Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-12-28

Alton Adams, 10 years old, who
lives with his parents in what is
known as Barn Hollow, below the
Silver Mines in Madison county,
had his left arm frightfully
mangled by a dynamite explosion
early Christmas morning. Adj
ans had secured a stick of dyna-
mite to which he attached a paper
fuse and set fire to it, placing the
dynamite and the fuse on a stump.
The paper burned quickly but the
dynamite did not explode and
Adams thought it had not ignited.
But Just as he stepped to the
stump 10 pick it up the dynamite
exploded. His hand was torn in
shreds and This clothes blown off
his body. The noise deafened
him and he has been scarcely
able to hear since. DR.. Farrar
was called but when he saw the
terribly mutilated hand he ordered
the young man brought to ~Ironton
that he might give the patient
better and more frequent atten-
ton. Adams was brought to
town and all his left hand, ex-
cept the thumb and index finger,
was amputated. 1t is not known
yet whether these can be saved.
1t is a deplorable accident and the
young man will be a cripple the
remainder of his days. Surely,
with these calamities happening
every day one would think more
care and judgment would be ex-
ercised in the handling of these
deadly explosives.
As a result of his failure to gel
telephone connection with a Flat
River physician because he didn't
have a nickel for the slot, Marshal
Black got what he terms sweet
revenge a few minutes later, when
he had the pleasure of arresting
the company's linesmen for leav-
ing a horse united in the street,
According to our information
Black had attempted to call the
Flat River physician to attend
August Williams, a piano tuner
of Elvins, who had drank some
chloroform. Both the Elvins
physicians were out on calls anc
Marshal Black rushed intp the toll
station to summons DR.. Williams
of Flat River. When he vas tolc
to drop a nickel, the required toll
fee, in the slot, the Marshal tolc
the operator that he didn't happier
to have a nickel in change ane
tried to persuade the girl to give
him connection by explaining thu
nature of the call. The girl re,
fused, contending that it would b.
a violation of the company
orders. Black then gave up th'
task and asked Mr.. Woods, pro,
prietor of the store, to get the cal
through, and when the latter triet
for the connection the operator al
so refused him because he wa
trying to put through Black
call. The refusal also angere;
Woods and he Immediately order
ed the toll phone removed from
his store. The company promptly
ordered their linesman, Ernes
Jones, who happened to be il
Elvins, to carry out Woods re
quest by removing the phone
When Jones drove his horse u
in front of the store and left tn,
animal united the Marshal saw
chance for quick and sweet re
venge by merely doing his dut
as the operator had done concern
ing the call. He arrested Jone
on a charge Of violating the cit,
ordinance, requiring animals to b
hitched in the city limits. Jone
plead guilty and was fined So an,
costs, the total cost being S10.1t
which the company paid unde
protest. Black refused to releas
Jones on a promise of a check fo
the amount and demanded cas-
payment of the "city toll" !
threat to put Jones in the SCOOTER
brought the ready cash. In
cidentally Williams had dram
but a small amount of the chloro
form and recovered without tn
aid OF a Observation-Disclosures
News.
NoTICE-The guessing conteI
for the 100-piece set of importe
chinaware ended with a fe'
guesses just prior to the closin
down of the store at II o'cloc
Saturday night, December %,
The jar of beans upon whic
the guesses were based containe
1912 beans. Mrs. B. w. Loomi
wife of THE principal of the publ
schools, of Ironton, Mo-, secure
the dishes with the guess 70
missing it only by 2 beans
About six years ago we gay
away a handsome parlor lam
much the same way, using tn
same glass dish for the bean
4 Mr.. Robert A. Dunn of Sabula q
the lamp, missing his guess 4;
that time by only 2 beans. TT
, following gentlemen of Ironto
very kindly consented to act /
committeeman in the contest ju
closing: MI. Jas. McGinnis, A
torney at Law, Mr.. E. L. Cool
Cashier of the Bank of Irontol
: Mr.. Bradford Burleigh, Assistal
Cashier of the Bank Of Irontol
These gentlemen, with the aid
several others, counted the bean
examined the guesses and the
verified them. The guesses
many cases were close. M
Loomis made a guess of 796
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