Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-04-06
SOUtheasferings.

WHIE a party Of young men were
practiciny at a target, on Sunday, the 18th
ult., some three miles below Ash Hill Station,
a young man named Edward Tribblc was
killed by the accidental discharge of his gun.
From the Fredericktown PtainCleat-
| er we learn that while Mr.. S. Il. Schneider
| was mending some jewelry the other day, his
lamp exploded, seriously burning his face
and nearly putting out his left eye; also, that
| a son of Thomas Farrar had his hand so bad
| ly cut to pieces in a saw mill near Vulcan
Switch, Iron county, that it had to be ampu-
tated.
Mrs. Bette l.. Stokes, wife of Chas.
E. Stokes, editor of the Enterprise Messenger,
died at Dexter on the 18th ult. We tender
! our heartfelt sympathy to the bercayed hus-
| band and family.
The De Soto Waterman has sus-
pended publication for a month or so.
From the Cape Girardeau Courier
we learn that work has been commenced on
the Cape Girardeau Southwestern Railway
from Lakeville to Castor river. The road
will soon be completed to the latter point.
The Bluff Citizen of last week says:
"Mr. Tom Moore is spending this week at
home fondling his new baby girl"
The Cape Girardeau Pottery will
in short time commence the manufacture
of white ware.
The Jackson Cash. Book says: "Mr.
August Boss, of Middlebrook, Mo-, was here
last Saturday and Sunday on visit to his
cousin, Mr.. Henry Boss, one of our boss dry
goods men,"
The following item, from the Charles
ton Courier, will give our readers some idea
of how extensively watermelOns are raised i'm
some of the lower counties: "E. z. Deal sold
one hundred pounds Of watermelon seeds
this week to Levi e Plaut, of Maiden, Dunk
lin county, Mo.
About 3 o'clock Tuesday morning of
last week those living in the neighborhood
of the Poplar Blnff Jail were awakened by
cries Of fire and loud calls for dcliverancc by
the prisoners confined therein. When first
aroused no fire could be seen, but the con-
fined cries for help from the prisoners
brought few to the Jail, and none too soon
to save the lives of those crying so piteously
for help, for they had not been rescued three
minutes before the lower cell, in which they
We're confined, was completely enveloped in
flames. The fire originated in the dungeon
from the stove, and was discovered too late
to be got under control. The Citizen says
the Jail never was worth anything, and had
been condemned innumerabIe times by the
Grand Jury, hence the loss to the county is
small.
We learn from the Pennington Times
that sad accident occurred i'm the St. Joe
Lead Mines on Wednesday of week before
last. John Kidd and George Cooksey were
running drill, when a rock fell from the
ceiling, about thirty feet above, on them. BY
the efforts OF five men the rock was removed.
The body of George CoOksey was mashed
and bruised, but the members were not sew |
cred. The remains of John Kidd were scat |
tered fragments. His head was severed close |
TO tho shoulders and scattered almost into |
atoms. The fragments were collected and |
tied up in sheet. A Coroner's inquest was |
held, after which the remains were taken to |
heir respective homes for interment. Cook
'ey was insured for $3.50; he had no family. |
Kidd left wife and two children; was not |
insured.
West Plains gazette: "The Rolla and
West Plains hack fell to pieces last Friday
somewhere on the route, and the mail was
brought in on couple of old plugs; and on
the three-brlshel mail bag leaked |
'ut of the old hack, and when the driver
missed it he had to drive back about six
niles to find it, and consequently did not get
n till about noon."