Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-12-27

unexpected from acute pneumonia.
He had come to Ironton two days
previous and lodged at the White
hotel. He retired Monday eve
ming and during the night became
very i'll. A physician was called
next morning, but when he came.
the patient was beyond help and
died about nine o'clock. The re-
mains were taken TO Des Arc
Wednesday, where the funeral
took place. Mr.. .Raney was one
of the oldest residents of Des Arc,
coming to that place with his
father when the town was laid out,
and for a number of years had
served as postmaster There. He
was of genial temperament and his
friends were legion. Peace to his
ashes!
DIED-At Hot Springs, Ark, on
Saturday, December %, 1906,
Samuel H. Gosney, of Arcadia,
Mo-, aged 81 years, II months and
II days. Deceased had long been
a sufferer from rheumatism, and
had gone to Hot Springs some two
weeks ago in the hope of relief
and cure; but some vital part was
affected and he died almost with
out warning. The remains were
brought here and on Christmas
day they were consigned to their
final resting-place. The funeral
was conducted by the Masons of
which fraternity he had been a
member for many years. Mr..
Gosney was well and favorably
known to nearly every citizen of
the Valley, having for years served
as engineer of one of the "push-
ers" at Arcadia. But the place
that knew him will know him no
more, and there remains but the
memory torecall that he was once
"a sentienl part Of our little world.
The deceased leaves a wife and
three sons and one daughter to
mourn his loss. To them the REG
lister extends its earnest SYM
pathy.
Last Saturday at Arcadia a
quarrel arose between Jno. Thomp-
son of Sabula on the one side, and
two men named jackson and one
Welsh on the other. Thompson
was with a wagon loaded with
slaves, while the other parties
named also had a team in charge.
The quarrel had no immediate re-
suit except in the expenditure of
considerable bad language and
the bandying of harsh epithets.
Thompson soon after departed for
his home on Marble Creek, and
later on the other parties with their
team followed, travelling the same
road, also on their homeward way.
Down near the Polk farm, the
second wagon was driven by where
Thompson was now at work.
Some way, the alteration was re-
sumed and a fight followed,
Thompson welding al oaken
stave and one or two of the other
party ~resorting to the too-prev-
alent "gun." Thompson came out
of the skrimmage with four
wounds from a 80 calibre revolver,
but not until he had fioored two OF
his three opponents. His wounds
are not considered dangerous, two
being in the leshy part of his arms
and the other two not penetrating
to his inner man. No arrests have
been made, and it is said Thomp-
son will not prosecute.
The children of ST. Paul's Sun.
day school were entertained at the
rectory Saturday from 2:30 to 5 P
M. After they had assembled the
programme was commenced with
a devotional service consisting 0.
hymns, psalms, prayers, and ar
address appropriate to the APP
preaching festival of Christmas
Next in order came games of var.
ious kinds. Then the children
were taken to a second story room
where dainty refreshments were
served. While their attention wal
given to these a string wa'
stretched across the parlor, tt
which were appended packages
containing sundry mementoes o.
the season. The children wer'
presented numbers and as each 0
these numbers was called it'
holder, blind-folded, was given {
pair of scissors, requested to flint
the line, and cut a parcel there
from. Considerable Amusement
resulted from this practice. A
the children left the house eacl
was presented with a bag Of tn
best candy mixed with nuts and
sack of popcorn. Fortunately al
the members of the Sunday schoo
were able to be present.
Some fevers are worse tina
typhoid. There is a girl on st
|, street-she's on some street mos
all the day-who has the boy feve,
) She's only fifteen years old, poo:
silly creature, and has just let he
dresses down and put her hair VI
She cannot be happy, she thinks
, without a boy by her side. Sh
faunts herself in the faces of til
boys, and the mother permits,
she does not encourage, her sma.
!, Ter daughters boy hunts. 1t
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