Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-12-28
From Granltev1lle.

| E0. heglSteT-Dled, on THURSDAY
night last, Prof. E. H. Keesling, O.
pneumonia fever, after only a weeks
lingering, aged about so years. De
ceased was principal of our district
school, and just one week previous
dismissed his school as feeling unwell
telling the children he thought he was
taking the grip and which afterwards
| to grow worse, and at no time showed
signs for the better until death claimed
him for his own. Deceased leaves a
loving wife and one son to mourn his
| loss. The remains were taken to Belle.
view, and laid at rest in the Edison
graveyard.
On the same night Mrs. Charles
Luther died of consumption, after a
long illness, The remains wore bur-
led in the Thomas graveyard, west OF
Graniteville.
1t is safe to say that fully one fourth
of the people in this community are
more or less afflicted with influenza, la
grippe and sore Threats.
Mr.. Walker kness has an attack of
rheumatism at present, but is able to
get around a little with the aid of his
cane.
Our broken-armed folks, of whom
mention has been made heretofore, are
getting along reasonably we'll, all
thingsAconsidered.
Work with the Syenite Company is
stopped. Not a sound OF the hammer
to be heard in any department.
Misses Maggie and Mamie Burk and
Anna Jane Waldron have come down
from the city to spend Xmas in home
circles.
Prof. Greenwood, principal of the
''Knob" school, spent Saturday on bus
mess in town.
Miss Lille Newall, who is teaching
school at Hogan, is at home for the
holidays.
J. B. HoHoman, of Hogan, was in
this section Saturday, surveying off
some land west of town. .
John Trauernicht, of Pilot Knob,
Sundayed with his brother, Robert, of
this place.
Our school board will go to Bismarck
to-day to see about securing teacher
to teach the unexpired term at this
place occasioned by the death of Mr..
Z. H. Keesling. 1t is said that there
will be a convention of teachers held
at that place beginning to-day, and the
board think they might be able to
secure some one Of them whose term
expires in the near future The board,
however, is open for applications, but
say that none but good and well quail
flied ones need apply.
Timothy Donahue came up from
Granite Bend to spend Xmas at home.
Mrs. James Beer has returned home
from two weeks visit to the city.
Gilbert Phillips and George Murray
have gone to the city to hear Madame
Patti sing.
Undertaken Rieke informs us that he
had calls for six burial caskets last
week. This certainly shows the health
of this section to be extraordinary bad.
The entertainment at the M. E.
Church on Christmas evening, by and
for the Sunday school children was we'll
The programme consisted
of speeches, dialogues, recitations and
songs, and to say the children acquit-
ted themselves creditably in every par
ticular, is putting the matter correctly.
Some $1S was subscribed for the pur
pose of providing a treat for the
and at the same time not for
getting the minister. The treat con-
sisted of candies, nuts and oranges, of
which each one of the many received
alike.
A little dance was INDUCED in by the
few of our fun loving and fun making
people at Hotel Bateman to finish up
the day.
But taking it all in all, Christmas in
our town was rather mild, except with
perhaps, two or three devilish boys
who thought they were doing the thing
up brown in destroying peoples prop
erty. in the way of turning over and
breaking up few small out houses.
They might think that kind of thing all
right, but anybody with any sense at
all would not stoop SO sv as to be
guilty OF such mean, di BOW down
tricks. But as the part 1e INES are
known they would bette pillow.
Dec. rs, 1898. NOVICE.
To LEr-A dwelling a % the
Speck farm. miles =