Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-11-14

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used by the highway commission
er, an Office created by the LAS
legislature, and the other by the
prosecuting attorney.
A congregational meeting was
held at the Presbyterian Church
Monday evening, November 18th,
for the purpose of electing a pas
tor. The Rev. DIR. Jewell, of Fred
ericktown, presided. 1t was unan-
imously voted to elect the Rev. DR.
Wilson Stitt, of Kimmswick, pas
tor, and Mr.. G.. P. Damron was
chosen to represent the church al
Presbytery, and officially prose-
cute the call before that body
which convened the 18th at Poplar
Bluff.
Lee Barger, who has a run or
the Cotton Belt as train auditor
between Louisville, Arkansas, and
Shreveport, Louisiana, came home
last week to recover from an at
tack of malaria. Lee says that
the money stringency is certainly
playing havoc with business in the
cotton section. This is the busy
season down there and the scarcity
of money has retarded the move
ment of cotton most seriously. He
says that many of the big saw
mills are closing down and that the
general outlook is not at all prom
Using.
Pilot Knob was visited by quite
a disastrous fire early Thursday
morning last. The Schmittner no.
tel property, on Main street, and
Elsman's barber shop, just north,
were completely destroyed. Some
household goods in the Schmitt-
ner building were burned, but the
barber succeeded in saving most
of his stuff. The fire originated in
the Schmittner structure but the
cause is not known. The discoy-
cry was made about three o'clock,
and only heroic efforts on the part
of the citizens kept the flames from
being communicated to other
structures.
After the fire in Pilot Knob last
Thursday morning Elsman, the
barber, got on a spree and had a
fight with Chas. Hart, who had him
arrested and taken before Mayor
Luthy, who assessed fine and costs
against the barber. Next day the
barber made complaint against
Hart, and Mayor Luthy charged
him up with So and trimmings.
This didn't suit Hart who forth
with demanded a "change of ven
ue." Mayor Luthy granted the
request and sent the case to Justice
Rasche, who refused to have any
thing to do with it on the ground
that, he had no Jurisdiction where
Pilot Knob town ordinances were
concerned.
A passed. of bad boys, trying to
do something out of the usual, the
night of Halloween, at Caruthers-
Vile, were taking a lot of stoves
and plumber from the sheds of a
second hand dealer. He was con-
cealed with a shot gun, and fired
into the crowd, and filed the bod
les of two little boys, George Miles
and Joey Secoy, with small shot
The latter may die of his injuries
Now Kenneth boys are not espec-
tally bad, but they would do well
to remember that they stand in the
same danger as those Of Caruth.
ersville. There is no sense in de-
stroying or permanently injurine
property, and some OF KENNETH
citizens say that they have stood
it for the last time.-Kennett Demo.
crat.
The lawyets completed their ar.
guments in the case against Pres.
CHA Blanks, colored, charged witt
murder, about ten o'clock las
Wednesday night. After DELHI
Grating until Friday morning a
nine o'clock they announced tina
they were unable to agree on a YER
dict. The instructions of the court
called for murder in the first ant
second degree and manslaughter
1t is said that seven of the juror
were for acquittal and the othe
five wanted a verdict of man
slaughter with two years in thu
penitentiary. The trial of thi
case last April also resulted in
hung jury. Prosecuting Attorne.
Damron entered a nolle prosequi il
the case Saturday, and the defend
ant was discharged.
George Rodgers, aged twenty
in company with Len Dougla
while riding in a boat on Irol
Mountain lake was accidental,
shot last Friday. Douglas aros'
to shoot at some ducks and tn
boat slid from under him throwing
him into the water and discharg
ing his Winchester, the ball strik
ing his companion and passin.
through his liver and right lung
Both men were thrown into tn
lake but Douglas succeeded il
bringing his wounded friend to tn
shore where assistance was 500.
at hand. Young Rodgers wa
brought to Bismarck where his in
iuries were dressed by DR.. Eato
and he was taken to Pennington
where he died on the following
Monday from the effects of hi
wounds Rodgers was marie
and his home was in Doe Run
Bismarck Gazette.
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