Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-07-25
They Both Went Down.

They Both Went Down.
Carl Johnson and Della Dreamer
we're drowned in Spring river, near
Carthage. The girl, aged IL, got be-
gond her depth, and the boy, aged 10,
went to her rescue. The girl chung
to him frantically, hampering his
movements, they both went down.
The boy was a good swimmer, and
would have saved the girl but for her
fright.
Admitted to Bail.
John Eyerly, of Warsaw, was adj
mitted to bail by Judge Graves, of
the circuit court, his bond being fixed
at $4,000. Eyerly will be tried at
the August term of court for the ale
legged murder of his brother-in-law,
George Hunter.
Death at the Crossing.
At Brunswick Will Fletcher and Jo-
seph Ferguson, farmers, were driving
home, when their wagon was struck
by a Wabash train. Ferguson is dead,
and Fletcher was dying at last re-
ports.
Remarkable Wheat Yields.
Near Charleston E. L. Brown
threshed 500 bushels of wheat from 16
acres, A. Connings 229 bushels from
4 acres, and j. C. Moore's 160-acre
farm averaged As bushels per acre.
Woke Up the Wrong Man.
John Mccall and Edward Lee went
to the farm house of a Mr.. Barnes, in
county, at night, and demand
ed ad~mittance. Some one fred killing
Lee and wounding Mccall.
Two Mem Drowned
David Byrnes, aged As, and F.. Ches-
iner, aged IS, both of ST. Louis, and
in the employ of the Bell Telephone
Co.. were drowned in the Missouri
liver Mt Washington.
Farmers Fight About Stock.
Near New London Oscar Bunton
and Sydney J. Paris, farmers, fought
over t~respassing stock. Paris was
mortally wounded and Burton was
struck with a rock.
Mr. wagner Gets a Plum.
Gov Dockery has appointed Thomas
e. Wagner, al attorney of Scotland
county, superintendent of the state
insurance department, succeeding Ed.
e.. Orear.
WhftecOft0n Buying Corn.
Speaker Whitecotton was in ST
Louis the other day to purchase corr
There is a drought in Monroe county,
and Mr. WhitecOtton is feeding cattle.
Not Called on.
The directors of the Holden fair ar.
nounce that they have not declared
the event off because of the drought.
There VIII be NO premiums offered.
Shat by a Hfghwayman.
A.. H. Pirie, secretary and treasurer
of a St. Louis manufacturing COM
pany, was held u pand fatally shot,
at Ferguson. St. Louis county.
BIne and Gray Reunion.
The, next annual reunion of the
blue and the gray of southwest Mis-
souri, will be held at Mountain Grove,
Wright county, August 20.
One Way to Die.
Lee Simmons, aged FL, single, son
of J.. r. Simmons, ten miles north of
Cabool- committed suicide by jumping
head first into a thresher.
Killed by ana
Tom Garrison, an employee of a fur
nitare factory at Springfield, was shot
and killed by some one unknown to
the coroner's jury.
Result of a Joke.
John Nolan, a section hand at Osce-
ola, is a mental and physical wreck.
He was scared by boys, who played
ghost in his room.
Mr.. seiger VIII Remain.
The governor has announced that
James Nj. Seibert will be made per-
manent excise commissioner of the
city of St. Louis
Fer Recreation and HeaIth.
Senator Cockrell left Washington.
q few days ago, for Denver, Col. The
senator lis in search of recreation and
better health.
Rad Fire at Marshall.
Marshall, Saline county, was visited
by a bad fire in the business district;
loss, S121,0O It started In the New
York store
Young Mother Dies From burns.
Mrs. Alex. Denny. Jr., died at Fae
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