Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-11-16

| ure.
In witness whereof have hereunto set my
| hand and caused to be affixed the great seal of
the state of Missouri, this eighth day of No
| vember A. D. 1893. WIN. j. STONE.
BY the Governor: A. A. LEsUEUR,
| Secretary of State.
| undoubtedly. that November this year has four
| Thursdays. It has five an6 the president s
R Thcraa names Novemnsr 81 me 90 hfth
| Thanl.sgiving.l
Missouri Zinc Mines.
| A Washington special says:
Maj. Powell, director of the geological sur.
vey, Will in q few days request State Geologist
| Winslow of Missouri to come to Washington
| for conference over the work of the bureau in
| the zinc fields of southwest Missouri. Those
| who will take part in the conference are Mai
Powell and Prof. Walcott, Of the bureau. and
| Prof. Winslow. The object is to reach an
agreement as to the best plan to follow in max
Ing report that Will NJ, be Of value to those in
stated. is to detail geologist of the bureau to
work in connection with Prof. Winslow and
make n joint report. which, it is expected, will
be pu bllShed next summer.
New Postmasters.
Antrim. Wright county C. NJ. Branstetter
| vice w. p. Adams, removed
Courtney. jackson county, b. F. Mann, vice
Charles Stewart. resigned
Hornersville. Dunklin county. T. b. Kinsolv-
| ing. vice j. NJ. Pulley. resigned.
Wheatiand. Hickory county, j. N. Boone, vice
+. Dent, removed.
Archie. CaSS county, j. N. Rardin, vice Min
ME N. Bullock. resigned.
Austin. Cass county. Francis Mcdonnell. vice
j. z. Schooley. removed
Gunter. Camden county. Ethel J. Lodge vice
G. Luthy. removed.
Moody. Howell county, G. L. Sigler vice l. N
Tina, Carroll county. J. B. Miller, vice John
Parshley, removed.
Poisoned by a Chicken Bone.
Mrs. James Stewart, wife of the
pastor of bethlehem church, Pettis
county, met with a peculiar accident
several days ago.
She was engaged in dressing chicken, when
one of her fingers was penetrated by broken
bone. The laceration caused Inflammation to
set in and she is suffering from blood
poisoning. She has lost the use of her arm
| and fatal result is anticipated unless the
limb is amputated.
On Parole.
Judge Copenhaver, of st. Clair coun-
ty, has been released from jail on pa
role by order of United States Judge
Phillips, on account of ill-health.
Marrow Escape.
A stone weighing roo pounds fell
from the tenth story of the new Plant
ers' house, st. Louis, and came within
an ace of annihilating five men.
Valuable Barn Burned.
The barn ON the farm of Thomas
Jones, miles west of Mexico, was
burned with its contents, consisting of
horses, grain, machinery, etc.
Little Girls Fate.
A e-year-old daughter of Officer Louis
Eichelberger, of south st. Louis, went
to play in a sewer excavation, and was
smothered by a cave-in.
BY Drowning.
w. H. Mozingo, bachelor II miles
northwest of Memphis, Scotland coun-
ty. committed suicide by drowning.
Temporary insanity.
A Boy Shoots Himself.
Willie Gosney, aged IA, shot himself
through the temple, at Paris, Monroe
county, the other evening. No cause
is given for the act.
An Aged Minister.
Rev. E. X. Porter, for more than six
ty years minister of the NJ. E. church,
south, died miles east of Sedalia. He
was 70 years of age.
Died from Her Injuries.
Mrs Amelia Condell, aged IS years,
who fell down a fight of stairs at Han
nibal, recently, died from the effects
Of her injuries
Mustered Out of Service.
Adit. Gen. Wickha1n has issued an
order mastering out of service the
Jackson Light Guards of Cape Girar-
1eau county.
Death of an Aged Jurist.
Judge Charles A. De France, an old
and well-known jurist, died in the
court room at Clayton from cerebral
helnorrhage.
Died from His Injuries.
Joseph Meyer. the octogenarian who
was assaulted by his son, in Pettis
county, died from his injuries. The
son is in Jail.
Died from His Injuries.
DIR. E. 7. Robertson died at Spring
field q few days ago from the effect of
injuries received in a runaway about
month ago.
Injured by q Deer.
a. ". 4hShNCAiths SASSu w. " as o1oiy
injured by a pet buck deer on his farm
near Knob Noster, johnson county, the
other day.
Stricken With Paralysis.
w. r. Croswhite, of st. Louis, while
visiting his brothers at Sturgeon,
few days ago, suffered a stroke OF
paralysis.
Death of An Old Citizen.
Milton Anterior, an old and we'll
known citizen who resided near Ne
years old.
Drowned While Fishing.
Henry Duve, an old and we11-knewn
citizen of St Joseph, was drowned in
Lake Contrary while fishing, few
days ago