Iron County register., 1892-08-04
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.
Crop Report.

Crop Report.
| The following is a synopsis of the
| weather-crop bulletin ISSUE by the
| board of agriculture for the week ended
| July %:
More than the average amount of sunshine
! and continued excess in temperature. Thess
| elements. while conducive to steady prosecu-
| ton of hayIng. harvesting. threshing. stacking.
| wedding and the rapid growth of corn, have
| been detrimental to potatoes, vegetables and
| animal life. The rainfall was confined to local
| showers. and was generally insufficient, esps-
| cially in the southern and extreme western
| counties, where an Immediate general rain Is
needed Summarized,the general conditions are
| as follows: Wreat threshing. with yield
| fair and quality good. stacking, wedding
| late and finishing haying is
| the rule in southern counties. with the addition
OF haying and oat- cutting IN full blast. the same
conditions prevail in the central portion: Will e
| in northern counties wheat harvest and weed
| ing are in full blast. with hay and oat harvest
| just fairly comm ence7. The weather is much
too hot and dry. corn being about the only thing
| benefited by so intense heat, and the late plant
| needs rain la lily. Southern counties reported
cotton as improving rapidly. and melons above
/ tho average. The thunder and wind dstorm on
| the 10th is reported to have been general, and
| did severe and extensive damage.
The sedalia Fair.
Great prepare tons are being made by
| the Missouri State Fair associate for
| the holding of their thirteenth annual
| meeting. at Sedalia, August Is to 20.
The fairgrounds contain lis acres. in one in
closure. just west of tha city. and are made
easily accessible by line of electric cars.
Thirty five thousand dollars has been exped-
ed this season in improving the buildings and
grounds. A kite shaped mile track has just
hooy, afaI r-I; Ny r.
dicted by horsemen that it will be th,speadiest
race track constructed in the United
States. The winners in the 2:30 trot. which will
be contested on Thursday, August Is, will be
paid 5000 in cash, the largest stake ever paid
in one race in the state. There has already
been over 200 horses entered in the races also a
large number of entries in all other depart
nents of the fair. All railroads in the state
will make rate to Sedalia of one fare for the
round trip, good during fair week, and thou
sands of visitors are expected
Democratic State Central Committee
The Democratic state central commit
tee met in St Louis on the 25th. Chas.
c. Naffitt was elected chairman of the
committee. receiving so votes to ) votes
for Maj. Harvey w Salmon. of Henry
county. who managed Mr.. Stones cam
paign for the nomination. Sam B.
Cook, of the Mexico Intelligencer. was
elected secretary. Mr.. Stone, demo-
the city during the meeting of the com
mittee.
a Mothers Devotion.
Mrs. Carrie Pelsue, of Sheldon. was
badly crushed by switch engine in
the Missouri. Kansas & Texas railway
yards at Nevada the other afternoon.
She had been visiting her sister AMI on
her way to the d epot VITA her little boy. walk
ing along tho railroa1 track. As the enyne
approached the boy stumbled AMI fell toward
it. She sprang to the chill AMI removed him
from danger but in her effort to save him fell
and was caught under the wheels. One of her
legs was badly cut and crushed. She will prob
ably die.
Chosen by the state University.
Prof. Leo Wiener. who for several
years has been teacher of classes in the
Kansas City high school. has been noti-
fed of his appointments as first assistant
professor of oriental and modern lam
guages at the state university of Co
lumbia. Prof. Wiener is said t. be one
of the most cultivated linguists in the
United States He speaks six langu-
ages and reads a score of them.
The Building Collapsed.
The Tyler building and the Nevada
Drug Co. building, at the southeast cor
ner of the square in Nevada. collapsed
early the other morning. The building
was undergoing repairs. Freight Con-
ductor Frank Mead. of the Missouri.
Kansas & Texas railway, was asleep on
the second floor of the building and
went down with the crash. His body
was rescued about three hours later
His neck had been broken. The loss
will aggregate $50, 1000.
Death by browning.
Willie kleiberger and another bov,
each about 10 years old, We're drowned
in the river near the hospital at St
Joseph. Four boys from the Home of
the Friendless were swimming and
playing in the mud on the edge of the
river. when two of them got beyond
their depth and We're swept away by
the current. Their bodies were quickly
out ofsight.
Missouri Good Templars.
The thirtv-eighth annual session of
grand lodge of Good Telnplars of Mis-
Souri, held its session at Appleton City,
and elected officers. The increase of |
members during the last year was 600
net. The next session will be held in
st. Louis ON the third Tuesday in Octo-
Der, 1898.
Seems Almost eTncre<1ibIe.
It is stated that 600 dogs are killed in |
the st. Louis dog pound every day: and |
that an average of fifty dead dogs are
picked up on the streets daily. This is
an aggregate of almost a quarter of a
million yearly. The carcasses are con-
verted into fertilizers.
Another Gasoline Accident.
At Kansas City Mrs. August Erhardt, |
a young wife. received burns early the |
other morning from which she died |
three hours later. Mrs. Erhardt was |
lighting a gasoline stove. and gas that |
had generated in the tank exploded.
Crushed to Death.
Dan Kimble, a miner. was killed at |
the Linzee mines, near Carthage, while |
engaged in retimbering a drift Five |
tons of dirt fell from the roof and |
forced heavy timber on his chest |
The deceased leaves wife and child.