Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-02-11
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.
Said a vision Foretold Her Death.

| part of Vernon county.
| She moved to Vernon county from Kentucky
! 81 years ago, with her parents. who settled
/ the Little Usage river, at time when the
| Usage Indians were in that part Of the coun-
/ try. For years she and one sister and brother
/ lived together, and none Of them was ever
married. First the sister, then the brother
/ died Miss Summers lived in four counties
during her residence in the same little rudeIy-
constructed home; first in Jackson and then
| in Cass, next in Bates, and finally in Vernon
| The farm she died upon was obtained by her
| parents from the government, and has never
| changed hands
| Years ago Miss Summers said she had
vision that she had Is years to live. The Iimi-
| tatton was up some time between her SEVENTH
| eighth and seventy-ninrh anniversaries About
! week before she died, when her attendant
| wanted to call physician. she said there was
| no use, as ne could never raise her again, al
! tnougn there was no acute maladY to battle
| against From early childhood she was a
| member Of the Christian church.
Gave His Children Horsehe.h.
A man by the name of Giesen, who
has been in the United States four
years unable to speak English, fed his
family on hOrsehesh in St. Louis.
He was out of work, had no credit, and hia
| children were hungry An old horse came
wandering BY, and Giesen slaughtered it
| When a policeman called to Investigate he
FOUND one-quarter Of the horse on the table In
the Kitchen and through the interpreter the
1atner said. pointing to the four children, who
watched the proceedings with hungry eyes:
"Ihey viii sleep well tonight, for their
| little stomachs will be full"
| He also had kettle of water on the fire
preparing to make horse1esh soup and stew.
Glesen didn't seem to think he had done any,
thing out OF the way in feeding the flesh to his
cnlIdren, but rather seemed to regard it as a
case OF good luck that he found the horse.
Taxpayers Got Tired.
The Pettis county court has refused
to order warrants for the payment of
III fee bills from the Justices courts
for January, aggregating So, 169. 80.
The courts refusal is based on the ground
tnat tney we're excessive, and their allowance
would be gross injustice to the taxpayers of
the county. For some time past nearly every
tramp that arrived at SedaIia has been arrest
ed and convicted in a justice court on the
charge OF Vagrancy, with a sentence of two tn
ten days, with from SIS to $50 costs in each
case This business has been carried on SO ex-
tenslVely that halt was demanded by the tax
payers, and the action of the county court il
the first step in this direction.
Mother and Child Buried Together.
There was sad incident at SedaIia
the other day.
Brlef funeral services were held over the re-
James LETTER. When the services were con-
Guided Mrs. LETTER requested that she be per-
mltted to kiss her child. She did So and in
side OF five minutes the mother was also a
corpse She died of grief. The funeral of the
little one was stopped, and the next day moth
er and child were buried together
Minister iu Politics.
Rev. DIR. Boyd, the head of the Civic
Federation in st. Louis, says that some
OF the appointments made by the
mayor are the worst possible outside
OF hill" He also says that the mayor
is man whom 1 love very much, and
who is good man."
Father and Mother Badly Burned.
Mrs. William Owings, of Burton
township, Howard county, was proba-
bly, fatally burned by her clothing
catching fire. Mr.. Owings was so badly
burned in an effort to extinguish the
flames that he may die. They have
four small children.
Joshua HIghtower.
Joshua Hightower, prominent in
Cedar county. died recently.
Mr.. HiRhtower was born in North Carolina.
March s. 1913, and at the age Of % married Miss
Cornelia Smith. He moved to Vernon county
where he lived until 1881, when he discovered
the celebrated Ell Dorado springs.
Draws the Line on Horsefesh
The health board of st. Louis draws
the line on horsefesh for food, and has
drafted an ordinance prohibiting the
slaughter of horses for food and MAX
ing 1T misdemeanor for anyone to use
such meat for food.
Result of Cooking In Old Utensils.
Mrs. NJ. Fry, 2s17 Franklin, st. Louis,
cooked a buttermilk lunch for her
children, which they ate and became
very i'll. Doctors say they were pois-
oned by the food being cooked in old
utensils.
She Was Poor, and Froze to Death
Martha Lacey, coIored, who had no
home, was frozen to death in the base
ment of a dilapidated and uninhabited
house in Lexington, where she had
gone for shelter with her two little
children.
A DIsagreeabIe Time.
A passenger train was derailed in
the tunnel under the st. Louis custom
house. The tunnel was filled with
smoke, and the passengers had dis.
agreeable time before they were re-
moved.
The Case of Arthur Duestrow.
The motion in the supreme court
for a rehearing in the case of Arthur
Duestrow, of St. Louis, who murdered
his wife and child, has been denied.
Duestrow is under sentence to hang.
A Miser's Death.
John Williams Ohms, an aged miser.
died in St. Louis in squalor from the
lack of nourishing food. Ten thou.
sand dollars was found in the room in
which he died.
An Aged Woman Burned to Death
Mrs Elizabeth Hall, aged 80, was
burned to death in the fireplace of her
home near Bryant, Douglass county.
She accidentally fell head forward into
the fire.
Influential Cedar County Citizen.
Joseph Cline, aged 81, died at Edo
RADIO Springs. He leaves quite an
estate. Mr.. Cline was one of the most
influential men of Cedar county.
Mexican War Veteran.
John 7. Rollins, aged 20, died at
Kearney, Clay county. He was Mex
lean war veteran, and went across the
plains to California in 40
A COngregatiOnaIIst for Seventy Years.
Mrs. h. w. Doty, aged 50, died at the
residence of Rev. A. j. Van Wagner,
near Carthage. She was for 40 years
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