Iron County register., 1899-05-25

The Girls Guild in connection will
st. PauPs Church are to give an en-
tertainment next Tuesday evening. tn,
3Oth, In the Academy of Music. w,
hope that liberal patronage will be ac
corded to them, for announcement il
their efforts. Some special features
will be presented, including a shor
comedietta entitled s.That Dreadful
Boy" and some very graceful figure
dancing by some visiting children. Tt
commence at 8 o'clock. General ad
mission, 15 cts; children, 10c.
A wedding, mot down in the bills.
was feature of the excursion las
Sunday. Among the passengers or
the train was Miss Emma Wardle, now
residing in st. Louis, but who formerly
lived with her parents at Graniteville
For several years past she has received
more or less attention from Mr. john
Petty, young man of Ironton, but il
was understood that for some months
past, they had been roughing the bill
lows thatpro the s'course of true love
never does run smooth" However
they came in contact with each other
and through the kindly Offices and per.
suasion of Mr.. j. l.. Baldwin, who had
thoughtfully procured marriage Ii.
cense the night before, were induced
to repair to the Office of Squire Fair
child, who promptly pronounced the
words that made the twain one. Sue
cess and good luck attend them.
One of the passengers on the train
which was wrecked at Tip Top Sunday
| evening was Miss Adkins of Lampas-
sas, Texas. who was on her way home
from school somewhere in the east.
As soon as she learned the engineer
had been seriously scalded, she in some
way or other, secured some sweet oil
and -four and hurried to the baggage
car where he had been taken. Skill
fully and gently she bound his wounds
and administered to his wants with
the thought and deliberation of an old
practioneer. DR.. Norwine of Bismarck
says the young lady did her work so
well that when he arrived on the
scene, a hurried examination convinced
him that there was no occasion to re-
move the bandages-that the sufferer
had been as well taken care of as the
appliances at hand would allow. Miss
Adkins was unanimously voted hero
inc by train men and passengers.
Mrs. Mary Catherine johnson,
daughter of G. D. and Catherine Yam
cey, was born in De Soto, Mo-, Febru-
ary 10, 1870. In Piedmont under the
pastorate of Rev. VIM. Talley she gave
herself to God and the Methodist
church in 1890. Before the altar of
her church she was married to Rev.
Afford c. johnson by Rev. 0. G. Hall
burton June 26, 1898. After an illness
of four months, she died in Centralia.
Mo-, May II, 1899. Her funeral was
conducted in the M. Z. Church, South,
of Centralia by Rev. r. II. Cooper, P.
E. of the Mexico District. The re-
mains were brought to Piedmont. ac-
companied by her husband. little
Catherine her daughter, Mrs. Hinchey
her only sister, Mrs. j. Perry johnson
and Rev. r. H. Cooper. After an ap-
propriate sermon by Brother Cooper
in the Methodist church, the many
sympathizing friends paid the last
tribute of respect to her body and it
was inferred by the side of her little
brother Charley in the Piedmont Gem
etery May 16.-Piedmaont Banner.
Miss Annie, the seventeen-year-old
daughter of Mr.. Aug. Schwab Of Pilot
Knob, died in hospital in St. Louis
Monday noon, having been taken
there for treatment the day before.
The young lady was the victim of a
very peculiar disease or complaint. A
few weeks ago in doing some work on
her fathers farm she handled some
bone meal, which. it is thought, pois-
oned her blood, for in few days after
coming in contact with the fertilizer,
there was evidence of thorough poison
ing of the system. Inflammation set
in, the body swelling to immense pro-
portions. AS no relief could be secur-
ed, the unfortunate young woman was
taken to St. Louis Sunday In the hope
the malady would succumb to the
treatment afforded there, but the hope
was vain one and she died the fol-
lowing day at noon. The physicians,
it is said, are not positive as to the
real cause of the disease, but advance
the theory of the bone meal poisoning
as the most probable one. The re-
mains were brought home Monday
night, and the funeral occurred the
following day, the interment taking
place in the family cemetery. The
bereaved family have universal sym
pathy in their affliction.
The engine of passenger train No.
81 was derailed just south of Tip Top
shortly after six o'clock Sunday even
ing. The fireman on the engine fell
under the trucks Of the tender and
mail car and was instantly killed.
The body was badly mangled and the
head and face crushed beyond recogni-
tion. The engineer, w. E. Walters,
had his hands and feet badly scalded,
but was not seriously injured. The
| wreck was occasioned by calf being
on the track The train had just
reached the top OF the grade and was
starting down the hill, when a calf
walked on to the crossing short dis
tance ahead. Lee Usher, who lives in
the vicinity, aud who happened to be
standing near the track at the time,
says the engineer at once whistled an
alarm; the noise seemed to frighten
the calf, which, Instead of leaving the
track, jumped across the cattle guard,
and ran down the track. 1t was but a
minute until the engine struck the an
| imal, the wheels left the track, the
mighty locomotive tottered for mo-
ment and then rolled over on its side,
the tender on one side OF the track and
| tho angina on the other, The train