Iron County register., 1895-05-16
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.
Missouri Crops.
COLUMBIA, May s.-The Missouri
weekly crop bulletin saws:

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COLUMBIA, May s.-The Missouri
weekly crop bulletin says:
The last week was unusually warm in all Sec
! lions. the excess in temperature averaging
from 10 to IA degrees per day, except over the
| southwestern counties, where it was about
degrees. The drought in the central and
northwest sections has been broken by
good rains and from one to two inches has
fallen over most of the southwestern coun-
ties. greatly improving the condition of
| all crops. In a number Of the northeast
| ern counties the rainfall for the week ex-
ceeded three inches, but over most of the
| southeast section it continues dry, and at
| the close of the week wheat, oats and grass
| were still suffering for rain in number of the
southern counties Chinch bugs doing
| much damage to wheat in number of the
central and western counties, and few fields
| have been plowed up. Considerable damage
| by HesSian fly is reported in some of the
| southeastern counties Oats are now general
| ly doing WELL except in those districts where
| drought still prevails Corn, as rule is COM
| ing up well. and in the central and southern
| sections many fields have been plowed over
| the first time. Planting has been retarded by
| rain in a few counties, but is nearing compile
| tlon. Cut worms are doing much damage in
| some counties, especially on sod ground.
Meadows and pastures have been greatly i'm
| proved by the rains Severe hail and wind
| storms in the western portion Of the state did
| great damage to fruit.
Six Days Without Food or Water.
! A peculiar story comes from Wilton,
Boone county.
Mr.. T. E. Glasscock. well-known citizen of
| that place, says that last December an un-
| known man, apparently about 90 years of age.
| and giving his name as Samuel Foster. ap-
| piled to him for aid. saying that he was sick
| and without friends. Mr. Glascock took him
in and nursed him at his house until he recov-
iS he ,io1,
! time the stranger paid his board from money
received from unknown source. The
stranger disappeared. and diligent search
was made, but it was not until
| the other day that he was found While put
| ting hay In his loft Glascock found the old man
| lying unconscious in the hay, where he had
| been for six days without food or water 1t is
| supposed that his mind had become unbal-
| anced. and he had wandered into the loft,
where he became too weak to return. He now
| lies at the point Of death at the home of Mr.
GlaScock. Nothing is known of him except,
| according to his own statement, he is native
OF Indiana He is of distinguished bearing and
has apparently seen better days.
Death of Inventor Lucas.
Andrew ID. Lucas, the inventor of
| the Lucas ship, died in the St. Louis
| city hospital, aged 50.
| He was the inventor Of the Lucas ship. a YES
| sci that is different from most ships in this,
| that it is equipped with adjustable keel.
The advantage OF this arrangement is that the
Lucas ship can navigate rivers. lakes and shall
low bays with the same ease that it sails the
ocean, making sea ports of cities situated far
inland, but on the banks of a nayigable river.
The scheme. deemed by many practical, has
never been given thorough test. Worn
| out with waiting for the elimination of his
plans and dreams, and made heart weary and
mind sick over repeated failure. he at last sue
cumbed to these baneful influences, and died
hoFrr h ri 100,
| ity. For twenty years he strove ana labored
to establish the practicable of his ship only
| to be baffied at every turn. For twenty years
| he hoped on, dreamed on, struggled on, only at
last to be overwhelmed in the strife. He
dreamed of ocean steamers plowing up to the
wharveS of inland cities on the banks of navi-
gable rivers. He dreamed Of wealth and fame,
but they fled before him like an ignus fatuus.
Shot by u Jealous Wife.
Miss Anna johnson was shot and
fatally wounded by Mrs Frank Collins,
at Monett.
Miss Johnson is from Fort Smith Ark and
the affection of Mrs Collins husband. En-
ragged with jealousy, Mrs. Collins provided her.
self with a revolver, and meeting Miss John
son on the street, deliberately shot her. The
ball struck just below the lower rib on the
left side and penetrated into the stomach.
Mrs. Collins surrendered to the officers.
An Awful Fall.
John G. Chandler, one of the most
prominent attorneys in st. Louis, met
an instantaneous death by falling from
the seventh floor of the Security build
ing, at the southwest corner of Fourth
and Locust streets, through an eleva-
tor shaft to the marble -foored base
ment, a distance of at least IS feet. AS
he started down the shaft, head first,
he screamed 20, my God!''
State University Commencement
Archbishop Kahn. of St. Louis. will
not deliver the university address dur
ing the commencement exercises Of the
Missouri State university next June,
as was intended. He declined, and in
his place the address will be delivered
by President Kean of the Catholic
university, Washington, d. c.
Ex-Bank Cashier Arrested.
Ebb L. Wells, cashier of the defunct
Willow Springs bank, was arrested the
other night and taken to West Plains
on the charge of receiving deposits
when he knew his bank was in an in
solvent condition. He was placed un-
der $4,000 bond for his appearance at
the next term of circuit court.
Poultry Show.
The executive committee of the Mis-
souri, Poultry association has decided
to hold the next annual show at Ex-
position Music hall, in st. Louis. De-
cember to IA, inclusive, with the st.
Louis Poultry club.
Fifty Years.
Rev. and Mrs. J. NJ. Vanwagner, of
Sedalia, the other night celebrated the
fiftleth anniversary of their marriage,
and also the like anniversary of Mr..
Vanwagner's ordination into the min
istry.
County Funds Let.
The Henry county court let the de-
posits of the county funds to the high
est bidder, Citizens bank of Windsor.
1t will net the county So, 900 annually.
Found Dead i'm Hallway.
VIM. Fletcher, an old citizen of Ne
vada, aged 73, was found dead in
hallway leading to his bed room.
Apoplexy was the probable cause.
Women's Foreign Missions.
The Missouri conference OF the Wom-
ans Foreign Missionary society of the
NJ. E. church, south, was held at Co
lumbia. and was well attended.
An Aged Widow Burned to Death.