Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-07-05
NUMBER 81
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Squirrels, it is said, are becoming very
numerous in Perry county.
The assessed valuation of all the property
in Bollinger county is IS, ,057 ,535.
There are 100 children of school age i'm the
Marble Hill district-6O boys and 80 girls.
The st. Joe Lead Co. has established a
hospital at Bonne Terre for the benefit of
the employees.
There are only five colored children of
school age in the Salem district. The white
children in the district number SIS.
The Benton Record says water melons will
be ripe and ready for shipment from Scott
| county between the 18th and 18th Of this
month. ser
The Missouri Lumber and Mining Com
pany Composed of number of Pennsyl-
vania gentlemen) has capital stock of
Sl5o 600, and its operations are principally
in Carter county.
patent has been received at the office of
the County Clerk Of Dunklin county from
| the State Register of Lands for 27,S64 acres
OF swamp land, which lie east of Little
river, in that county. f.
The Pennington Times Bonne Tcrre cor.
respondent says "the Deslage smelling works
are running little light just now, but are
nevertheless turning out about $500 pigs of
refined lead per week."
The contract for the work of building the
additions to the State Normal School build.
ing at Cape Girardeau has been awarded tn
smith 4 Cofer, who get $500. The work ia
10 be completed on or before the first of Oc--
tober next. -.T4f..s ss.3
Pncksekaw is the name of new town in
Stoddard county, on the Cape Girardeau and
Southwestern Railway. The V,ndicator saws
the town is named after the young Indian
chief that inhabited Bloomfield when the
first white settlers came there.
AT Perryville the other day, Luke Hutche-
son, aged 8, teased Andrew Dozenbach, aged
II, about a young miss, and Andrew hurled
stone Mt Luke, striking him In the left eve,
lnjuring 1t so badly that he may not be able
to see out of 1t again. Let this be o sssolemn
warning" to those boys who are in the habit
OF teasing other boys about their gfrlsi
A woman Of feeble mind, whose face fl IA
mlliar in Cape Girardeau, especially during
the blackberry season, leads hcrmit's life
during the summer. She makes her home
III one OF the recesses of the rocky cliffs that
border on the swamp south of that city. in
Scott county, which forms safe retreat for
me poor demented creature, and where she
is safe from the prying eyes of her species.
Some time ago, n terrapin was found on n
farm in Dent county with the inscription,
'1O II. V. 1863" on it's back. As the rcgi-
ment, Tenth Kansas, was in that county in
1863, the Salem Democrat thinks it most like
ly that his terrapinship was taken prisoner
by some Of the men, branded and then turned
loose Its last captor added to the above in
scription, "April Is, 1884," and let it go, to
De caught again at some future time.
According to recent enumeration, there
IRE $50 white and Il colored children of school
age In the Ste. Genevieve school district. Out
of this grand total of 626, the average attend-
snce in the white public schools was 7S. not
'ne out of ten, and in the colored school, 7s,
me In two. Not more than 200 children at
end the parochial school. So it seems that
he number Of white children remaining
IN the outside Of the school houses in the
district was 325.
The State Supreme Court, after affirming
he decision of the Circuit Court of Stoddard
county, set Friday, July Goth, as the day for
he execution of Thomas T. Dickson. The
rhine for which he is to suffer the death
penalty was horrible deed, and one which,
With every opportunity offered him by the
ourt to establish his innocence, he had been
ound guilty of by two impartial juries, who
eard the evidence and were sworn and Sc.
ected to try the cause.
Mr.. James l.. Moore, who died mt Charles
on on the 17th ult. at the venerable age Of IS.
vas born in Maryland and came to Mississip-
Il county over fifty-two years ago, before our
ublic lands were in the market, or Charles
Oh had an existence. Mr.. Moore was Treas
rer of Mississippi county for over six years,
nd by his industry and skill in agriculture,
e accumulated comfortable fortune. the
'rger part Of which he distributed some
ears ago to his children, Hon. j. C.. Moore,
[rs. A. Y. Goodin and Mrs. Mary Byrd.
The storm of the 22d ult. visited great
ANY towns in the Southeast -Steelyillc, Po-
Isl, Pennington, Cape Girardeau, Marble
ill, etc.-with much destruction of proper
!. AT Pennington the new African M. T..
hurch was struck by q thunderbolt and
lied to the ground, and the new brick wallis
the machine and foundry building at Cape
arardeau were torn down by the storm.
ne lightning struck Squire Laurance's
hiding at Marble Hill, tearing flue to
eces, knocking some of the ceiling off and
rocking Mrs. Laurancn senseloss for about
70 hours. The damage done at Steelyille
ID Potosi and other places was caused prin-
pally by foods.
For SALE-One House and Lot, with Barn.