Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-12-12
sSouRl STATE NEWS.
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'1oess, ar. Rsssell. says Washington
1lspatch. Is developing q reputation AZ
story teller. He sat in 3 eronn of
songressmen and told this. vouchinq
.ne character of the parties who
furnished him the fnfor nation.
- = 2. Mercer. OF undine Washington comfy.
1,o leoentiy went toa photograph gallery with
A. % s..al @ nave afamfly group made. There
Seven IN the family. The artist arranged
snem property before the camera. when the
= 1..so was developed there were nine persons
II me group. Including two children o. Mr. and
y 70 Msrcer that died several years ago. One
- sao ucao cnudren Is pictured in . crouchin9
fosttaoa at It's mothers knees, The other AN.
pears In its fathers arms, as Il was held wher
9 oied One OF the photographs is now In the
4ossession OF well-known attorney NJ that
1ssAa a U. Farrow. The pictures of the
easeo children show for themselves The
N...se can not explain the addition of the two
mystery. 'nAs =
Adjustment of q Missouri Land Grant.
There has been pending for a lono
time an unsettled agricultural land
grant to the state of Missouri
bin has been prepared for a ANAL adjust
ment in the matter, and win he intro,nced n
congress The land grant act passed in 1872
Az was 20 provide colleges for the benefit of
agriculture and the mechanic arts Missouri
az .ea ABOUT 5000 acres along the survey Of
ene A1ientic Il Pacific. now the St Louis g.
san Francisco railroad That land was sun
posed TO be more valuable by reason of the
.suroao survey. and 1t was put to the state at
uouDte minimum price, on that account When
sne ROAD was built. 1t departed from the sur
vey. Much OF the land was from 6 to Is miles
ON the road, and yet the state had been charged
oouoie value for it In 1880 all lands along the
road were reduced from double minimum to
single minimum. Missouri had 1880 acres
Mnicn mas been charged to her as 4s. 1870 acres.
select rom the government lands within Mis-
souri,, "a 200 acres for the benefit of the agri-
cultural college
Their Private Secretaries.
Says Washington dispatch: Two
members of the Missouri delegation
have daughters who are stenorraphers
and typewriters. They have decided
to appoint those daughters to the posi-
tions Of private secretaries under the
law which gives each member a secre-
tary at 500 a month while congress is
IN session. The members are Mr.. Tracy
and Mr.. Raney.
Mr.. Cobb retains the services of his
former private secretary. Mr.. Rogers,
of ST. Louis
Mr.. Mozely has appointed NJ. E. Ben.
son, ofWest Plains. his private secre-
tary.
Representative Clark has appointed
as his private secretary Bert d. Nor
toni, a well-known young lawyer OF
Macon county
Farmers Institute In Shannon.
The people of Shannon county are
enthusiastic over the farmers insti-
tute held at Birch Tree. Those who
are leeturing under the auspices of the
state board of agriculture pronounced
the display of apples, corn. potatoes
sandzwheats one of the best they had
seen. DR.. 7. j. Turner discussed the
disease of live stock" N. f. Murray,
commercial horticulture" and as this
is the heart of the land of the big, red
apple, large audience greeted him
and followed the lecture with closest
interest He was followed by John
Patterson on clarifying" Col. G. W..
Waters talked on 'tillage" and Mr..
Patterson discussed "farm wastes"
State Horticultural Society Omcers.
The State Horticultural society, at
its Neosho meeting, elected the follow
ing officers: j.. C. Evans, North Kan
sas City, president; N. II. Murray,
Oregon, vice-president; L. A. Good
man. Westport. secretary; A. Nelson,
Lebanon, treasurer. Numerous awards
were made. Several barrels of apples
were sent from the Neosho exhibit to
the Kansas state horticultural meet
ing at Columbus; also several to the
illinois meeting at Kankakee.
Judge Sloan Takes strychntne.
Judge r. ". Sloan, aged 81, who
lived 4 miles north of Carthage COM
mitted suicide with strychnine the
other morning. Insanity, caused by
insomnia. was the cause. He came
from New Boston, ILL.,, in 1868, to Jas
per county, and was successful as
farmer and cattle buyer, and had ac-
cumulated an estate worth 500, 600.
He had large business transactions in
st. Louis.
Want New High School Building.
The directors of the school district
of Columbia, Boone county. voted
unanimously to submit proposition
to erect high school building. An
election is called for December 81 to
consider the question, and all quail
fed voters will have a voice in the de-
cision. The board claims that the cost
of the building as proposed will in-
volve an increase of only ten cent tax.
Bold Work OF Robbers.
At Monteer, Shannon county, three
men. about o'clock the other after
noon. robbed the store of Charles Nc
Clellan, the post Office, compelled G.
III. Davis, school-tedcher, to hand
over S65, and robbed Mrs. Mcclellan,
John Little, Joe Layton and another
man. Rev. Louis Dehls, Methodist,
was forced to hand over all he had.
Poisoned His Sisters Lover.
The death sentence passed upon
Emile David by the circuit court of
Usage county has been affirmed by the
supreme court. He poisoned Frank
Henderson, who was engaged to marry
David's sister.
DE Soto to secure . College.
The committee appointed by the
Christian church of southeast Missouri
have decided to locate their college at
De Soto. Bloomfield presented claims.
MurderousIy Assaulted and Robbed.
Frank G. Elliott, state organizer for
the populist organization in Missouri,
was attacked by robber in Kansas
City the other night and his skull
fractured. The robber used a chunk
of coal tied in a handkerchief. He SCI