Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-12-15
Relics of Mound Builders.

CITY Tor rei1cs ana other cur1OS OF the mound
builders. traces OF whose work can be plainly
seen on the tops Of the hills in Forbes town
ship. Several mounds have been opened. and
in every instance the partially decomposed
bones Of human being have been found. The
peculiar and odd shape and size of the bones
led the explorers to believe that these mounds
were the work of prehistoric race. possessed
OF higher degree of civilization than
the American Indians of to-day. One Of the
principal things which led to this belief is the
finding Of pieces of ancient POTTERY and imple-
ments of war and agriculture of a much better
grade than the present race of Indians are
known to have made or used prior to their as
sociation with the white man. A large urn.
about two feet high. was found. which was
beautifully engraved. bat it had been hurled sc
long that 1t crumbled to pieces in being taken
out OF the ground. Another reason for the be-
lief that these mounds are the work of pre-
historic tribe nation is that their mode of
bSrial WIS vastly different from that OF any
tribe of Indians Of which any positive knowl-
edge exists.
Strange Death of Two Negroes.
A curious story was reported tc
Deputy Coroner Rohlfing, of st. Louis.
on the 9th.
About O'Clock a. Richard Boston. COL
ored. was found dead in he'd at the house No.
s52 South Tenth street. and the colored resi-
dents in the vicinity ascribe his demise to the
1nHuence OF evil Sp1rltS. "A POST mCrteL1 exam"
inaton revealed that death was due to typhoid
pneumonia. On the 81. the story goes.
David Joiner colored died in the same house
Of swelling of the heart. As no neared the end
Joiner became devout. and rising in his he'd
folded his hands in nraver. He remained thus
until he expired. Boston, thu negroes there
FAY. laughed at Joiner. He called him a
'haby." and scorned each prayer as 1t en-
ansted from Joiner's lips. Joiner's body was
removed from the house on the 9Th, after living
there two days. On the night of the 5th Bos-
ton was hale and hearty. He was a corpse on
the 9th. The other negro tenants of the prem
fses declare that Boston's death was due to the
''voudoc"
Missouri Poultry Association.
The Missouri State Poultry associa-
TONS first annual exhibition was held
at Sedalia.
Tho number of entries larger than oricf-
nall counted upon. numbering nearly zoo. and
poultry -raisers and dealers say the show was as
fine any ever made in the United States b.
a state association. Among the exhibits was a
light Rrahn,a rooster shown by o. F. Skinner.
of Columbus. Kan The fowl is taller than
-four barrel and eats eff ordinary dining ia
BILE. F. Fl. Petts. Of Poultry Topics. Warsaw.
had on exhi biton a new form of grating. He
cut a SPUR from the leg of capon. and
grated 1t into the birds comb. whore 1t has be-
come a permanent fixture. The incubstors
were filled with chickens right ont of the she H.
The judges of the poultry were G. =. Emery. OF
Carthage, and Thomas Eewes, Of Trenton.
Stock Yards Clearing House.
After much discussion, it has been
definitely settled that there is to be a
clearing house at the Kansas City stock
yards on Monday of each week. All
bills for stock bought during the pre-
ceding week will be settled through the
clearing house, which will be at win
dow No. 1 of the Interstate national
bank.
Gov.-Elect Stones Eastern Trip.
Gov.-elect w. J. Stone left Nevada on
the night of the 9th for New York city
in response to an invitation from the
Tariff Reform club of that city to be
present at dinner on the evening Of
the 10th, to be given in honor of Presi-
dent-elect Cleveland. He will also visit
Washington city before his return.
In the Interest of Good Roads.
Judge W. s. McIllvaine. of Lebanon;
Levi Chubbuck. of Columbia, and Mr..
Irwin, a committee appointed by the
governor, are visiting different parts
of the state and urg ing representatives
from the counties to be present at the
state road convention. which meets II
Sedalia, January 10 and 20.
A Child Killed.
Frieda Vogt, aged 9 years, was run
over by a 2-horse coal wagon in St.
L outs the other day, receiving irjurie.
w hich caused her death in a few hours
The driver was either drunk or did moi
see the child, as he whipped up his team
and drove on.
Fatally Burned.
While lighting fire in n cook stove
at her home in Excelsior Springs
Mrs f. s. Alnutt's clothing caught fire
and she was so badly burned that she
can not recover. Her sister was also
badly burned in trying to'extinguisl
the flames.
Took Choral.
A man supposed to be E. L. Brown,
of the soldiers home at Leavenworth,
kas.. was found dead in his bed at the
Phillips house in Kansas City few
days since. He had taken q large dose
of choral hydrate.
ST. Louis Million Dollar Hotel.
The foundation work of the new
million dollar hotel in st. Louis goes
on slowly, but the contractors assert
that it is being put in to stay.
Heavy Snow.
Western Missouri was recently Wis
tied by a heavy snow storm from the
west, which blockaded some of the
railroads to a serious extent
O'Neill Will Contest.
Hon. John J. O'Neill has served no
tice of contest on Charles F. Joy, con-
gressman-elcct from the Eleventh dis
trict. charging gross frauds.
Decapitated by stake Wagon.
Herman Miller, a German. So year,
of age, was run over and completely
decapitated by stake wagon in st.
Louis The driver escaped.
Chambers Again.
Chambers has again made its appear.
ance among the horses at Renick,
where it was thought to have been
eftectually wiped out
Old-Tfme Professionals.
The gang of crooks recently captured
in St. Louis are mostly oid-time profess
SIGNALS. several of them being badly
wanted in Chicago