Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-08-07

Late corr Is suffering. We have
not had a good rain for two weeks.
There is still considerable stealing
going on around here. Last week
some boys found a case Of "Honey
Boy" popcorn and chewing gum on the
hill north of the depot, in a mineral
hole. 1t is supposed that they were
taken from loaded cars here IN the
side track. 1t was taken out of the
original box and putin a different box,
so you cannot tell where it was con
signed. 1t think it was done by boys
simply to get something to eat, but if
it is not stopped it will lead to some
thing bad. There was a car load of
melons here last week, and while the
man was busy delivering them to the
merchants, the boys stole ten. All
this is very wrong boys, and you will
get caught some of these days.
eager Semands and boys sold their
cattle last week to the Hackworth
boys for $3.50, and two sucking calves
for$12.
Mrs. Vaughn, niece of Pink Palmore,
died Tuesday. She was brought here
from Leeper last Sunday.
Mrs. Bowman, another niece of P.
Palmore. was brought home Friday,
not expected to live. They are hav-
ing quite a siege of trouble.
Our town was overrun with lumber
teams last Saturday, there being over
fifty teams, some of them from the Il
mile mill. They used to ship to
Fredericktown, but Z. W. Graves has
turned them this way. He pays more
for yellow pine than you can get in st.
Louisiana spot cash for every load.
l guess sugar will be cheap soon as
there are A shiploads on their way to
New York, Philadelphia and Boston.
Now $50, 900 tons is enough to sweeten
every mans coffee in Iron county.
We had quite a wreck here last
Wednesday. Passenger train No. 2
ran into the local. just before they
hit the porter came running through
the coaches. yelling, 'Look out, we
are going to have q wreck" and every
man that stood up got knocked down.
Women and children were screaming,
and it was quite an exciting time. A
man, woman and child were in the
caboose of the local, and | can't see
how they ever escaped az the caboose
was smashed into kindling wood,
When the woman was found she was
buried in the cinders. The accident
was entirely uncalled for. The loca.
was on the sideing and had only II
minutes until No. 2 would be along
but the conductor pulled out on the
main track and commenced unloading
iron, when really he only had sever
minutes, for the orders r that
freight train must keep out of the way
of the passenger and be on the sideine
ten minutes before it is due. Rev. j
d. Watson and wife, Mrs. Geo. Morris
and children and Uncle Isaac we're or
No, 2 and got pretty well shaken up
Rev. T. A. Bowman preached a gooC
sermon here Sunday.
John Myers, section forman at thi'
place, who has been in the hospital a
st, Louis for the past three weeks
died last Sunday. He will be broughr
here for burial.
Chas. Heath, who has been sales
man for Stevenson & Bro, for the pas
two years, has resigned and will &C
cept a position with S. A. Lee & Co.
at Piedmont.
Jack Loyd's widow, whom we al
know around Des Arc, and who go
$4,000 from the r. r. Co. for killing
her husband some years ago, now get
$110O back pay and SO per month from
now on as a pension. Jack was surel.
a valuable man.
G. II. Lucy spent Sunday with hi
children at this place..
Horace Morris went to Piedmon
Sunday to pitch for the base ball team
They played against a Poplar Blui
team. ISAAC.
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