Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-02-11
Graniteville Items.

| 0EdU1GeV11lS xISWS.
Edward Koeth, who has been work
ing over in Illinois for the past five or
six weeks, returned home, and has Sc
cured employment with the Schneider
Granite Company.
Jock Snasdell has returned home
from the city, where he had been in
st. Luke's hospital, having recovered
sufficiently to attend to his saloon bus
ness.
VIM. Mccartney is also another one
OF our townspeople that is now in one
of the city hospitals undergoing treat
ment for rheumatism. Michael Han
ley accompanied him to the city.
w. R. Hinsdale, a whilom resident
of this place, but now of the Amberg
Granite Company of Amberg, Wis,
made us a flying visit yesterday.
Birthday parties were all the rage
last week; no less than three were
| given, to wit: Mr.. Edward Coad cele-
brated his 31st year by giving an ele-
CANT tea party to several relatives and
friends. Edward Warrington did like
wise, and Mrs. Harry Mannders gave
one in honor of her 21st birthday.
Townsmen Leith, Ferguson, Hanley,
Archie, Geo. and Sam1 Matson visited
Ironton A. F. & A. M. Saturday even
ing.
John D. Webb is suffering consider
ably with toothache.
Rev. G.. Brough took his little boy
George, who has been very sick for
the past two months, to the city last
week to have him examined by a spec
ialist, but, as he has not yet returned,
we are unable to say anything about
the little fellows condition.
On Monday evening, February 1st,
aboi at $50 o'clock, Jerry Harrington, a
stone-cutter, disappeared from the
clearinghouse of JAS. Burke and did
not return that night. Nothing much
was thought of the matter until later
the following day, when it was learned
that no one had seen anything of him,
SO Mr.. Burke and one or two other
persons thought perhaps he might have
gone to Pilot Knob or Iron Mountain
started out to look for him, but could
not get any Information as to where he
had gone. and returned home. So on
Wednesday morning, the Sd inst. it
was thought best to call a meeting OF
the Stone-Cutters and take steps toward
finding him, and, Immediately, party
set out in search, and, thinking he had
wandered around and might have fall
len into one of the quarrey holes, on
going to the nearest one, just back of
the Companys polishing shed. discov-
cred, to their horror, the missing mans
1,,;, ~, lo of hn co,,fh
side of the quarry, having, it is sup
posed, fell in accidently. Messrs.
Barry, Lucy and Morrissey were the
party, we believe, to first discover the
body. In few minutes a large crowd
had arrived on hand, only to witness
the horrible scene. Coroner Hull of
Ironton was sent for to hold an inquest,
and, upon his arrival, a jury was sum-
moned and the body was taken up out
of the quarry and conveyed to the
hall, where the inquest was held.
The verdict returned by the jury was,
1--WE understand the deceased came to
his death through accidently falling
over a cliff of rocks, partially dislocat-
ing his neck" The body was then
turned over to his friends for burial.
Deceased was devout Catholic, loved
by all. hated by none; was we'll known
among his fellow craftsmen, from east
to west; was kind hearted and honest
man, ever ready to lend helping
hand to one in need. We are told the
deceased had bank account of several
hundred dollars in one of the Denver,
Colo. banks. and a thousand dollar
policy in the Travellers Accident In
surance Company, also a small policy
in the Granite-Cutters' Society, of which
deceased was a member, beside 800
held by Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. Burke, with
whom he boarded. The remains were
taken to Pilot Knob church, followed
by large cortege, where the funeral
services were conducted by Rev. Faith
err Wernert, after which the body was
then taken to the Catholic Cemetery
between Pilot Knob and Middlebrook,
where all that was mortal was laid at
rest. Deceased was about 40 years of
age.
Andrew Robertson, who has been
working in ST. Louis for some time past
is again among old time associates in
our midst.
We are told Mr.. Frank Glatzel is ly-
ing pretty low, and hopes for his re-
covery are very doubtful. TYRo.
Feb. 9th, 1892.