Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-07-21

/ nome IN Arcadia Saturday night. Mr.
Nhelahon seemed to be In his usua
health Saturday morning. but thai
evening had a severe attack OF cholers
morb1s, and death resulted in a few
hours. The funeral occurred from the
Convent chapel Monday morning and
the remains were inferred in the Cath.
Ole cemetery at Pilot Knob. The de,
ceased enjoyed the reputation of being
good man and useful citizen, and
was well thought of by the people
among whom he had made his home.
Peace to his ashes,
Mr.. VIM. F. Hughes and Miss Emma
NJ. Lindsay were married at Clayton,
Mo, July 14th, 1898. by Rev John
Robinson, pastor Presbyterian church
of that place. The contracting parties
are well known in Iron county where
Mr. Hughes has been connected for
some years with the Schneider Granite
Co Mrs Hughes was reared in that
section OF the county. Mr.. Joseph b.
Patrick of ST. Louis, Mo, and Miss
Mabel Davis OF Ironton. Mo-, Mr.. P
W. Schneider, Jr., OF Granileviile,
Mo-, and Miss Celia Kelly of ST. Louis,
Mo-, accompanied the pair. Mr.. Pat
rick, who is al old friend of the
groom, acted as best man, and Miss
Davis as maid OF honor.
The REGISTER is in receipt OF an
elegant piece OF workmanship wrought
by the skilful hands of Mr.. Ed. Perry
of De Soto. known in the years OF Pilot
hn It al
Drifter." This work of art is a ham
mer of FURNISHED steel to which is fitted
delicately finished mohogany handle.
On the hammer head is engraved or
stamped: e. ID. A, April q, 1899
the words and figures being divided
into sections and placed on four OF the
six facets of the s'eye" section 1t Is
commemorative of the beginning of
the present unpleasantness with the
naughty Don, war having been de-
clared or the date above given. We
shall see 10 il that the name OF the
maker, the date of the declaration of
peace and the names of the principal
battles of the war be hereafter added
and the hammer made a memento to
succeeding generations. And along
with it shall be embalmed the name of
Artiicer Perry.
We, The Ladies Aid Society Of the
Baptist church. desire to inform friends
and citizens of the Valley that The
Arcadia Valley Cook Book is at last
in the hands of our ever accommodate
ing home editor and printer, Mr.. E d.
AXE. The book contains exactly sew
en- hundred guaranteed recipes and 1t
will be an excellent book in every
sense of the word. 1t is our intention
to place the book within the means OF
all. An ample edition has been Or
dered printed, so that each one who
desires may procure one We desire
to return thanks to the friends who so
kindly donated their .strue and tried
recipes, also, to the business ladies and
gentlemen of the Valley for their ad-
vertisements (Which will partially de-
fray expenses of printing! and sincerely
hope they will never regret placing
them in our book, thus helping them
selves, a home people and a worthy
cause. Due notice will be given the
public when printing is done.
COMMITTEE.
The following appeared in Fridays
GI06eDemOerGt from Seattle. Washing
ton: News of the tragic death of DR..
William Beard. the noted mining ex-
pert of Philadelphia. near the Valdes
Glacier. Alaska, last May. has been
received here. 1t came in a letter
from H. g. Watkins, formerly of New
~,
kins barely escaped with his own life.
According to Watkins letters, they
were caught IN a snow-slide just after
crossing the glacier. They started
back to the timber line. A small
snow-slide came down, and buried
Beard. Watkins escaped, and for ten
days he struggled through snow, day
and night, subsisting on raw rice and
rolled oats Finally he succeeded in
reaching Valdes. From another source
it Is learned that Boards body was re-
covered" 1t is thought that DR.. VIM.
Beard referred to is brother of Thos.
Beard of this city. VIM. Beard made
his home here many years ago. For
a score Of years, he has been living in
the west. Mr.. Thos Beard here will
be glad to communicate with any one
who can give him any particulars in
reference to the matter.
His face indicated q disappointed
man. His general appearance was
woe begone, forloru and sorrowful. He
had evidently seen more of the sbad
ows than the sunshine. A rusty Prince
Albert coat, trousers Of the same ma
terial, and a white vest were the strik-
Ing characteristics of his make up.
He darted in the front door, made a
request, and was gone His request
was the publication of the following:
There are women who are comely,
there are women who are homely, hut
be careful how the latter thing you say.
There are women who are wealthy.
there are women who are healthy,
there are women who win always have
their way. There are women who are
truthful, there are women who are
youthful-were there ever any women
who were old? There are women who
are sainted, there are women who are
painted, there are women who are
worth their weight in gold. There
are women who are tender, there are
women who are slender. there are
women who are very large, fat and
red. There are women who are mar
h.