Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-08-13


The Assessor elected this year holds
his Office for four years and is ineligi-
bic to any county Office for two years
following the expiration of his term
OF office. The change in the law was
made at the last session of the General
Assembly.
DR.. G. w. Farrar, Sr., is seriously
i'll at his home in RussellvilIe. He is
suffering from blood poison contracted
1t is thought. from examining a pa
tient. The REGISTER echoes the unan-
imous sentiment in hoping for his
early recovery.
The editor acknowledges favors
from his young friend. Barney Frauen-
thai, while passing through the Union
Station at st. Louis. Mr.. F. is in
charge of the Bureau of Information at
the Union Station and better quail
fed man for the place would be hard
to find. He is always accommodating
and courteous.
c. H. Gallaher, in Jail here for the
murder of Nip Miner in Reynolds
county ten days since, was taken to
Centreville last week for examination.
He waived the preliminary, however,
and was brought back to jail, where he
will doubtless remain until the No
vember term of the Reynolds circuit
court
The financial statement for the
Ironton School District is published in
this issue of the REGISTER. The graft
flying showing is made that the district
is now out of debt, the last bond
having been taken up this year. The
levy for school purposes this year in
this district will now be reduced to
forty cents on the one hundred dollars
valuation.
The Ladies' Aid Society of Alum
Cove Church will give a fair and Lit
erary Entertainment at Alum Cove
Church on Thursday, August %.
Some articles of their handiwork, in
Guiding two nice quilts, some pillow
shams and chair tides. ETC., will be
sold to the highest bidder. Ice cream.
Lemonade and Cake will be sold at the
usual prices. Some literary exercises
will be rendered by the young folks.
Everybody is invited to come.
Deputy U. S. Marshal w. w. Nall
arrived from St. Louis Friday evening
with four prisoners who had recently
been convicted 10 the Z. S. District
Court at st. Louis and will serve their
terms in the Iron county Jail. The
names and residences of the prisoners,
with the offense chrged and sentences
| imposed are as follows: A. L. Wheeler,
VIM. Renfro, Lee Macarthur, Shannon
county, moonshining. six months SEN
tence. Jos. Miller, Reynolds county,
cutting timber on government lands,
thirty days.
The long term of hot weather ter
| minated with wind storm and rain
Wednesday afternoon, and in about al
| hour the mercury in the thermometer
dropped "a degrees-from 81 to 20.
| The heated term thus ended was the
most excessive and longest in duration
ever known in the Valley. For eigh-
teen consecutive days the thermometer
registered over 80; and for eight days
| SO was reached. There has certainly
been plenty of excessive heat for one
season and strong hopes are enter
tanned that the weather from now on
will continue pleasant.
The Ice Cream Festival which was
to have been given in the yard of the
NJ. Z. church at Graniteville on the
10th of August was postponed on ac-
count of the sad accident which result
ed in the death of Harvey Warren a
member of the NJ. f. Church at Gran
| iteville. The accident occurred al
about $50 Monday morning and he
died at 1885. An account of the &C
cident appears in the REGISTER. The
Festival will be given on the 18th oil
August. 1t is to be regretted that
some Of the friends were disappointed,
but feel sure of their sympathy to the
bereaved family, and also to the church
of which he was member.
A sad accident happened on the rail
road leading from Schneider's quarry
to Iron Mountain last Monday morn
ing, in which Harvey Warren, young
man eighteen years of age, lost hi:
life. The engine had been doing some
switching and in some way severa
cars got away and were running dowr
the track. Young Warren happened
to be near and mounted the front car
He succeed in bringing it to a stop
just then several cars from behind
came up, humping the forward car ant
knocking Warren on the track. I'm
mediately the cars started and fou
loaded cars passed over poor Warren
Both limbs were severed below tn
, knees. The unfortunate boy livet
but two hours. The coroner findin,
the facts as above did not deem it nee
essary to hold an inquest. No one. a
, far as can be ascertained, is in an,
: way to blame for the most unfortunate
affair. The death is a singularly sat
one as Warren was the chief supper
d of a widowed mother.
A very pleasant affair took place a
the residence of Mr.. and Mrs. II. NJ
Collins of this city, on Monday even
ing, August the 10th. About seventy
| FIVE children surprised little Hartfor
: by their presence. The party wa
! planned without his knowledge, an
! all things in readiness; when abou
1880 Monday evening the crowd of hap
= DIV children came marching In t
i ..have a party" The surprise was 5
Z great to Hartford that he enjoyed
, | Immensely. Nor was ne the only on
! who had a good time. Games OF a
kinds were soon started, and eac
child seemed inspired &c helm make ar