Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-06-04

happened to be on the track is not
understood and there seems to be
considerable mystery attached to
the tragedy.
Tuesday of last week train No. 4,
which is due here a little before
five o'clock in the evening, was re-
ported eight hours late. About
eleven o'clock that night, John,
the mail carrier, started to the
crane with the mail, and he watt
ed there until seven o'clock next
morning when the train finally
came along. A pretty long wait
and John says he don't want
many of them.
While a couple of young ladies
from the valley were driving along
the road between Iron Mountain
and Belleview Sunday before last
their buggy raj over an immense
rattle snake that was coiled up in
the road. The snake was badly
injured but not killed and he rat
tied loud and furiously and struck
in every direction. A young man
was called and dispatched his
snakeship before he could do any
harm.
In a iasco that sometimes re-
sembled baseball playing the Ellis
drubbed the Des Arc Sluggers to
the tune of IL to O. The teams
had met at Des Arc two weeks be-
fore and Greenville had won by a
1 to 0 score, and naturally a good
game was expected here. But
disappointment was rampant.
The Des Arc boys were evidently
awed by the multitude of specta-
tors present, for they didn't put
up near the exhibition of ball
playing they did at home.-Green-
ville Journal.
Following is a list of the Repub-
licans who have filed declarations
with County Clerk Reyburn that
they will be candidates for county
offices at the primary election, Au-
gust 18th:
Representative-Ed. II. Caldwell.
Judge Southern District-L. l.. Schmidt.
Treasurer-Wm. Keathley.
Judge Western Dist.-J.C c. Paullus.
Prosecuting Attorney-Wm. H. femme.
Sherif-Geo. A. Left.
Assessor-W. T. Sawyer and Jos. G.
Forshee.
w. FL. femme, asking the NOM
ination for prosecuting attorney,is
the man who came from st. Louis
to Des Arc a couple of weeks ago
to start an independent? ) pa
per there.
Louis Johnson, a young man
who has been employed at the
convent in Arcadia for the past
five years, was drowned in the
dam at Iron Mountain last Thurs
day afternoon about three o'clock.
Johnson, with quite a number of
people, had gone to the dam fish
ing. While he and three other
men were in a boat, probably
thirty feet from the bank, the boat
was capsized. Johnson could
swim but it is said that some of
his companions climbed on his
back in the struggle to get out of
the water, johnson became ex-
hausted and sank. The water was
about eight feet deep. Johnson's
home was in Bollinger county and
the remains were sent there next
day. The deceased was an ia
dustrious, faithful young man and
was respected by everyone who
knew him. The announcement of
his untimely death was learned
with sincere sorrow throughout
the valley.
William D~ennison, II years old,
of S19 Bremen avenue, an expert
swimmer, was drowned at the foot
of Angelica street in the Missis-
sippi yesterday at 1915 A. M, when
the boat in which he and Harry
Green were rowing was capsized.
Green was rescued by August
Gardner, after being carried under
a large barge and down the river
about 300 feet. No trace of Dem
nison was found, and it is thought
he was caught in a pile of drift
wood. Dennison was an expert
swimmer and, according to several
of his friends, considered it an
easy task to swim across the Mis-
sissippi and back. He is the son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Dennison.
Mrs. Dennison became hysterical
when informed of the tragedy and
is now confined to her bed.-Mon-
days Globe Democrat.
The Dennisons are we'll known
here, having lived in Pilot Knob
several years. Many friends SYM
pathize with the family in their
sorrow.
A man who gave his name as
George Odell and said his home
was in Poplar Bluff, had a narrow
escape from death at the Ironton
station last Thursday morning.
Odell was a passenger on train 26
bound for Ste. Genevieve to at
tend the Drummers' Celebration.
Just as the train was leaving the
station he stepped off the front
coach and was thrown to the
ground. He attempted to get on
the second coach but was thrown
and an effort to board the third
coach resulted likewise. Then he
staggered to his feet again and
made a desperate effort to climb
on the last coach in the train.
He not only failed to get on the
steps but was thrown down be-
tween the wooden railing and the
traok Tho train VINO movinu nj