Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-08-26
Annapolis News.

Rain has quit US. Corn and all
crops badly damaged. If we are
to have such periods of dry wealth
er We'll have to arrange to irri-
gate.
Robert Lewis and Molly Brew
er, both of Bear Branch, Iron
county, were united in marriage
at w. M. Brewers, the home of
the brioe, August Fl, 1909, Squire
Kitchell officiating.
Married-at the residence of Jo-
seph Alcorn, August %, 1899, Le-
roy Middleton and Martha E. AL
corn, both of Iron county, Squire
Kitchell officiating.
All boarding cars and men,
white and black, pulled out of
here a week ago. The grading
gang has been pulled off and a
number of men are out of en-
ployment. Most of the gang sent
for a barrel of beer and a gallon
of whiskey and hunted a fine sha-
dy place out of town to demolish
the beverage, and when finished
most of them could not see the
town.
Several little children sick here
at present and some very sick.
Charley Hampton's little boy is
improving. John McFall's two
little ones are better.
William Sutton has sold his saw
mill to William Lloyd and David
son & Bros. at Redford. They
have moved it out there and will
ship their lumber from Annapo-
lis. MI. Sutton has bought the
Gus Funk mill on Funk Branch,
and will run it there for a while.
The Realty Mining & Lumber
Company is making preparations
to start a drill to find out what is
under the ground here. Success
to the undertaking.
F. @. Musser, of Decatur, Hi .
nois, was here last week, looking
up his farming and wild land in
terests, and said he had bought
the John S. Benson granite quar-
ry, three miles east of here, and
will reopen it in the future.
The blacksmiths are crowded
with work During this dry spell
a wagon will break down if you
look at it.
A sketch noticed in paper: "Oh,
Where are the Dead?" by John
w. Alcorn, a minister, and he de-
clares the comment thereon is non
Bible, for there is no Scripture
teaches any man that the soul goes
to the grave with the body.
Esquire Kitchell is going to take
a run up to st. Louis in the neal
future, We don't know his bust
ness, but it is supposed it is some
old widow woman he is looking
after.
The London Realty and Mining
Co. are going to start up their saw
mill to-day here at town, and Ed
ward Sutton will superintend their
mill on Maberry Creek in Reyn-
olds county.
William and John McMurray
have gotten their mill grinding
once more, and lumber is being
pushed in here right along.
Mr.. Andy Lewis was bitten by a
mad dog over a week ago, and he
went in search of a mad stone. He
first went to Lesterville but found
none. He came home and went tc
Poplar Bluff. There was one there,
but it was in possession of a skill
ed doctor, and he wanted $50 to
apply it. Mr.. Lewis happened tc
hear Of one in the possession of a
widow woman eight miles below
the Bluff-at Haryiell-and he i'm
mediately went there. He found
everything all right. The stone
was applied to the wound and TAX
en- off and washed every few min
utes until all the green poison dis
appeared. The bill for himself and
a companion lodging over night,
and the application of the mad
stone, all told, was Sc. That was
much better than fifty dollars, and
the wound is healing up all right,
with no indication of hydropho-
bia.
Ed. Brewer, a conductor on the
Bonneterre railroad, is going bacl
homo to-day, after a weeks visi.
with his father and mother, who
have been on the sick-list for quite
a while, but at present are improv'
ing.
Will come again next week, i
living. BULLETIN.