Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-04-02
From Goodwater.

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weather during most of this month
prevented farmers in this locality from
doing much outdoor work. Still con.
siderable blowing, fence-repairing and
other work, preparatory for farming
in good earnest, was done; and nov
most farmers hereabouts are ready ia
push as fast as the weather will, from
time to time, permit them. to SOW and
plant in due season.
The prospects for wheat throughout
this section of country are quite poor.
Robert Bryan, Jr., and family, Of
Belgrade. recently visited relatives In
this and adjoining communities.
| Among other recent occurrences
hereabouts are the following: Lee and
May Erbschloe, and their mother, Wis.
tied relatives near Belgrade.
The case of Angeline Abner vs. Jas
per Anderson was dismissed Tor want
of prosecution" at the March term of
the Washington county Circuit Court.
OF the land sold during s.court week.
in Potosi recently, Mr.. j. :, Townsend
bought 500 acres of pine land, situated
near Wallace Martins, on Cub Creek
for 500!
Mr.. Townsend intends, 1t is said, to
remove his saw mill, from this neigh
borhood to suitable site on or near
said land next autumn.
Born to the wife of Chas. Croker
exact date unknown-a daughter
named "Onie."
Harvey White and bride have. it
to L.
place." near Tolu.
F. M. Mayberry has for some time
past been hauling pine logs to Town
sends mill.
Jno. W. Lucas and Geo. w. Balick
have killed, since March 14th, 6 foxes.
besides other small game.
During the night of the 22d inst. q
heavy rain and considerable snow fell
here; q freshet resulted threfrom; but
little damage was done by it.
Mrs. Augustus Wood, ST., who has
been sickly for long time, died. of
pneumonia. at 6 A. NJ. on the 25th inst !;
che was about 20 years of age. Her
remains were inferred in the cemetery
at Emmaus church.
Married, at 4 p. NJ. on the 26th inst,
at the residence of her grandparents
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Payne, ST.
Miss Sarah Gillian to James Wood, Jr.,
of near Black, Mo.
Many persons in this neighborhood
have suffered much from La Grippe,
and others from severe colds, during
the past month.
Mrs. John Cotrell, of Indian Creek
daughter of Mr.. Geo. Mason-who has
been quite sick for some time, Is now
quite low and it is believed that death
will soon end her sufferings.
j. G. Mason has four sick chilnren.
If reports are true, still another Of
our manageable girls is about to sue
coed in the exercise of her ..leap-year
privilege" and it is quite likely that In
my next letter her marriage will be
mentioned.
am indebted to Hon. Geo.-G. Vest
for copies of his speeches on Purchase
and distribution of valuable seeds, &c, I"
and on Cuban Independence. In
both of those speeches, as we'll as In
his later speech on the opening of the
Uncompahgre Reservation. Senator
Vest, in his characteristic, forcible and
unequivocal manner, convinces one
that he is not a mere partisan, but
that he has the welfare of the laboring
classes aud of the entire nation at
heart and that he has, the courage of
his convictions Surely his straight
forward. manly conduct will secure
for him many friends-not 4 few of
them outside of his own party.