Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-08-02

Der of the legislative committee of
the Drummers' Association, in an
to secure a two cent fare
rate at the next session of the
Missouri Legislature.
The regular morning and eve
ming services at the Methodist
church are resumed, at II A. NJ. and
s P. NJ, respectively. Morning
subject, "Sowing and Reaping;"
evening, "Apostacy." We shall
be glad to have you worship with
US. A. j. MAY.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. l.. Henry, of
Fredericktown, formerly of Ro-
selle, have the sympathy of many
friends in the death of their four
teen-year-old son, Frederick A.,
which occurred on Thursday, July
Goth, after a prolonged illness.
May the Giver of All Good sus-
tain them in their sorrow.
Some one made a raid on the
chicken coop of Green, the barber,
last Saturday night and carried OFF
ten or more fine, large, fat friers.
Green notified the officials next
morning and an endeavor was
made to place Sheriff Marshall's
bloodhound on the trail, but the
guilty parties were not appre-
hended.
DIED-Peacefully fell asleep in
Jesus, Julia A. Ridgely, lamented
wife of P. R. Ridgely, ST., July
9th, aged GA years, after a linger-
ing illness from consumption.
Funeral services at the residence,
4O15 Cook avenue, Monday July
Both, at 10 A. M, at Bellefontaine
Cemetery. Interment private
st. Louis Post Dispatch.
Options have been secured or
nearly all the land south of town.
Drills will soon be brought in and
work begun for lead development
The work on the Thomas farm has
been stopped temporarily. A hole
twelve feet deep was sunk for the
purpose of a%scertaining whether
the indications of lead run out aftel
reaching a few feet in the ground
AS it does not, work will begir
soon with q drill.-BelleuieW Ban
ner.
Sheriff Jordan and deputies o
Reynolds county passed through
here on the 3:16 train last Thurs
day, having in charge VIM. ant
Arthur Spaugh, the murderers o
Sheriff Polk. VIM. was taken t.
the st. Louis jail, where he will b
kept until the Supreme Court act
on his case. Arthur was taken tt
the penitentiary at Jefferson City
where Friday morning he begal
serving the sentence of fifty-hv
years imposed on him by the jur.
| in Reynolds county.
Carol Trammel was quite badl,
cut at Pilot Knob last Friday night
by a boy about seventeen years Q
age by the name of Bunk Welct
Trammel and Welch's older broth
er had previously had trouble an
they had some words on this oc
casion. Trammel, it is said, the
|. hit the younger Welch, who pulle
out a pocket knife and cut Tram
incl in numerous places on tn
t face, head and body. Will Schle'
ter, of Ironton, who says he wa
, irving to act as peacemaker, wa
cut in the hand. The trouble OF
i, CURED at a medicine show, whic
! has been in progress in a tent
> Pilot Knob for the past week.
Gabriel Szabo, a Hungarian
. yesterday filed a suit in Squil
! Fairchild's court againstthe Sout
. Hungarian Land & Colonizatic
; company. The petition alleg'
that plaintiff contracted with d.
PENDANT for the purchase of
9 acres of land, the price agree
n upon being $3.50. Plaintiff pa
Sf5O on same and was to pay I'll
balance when he received wa
: ranty deed for the land. Defen'
n ant refuses to make the deed or
return the money paid. Plant
asks Judgment for $3.50 and cos
t. of suit. Messrs. Edgar and Oar
: ron represent the plaintiff. 7.
i case has been set for August LIT
The Missouri California Mini
n & development Company, recent
organized with a capital of $3.50
g 900, for the purpose of prospecti1
d for mineral in this county, h
taken options on a number
farms and tracts of land from t
: Thomas farm to Belleyiew a
}. then west. The options run
u two years, and the price named
Is case of purchase is $50 per &C
The men who are in charge
st said to be miners of experien
,e and they insist that the Bellevi
r. valley surface gives every indie
p. ton Of valuable lead deposits. s
ds drills will be put at work prospe
ing in the immediate future. y
!, hope there will be many rich fin
i'd A couple of young men, Layt
st. Simpson, of Arcadia, and Geo.
IN Wilson, Of Caledonia, were stru
a by one of the south bound pi
senger trains while trying to DIR
over the Ironton crossing betwe
- eleven and twelve o'clock
- Saturday night. The young n
no were driving from the north,
W W say that a freight train on
az siding prevented their seeing
oncoming train. The rig V
lat broken into flinders and the
he cupants, although they W
mt bruised and skinned, were /