Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-10-01

of our people as an expert milliner will bs
In Ironton on the 18th inst, with select
stock of hats, bonnets, and other articles fol
ladies, to which she invites the attention Of
the fair sex.
List Of lette RS remaining in the Irontor
post office for the month ending September
30th, 1891:
BIttles Miss Nellie Lowgray Mrs L j
Couper Birdie Macarthur Mrs A
Campbell ID b Morrison Mrs j Y
Clark d Bro Paul Mrs Arthur
Jones Mrs A B Ruddock &c
HOller Mrs Anna Smith D
Harris ii NJ Smith Miss Mary B
Huse Will Tucker Samuel
| Hale Mrs W r Warren Mrs Ella
Horton Mr. Hardy Watts Mrs Luisa
| Hawkins Martin Williams Felix
Liggett Frank.
If not called for within thirty days, they
will be sent to the Dead Letter Office.
| THOs. BEARD, p. NJ.
special to the Globe Democrat, dated
Mexico, Mo-, September "a, contains matter
of local interest to this section. A farmer
named Graham committed suicide near the
above named place, on Tuesday, Odd The
| special says: "Graham had several aliases,
one of which was known to have been Thorn
Fredericktown, Mo-, and married Miss
kearney here, having deserted a wife and
son at Fredericktown. He is said TO have
married Miss Compton at the latter place
in 1866 and deserted her in 1869. He then
went under the name of Thompson. Graham
is also said to have deserted wife in Ross
county, o., making three wives in all to
whom he was false. His last wife was in
town to-day, and was almost paraiyZed AT
the developments, but says she believes the
statements to be true. DR.. j. W. Lanius, of
this city, former resident of Frederick
town, says he knows Graham deserted a wife
and son. Graham had $4,000 insurance on
his life, over which there will be fight, as
several different parties outside bis Audrain
family were named as 5eneficiaries, they
having kept the insurance paid up. The son
at Fredericktown is also named as one likely
to come in for large share. The large sums
of money Graham borrowed here are belIev-
ed to have gone to some one as hush money.
He borrowed money on his life insurance
policies and gave several mortgages on stock
he did not own, until he got to the end of his
row, and nothing was left but TO end bis
life." Graham was married to Miss Comp
ton in IrOnton in 1866, Rev d. y. Wilson of
the Presbyterian church officiating.
Last Saturday night at eleven O'Clock, the
writer sitting in his room reading, with deep
stiffness prevailing about the premises, was
startled by a rumbling of the floor and rocking
of the house-a rafting of swinging pictures
and mirrors, and the dancing Of the water
pitcher in the bowl. Three shocks were felt
the first the strongest, and the two fol-
lowing successfully lighter. We considered
the matter few minutes, DOTTED our slip
pers, put on our shoes and coat and hat,
and came over into town to see II any other
person had like experience. The show in
the Academy of Music had just "let out"
and the people were going home; none OF
them whom we accosted had noticed any
thing unusual; then we spoke to Capt. Crisp, |
who had kept house while his better-half
was seeing "Jac6 o. the Mines" in the place |
aforesaid. No: hadn't noticed anything |
unusual, and If there had been an earth |
quake, surely the thousand and one bottles |
in the drug store would have given note of ii. |
We concluded there was a mistake some
where-never surmising that the Captain |
had been comfortably sleeping in his armed |
rocking cbair-and hurried home, thinking |
the disturbance had been local to our own |
premises only: perhaps caused by daring |
burglar seeking fOrcible entrance. But |
nothing had been violently disturbed there, |
and we finally retired to rest, sleepy, and |
nonplussed by our ther-halt-who, too,
had been sleeping-suggestIDg that our |
nerves had been shaken by passing train!
Next morning, however, we met lots o. peo-
pie who had an experience similar to ours,
and the daily papers took two columns to
tell of the earthquake which had shaken up
the whole Union, as it were. 1t was I'M |
doubleday the severest shock felt here TO-
several decades.