Iron County register., 1897-10-21

Mrs. Bailey, who lives on farm
about two miles west of Beileview. met
with fatal accident last Monday
She was cleaning the house and went
to shove some quilt frames under a
! bedstead- A loaded gun was under
/ the bed; IN some way or other .he
/ frames struck the hammer. and the
gun was discharged, the entire charge
entering the unfortunate woman's body.
/ Death resulted in few hours
Deputy {. S. Marshal Kennedy of
St Louis arrived here at noon Satur-
day having in charge Ed. Staguer and
Allie CARNEY. of Salem, charged with
selling liquor without government IL
cense. They were taken before the
L. 5. Commissioner, waived examina-
tion. and committed to the St Louis
Jail to await the action of the Federal
grand jury. There are about thirty
Indictments against the two men In
the Circuit Court in Dent county for
running s.blind tiger" in the town OF
Salem.s They had federal license for
the tiger" it is understood, but on
one occasion went out TO a camp meet
ing and retailed the ..oil of joy" with
out any license from Uncle Sam, and
for this offense were taken in charge
by the federal officials The Marshal
made the trip from Salem here in
day and half. The livery horses he
had hired at Salem gave out on reach
ing Kaolin Friday evening and j. P.
Barger drove him to town the follow
ing day.
We take cum grG1lo sails the tale that
some parties in ST.. Louis this week
closed a deal for the purchase of a
large tract of land in the south end OF
the county located between Annapolis
and Des Arc. The intention OF the
purchasers is to form a great game
preserve and to create one of the best
and largest hunting and fishing grounds
in the country. Tuesdays Republic
printed the following in reference TO
the purchase, the parties interested
and their plans and intentions: deeds
viii be signed to-day completing the
purchase of the last 7S0 acres of H.
500-acre tract of land in Iron county,
Mo-. that is designed TO form the great
est game preserve 10 the United States,
with the exception of Yellowstone Park.
Purchases of land in the vicinity of
Ironton, Mo. have been pending for
several months until there has at last
been quietly bought enough land TO
serve the purpose indicated. The pur-
chaser mas been the Mountain and Lake
Hunting and Fishing Club, including
in its mem bership many well-knOwn
men in St. Louis The club and the
work it has undertaken are the results
of the efforts of Major John ". Peck
ington of St. Louis. whose work in be-
half of the lovers of hunting and fish
ing. in the way of organizing hunting
and fishing clubs, is well known.
Charles H. Huff is president of the
club; Charles Wehner, ex-member OF
the City Council, vice president; John
w Peckington, treasurer Among the
other members are Herman Bollman,
j. d. Husmann. Jr.; 4. Mittelber,
Michael Hanick. John Benson. DR..
Frederick l.. Pohlman and Arthur
Huff. The tract selected for the pur-
poses of the club is in the heart of the
richest game regions in Missouri, sur
rounded by the Ozark Mountains. At
present it is traversed by country roads !
and the intention is to obtain permis- |
sion from the Legislature for the club |
to build a county road through the |
tract and then fence in the preserve. |
The natural supply of game will be |
replenished and an expert has already |
been engaged to superinteud the work |
of building the preserve. The inten- |
ton of the club is to present the pre-
serve to the State at the expiration of |
so years, provided the permission for |
a county road can be obtained and the |
plans of the club successfully carried |
out. Within so years it is believed by |
members of the club the preserve will |
be most extensive and the richest in |
game in the United States. As soon
as the papers are all drawn up work |
will be commenced in anticipation of |
favorable action by the Legislature"