Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-05-29
From Goodland to BelIeview

On the night of the 18th and the ev
ening of the 18th of May, there wer.
heavy hailstorms in the region of Good
land. The two storms were limited
in their range, and occupied different
localities. The first was heavy al
Goodlandsand light north of it; the
second was very heavy north of Good
iansm - 11udid not reach the point. In
s4ssdas ss9the apples, plums and cher.
les. .sown. i severely.
Onthe evening of the 18th a very
heavy rain found T. c. at Goodland,
! and had no difficulty in detaining him
there. On the morning of the 18th he
had to do some deep and dangerous
wading to reach home, but went
through safely.
On the morning Of the 18th, in COM
pany with Mr.. Adam Henderson and
his mother, start was made for Belle
view. A circuit was made in order to
BRING some freIght u n1afkss u ~
Wyatt King, who lives on one of the
heads of Fourche de Courtoiss Mr..
King does not have much avilnble land !,
but what he has is good and is sur
rounded by excellent range. Near his
house three very fine springs flow out,
and at once forms quite creek. On
the divide between Fourche de Cour-
tots and Cut Creek on one side, and
Black river on the other, there is now
a good road made, for the most part
through the enterprise of Mr.. Daniel
P. Cureton, of Red Point The road
comes down on the head Of Big River,
where the condition of the road is
worse than on Black river. After
passing the Robinson farm, the bottom
had fallen out of the road for something
over a mile. but by using various dew
ices we came to the town of Belleview
when the sun was about half an hour
high, and promptly reported at Mr..
Lashley's. On all sides pleasant looks,
kind words and cordial grasps of the
hands welcomed me, and revived pleas
ant memories. As came toward
the area of corn that was
planted rapidly diminished until some
of the best farmers are not yet done
with their ploughing for corn. More
careful cultivation of the ground is all
that is needed to make both Black riv-
er and Belleview the garden of South
east Missouri. Belleview is o grand
section of country and is now in its
glory. But q judicious investment of
funds in the Black river region will
yield heavier per centage of grain.
In that region the moral status of
the population is 1854 on the side Of
good order, and 9-34 on the road to the
poorhouse, the penetentiary, or the
gallows. This is no guesswork. r. c.
has the names and regards the show
ng as very favorable for any section of
and the best element is on
the increase while the other is going
back.
. can now speak of what / have
found in Belleview.
/ found the Baptists in state Of fdoub-
ed and twisted disgruntlement. /
know nothing of the cause of it, and |
make no inquiries, but merely stand
rom under.
The merchants, farmers and me-
,hanics are busy and are doing well.
/ have seen one of the Messrs. Barger
blowing with snlky plough and do-I
ng his work well and easily.
There are two private schools in the
Valley have not visited the school
Il Belleview, but have seen the one
It. Elm Grove. The prevalence of
humps and measles in the neighbOr-
rood has made the attendance. small. I
{ is under the care OF Miss Josie
White, who although very young is .
rood scholar and has all the requisites
# q good teacher. She is an excellent
eader and resolute and independent
hinker.
Quite large amc unit of new fencing
las been made in The neighborho69
There is ,aRite anx excitement here
low on I'd tIRhJect Of Self Bilders, i
: the faEmsrs ARE preparing fof has- /