Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-03-29

voters to consider-his claims.
The town was startledlast Thurs
day afternoon about two o'clock
bv the hub factory whistle sound
ing the alarm of fire. In ten min
utes two hundred people were
hurrying to the north end OF town,
where the fire seemed to be. In
vestigation revealed that the roof
on the residence just north of
HalIer's store was on fire. A few
buckets of water soon put out the
flames before any great damage
was done. The house is occupied
by Jack Coad and belongs to Mrs.
WEIGH of O'Fallon, Ills. 1t was
truly remarkable, though, how
many people were on the scene in
so short a time.
Word was received here Mon
day of the death that morning, at
one o'clock, at his home in An
napolis, of DR.. David Clarkson.
DR.. Clarkson was in lronton
Wednesday of last week, and on
returning home that night was
taken sick with pneumonia. He
gradually grew worse and the end
came early Monday morning. DR..
Clarkson was a good man and
citizen. Faithful and true in all
things, many friends deplore his
demise. A widow and one mar
ried daughter are left to mourn
him. At the time of his death he
was Coroner of Iron county, a
trust he had conscientiously and
faithfully discharged. The re-
mains were inferred at Annapolis
Tuesday. May he rest in peace.
Rev. T. G. Peterson, pastor of
the Methodist Episcopal Church,
Ironton, Mo-, left Monday for
Joplin to attend the annual Con-
ference. He carries with him the
best report the church has ever
made. During his three years
pastorate here he has finished pay
) ing off the old debt Of $50, which
, had run for seventeen years, and
I has done S495 additional repairing
on the church and parsonage,
which is all paid, and has a little
|, more than double the member
ship, and leaves the church en-
> tirely out of debt. The pastor and
presiding elder paid in full and
! more benevolences than the church
has aver paid before. A unanl-
! nous request has been made fol
;, his return another year.
w. j. SMITH,
. Chair'mn Board of Standards.
Quite a number of citizens o.
rCaiedonia and other parts Of the
south end of the county were hele
;s in Potosi several days last week tt
appear as witnesses in the case o
n Minnie D. Green VS.. w. r. Goody'
# zoontz. AS the court gave othe
~ business supercedence the cas-
). was finally continued, to be triet
"a on April 18th, and the witnesse
were discharged, to appear agall
4 on the above date The case /
one of considerable interest to tn
people of the south end OF tn
$, county, owing to certain feature
., of the case and the prominence o
fe the litigants. The plaintiff, Min
l ME D.. Green, a sister OF the lat
IS Mrs. E. E. Southall Of Caledonia
n has brought this action to set asid
m the will of the latter. 1t seem
ne that Mrs. Southall bequeathed t
otDr. w. R. Goodyzoontz, a well
". known local politician and formt
nd State senator, certain real estate i
~ the town of Caledonia, althoug
c. DR.. Goodykoontz was in no wa
related to Mrs. Southall. tt
n plaintiff alleges in her petition thu
O. the defendant secured this beque
~ by reason of improper intluent
tv over Mrs. Southall, and asks tn
I'M court to set aside the will and d.
in termine the disposition OF TT
He property involved.-Potosa Jour'o
nd Next Tuesday the voters OF tn
NY town will settle the questlo
ais "ShaH the COWS run at large witt
ne in the city limits?" 1t is a simp
Jed proposition and appeals at once
all the sense of the voter. Ii he d
lily cides according to plain and u
mistakable right and justice t!
splotch will no longer decorate t
49, sidewalks and our doorsteps; t.
midnight clatter of the cowb'
Iyas will be relegated to the rude al
uncivilized past; and our law
and gardens will cease to be d
red spoiled by the long-tongue
al hungry-paunched marauder.
wv selfshness is to rule-if we seek
Ieet cast upon our n~eighbors the bl
den OF providing and caring
Mt the dumb brutes at our dispos
then the present conditions "
tha continue. | hear of ''the pr
widows cow" but the pr
widows garden is of much grea
on consequence. 1t is the rich ma
was COW in droves Of half-a-do;
had that principally does the infesti
tied of our streets and devastates
18th, garden of ssthe poor widow
the recall one instance in the motif
anne gone past where "the p
,use Widows" garden was broken i
the by her neighbours COWS. In
No endeayor to drive them out
,ver, fell and broke her hip and was c
ran fined to her room for weeks.
up another case, a neighbours G.
und. would have been sacrificed {
Belt vicious COW on the city hlgn'
had not providential assista
,n,,n been at hand. But why reas
MT of IL cno sosDi 49, .:.ht ona