Iron County register., 1899-08-24

Married-At Fort Hill Church, Ar
cadia. Mo-, $50 o'clock Wednesday
morning, August 23d, 1899. Miss Flora
Mae Whitworth of Arcadia, Mo-, and
Mr.. Geo. NJ. Kinks of Long Pine, Ne
braska. Rev. Geo. Steel officiating.
After the ceremony the relatives re-
paired to the residence of the brides
parents, where an elegant collation.
was served. Then congratulations and
best wishes were reiterated, "good-
byes" said, and Mr.. and Mrs. Kinks
departed on the noon train for their
western home. They carry with them
the sincere wishes of alegion o. friends
in the Arcadia Valley for success and
happiness.
Lowry Lovelace left Piedmont Sat-
urday night about eleven o'clock to
walk to Mill Spring. at which place he
lived. The next heard of him was
that he had been found Sunday morn
ing laying beside the railroad track
two and half miles south of this place
with his skull fractured. 1t is sup
posed that he had been struck by
train, but it is believed by some that
he had been waylayed by tramps and
murdered. He was brought to this
place Sunday evening and everything
possible was done to save his life, but he
never regained consciousness and died
Tuesday evening about half past four
o'clock. Mr.. Lovelace was about for
ty years of age. and leaves wife and
thirteen children to mourn his loss.
He was taken to Des Arc for burial
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A wind and rain storm visited Bis
marck Friday evening, 18th, says the
correspondent to the Pennington Times
which for force was second only to a
genuine cyclone. The lightning fash
ed. the thunder roared, the wiHd howl
ed and the rain fell in sheets, COM
pletely hiding from view objects at a
short distance. While the storm rag
ed no one could tell what was happen
ing to his neighbor. After the rain
ceased an inventory of the damage
wrought was taken. resulting as fol-
lows: The new Lutheran church which
was nearing completion, was complete
ly wrecked, and great deal of the
material was ruined. The roof of Mr..
Clarkson's boiler room blew off, the
smokestack was demolished, and q ute
a lot of damage done the building. A
large tree was blown on Mrs. Thomas
house, crushing the roof and render
ing the house unfit for further occu-
pancy. Mrs. Langdon's barn was
blown to pieces, and numerous trees
were blown down over town. Several
porch roofs on East Main street were
damaged. and glass fronts were dam
aged considerably. Fortunately, no
physical injury was sustained, except
good scare for several persons. Mr.
|. ID. McCoy's new dwelling was franz
ed and the work progressing nicely,
but the storm demolished it; and fen
ces and hay stacks were laid low all
over the country.
On Thursday of last week DR.. Far
rar was called in to see Mrs. Austin,
widow of the late VIM. Austin, who
lives in Arcadia. She had been sick
about twelve days and her body was
covered with eruptions. The doctor
made an examination and declared the
symptoms were those of smallpox.
That evening Drs. Farrar, Goulding,
Marshall and Gay visited the patient
and after complete and thorough ex-
animation diagnosed the case as genu-
inc and unmistakable smallpox. On
receipt of this Information Sheriff
Gregory at once established a guard
about the house, which is still main
tanned, to prevent people coming in
contact with the disease. Besides
Mrs. Austin, there are in the house
two young men and two young ladies.
Since the guard was established they
have not been permitted to come In
contact with any one, their supplies
being carried to them in such manner
as to avoid risk of spreading the con-
tagion. At this time Mrs. Austin has
about recovered, but one OF the young
ladies in the house is now suffering
from the malady, although her condi-
tion is not serious. A strict guard
will be maintained about the premises
until all danger is passed. The report
of the doctors that there was smallpox
in the Valley, of course, created con-
siderable anxiety and excitement, and,
as is always the case under like cir
cumstances. wild and extravagant sto-
ries were soon in circulation. On the
uTsL TepOfb STSdk mduy pcOplo were
badly frightened and a few summer
visitors quickly bundled up" and left
for their homes, or quit Arcadia and
sought quarters in Ironton. Since then.
however, the excitement has greatly
subsidized, the people are breathing ca
sier and realize that with proper care
and precaution there is no likelihood
of the malady becoming epidemic.
Notwith standing the uuanimity with
which the physicians agreed as 20 the
diagnosis, there are some skeptically
inclined persons. who have had some
experience with the malady, who re-
fuse TO believe the disease is smallpox.
They insist, in justification OF their un-
belief, that it is altogether too mild in
form to be the genuine smallpox, while
the doctors say this can be attributed
to the fact that it is warm weather.
The virulent type, they contend, is or
dinarily only encountered during the
winter season. Whatever the disease
may be it is unquestionably the same
as that which has afflicted the Flat
River lead district in st. Francois
county for several months past, and in
regard to which the physicians, over
there, have so long quarreled and dis
puted among themselves, in trying to
determine just what it really is. 1t is