Iron County register., 1899-08-17
Slept Too Near the Track.

tember IA. Col. T. P. Hoy is presiden,
of the association.
Slept Too Near the Track.
Bake Dol was killed by train one
mile east of Northview, Webster coun.
ty. Dol was accompanied by William
that he and Dol were sleeping by the
side of the rails. He says that Dol was
too close to the track, and that a pas
senger train struck and killed him.
Never Recovered From the Shock.
Mrs. Mary Earjxson, aged %, died al
the home of her father, John Marnell
in ST. Joseph. She was the widow OF
William p. Earixson,a young man who
committed suicide May % by taking
carbolic acid. The young woman never
recovered from the shock of her hus-
bands tragic death.
Killed His Brother.
In a quarrel near Sibley, Jackson
county, David Elliott was shot and
killed by his brother, Thomas H. El
lott. The shooting was done with an
old-style muzzleloading shotgun. The
brothers quarreled some time ago
Thomas II. Elliott gave himself up.
To Kill Smallpox Gecms.
Acting under orders from Mayor
Hall, the fire department of Springfield
burned a pretty little cottage on q
prominent street, because the building
was believed by some to be infected
with smallpox germs.
Missouri Poultry for Hawaii.
A Grundy county poultry firm has
received an order for 40 car loads o1
live poultry, to be shipped to the Ha
waiian islands, where good prices are
obtained for American fowls.
Dropped Dead.
The various G. A. r. posts of the
Ninth congressional district met in a
four days reunion at Wellsvi1le.
A Fortune in Ireland.
Jasper Strachan, a candy-maker, al
Kansas City, will go to Ireland to take
possession of a fortune of $125,000 tC
which he has recently fallen heir.
Mrs. FlOuri'S Mistake.
Mrs. Gustave Flouri mistook dead
body at the ST. Louis morgue for he1
husband. He surprised her by walk
ing in and-received her blessing.
Boy Kills His Sister.
Charles Thomas, aged eight, ol
Springfield, while playing with his fa
ther's safety" revolver, accidentally
killed his sister, aged five.
A G.. a. r.. Reunion.
d. c. Padgett, Il prominent farmer
in the north part of Shelby county
dropped dead in his barn on heart dis
ease. He was 20 years old.
Injured In n Runaway.
County Treasurer Joslyn and daugh.
ter, Lillian, were thrown from bug.
gy at Lebanon. by a runaway team
and severely injured.
missouri Cotton.
Cotton is generally doing well, being
heavy of fruit and squares, though it
is rank in some localities, owing to
heavy rains in July.
Little Tor The1r Trouble.
The post office at Arcadia was brol1-
en- open and robbed of about S. worth
of stamps. The thieves overlooked
$3.50 worth of stamps.
The Gasoline Stove
Mrs. Barbara Sebastian, of st. Louis,
was fatally BURNED, the other day,
while trying to fill a gasoline tank on
her kitchen stove.
Demolished by Lightning.
The large frame normal school
building at Ava was struck by light
ming, few days ago and demolished.
No one was hurt.
Took His Own Life.
L. H. C. Laxton committed suicide
near Hartville, Wright county. He
drank morphine and whisky. He was
highly respected.
Hanged Himself I'm the Barn.
George Y. Gauger, a farmer and
stockman near Barnard, Nodaway
county, committed suicide by hanging
in his barn.
A Farmers Fatal Fall.
James Elliott, a wealthy farmer of
st. Clair county, fell from his wagon
and broke his neck while returning
from town.
St. Louis Banks Loaded.
ST. Louis banks will not have to
draw ON New York this year for
money to move the crops. They are
loaded.
The Apple Crop.
The apple crop prospect is diminish
ing, correspondents agreeing upon less
than half the crop.