Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-03-22
MISSOURI cULLINGS.

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| Two mad dogs were killed near Rich
Hill. One had bitten several children.
AtSpringield Fred House was stabbed
to the heart by John Moss and Instant
ly killed.
| Ole NJ. Gunderson, of Conway, wanted
to die, and swallowed twenty grains of
morphine.
Judge Stratton instructed the Cedar
county grand jury to look after white
cap cases.
| A receiver has been appointed for the
Northeast Electrical Railway Co. of
Kansas City.
| A. A. Hunter, democratic state COM
mitteeman for the Eleventh district,
died at Fulton.
Rev. Benjamin Ell. Smith has ac-
cepted the presidency of the Christian
university at Canton.
The 5-year-old son of Cicero Stone,
near Paris, was kicked by mule
and his skull crushed.
| The Rust Rafting and Transporta-
ton Co. has been organized at Charles
ton with a capital of 10000.
The Thespian Springs sanitarium of
Doctors Quicker and Crewdson, in Loui-
siana, was destroyed by fire.
| The Clinton County Building and
Loan association, capital stock, $780,
900. has been organized at Plattsburg.
Robert Walker, ex-superintendent of
the Missouri, Kansas & Texas car-build-
| ing department, died at Sedalia, aged
| SO.
James French and Martin Lasse were
held by the United States commission
er at st. Louis for robbing the De Soto
| post Office. =.
The Christian Endeavor union of st.
| Louis will hold fifty missionary meet
| ings simultaneously throughout the
| city on the evening of April l.
Mrs. Mary Kingslaud has filed suit
in the Macon circuit court against Nor
gan Williams, of La Plata, for SANDER,
| placing her damages at $4,000.
Michael Kerrigan, an old citizen Of
| Independence, was found hanging in a
| vacant barn. Circumstances, it was
stated, pointed to foul play. Hewas "a.
The Adventists will hold a Bible in
stitute at Nevada, beginning April 1
and continuing month. Elder Hight,
of Kansas City, will assist in the meet.
| ing.
Citizens of Maryville, Nodaway coun-
| ty, and Maysville, De Kalb county, are
| trying to have the name of one or the
other changed to avoid confusion of
names.
A 12-year-old girl of Ben Edell, near
the boundary line of Franklin and Gas
conade counties, fell from mule while
crossing Red Oak creek and was
drowned.
The citizens of Clinton have appoint
ed a committee to secure for Clinton
the location of the new shops of the
Kansas City, Osceola & Southern, the
Blair line.
The total deposits in the four banks
of Franklin county, according to the
official statements, is S619,375. 80. This
is an average of nearly s22 for each in
ha bitant in the county.
The body of an unknown man was
found by the Wabash railroad track,
near Liberty Landing, Clay county.
His neck was broken, and it is sup
posed that he fell from a train.
Frank Crittenden, nephew of ex-
Gov. Crittenden of Missouri, was killed
at Duarte, Cal, the other day by being
thrown under a pillow and trampled
upon by the horses attached to it.
Ex-City Marshal Mah1on Hall of
Odessa, Lafayette county, who was in
dicted for embezzlement, has jumped
his bond. When his case was called in
the criminal court he failed to appear.
Nancy Mitchell, better known as
Granny" Mitchell, 81 years of age,
l;al Of 81 louis oorntu Of
old age and general debility. She
leaves a host Of children and grand.
children.
D. Lewis & Co., dry goods dealers,
Kansas City, have been attached for
So, O0O The sheriff found r. F. Her
man about to ship the goods to Clyde,
Kas. He claims to have bought the
stock for $500.
1t is proposed to organize a kinder
garten association in Hannibal for the
purpose of educating children of poor
but worthy parents. 1t is thought that
81, 900 will pay the cost of schooling 100
children in this way per annum.
The grand jury at st. Louis returned
second Indictment against Duestrow.
who killed his wife and child, for the
uurder of his wife, the first being de-
fective When served with copy he
twisted it up and threw it away.
Mrs. Abe Saulter, wife of brick
manufacturer at Moberly, who eloped
March l with J. l.. Greene, a roomer
at the Saulter residence, was located
the other day on the farm of NJ. 0.
Greene, near Smithton, Pettis county.
Judge Burgess, of the state supreme
court, has reversed and remanded the
case of w. w. Fairlamb, under sentence
of death in Polk county tor killing
George w. Wells, on account of errors
in the indictment and in the instruc-
tons.
When the grave of Mrs. Althea Rey-
nolds was opened in the Masonic GEM
etery at Poplar Bluff, where the body
had lain for eight years, for removal to
the city cemetery. the remains were
found to have petrifed. The outlines,
even to the expression of the counte-
nance, are said to be we'll preserved.
Says st. Joseph dispatch: It is
probable that Lum Hayes. the alleged
murderer of Wm. Sneed, who has been
found guilty and sentenced to be
hanged, will escape punishment At
the last term of the criminal court
Hays was convicted of murder in the
first degree, and by an error, neglect
of formal arraignment, was granted a
new trial and change of venue to
Gentry county. Soon afterward he
was taken to Albany and incarcerated