Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-01-11
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IN MISSOURI

IN MISSOURI
Despite the fact that his election
AZ Judge of the Springfield court or
! appeals Is being contested by John H.
! Bradley Of Kennett. who was the Dem.
ocratic nominee. Argus Cox took his
| place on the appellate bench at Spring.
field, succeeding Judge William D. 1
Robertson of Webb City.
While much noise was being made
by the tOwnspeople over the advent
Of the new year. robbers blew open
the safe In the station Of the Kansas
City, Clay County & st. Joseph Elec-
trio Railroad at Dearborn, Mo. They
got 5000.
The will of Mrs. Ellen Butler, wild.
ow of Col. Edward Butler, at n time
Democratic, leader Of st. Louis. has
been flied. Vhe will. which is 4 du.
plicate of the ill Of Colonel Butler.
releases to the irs an estate of So
O00. 900.
Mrs. Lucy EdnS, sas al q A.r
home near Upton. 4 keuH3 ns.n,s y.
of Marshall, recently 49, 3
a fall from her buggy ~
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The lead and zinc output OF the
lin district in 1916 was $34, SCI 1893, acstt
cording to figures recently compiled. I
valued at $780, sos, 161. and the lead :
production was 52,195 tons, valued at
$4,45S.s32 The two ores, both in
point of tonnage and valuation, broke
all records. In 1916. the previous ban
ner year, the total valuation was
$26, 03S $50.
j. ". Jones, a farmer living between
Montgomery and Beethoven, won a
motor car the other day and cashed
it for $500 before he returned to his
wife and four children to tell them
OF his big strike. The prize, given by
the Montgomery merchants, brought
a large crowd to town. Jones home
burned recently and there was a mort.
gage on his farm. n
Suit for 10000 damages has been
filed against Governor Major by Nat
i. II. Goldstein, circuit clerk Of st. Louis.
The circuit clerk charges Governor
. Major illegally withheld his commits
sion.
A special session of the Macon
County Bar, in honor Of Judge N. NJ.
Shelton. who has retired from the
bench Of the Second judicial Circuit.
was held recently. Maj. B. II. by.
, sart, the oldest member Of the bar,
acted as chairman and presented
. Judge Shelton with a gold watch from
the members Of the bar, He had COM
pleted eighteen years service or the
bench, He retired voluntarily to prac-
tice law at Macon.
r. P. Harrison and John Yates ct
Aux Vase recently sold 100 mules to
Il st. Louis firm for $4,000. The sales
in Galloway county to date total 1900
head, for which approximately S2.o,-
900 has been paid by st. Louis dealers.
Miss Emma King, 36 years old, com
mitted suicide at the home Of her
mother, Mrs. Anna King, in Rich Hill
G by jumping into q well holding thir.
teen feet of water, Miss King had
g recently become Respondent.
Three months after his pardon by
Governor Major from Il three years
term in the penitentiary In order that
If he might return home to take care OF
}. his nine destitute children, John Davis
was dragged to death by a runaway
e. team OF his farm near Galena, Stone
6, county, recently.
a.. The Star motion picture show build
ing and II occupied by the United
10 Drug Company, on the east side Of
20 the public square, burned recently in
ID Butler at a loss of $4,000.
id Herman Muenstermann, IA years
old, was killed and his cousin. John
i'd Muenstermann, Is, was wounded crit
icalIy, by the accidental discharge Of
a shotgun in the hands of Fred D.
Behrens. Of st. Louis. uncle Of John
T.. Muenstermann. The accident oc
Cured while the three were hunting
near Troy.
The budget Of the University o
Missouri for the next biennial period
1918, has just been issued. TIL,
board Of curators will ask the legis
10 lature for $S25,0OO for the mainten
ance Of the university the next twt
!" years,
", Announcement was made recent!
that Verona had been selected as thu
site for the Ozark state hatchery
With the Verona site, the state fisl
4. commission will have IT, rec hatcherIes
The other two are In st. Louis and 81
Joseph.
~ John Stohrer, a wealthy Dentol
county farmer. died at Cole Camp TIL
~ other night. He was 70 years old AMI
came from Europe more than fiftl
years ago.
II was announced at sedalia rccent
tie ly that Margaret Milton. q 1~4.yearoh