Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-01-24
MISSOURI cuLLiNGs.

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| L. vannattie was killed by train a
Pierce City.
water-worlSs plant
| Two protracted meetings are IL
progress at West Plains.
Hannibal, it is claimed, pays 60 pei
cent. of the taxes of Marion county.
The De Soto & Hillsboro Telephone
Co. will put in a city service at De Soto
Gov. Stone has appointed c. FL
Yancy coal-oil inspector at Hannibal
st. Teresa's academy, at Kansas City
| has been closed on account OF mallg
nant diphtheria.
w. S. Young, of Sedalia, a prominent
member of the A. o. g. W., died OF
pneumonia, aged 40.
Plenty of eastern money is being
sent to southeast Missouri for invest
| ment in farm property.
Joseph B. Crosse, 63 years of age, an
architect by profession, dropped dead
on the street in st. Louis.
Gov. Stone has appointed E. E. Stires
to the Office of treasurer of fancy
county, to fill vacancy.
A new bank has been started at
Birch Tree-the only one in Shannon
county. w. F. Cook is cashier.
A bill has been introduced in the st.
Louis council requiring the equipment
of electric cars with 1ife-saving fend-
erS.
William K. Risley, of Ozark county,
is in Jail at West Plains. Risley killed
Garrett Wright and was committed to
Jail without ball.
Secretary of State Lesueur has issued
a license for incorporation to the
Alternately Furniture Co. of ST. Louis:
capital, $25O,oo
John Coy, farmer, living near Clarks-
dale, Dekalb county, it is alleged, re-
ceived ''whitecap" letter warning
him to leave the country.
At st. Joseph contract has been let
to erect a seven-story hotel building to
cost $3.50, 900. ST. Louis capitalists are
interested in the investment.
DIR. ]. f. Cunningham, president of
the First national bank of Brunswick,
died of pneumonia, aged 76. He was
native of Glens Falls, N. Y.
Frank Bateman was arrested at
Moberly on suspicion of being one of
the robbers that held upa train on the
co. near Ottumwa, Ia, and secured
$40, 900.
While playing near the fire the g.
year-old girl of Andrew Coultey, of
Nevada, received burns from which she
died. Her clothing caught from the
open crate.
Gen. 10 Shelby, United States mar
shall, is receiving numerous applica-
tions from men DESTROYS of going with
him to the Indian territory and wiping
out the notorious Cook gang.
A suit has been filed against Rev. B.
81. Leesmenn, pastor of the Lutheran
church at Boonville, by Theodore
Stegner' of Kansas City, for $50, 600 for
alleged defamation of character.
The republicans of Moberly have
formed an organization to consider the
advisability of drawing party lines. A
convention will be held February 16 to
nominate a republican city ticket.
At Hannibal MolIie Henderson, col.
ored, from Moberly, was held to await
the action of the United States grand
jury on the charge of sending obscene
literature through the mails. She
gave bond for her appearance.
B. J. Webb, who resides miles west
of Monett, Barry county, while butch
ering hogs, cut his left hand. His arm
began swelling that night, and finally
the poison spread through the entire
system, and his case is pronounced
fatal.
Ambitious to follow in the footsteps
of the illustrious DIR. Parkhurst, of
New York, Rev. Milton Bird Gott,
evangelist in charge of the First
Church mission in ST. Louis, is plan
ming campaign against vice and
social evils which, when in full opera
ton, will create stir.
The Lanyon Zinc smelter, Nevada,
posted notices the other day announc-
ing cut of 10 per cent. of all employees
receiving more than S1.25 per day, the
reduction to go into effect at once. The
works employ 1875 men, and the cut
affects 100 of them. The remaining
thirty-fve work about the yards, and
earn about s1.25 day.
P. Storks, assignee of the Citizens
Stock bank, Slater, has had notice |
served on him by the sheriff that suit |
will be brought at the next term of |
court to compel him to bring suit |
against the directors of the bank to |
force them to pay its creditors. The |
suit will be brought by several of the |
city banks and the depositors.
A great surprise was sprung in st. |
Joseph the other day when it was ar
that Rev. N. r. Pittman, pas
tor of the Pattee Park Baptist church,
had resigned, and that the members |
accepted his resignation. |
No reason was given by the divine,
who is one of the best known ministers |
in that part of the state. He had been |
pastor Of the church for eight years.
Police Officer John Roach. of st. Jo-
seph, lies at his home in a precarious
the result of a peculiar ac-
,ident. In attempting to climb through
l barbed-wire fence Roach's heel |!
caught, and he was thrown with great |
to the ground, the back of his
head striking on brick imbedded in
he earth. At first he was not rendered
but that condition ensued
few minutes later.
A tract of land comprising about 200
lcres has been formed in Buchanan
county by the shifting of the Missouri
liver. The Corby estate owns the land
adjoining, and has brought an eject
nent suit on the ground that the law
ives the accretions of the river to the
'wners of the land adjoining. The
liver has thrown up more than 1000