOURI cuLLINGs.


The taxable wealth of Vernon coun.
ty is s7,2ls,9
During the past year the coroner of
st. Louis held 975 inquests.
High waters have caused consider
able damage near Louisiana.
Rev. E. A. Spring. of Erie, ILL.,, has
accepted a call to the Baptist church OF
Pennington.
The Adair County Farmers Mutual
Fire and Lightning Insurance Co. has
been organized.
The democrats of the Ninth congress
siona1 district renominated Champ
Clark for congress.
Burglars entered four residences in
Nevada the other night and secured
considerable jewelry.
Mayor Walbridge of St. Louis will
deliver an address at Drury college
commencement, June IL.
oldest citizens of johnson county, COM
mitted suicide by shooting.
Mrs. Thomas Shaler, of near Forest
City, Holt county, was drowned by the
upsetting of boat. Her daughter was
rescued. They were fishing.
Lester S. Parker welded Miss Susie
OBannon, one of the most charming
young ladies of jefferson City.
The Macon branch of the clothing
house of A. NJ. Schuster & Co., of st.
Joseph, who failed. has been closed.
Nathan Goslee, an old citizen Of
Nodaway county, at one time county
surveyor, was killed by a vicious horse.
The M. E. church, south, of Ell Do
RADIO Springs was struck by lightning
and damaged to the extent of $500 by
fire.
United States Attorney Walker says
the failure of the First national bank
of Sedalia is ''as bad as can be imag-
ined.''
An unsuccessful attempt was made
to rob the safe in the Office of the mill
company at st. Mary's, Ste. Genevieve
county.
A. T. Slawson, j. l.. Farley. Julius
Young and others have organized the
De Soto canning factory, with So, 600
capital.
Prof. E. Fl. Long has been reelected
superintendent of the st. Louis schools,
and James Y. Player reelected secre-
tary and treasurer.
Another Demorest medal contest will
be held in ST. Charles on the evening of
May %. This time young men will
contest for the prizes
Secretary of State Lesueur has issued
a certificate of incorporation to the
Clay County savings bank of Excelsior
Springs; capital, $4,000.
At Huntsville the proposition to sur
render the present charter and organ
ize as city of the fourth class was
carried by good majority.
Ground has been broken at Fayette
for the new Central college building to
be erected by the NJ. e. church, south.
The structure is to cost $4,000
During the last fiscal year $3.50
deaths were reported in st. Louis, or
l7.9 per 1000. The births numbered
$4,000, or % per 1000 inhabitants.
Considerable alarm is felt in Stod-
dard county by the presence of army
worms This pest is stripping wheat,
corn, redtop and timothy fields clean.
The Phoenix building and loan as
ISOLATION, of ST. Louis, has made gen.
eral assignment. The association has
been embarrassed financially for some
time.
w. F. Tucker, agent of the Frisco at
Richland, and Miss Julie Gohde, of St.
Louis, were married. The bride is q
niece of Tony Faust, ST. Louis cele-
brated caterer.
DIR. S. H. Merlein, of st. Louis, will
preach the baccalaureate sermon te
Hardin college girls and M. M. A. Ca
diets in Hardin college chapel, Mexico
Sunday, May 81.
j. c. SHUTTLE, contractor and build
err, 1928 Virginia avenue, St Louis.
claims to have gone without sleep fol
twenty years. He is hale and hearty.
and is 81 years of age.
George Meyers, of Russellville, Cole
county, was sued by Mrs. Annie Amelia
Kirchner, of Lehman, for $1,000, for
breach of promise. He compromised
by marrying the widow.
Doctors T. G. Brocking, J. o. Hatton
and E. S. Westlake, specialists, were
arrested at Sedalia on a charge of prac-
ticing medicine without a license from
the state board of health.
Col. J. II. Boutwell, will prospect on
his far m near Lamonte, for shale, fire
clay, coal. ETC., and also on other farms
in Pettis county. He has interested
other capitalists with him.
The Southwest Missouri Electric
Medical association met at Carthage.
Delegates were chosen to the state
and national gatherings, and Lamar
named as the next place of meeting.
The Missouri Congregational associa-
ton held it's thirteenth annual session
in Springfield, with about 200 dele
gates present. Drury college matters
were the most important to be con-
s;dered.
During April 5o,s4s barrels of -four
were shipped by rail from st. Louis for
foreign markets, 5s1.726 bushels of
corn and 1O,6O1 bales of cotton, and by
$50 bushels of corn.
At the November election the voters
of Marion county will vote upon a
proposition to issue $4,000 in bonds
for the erection of new courthouse in
Palmyra and SIT, 900 for repairing the
courthouse at Palmyra.
The supreme court has refused to
grant writ of mandamus against
Auditor Seibert, in the case of Keck ct
al. VS.. Seibert. The REALTORS in this
case sought by mandamus to compel
the auditor to pay certain witness fees
accrued in the famous murder trial of
Wills Howard in Laclede county. The
fees in controversy were for non-resi-