Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-02-02
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.
Recent Deaths.

Recent Deaths.
Mrs. Amandn Sutton, aged SO, wife
of William Sutton, president of the
Bear Creek Valley Fair and Agricul-
tural association, and one of the early
settlers of Johnson county, at her
home southwest of Knobnoster.
Jeremiah Yancey, prominent farm
er of Cooper county, at his home near
Otterville.
Washington Mccormack, a promi-
nent farmer near Huntsville, of pneu-
| monia, aged 80. He was born in Vir-
ginia, and moved to Missouri when
quite young.
William p. Allcutt, a pioneer pack
er, and organizer of the Allcutt Pack.
ing Co. of Kansas City, of pneumonia,
aged 70.
Judge A. F. AleXander,at Lexington
of pneumonia. He was a native OF
Virginia, and was 60 years old, 40 OF
which were passed in Lexington. He
was considered one of the best consti-
tutional lawyers and mathematician
in the state.
Thomas McNally, aged So, one OF
Chilhcothe's wealthiest and most
prominent citizens.
John Wall, ST., of Logan, at the age
of 80, with grip.
Mrs. Stephen Lawler, of ST. Charles
suddenly.
Mrs. Elizabeth Ebersole, of Pettis
county, aged 81.
John r. Cooper. of near Versailles
an ex-confederate and bachelor.
Civil Service Examinations.
The civil service commission has an
nounced the dates upon which the
| civil-service examinations will be held
in the spring and fall in the principal
cities of the country for places in the
| government service. The dates fDl
Missouri are as follows:
Springfield, March "a; ST. Louis
| March 20; ST. Louis, March 21 and
April IL; Kansas City, March %, %
and April II; Moberly, March 20 The
fall examinations for Missouri will be
as follows: Kansas City, September
81 and October 10; Moberly, Septem-
| Der IS; Springfield, September %; ST.
Louis, September IS, 10 and October
10.
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il service list can obtain from the
commission a circular giving full in
formation about the examinations.
The civil service commission has pub
lished a table showing the number of
places to which each state is entitled
in the department service, and the
| number of places it has received. Ac-
cording to this table Missouri is en-
titled to 27S, and has received 1872
Premiums Paid for Triplets.
A man in ST. Clair county, who is
the father of triplets, wrote Gov.
Stephens asking him his advice as to
what he was entitled for adding so
much to the population of the state at
one time. The governor referred the
matter to the senate in executive SEES
sion, and it was voted unanimously
that each senator give one dollor for
the support of the children. Senator
Mott was authorized to collect the
money and forward it.
Five Families Poisoned.
Five families were poisoned by
ptomaine in cheese, at East Joplin.
Physicians found that all of those
who were sick were afflicted with a
similar ailment. and had all eaten
cheese of certain kinu. Sixteen per-
sons have been made seriously ill, and
some of them are in a critical condi-
ton.
Given an Ovation.
John NJ. McCutchon, Hugh Mccoy
and II. B. Garnett, newly-elected
judges of Lewis county, were given an
ovation at Monticello. OF the retiring
judges, who were all commended, J.
III. Bradshaw had served IS years
without missing a term.
One Year For Seventy Cents.
DIR. John F. Ryan, a graduate of the
Missouri medical college, was found
guilty of petit larceny in st. Louis,
and sentenced to the workhouse for
one year. The doctor was charged
with having stolen bolt of bingham
worth 20 cents.
All Under One Roof.
Miss Elizabeth Cranfeld, aged 81,
of near Sedalia. died the other day.
Her brother, Thomas, bachelor, died
c few days before, and sister, also
unmarried, is very low with pneu-
monia. The three lived beneath the
same roof.
Was a Graduate at Central.
Frank w. ColvilIe, brakeman on
the Kansas City, St. Joseph & Council
Bluffs railroad, fell from a freight car
at Nebraska Junction, and died at ST.
Joseph. He was a graduate of the
Central college.
CHILLED at a Crossing.
James Glover, aged 20, son of a
prominent farmer near Odessa, while
driving home was struck by a passen-
ger train at a crossing and instantly
killed.
win Inspect Oils at Springfield.
Gov. Stephens has appointed Jerome
S. Boarman inspector of oils for the
city of Springfield, for term of two
years, from December L, 1898.
Cities of the Third Glass.
The city attorneys of the cities a
the third class met a Jefferson City
to recommend laws regarding govern