Iron County register., 1905-06-15
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5 Seats on Sale at the Drug Store.
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Pursuant to the call of the Coun.
ty Central Committee the Demo-
Gratis OF Iron county assembled ir
convention at the court house, last
Monday, and proceeded to nomi-
nate a candidate for Sheriff, to be
voted for at a special election, to
be held June Oath. Delegates were
present from four townships
Union, Liberty, Arcadia and Iron.
Q. K. Polk was chosen chairman
of the convention and Arthur Huff,
secretary. John l. Marshall was
nominated for Sheriff by acclama-
ton.
| The Ladies' and Gentlemen's S
Riding and Driving Club of IRON
ton was organized at the court
house last Friday evening. The
following officers were elected: H.
M. Collins, president; j. Lopez,
vice-president; J. A. Reyburn,
business manager and treasurer;
j. M. Hawkins, secretary; P. w.
Whitworth, w. J. Schwab, j. P.
Gillian and G. P. Damron, direc-
tors. 1t was voted to have a blue
ribbon fair and horse show at
Ironton on Tuesday, July 18th.
Particulars will be announced next
week.
DIED-At her home in Ironton,
Mo-, Sunday, June II, 1905, at 80
P. NJ, Eva Peterson, daughter of
Rev. and Mrs. 7. G. Peterson, aged
21 years, 8 months and 20 days.
Funeral services were held from
the Methodist Episcopal church by
Revs. D. A. Ball, P. E., and w. R.
Mccormack, of Pennington Sta
ton, Tuesday afternoon, and in
terment occurred in the X. P.
cemetery. All the community
mourns the death of this lovely
young lady, and the grief-stricken
parents have much sympathy in
their sorrow.
A pusher, south bound, and a
light freight (engine and caboose),
north bound, collided about three
miles north of lronton last Thurs
day morning about half-past five
o'clock. Both engines were back
| ing and the tenders hit with great
force, completely demolishing
them. Conductor Roudebush of
the freight was quite seriously in
jured, remaining unconscious for
three hours: engineer Dave Roach
Of the freight had three fingers cut
off. A couple of brakemen were
slightly injured and Conductor
Rouse of the pusher was somewhat
bruised. The track was blocked
six hours. The accident was the
fault of the dispatcher.
There is truth in the following,
taken from an exchange: "There
is only one kind of a newspaper
worth printing. Any other kind
is fictitious. This alone abides.
1t is the newspaper which is work.
ing on the everlasting lines of
equality, Of kindness, of truth, of
reality, of benefcence. A paper
that is only published as vent
flue for the bile of some narrow
minded individual who happens to
control little printing material,
is buzzard feasting upon society,
against which the doors of all
homes should be closed. To lift
up and not pull down, is the great
need of mankind. There is more
and more need along the pathway
of life for flowers and balmy buds
to heal the wounds of the blind,
stumbling, bleeding humanity,
than there is for the poisonous
reptile that lies concealed in the
grass, ever ready to bury it's
poisonous sting into the already
aching flesh"
Jason Hendrick, who resides at
545 Cherry street, shot and fatally
wounded Jesse Van Wrinkle,
fellow boarder, who he mistook
for a midnight intruder. The facts
surrounding the tragedy are about
as follows: Hendrick had retired,
and was awakened about ii
O'Clock by a noise on the back
porch, caused by Van Wrinkle and
his wife. Hendrick got up and
got his gun and then sat down on
his bed. Van Wrinkle started to
come into the room, so as to get to
his, when Hendrick, mistaking him
for burglar, and thought he had
broken in the door, he waited till
he got an outline of the man and
then shot, striking him in the
stomach the ball coming out of his
hip. As soon as Hendrick dis
covered what he had done medical
attention was at once summoned
and the unfortunate man was later
removed to the private hospital of
Drs. Davidson and Windsor, where
he was operated on but to no avail,
as 1t was but a matter of a few hours
when death relieved him of his
suffering. Poplar Bluff Citizen.
Mr.. Van Wrinkle was several
years ago a resident of Arcadia.
The last will Of the late A. A.
Blumer, Sr., was offered for pro-
bate this week. We give the will
in full: 81, Arthur Achille Blumer,
born in South France, April 2S,
1915, being sound Of mind and
body, have written my last will
and testament as follows: II he
lieve in the religion of humanity
as announced by Confucius; not
to do unto others what would like
others not to do unto me. do not
believe in the false. brutal and |