Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-11-01
MISSOURI CULLINGS,

vernon county farmers enjoyed the
institute held at Richards.
n. F. Kilgore was the first white per-
son born in Audrain county.
VIM. Collins, aged 81. the oldest man
in Clay county, died recently.
The lumber output at Grandip, Car
ter county, is 17O,O 600 feet a day.
Rev. Green Carey. the oldest preacher
in Boone county, died recently, aged Il.
Business men subscribed $1,000 to
build and equip cannery at Golden
City.
The Pettis county farmers will hold
an institute at Lamonte November 8
and Q.
The school of mines at Rolla has
more students than at any time in it's
history.
Larkin Dewitt, of Clifton City,
Cooper county, was mysteriously muir
aered and robbed.
John c. Carstarphen, lumber mer-
chant of Frankfort, Pike county, is
nearly feet tall.
John Moss, of Rails county, has a
Jersey COW which yields $50 pounds of
milk in seven days.
The Southeast Missouri Press asso-
citation will hold itstwinter meeting at
Bismarck December /.
A committee of ladies asked the Sc
dalia city council to appropriate 500 a
month to maintain the city hospital.
Squire Geo. Reed, of Eagle Rock,
Barry county. owns up that he is a
brother of Gar Tom Reed, of Maine.
The thirty-seventh annual meeting
of the Missouri State Horticultural so
ciety will be held at Trenton, Decem-
cember ST.
The post Office at Rucker, Boone
county, was robbed while the postmis-
tress, Miss Saran A. Douglass, was at
prayer meeting.
Jim Hines, the negro who stabbed
and killed William Ida at Liberty,
October 16, was captured at Oskaloosa,
Ia, the the day.
The case against Bill Adler, charged
with the murder of Jesse Mcclure, a
post Office inspector, at Kansas City,
has been continued to December.
Malta Bend challenges any other
town in Saline county to show an equal
amount of money invested in new
buildings and improvements this year.
Samuel j. McCluer, of Springfield,
was arrested on warrant charging
him with embezzling. The warrant
was sworn out by his sister, Mrs. Ros-
back.
The Missouri Methodist assembly
committee met at Warrensburg and
made provision for ministerial alli-
ance, Sunday-school, normal classes
ON educational features of the Sunday
school, and other conferences, and a
three days Epworth League conven-
ton during the assembly from July IS
to August 6, '95.
Daniel Wilson and Maria Wilson
were remarked at Macon, having been
divorced twenty-five years ago, during
which time they had not seen or heard
from each other. Leaving his wife in
Illinois in 1872. Wilson moved to Ore
gon, but recently came east in search
of her, finding that she had moved
from her former home to Kansas.
where she had gone with her daughter
and son-in-law. Upon arriving in Kan
sas, Wilson found that another move
had taken them to Clinton, Mo-, and
south of Macon. Upon making trim
to the farm, he found his wife, and
past differences were adjusted
While testifying in court at Kansas
City against his wife in divorce suit
in which she sought separation, VIM.
Lacey, of lola, Kas., was arrested.
charged with the murder at that place
last August of VIM. NJ. Cummings. Ac-
cordiDg to Mrs. Lacey's story, her hus-
band had twice threatened to take her
life, and for this reason she wanted a
divorce. Lacey was on the stand testi-
flying against her when Mrs. Lacey sud-
denly sprang to her feet and declared
him to be the murderer of Cummings.
The murder was cold-blooded and 1T
the time caused q decided sensation in
the court rooto.