Iron County register., 1900-06-07

Oct. 1888, and was married to Rev.
d. l.. Clifford, April "a, 1890. '.It
was agreed by all her associates, y says
the above periodical, .'and by such
travellers as Mrs. Isabella Bird Bishop,
that Mrs. Clifford was one of the most
valuable missionaries in the country.
She was on the Language Committee
Of the mission, and was tireless, I'M
ostentatious, effective worker among
women"
The following transcript of the sur
plus commodities marketed by Iron
county during 1899 was furnished the
REGISTER by the State Labor Commis-
sioner, T. P. Rixey, being advance in
formation from the Labor Bureaus
Surplus Shipment Map which is now
in press. This Information, obtained
from the reports of the transportation
companies operating within this coun-
ty, does not purport to show the total
productions of the commodities emu
merated but only what was shipped.
The statement of aggregate value was
obtained by calculating the various
commodities at the average OF the
prices current in forty different locali-
ties of the State, and is conservative
and approximately correct: ''Cattle,
1,543 head; hogs. $500; sheep, 575;
hay, 1915 lbs; flour, 1920, 900;
ship-stuff, 10000; apples, SO bbls;
hardwood lumber, 11,291, 900 feet;
pine lumber, 15, 1877 900; piling, 64,S00
ordwood, 795 cords; cooperage, 232
cars; iron ore, 60 tons; granite, GIG
cars; junk, 8; poultry. dressed, 2,419
lbs; poultry, live, 1,1S0; eggs, 45,51O
dozen; butter, 2486 lbs: fresh fruit,
1895; dried fruit. 4,7S0; dressed meat,
1850; game. 3,210; furs, 1,739; feath-
ers, 498; hides and pelts, 1890; lard,
$40; tallow, 1868; wine, 3S gallons;
vegetables, 27.520 lbs; wool, 9,812;
ice, LOO; roots, 5000 lbs; beeswax,
967; charcoal, % cars. The aggre-
gate value of the foregoing commodi-
ties, computed at the prevailing aver
age current prices, amounted to $780,
47618."
The board of managers of the new
insane asylum, No. 4, at Pennington,
Mo-, last Friday awarded the contract
for five cottages to the Westlake Con-
struction Company, of st. Louis, for
S73,092. The contractor has until
January 1, 1901, to complete the build
ings, and must furnish bond equal to
the contract price. The other bids
received were as follows: Wind &
Roundtree, St. Louis, $78, ,939; Hill
O'Meara Construction Company, St.
Louis, $75, ,O26; Lenz-Helm Building
Company, St. Louis, $79, ,753; II. r.
Becker. ST. Louis, $79,782; Globe Con-
struction Company, st. Louis. $82, ,715;
Nicholas & Pettigreen, st. Louis, $780,
445; Louis Miller, Arcadia, Mo-, $79,-
SCI. .SS. The bids were opened at the
Laclede Hotel in the presence of the
board and it's architect, FL. III. Hohen-
schild. Each bid was accompanied by
a certified check, and all were found to
be in proper form. The new asylum
will start with six buildings, including
the five cottages" of a capacity of
sixty inmates each, and power house.
The contract for the power house and
any other buildings that may be found
necessary will be let later. Each of
the cottages will be of pressed brick,
with cut stone and terra Gotta trim
mlngs, and they will be arranged with
an idea to symmetry and in such a
manner that the capacity of the insti-
tuition may be increased to 800 or 900
patients without affecting the general
plan. The new institution is designed
to serve the needs of Southeast Missou-
ri, which at present has none of the
kind. The cottage plan was decided
upon after the board had made trip
through the East, studying the latest
institutions of the kind: The five cot
tages are to be named after the mem
bers of the board, and the cost of each,
according to the figures of the success
full bidder, will be as follows: Allen
cottage, $14,491; Clay cottage, $15.-
1913; Berry cottage, $15, 2S4; Rigg cot
tage, $14, ,410; Buchanan cottage, $1S,-
7S4. 1t is expected that work will
begin at once on the contract. Archi-
tect Hohenschild figured that the five
buildings would cost $50, ,000.-GEobe-
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