Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-10-04
MISSOURI cuLLINGs.

| Petty thieves are operating extern
sively in the neighborhood of Tari1io.
Patrick McGauvan has been appoint
ed oil inspector at Joplin by Gov. Stone.
Ed Pratt. of Marion county, is said
to be the youngest sheriff in Missouri.
NJ. w. Cadle and Mrs. Mia Is. Walsh,
City.
Harry Stohm, of Chicago, and Miss
Olivia Barton, of jefferson City. were
married recently.
Fred Dreyer and Miss Emma Man.
| giles and Richard NJ. Maynard and Miss
Ella A. Snyder were married at Hanni-
bal.
Over 800 acres of watermelons were
cultivated in Boone county this year.
| One farmer cleared a profit of 500 an
acre.
Gov. Stone has appointed w. R. Nc
Mullin judge of the probate court OF
| Jefferson county, vice E. A. ElkinS, re-
| signed.
The Twenty-third Missouri held a
reunion at Carrollton. OF the entire
regiment there are now only 125 sur
vivors.
Geo. Moultry, aged so, farmer of
| Badger township, Vernon county, took
| suddenly ill and died with congestion,
| within few hours.
Maj. Cole is holding a union meeting
in Albany, and much interest is being
| manifested. He recently held sue
cessful meeting at Clinton.
The sixth annual reunion of the
Henry County Veterans association
was held at Clinton. A number of
noted visitors were present.
A fruit-grower near Glasgow exhib-
tied thirteen choice varieties of grapes
as evidence of the superiority of Mis-
souri, as fruit-growing state.
Evangelist w. II. Boles, of Illinois,
recently closed a six weeks protracted
meeting at Albany with seventy-five
additions to the Christian church.
The Linn county Baptists held their
twenty-second annual session at Mead
vile. The reports show large in
crease to the churches of the associa-
ton.
Edward Walsh. married. who resided
at 1926 Biddle street, S. F. Louis, fell
from the fifth story of a wall Of a
burned building and was killed. He
belonged to a wrecking crew.
Thomas hurry, a st. Louis boy. was
sentenced to the penitentiary for two
years at Trenton for burglarizing M.
Wetzler's store recently. Murray
claims that he is only IS years old.
The ST. Louis school board will sell
$4,000 worth of property owned by
the board in order to increase the
building fund to 100000. This will
enable the board to erect many new
rooms next year.
At an early hour the other morning
fire almost destroyed the cooperage es-
ia Enlistment of Meierhoffer & Bro, at
ST. Joseph. The loss is from S12, 900 to
$4,000. The building and stock were
insured for $4,000.
Miss Mary Wilson committed suicide
at the residence of ALI Boyds, near
Lenox, in the western part of Dent
county. Miss Wilson made one or two
unsuccessful efforts to kill herself be-
fore accomplishing that end.
Thomas Mulewski, liquor dealer, lost
suit in the circuit court at st. Joseph.
and the Nunning brewery was about
to close him out. The next morning
he was found dead in his saloon. The
financial trouble aggravated case of
chronic heart disease.
The Linn county Baptists held their
twenty-second annual session at Mead
vile. The reports showed a large in
crease to the churches of the associa-
ton. The money contributions were
larger than ever before in its history,
for religious purposes.
J. w. Cook, an insurance agent,
found guilty of obtaining money I'M
der false pretenses, by giving checks
on the bank and having no collateral,
was sentenced at Moberly to two years
in the penitentiary. Cook had only
been in the city a few months.
So many lawyers and litigants are
interested in the local campaign in
Pettis county that Judge Richard Field
ordered the October term of the circuit
court, with nearly 400 cases on the
docket, adjourned until next January.
The order was made at the request of
majority of the members of the bar.
DIR. William Coburn, of Connecticut,
held a protracted meeting in La Plata.
under the auspices of the Baptist
church. Services were held in the city
park at o'clock each afternoon, at
which time all business houses were
closed, also each night in the church.
and prayer meetings in the forenoon at
private residences.
The fifty-seventh annual session of
the Blue River Baptist association was
held at Independence, with 200 dele
gates in attendance. The election of
officers for the ensuing year resulted as
follows: n. NJ. Givens, moderator,
Harrisonville; l. NJ. Furgason, secre-
| tary, of Kansas City: E. +. Rogers, of
Kansas City. treasurer.
The new grand entrance and vesti-
| bule of the st. Louis chamber of COM
| merce was thrown open the other day.
| It is over 100 feet square, and with its
| marble sides, tesselated floor, iron col
umns and marble counters is much like
the interior of an ancient Grecian pal
ace. Immaculate white paint and
gold and gilt are ION the ceiling and
| panels
| Reason Forbush. found guilty at
Moberly, on change of venue from
Howard county, of murder in the first
degree for killing Granville Hayes, near
| Glasgow, nearly three years ago, was
sentenced to be hanged by Judge
Hockaway, at Moberly. When the
court asked the prisoner if he had any,
thing to say why Judgment and sem
| tence of the court should not be pro-
nounced against him. he took cigar