Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-07-20

ne ATTENDED the International COnyen
ton OF Endeavorers and says it wa
immense and excellent. He purchas
ed ticket Monday evening for Nlaga
ra Falls, but before boarding the trair
received a letter from his wife inform
ing him of the destruction of his barr
by Ere. and returned home.-Poplal
Bluff Republican.
A very sick man was left at this sta
ton by train No. so Tuesday. His
condition was pitiable-his weakness,
was such that he could give no accoun
of himself and word was sent to Sher
if Gregory, who arranged to have the
unfortunate man cared for. He is ap.
parently man about fifty years of age
and it is said came from Hendricksor
here. 1t is thought he is suffering
from malaria. LATER-The man died
Wednesday evening without his ideni-
| ty ever being established. He had a
piece of paper in his pocket which
read: ''Miller-Put this man to work.
j. M. Gowan." Gowan is section fore
man at Hendrickson while a man by
the name of Miller holds the same
position at Sulphur Springs.
A six-year-old girl. the daughter of
John Decker, who lives near Granite
vile, this county, met with a tragic
| death late Wednesday evening of last
| week. The little girl, with several
other children, was playing in the yard
when dead limb fell from tree, and
struck the child in the head, crushing
the skull and instantly killing her.
The limb had long been detached from
the trunk of the tree but was lodged
and held by other limbs; singular
feature in connection Herewith is that
there was little or no air string at the
time, and the limb which had firmly
held to its place during the winds and
storms of two or three years, was sud-
denly loosened from its fastenings and
fell to the ground with such fatal re-
suits.
Fredericktown is now a dry town.
The following is taken from the last
issue of the Democrat NeWS: " A good
deal of the time of the county court
last week was taken up in hearing ar
gument in the case of whether the
people of the new addition to Freder-
icktown were Taxpayers and entitled
to voice in regard to saloon petitions.
Mr.. E. D. Anthony appeared for the
w. G. L. U. and Mr.. Robert Anthony
for the opposition. The court listened
patiently to both sides and on Friday
morning, on the advice of the county
attorney, decided that they were quail
flied citizens. The petitioners for a
saloon then announced that they would
not present petition for license. So
the court adjourned. Both sides of the |
case was ably represented. but the w. |
G. L. u, through their attorney, Sc
cured a victory and Fredericktown is |
now a dry town. We learn that one
of the petitions only lacked four names |
of having majority with the new ter
ritory counted. Neither side can COM
plain of the treatment and patient |
hearing given them by the county
court"
A horrible accident was barely
averted at the railroad crossing north
of the depot Friday evening. The
north bound local had taken the side
track for No. "a, the fast mail to pass.
An old gentleman and lady came driv-
ing up the road in two horse wagon;
they saw the local on the siding and
were whipping the horses, evidently
intending to get over the crossing be-
fore the train started; they neither
saw nor heard the fast train now COM
ing up the track at terrific speed. Peo-
pie at the depot endeavored to attract
the attention of the man and woman in
hn VI hllf fhnU nlnSn1Ir |
the local, and so intent on
getting over the crossing before it
that it was impossible to make
Them either hear or see, and they con-
tinued on toward the crossing, now on
" few steps away, and what seemed
certain destruction. The people at the
depot seeing they were powerless to
avert the calamity, involuntarily turn
I'd to shut out from their eyes the hor-
'ible sight. Then, just at the last mo-
neut, one of the locals train crew,
Who happened to be at the cross
ng. jumped in the road and stopped
he team within few feet of the track
Is the fast train went laundering by.
It was, truly, hair-breadth escape.
Sundays GIobe-Democrat printed an
excellent likeness of Rev. jerome c.
3erryman of Caledonia, and under the
heading, IAN Old Indian Missionary"
leyotes about two columns telling of
Father Berryman's great work in the
Valley in the early days.
The following being in reference to q,
lis labors in this immediate locality is
i" And in
-S47, at his own request. he was !
transferred and placed in charge of :
he Cape Girardeau district. While /,
N this work he detected not only the
beauties but also the possibilities of :
Arcadia Valley, purchased a large
ract of land there, and entered upon |
he second great enterprise of his life, {
he famous Arcadia high school. With i
lis own means he erected buildings,
engaged teachers and opened school,
which for over twenty years ranked
Lmong the leading Institutions of the
Vest. The healthfulness and general
charms of the location brought pat
'onage from far and near, and the 200 s
a 500 pupils annually gathered under
he roof of this institution generally {
represented ten to fifteen different
tates. For several years after the
opening of the college, or until the
completion of the Iron Mountain Rail- i
Dad through the Valley, the only I
means of reaching Arcadia was by
wagon road from Ste. Genevieve. {
Three or four years after the school t
a. l.