Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-09-22
Missouri Crop Report.
Weather crop bulletin, Missouri
weather service, for week ended Sep
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Weather crop bulletin, Missouri
: weather service, for week ended Sep
TENDER 10:
Sunshiny days and cool nights. with heavy
. Gews. characterized thu week until the 10th.
when ono of the most general and beneficial
rains oe the season began. continuing through
Saturday night and Sunday. a most conserva-
tive estimate places the average fall over the
entire state at one inch. and considering the
drought condition prevailing ut the time the
benefits derived therefrom are obvious. Plant
ing ard seeding can now ba resumed and
pushed TO good advantage. and the small wheat
acreage previously promised will be increased
to at least an average This last rain has placed
late corn beyond all danger from drought con-
Gitions. hut early frost OF sufficient inten-
sity TO damage the lowiand crop is greatly
feared, as many farmers place October 10 as the
earliest date of assured safety. The early plant
has ratured finely. and cutting has alrea dy
commenced in many of the southern counties.
Under the influence of cool weather and heavy
dews pastures and stock have improved slight
". ard the recent rain will preclude what prom
isad to be deficiency IN fall pastures and con-
sequent early FEEDING of stock. Irish potatoes
ara very !oor Sweet potatoes are better, but
rot Al average crop. Tob9ccO. cotton and
sorghum are il fair condition. Fruit prospects
continue to decline. and very small yield is
expected. The acreage Of clover seed is below
that Of last year.
A sad story.
warning to Young men comes from
st. Louis. Melville H. Johnson held a
responsible position. HIS employers
trusted him. and his father and mother
Were proud of him. He fell in bad
was. the avenues to which are SO num-
ero7:s in cities. He did not drink. he
do not gamble, but his money went,
and then he-yes. he stole. Renorse.
Shame. fear OF disgrace, made him des-
peratc. The other day his body was
carried into the rnOrgue. Some men
found it floating in the river
The DIR. Fry Memorial Church.
F The cornerstone of the DR.. Fry Me-
mortal NJ. f. church at Clifton Heights.
q st. Louis suburb. was laid with i'm
pressive ceremonies by Rev Frank
Lenig. the pastor Bishop bowman de-
livered short address. in which he
eu!og;zed the life of the man after whom
the church is named.
Lived One Hundred and Three Years
q. r. Snee:, who resides few miles
south Of st. Joseph died the other
night of old age. He had resided in
Buchan nan county since 1885. and at the
tiiIlt ol Ills tedtIi was III his one num-
dredth and third year. He leaves a
widow and several children
Fell Dead at the supper Table.
DR.. II. Donahoo. one of the oldest
residents of Jasper county and one of
the wealthiest. fell dead from spoplexy
at the supper table at his home. near
Modoc, Is miles north of Webb City.
Cut His Throat.
State Senator P. Sparks committed
suicide at 1:01 p. m. of the 10th at
Warrensburg. by cutting his throat
from ear to ear. nearly severing his
head from his body.
Dropped Dead from Fright.
At Lamonte, Pettis county. 'sUnc1e
E,zie" Jenkins, colored, aged IS years,
dropped dead. evidently from fright, as
2 severe storm was approaching.
The Work of Bad Man.
Some unknown person poured coal
oil OF Nicholas Browns clothing at st.
Louis and set fire to it while he was
asleep. He was badly burned.
Large Mills Burned.
The St Louis Pearl Milling Co. IS mills
were burned: loss. $4,000 The mills
manufactured almost every product !
that can be made from corn.
Assaulted His Wife with a Hammer.
Edward Morgan. a well-known engi- |
neer on the Missouri Pacific, was ar |
rested at Sedalia. charged with assault |
ing his wife with a hammer.
Killed His Father-in-Law
Sid Creek. notorious character, was |
shot and killed in Liberty, the other |
afternoon, by his son-in-law, Joseph |
Hamilton.
Congressman Bland Loses q Child.
Little Margaret Bland the bright and |
interesting 5-year-old daughter of Con-
gresham R. P. Bland, died at Leb-
anon.