Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-06-11

Modern Warfare; &. NJ. Buford, Rey
nolds county, Robert E. Lee"
Charles H. Davis, Cape Girardear
county, Heroes. Ancient and NJ odern"
S. r. Decelis, Wayne county, s.Napo.
leon"; Alma Fletcher, Iron county.
1.-The Age of Chivalry Is Past; Minnie
Case, Franklin county, Common
Things; Katie Grigsby, Mississippi
county, Footsteps; May Luckey,
Perry county. "What Constitutes a
Progressive State"; Charles Lynch,
mand of the Present.; Fl. B. Mann.
Franklin county. "Patriotism"; H. n.
| Mckee. Bollinger county, "Cosmopoli-
tanism the Patriotism of the Future;
John McWilliams. Cape Girardeau
county, The Red Man.; Laurie Por-
terfeld. Cape Girardeau county. 1.-The
Rise and Fall of Civilization; Buelah
Porterfeld, Cape Girardeau. HAS
Woman an Inglorious Past?" Nellie
Pulliam. st. Louis, Light and Beauty;
Dennis Scivally, Cape Girardeau coun-
ty, The Growth of Our Country;
Bernice Sloan, Washington county.
1.-The Present Age" These certificates
entitle them TO teach in the public
schools for two years.
Last Monday night, or, rather, early
Tuesday morning. colored man was
found lying on the side of the railroad
about two miles north of Des Arc. suf-
fering from a crushed leg and other
injuries. Word was telegraphed 20
the authorities here, and he was
brought to Ironton ON No. 50. Sheriff
O'Neal, accompanied by DR.. Farrar,
met him at the station, whence he was
taken to Jim Helton's, where he now
lies. D.. Farrar dressed his wounds
and made him as comfortable as pos
sible under the circumstances; but the
doctor fears it may yet be necessary to
amputste the limb, the bones being
badly crushed. The unfortunate man
says his name is Cornelius Mcneil,
and his home is Little Rock. He
claimed that he was thrown from a
passenger train, although he had paid
his fare. His statement is not con-
sldered entirely reliable. He asked to
be sent home to Little Rock, and his
request was complied with, Sheriff
O'Neal buying him through ticket
and placing him aboard No. 81 yester-
day.
On last Sunday evening, shortly af-
ter sunset, the sky began to assume a
threatening aspect. AS the evening
progressed vast masses of vapor &C
cumulated along the northern and
wes' ern horizon. The continually in
creasing volume of cloud was lighted
up by lurid flashes of lightning that
followed each other so rapidly as to
make the illumination almost contin-
uous. AS Monday morning approach
ed the storm broke. The rain came
down in torrents. Looking from our
window eastward the atmosphere ap-
peared to be aHame with electricity.
The thunder was not as deafening as
we have heard on other occasions. but
the air quivered with the continuous
discharge of electricity. 1t looked as
if cloud had settled to the earth, and
the magnificent electrical display that
usually takes place over our head dur
ing a thunder storm, was going on
around US. A strong wind accompa-
MED the storm and operated with
greater force at some points than 9TH
ers. On several farms trees were up
rooted, and about six miles southwest
of town a forty-acre tract near the
O'Keefe mill was denuded of it's tim
Der. We have heard OF no serious
damage in this locality from Sunday
nights storm. It did not seem TO be
altogether like a cyclone. Perhaps
Professor Hicks is correct, and the cy-
clone period is fast leaving US. The
storm at this place was, we hope, a
parting kick. The weather has been
delightfully."- cool since, and we hope
Hicks is right and the season OF dan
ger is past.