Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-10-01
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.
A1arrIed FIftr Yeara .Aro.

Married Fifty Years Ago.
Rev. DR.. and Mrs j. W. Cunning
ham, of 1414 Lucas place, st. Louis
celebrated the fftieth anniversary Of
their wedding the other evening.
They were married in Germantown,
KY, and have spent the so years OF
their married life in Kentucky and
Missouri. DIR. Cunningham has filed
pu1pits in the Methodist Epis-
copal church during almost the
entire period, but has been connected
also with the southern branch of the
Methodist church. He is now a me m
Der of Centenary congregation, st.
Louis. and officiates occasionally in
various churches as a local preacher.
He and his wife are in good health,
and neither appears to be much over
sixty.
State Board of Health.
Gov. Stone has appointed members
of the state board of health, as fol.
lows, each for three years from July
20, 1896: Alex. Mackland, of Richmond,
Ray county, for the Third congress
sional district, to succeed himself; j. Z.
Cover, of COrder, Lafayette county, for
the Fifth congressional district, to sue
coed himself: w. r. Wilkinson, of Al
tenberg, Perry county, for the Thir-
tenth congressional district, to sue
coed himself; w. J. Roberts, of Oak
ridge, Cape Girardeau county, for the
Fourteenth congressional district, vice
2. n. Gully, term expired.
Mission Chapel to BE Rebuilt.
The Soulard Market Mission chapel,
st. Louis, is to be rebuilt. The build
ing was completely wrecked by the
tornado, and during the summer the
school has met in one place and
before the storm. and it was difficult
to find any place large enough for their
meetings. Supt. Markham, who left
early in May for a vacation in Massa-
chusetts, has now returned. A meet
ing of the officers of the mission has
been held, and it is announced that a
chapel will be built, entirely new.
In Hard Luck.
At Webb City attachments aggregat-
ing $4,000 were levied upon the plant of
the Victor Mining Co., composed of
residents of Toledo, o. The entire
works are new and estimated to be
worth $4,000. The Bank of Carterville
holds prior mortgage for $1,000. A
few months ago the same company lost
its plant by fire.
Runaway Girls Captured.
Two girls, Lulu Russell and Maggie
Russell, aged ID and Is years respec-
lively, were detained at the city prison,
says dispatch from Topeka. Kas., on
messages from their parents, residing
at Sugar Lake, Mo. The girls, who
are not related to each other, ran
away from home and were found here
by policeman.
william Otis Johnson
William Otis johnson, an old and
highly respected citizen of Audrian
county. died at his home in Mexico,
aged 90. He had been a resident of
this state about ffty-seven years and
was widely known in that part of
Missouri.
Two Crops of Peaches from One Tree.
Capt. T. J. Wilson, northwest of Tip
ton, recently exhibited several fully
peaches, which were of the
second crop on the same trees this
season. The peaches are of an early
freeston variety.
Was Known in Missouri.
Albert Wright Dickinson, for several
years general superintendent of the
Missouri Pacific railway, and we'll.
known in Missouri, died at his home
in Seymour, Ind, recently. of paresis,
aged Sc.
A Costly Fire to Mr.. Callison.
It cost William Callison, a stockman
of Versailles, an even So, $50 to run
from st. Louis to a fire at East st.
Louis. He was robbed of that sum by
a clever pickpocket on the Eads bridge.
Attempted Grave Robbery.
There was an attempt made the
other night, at Washington, to rob the
grave of Miss Regina Buecker, who
died suddenly in st. Louis not long
ago, supposedly by asphy xiation.
Aged and Insane.
John Seibenmorgan, who was a coun-
ty patient at insane asylum No. 3, Ne.
vada, from Usage county, since the
opening of the institution in 1887, died
recently. aged nearly ninety.
Burglars Use Wagon.
Bur glars entered the general msr
chandise store of E. o. Snow at A. |
lanta, and the hardware store of Full
mer & Turner, and carried away $40
worth of goods in wagon.
Followed His Predecessor.
c. A. Crawford, aged %, a postnas-
ter in Pettis county, died of tuberu.
Iosis. His predecessor in Office, Ed
ward Crawford, died of the alue
disease few months ago.
Said He Wasn't Guilty.
In the trial of Childs Grimes, charged
with killing his son-in-law, Luther
Whitmore, near his home, five miles
east of Moberly, the jury declared
Grimes mot guilty"
He Was Jealous.
A young farmer named AL Gibson.
ten miles from Ava, Douglass county,
shot his wife and then mads an un-
attempt upon his Wn life.
Gibson was jealous.
Congressman Hubbard's oIld.
The youngest child of Congressman
Hubbard died at Versailles. Mr.. Hub
bard was called in from his canvass,
and reached home few hors before
The child died.
Thomas b. WrIgk
Thomas b. Wright, agei55, died at
Eoonvllle. He was a proninens citi-
zen, leading lawyer, member of the G,
r., and recently may9of the city.