Iron County register., 1897-09-30


learned that Thos. Callahan, formerly
a resident of this county and well
known in this section, recently died in
Niles, Michigan. where he has been
making his home for the past year.
Mr.. Callahan was a man of ability and
rare literary attachments. As writer
he had few Equals and many of the
productions of his pen were truly liter
ary gems. Had it not been for his
very eccentric disposition and other
peculiar characteristics which at times
submitted him to severe criticism, the
deceased would unquestionably have
occupied high position in the world
OF letters Many years ago he did con-
siderable writing for the REGISTER and
his articles were recognized as among
the best ever printed in Southeast Mis-
souri,. Peace to his ashesl
The wind carried sparks from the
burning buildings all over town last
Thursday afternoon, aud, everything
being so dry, wherever a spark lighted
fire started. At one time there was
fire on the roofs of Geo. Schultz 5
house. the Jail, DR.. Farrar's office,
Gays wagon shop and DIR. Morton 5
home. They were all extinguisned,
though, before any great damage
resulted. Excessive vigilance was the
price of safety, however, and a close
watch had to be kept over the town
that night. The Marshal. on instruc-
tions from Mayor Edgar. hired three
deputies who with himself patrolled
the town until day light Friday. The
wood stored away in the burned build
ings made quite fire all night and
the safety of the town demanded a
very close and careful watch to see
that the sparks therefrom did not COM
municate the fire elsewhere.
A class in civil engineering from
Washington University, st. Louis, is
in the Valley for practice and study.
They are in charge of Prof. j. B. john
son, teacher of Civil Engineering,
Washington University, and a Mr..
Stanford, assistant They are stop
ping at the Arcadia House and will re-
main some three weeks. They are
practicing triangulation, surveying.
etc., and at present have four trian-
gulation stations-one on Pilot Knob,
one on Shepherd Mountain, one at
Fort Hill church and one in DR.. Jones
orchard, north of Mr.. Andrews home.
Their base line is one the cemetery
lane from Fredericktown road to Rus
sells pond. The Prof. says this Val
ley furnishes a fine field for practice.
The students are Messrs. Stewart,
Rapp, Councilman, and Allen, Seniors;
and Bryan, BoughCon, Atkins, Hen
drichs, Robinson, Woerman and
Shields. Juniors. A gentlemanly ap-
pearing lot of young men they are, too.
We trust every facility for their prac-
tice will be granted to them by our
citizens.
The citizens of Ironton were startled
by an alarm of fire last Sunday morn
ing about eleven o'clock. The alarm
came from the north end of town and
an investigation revealed that the
roof of the cottage on the south end OF
the old Ironton House property was IN
| flames. A crowd quickly assembled
and the flames were extinguished be-
fore any great damage was done. Ii
discovered before the flames got under
great headway, for the structure Is a
monster one and its burning dowr
would unQuestionably have endangered
every house in that end of town. The
old structure has long been veritable
fire trap and considering the number
| and character of its tenants it is some
what remarkable that fire hasn't re
suited before now. 1t is understood
however. that it is the intention to teal
down a portion of the building and en-
deavor to render the remaining portion
more secure. Simultaneous with the
cry of fire" Sunday morning. the bis
whistle at the Clark hub factory gave
the alarm The effect was instantaue
GUS and at once everybody in the Val
lley knew there was fire in progress
or that something was wrong. In
minute every church in the Vale.
where services were being held wa
Idepopulated and the congregation
were rushing along the streets to ascer
tain the cause of the alarm.
Our venerable friend, Judge I. T
Russell, sends US the following inter
esting note, which we publish wit
pleasure: 81 saw in last weeks REGIS
TER that Judge Emerson has lost
good many fish by death in his pond
He thinks some person has poisone
them. | do not think any one ha
poisoued them. | think it is on az
: count of the heat. A few years age
we had Just such another hot, DIR
year as this present one, and l lost
good many in my poud. You coul
see dozens floating dead. Big ba$
l. and perch-most all kinds-died fror
the effects Of heat. | can recall a nun
Der of years in my life when the cree
would get so low the water did not ruI
and all the fish in the creek dice
There are some things we can't unde
stand in the working OF nature, an
we must not be too ready to lay th
blame for our misshaps on any person
| have in my life of a years seen
: good many things l could not unde
5 stand. One is, for years my garde
| was infested, as we'll as my yard. wit
e moles. They seemed to have full po
D session and rooted up my ground so
: could hardly anything Yet l ha'
a seen no sign of moles in my gardeE
q but once, in this whole summer. Nov
an YOU tell what's the cause? "
know when the sun Is so hot as to COG
= water melons and blister fruit on Il
= trees, water that is standing in pom
q will not be fit to skate on part OF In