Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-01-11

VIM. Hall commenced putting
away eight-inch ice in the john
son ice house on Stout's creek
Monday. There promises to be
enough to fill the ice house. F. o..
Codding is putting up ice for his
use from the Pilot Knob dam and
E w. Summers is cutting on the
Emerson pond.
The hotel question is still on,
though the past few days have
been a freeze-out for everything
except the wood-stove and the
oal-burner. The general opinion
as to the hotel is that it ought to
be built without delay, and that
the Emerson Park is, par excellence,
the location for it.
A. D. Goodwin, who lives east
of town on what was formerly
known as the Bob Love farm,
came very near losing his house
by fire last Thursday morning.
The roof caught from a defective
lue and was burning pretty rapid
ly when discovered. Quite a lot
of shingles were burned before the
flames were extinguished.
Strayed-From my farm on
Marble Creek, since last fall, two
yearling steers, one red and the
other white and red spotted. Both
marked with crop and split in left
ear and labeled in the right ear.
Reward will be paid for informa-
ton as to their Whereabouts.
JOHN SIGNER.
Judge VIM. Stevenson is now
sole owner of the store at Des Arc
formerly conducted by Stevenson
& Fitz. A few weeks ago he pur-
chased the interest of G.. L. Ste
venson in the business and last
week bought out w. j. Fitz. We
wish the new proprietor greatest
success and are sure he will attain
it.
/ am in receipt of a note from
my old friend, Horace E. Pease,
now living at Ustick, Idaho. 1t
warns my heart to hear from my
friends of "before the war;" and
recalls many incidents OF the time
when life was young and the
world before us. | shall try in the
near future to set out some of the
occurrences of what may now be
termed 'sye olden time" Sixty
years is a long ways back.
The preliminary hearing OF
Hetty Hampton, charged with be-
ing responsible for the death OF
the infant child found in an
abandoned we'll on Sinking
Creek some time ago, was held at
the court house to-day, before Es-
quire Tate, who held her for trial
at the May term of circuit court.
Her bond vas placed at 1000,
which she gave and was released
from custody.-CenterviLle Outlook.
Mrs. Elvira Carly, relict of the
late Judge j. G. Carly, died at
her home west of Ironton, Thurs
day, January A, 1912, at 2:15
o'clock P. M, after quite a pro-
longed illness, at the age of 81
years, nine months and four days.
The deceased had long been a
resident of Iron county. She had
been in poor health for some time
and death was not unexpected
The funeral occurred Saturday
afternoon and interment was made
in the Masonic cemetery.
There has been a great deal
said about the soldiers pension.
| say, give it to them, for every
dollar they get they spend it
among us. But | have one thing
to say, and that is, there is more
suffering among the Union soldiers
than among the Confederate
soldiers, from the fact that the
Confederate soldier is like a razor
back hog. 1t is root little pig, OF
die, with him, while the Union
soldier depends too much on his
pension. T. P. FITZ.
The four-year-old son of Mr..
and Mrs. Jules Edmonds of Pilot
Knob was burned to death last
Thursday afternoon. The mother
had left the house for a few min
utes and when she returned the
little fellow was dying. 1t is said
that his clothing became ignited
from a toy pistol with which
he had been playing. The re-
mains we're taken to Belleview
Saturday for interment. A very
sad death and the parents have
much sympathy in their sorrow.
The indications point to an
early increase in the insurance as
sessment rates of the Modern
Woodman of America, whose
boast it has always been that
it could give reliable life insur-
ance on a low and level assessment
plan. There is a large member.
ship in this order in this county
and it may as we'll make up its
mind to the rate increase. The
order is now getting old in years.
and with each added year the
ratio of deaths to the membership
is growing. That is the rock up
on which all fraternal insurance
orders must finally drift.-Potos,
Journal.
County Clerk Reyburn is in re-
ceipt of a letter from State Auditor
John P. Gordon, of which this is q
part: "You understand the State
Auditor has a great deal of bust.
ness with the County Clerk, and al
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