Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-11-30

in the Arcadia Valley, about one.
fourth mile southeast of the village
of Ironton. In the immediate
vicinity of the station the ground
slopes gently to the north and west
toward Stout Creek, which flows
between the station and Ironton.
The Arcadia Valley is near the
summit of the Ozark Plateau, and
is about three miles in length from
east to west and about one and
one-half miles in width. 1t is shut
in on all sides by hills, which rise
quite abruptly to a height of from
800 to 900 feet. The instrument
shelter is located in an open space,
about rs feet from any building or
trees, and is over sod. The ther-
mometers are 5 feet above ground.
The rain gage is on the ground, 40
feet east of the shelter and 10 feet
southeast of the observers resi-
dence. The earlier temperature
records r from eye readings of
an ordinary thermometer, at Z A.
NJ, 2 P. M. and 8 P. M. In June,
1885, a combined maximum and
minimum thermometer was put in
use, but was later replaced by a
Weather Bureau exposed Their
mometer. Standard maximum and
minimum thermometers have been
in use since June, 1896, and since
July, 1896, have been exposed in
a cotton region instrument shelf
er."
Mr.. VIM. E. McGready one of
the Oldest and best-known citizens
of Potosi died last Thursday morn
ing at the age of 81 years. His
death was due apparently to the
gradual failure of life's vital
forces, as he had been in failing
health for a number of years. His
funeral took place Friday after
noon, services being held at the
family residence by Rev. R. H.
Latham of the Presbyterian church,
of which tine deceased was a mem
Der. The interment took place in
the family burying plot nearby.
The funeral was attended by a
number of friends of the
family. William E. McGready
c"Uncle" Ed, as he was best
known to our people) was a son of
DR.. Israel McGready, one of the
pioneer settlers of Potosi, and was
born here on July 81, 1919. In his
life he followed mercantile
pursuits and later entered politics
and served as circuit clerk of this
county for a number of years.
He made a record in that office as
a careful and painstaking official.
the California gold dis
covery excitement MI. McGready
joined the exodus to that State in
1850 where he remained until 1859.
His wife, who died about two
years ago, was Miss Eliza L.. Dunk
lin, a niece of Governor Dunklin
of Missouri, to whom he was mar
ried in 1S43. They had two chill
dren, Lucy R., now Mrs. w. r..
Read of Belleview, Mo-, and Steph-
en- D., of Potosi, both of whom
survive. They have the SYM
of a large circle of friends
in their affliction.-Potosi Journal.
Sergeant Geo. H. Blunt, who has
had charge of the rifle range here
for several years past, recently
resigned his place, announcing
that he would make st. Louis his
future home. About three weeks
ago. he left here, saying that he
was going to pay a visit to a sister
in Baltimore, after which he would
take up his abode in st. Louis.
Nothing more was heard of him
by his friends here until the fol-
lowing appeared in last Thurs
days Republic, telegraphed from
Baltimore, Md: "With the gas
jet in his room wide open, George
H. Blunt of st. Louis, was found
dead of asphyxiation this morn
ing in his room at Hotel Joyce.
Apparently about IS years old, of
distinguished appearance and mil
itary carriage, the man engaged a
room yesterday morning, saying
that he had just come from st.
Louis. On the register his name
appears as Sergeant George H.
Blunt He retired about 8 o'clock
last night, and at 8 o'clock this
morning the attention of the house,
keeper was attracted to the room
by the odor of gas. She at once
summoned Mr.. Joyce, the pro-
prietor. The door al unlocked.
The man was lying dead on the
bed. In Blunt's pockets were
found S129.71, while a large satchel
contained a generous supply OF
clothing. Coroner Martin made
an investigation tonight. 1t de-
veloped that Blunt was a retired
Sergeant and received a pension.
He was also said to be employed
by the government as a land
watcher Several relatives live
here. The discovery that one OF
his sisters, whom he believed to
be alive, had died, was a great
shock to him. 1t is believed that
this made him melancholy. Nc
other cause for suicide is known
The following was telegraphed
to the Globe Democrat from FEEDER
icktown last Thursday: "Gran-
vile Gwin, cashier of the bank oil
Hayti, Mo-, is alleged to have alb
seconded with SIS, 600 of the banks
funds. The bank had a capital OF
only $4,000, SO that, under ordi-
nary conditions, this loss would
have meant failure and the tieing
I'M of the denositOrs' monev tC