Iron County register., 1896-07-02
From Goodwater.


of this country suffered much from ex-
cessive rainfall during the past month
we had not nearly sufficient moisture
during the greater part of the month.
Although We had good rain on the
first of June, no more rain fell here
until the 10th and then only a light
shower; consequently our crops, being
chiefly on gravelly soil, suffered much
until the drought was broken on the
night of the 22d instant by ground
soaking rain and since that time gar
den and field crops have been growing
finely. During the night of the 25th
inst, another good rain fell here. A
heavy rain fell here yesterday after
noon and early this morning it began
raining slowly but steadily for about
an hour; then it rained hard and did
not cease until now. Unstacked wheat
and clover hay in the swath and shock
are badly damaged.
Greeks and rivulets throughout the
country were very low; consequently
though the heavy down-pour of rain
caused the streams to rapidly enlarge
and their currents to be swift, no dam.
age was done hereabouts excepting
the removal of water-gaps and the TEN.
porary inundation of the lowest parts
of bottom fields.
Mr.. aad Mrs. Jas. Wood, Jr., oi
near Black are visiting relatives.
School in this district will open on
Monday, July 9th.
Wheat harvest began here on the
nSt full nj hor
usual. Wheat, in most fields, yielded
ter than the crops of that cereal have
been for several years. Meadows,
though in in many instances quite
weedy, will yield well. and all things
considered, with favorable weather
during the nvxt ten weeks and barring
floods and tornadoes, the farmers of this
vicinity will have no cause for com.
| plant so far as their crops are con,
cerned.
On the Sd instant our worthy As,
| SCISSOR, Mr.. Giles G. Henderson was
out here on official business.
On the 10th inst, Mr.. VIM. Carl
went to Belgrade on business.
The following-named candidates call.
ed on the voters of this section recently
DR.. G. w. Farrar, Jr., Messrs c. K.
Polk, G. G. Henderson and Jas. G.
Austin, and Judge A. G. Meyer.
Mr.. Harvey Byrd, of near Sunlight,
passed through this neighborhood on
his return from the vicinity of Salem,
where he has been visiting relatives
| recently.
Mr.. Jesse M. Hawkins, of Belleview
visited friends hereabouts on the 9th
instant.
Mr.. Jno. Hunt, representing the
Pennington Marble Works, was out
here on business recently.
Miss Alice Crocker is quite sick.
During the storm on the night ot
the 22d inst. two cows belonging tc
Sylvester McLain, on Cub Creek, were
killed by lightning.
Edward Payne, Jr., and his daugh
ter Nettie went to the neighborhood
OF Sunlight to-day on a visit to rela
tives.
Miss Elizabeth Jarvis, of De Soto, i:
out here on a visit to her mother. Mrs
Jno. Black.
The President of Belleview Collegl
ate Institute, Prof. Curtin, and hi!
family passed through here few day:
ago, on their return from Licking
Mo-, where they had been visiting rel
atives.
Scarcely one-half of the year 1896
has passed, yet the loss of life anC
property that has been wrought al
ready by the elements in their fury il
appalling ard it is feared the remain
ing half of the year will likewise b.
long remembered by the havoc ant
destruction of said elements.
| learned with sorrow of the terrible
effects of the storm of the 18th on Ce
dar Creek. l was panied most wheI
l learned that the fine farm of Mr.
Dabney S. Imboden, two miles east o
Caledonia, was almost annihilated
Mr.. 1mboden is one of Washington
county's best citizens, industrious
hospitable and law-abiding. The re
suits of the toll of years have beer
swept away by the raging waters.
Owing to the heavy rainfall of thi
morning and the consequent high stag
of the creeks, there were but Is vote
cast in Loves Precinct to-day. This
is less than half the number cast two
years ago. The absurd rule of having
four judges and four clerks was OBJ
served. although any capable CLERK
could have done all the clerical labor
in one hour, and two judges woult
hould have been sufficient for all prac
tfcal purposes.
June 9th, 1896. R. E.