Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-07-30

News was received this week of the death
of William z. AXE, which occurred at Egerie,
Colorado, on June 18th. Deceased was a
brother-in-law of C. ID. Porter, of this city,
and was we'll known TO old residents. He
sought change of climate about four wears
ago, I'm the hope of benefiting his health, but
consum ption laid him low at the age Of 32
years. The many friends of the family ex-
tend sympathy in the hour Of their affiiction.
l-Colfao, W. T., Gazette.
William p. AXE was nephew of the editor
of this paper. He was born in Cambria
county, Pennsylvania, his father coming to
Missouri in 1856, with his family. His moth
er died in Ironron just before the war, and
his father in Carter county in 1874. From
Carter county the children of the family re-
moved to Washington Territory year or
TWO after, and this is the second death since
their residence there. How few the years,
when the family reunion ''beyond the river"
shall be complete.
A highly esteemed correspondent sends us
the following, and we aceede with pleasure
| to his suggestion. We publish the REGIS
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emit: al wish you would give us an Inquiry
| CO{unaA' in the REGISTER, providing, of
course, that you favor the idea, and that 1t
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matters. Every paper as wide-awake as
yours is, ought think.to afford column
more or lesS-for the asking and answer
ing Of proper queries by its patrons and
friends. In the towns and the communities
Immediately adjoining them, the financial
condition of the people is better and their
educational advantages are far greater than
they are in the districts far removed from
towns and cities-like our own and adjacent
neighborhoods; besides many of your patrons
have access to books and other sources OF
Information entirely out Of reach of the ma
iority, and such a department in your paper
would admirably serve the purpose OF a
medium of exchange of bits Of knowledge
desired by some and possessed by others of
your readers"
The people Of this section will remembes
the sensational disappearance of Frank =.
Lee, of Fredericktown, several years ago.
A short time after his disappearance,
strange man died suddenly at Moberly, Mo-, |
and was buried there. The description of
Lee, rs set forth in the papers, fitted the
buried stranger remarkably well, and his |
body was disinterred. The identification |
was not entirely satisfactory, but some OF |
Lees old acquaintance insisted that the |
corpse was his. Lee was insured in the |
knights of Honor, and the death benefit |
$4,000 was turned over to the supposed
widow; but owing to the doubt of the iden-
tity of the corpse, the h. of FL. required her
to give bond for the repayment OF the sum
in case Frank T. Lee ever turned up alive.
The sequel to all this we copy from last
weeks Fredericktown Standard: "Mr. Jake
House of De Soto while here last week at
tending the funeral of his brother, made the
startling statement that Frank I. Lee, form
erly of of this place and who so mysteriousy
disappeared several years ago, had recently
been there. He was peddling clocks and
working for 4 Chicago company. He and
others recognized him and says Frank did
not try to disguise himself. Lee also stated
that he would visit Fredericktown soon. Ii
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explain for his queer acting and visit this
place after he dies, not in his proper person.
Such is life, when the people thought it
DEATH"
One day toward the latter end of DR.. Lee
II. Dowling's term Of High School Il note
was pfcaed up off the floor of the school room.
The finder Of the note-one Of the pupils
placed it in the hands of her father, and the
result was the closing of the school and the
hasty exit of the Doctor. The note was in
tended for young lady pupil, evidently,
though their was neither address nor sigma
ture. Its contents, though evidently i'm
proper, coming as they did from married
man and teacher, positively contained moth
ing that could in any way compromise the
character of the person for whom they were
Intended. They simply developed the ras-
.ality of the sender. Now, of course, the
matter created quite stir among the good
people of Beleview, and, as usual, many T
stories have been circulated-some of them
Affecting the integrity Of their own people.
One of these charges was to the effect that
the note in question was not found in the
stated, but was forged for the pur-
pose of breaking up the school and satisfy
ing personal spleen. Hearing that this view
was held by some good people, we have Sc
cured the note, had it carefully examined by
experts, and Roto pronounce it the handtorit-
ing Of DR.. Lee Fl. Doubling, begond the shdd-
O,c of q doubt. We have compared it with
letter written US by the Doctor, and the
conclusion arrived at was inevitable. We
trust this announcement will settle the ques-
ton forever, and with it all the other charges
that attended it. Now let us turn a new
leaf, make by-gone of the whole matter,
and thank God that DIR. Lee H. Bowling is
gone from US forever.