Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-03-28

From the Republic of last Thurs
day: "Four st. Louis firms, cred !
itors of Eliza Hale, Ironton, Mo-,
filed bankruptcy proceedings
against him in United States Dis
trict Court yesterday. Their
claims are: Norwine Coffee Com
pany, St16.7 IA; Adam Roth Gro
Gerry Company, S175.95; Goddard
Grocery Company, $1,000; and
Burrows. Jones & Dyer Shoe Com
pany, S228 OF. Other creditors
and their claims are: Kraeger-
Ames-James Grocery Company,
$40 65, and Running Grocery
Company, $685." Deputy United
States Marshal Jack Williams of
st. Louis was here Friday sum
moning Mr.. Hale to appear in the
United States District Court, st.
Louis, to show cause why he
shold not be declared a bankrupt.
We are not advised as to whether
Mr.. Hale will resist the petition
or not.
We are informed that surveyors
are at work running a connecting
line from the present end of the
survey of the proposed Bismarck
& Bellevue Valley Railroad to the
terminus of the Sligo & South
eastern Railroad, in Iron county.
The report is that there is now a
good prospect for a connection of
these two roads. The survey of
the new railroad, we are told,
leaves the town of Belgrade in
the lurch. The station in that To-
cality, in the event that the road
is built, will be located at the
mouth of Brooks Creek, three
miles or SO from Belgrade, where
a town site has already been laid
out. The promoters of this new
town expect to have the present
town of Belgrade on wheels NOV
ing over there as soon as the road
is built. Lack of interest in this
transportation project on part OF a
number of Bellgrade's business
men is said to have led the line of
the proposed road by this burg
Potosi Journal.
Harry Farmhouse, an attache of
the National Oil Refining Compa-
ny, was very seriously injured and
for a time it was thought his back
was broken as result of being
mashed between the seat of a
wagon and roof of a shed at the
rear of the Hogg building Monday
at 5 P. M. Drs. Eskew and Sey-
bold have announced that they do
not think his back is broken, but
he is seriously injured and it will
. !. require some time for him to re-
cover. 1t can not yet be seer
tanned just how seriously he is in
jured. He was driving mt of the
large freight wagons of the COM
pany and was going to the rear of
the above building, expecting to
get off of the seat before getting to
the low roof, but the horses gave a
sudden and quick start and before
he could stop them or get off the
| seat he was being crushed between
! the roof and seat. He was bent
almost double and so great was
!, the strain that the seat broke un-
, der the pressure. The horses con-
tinued through the close place un-
? der the pressure until he was
dragged off the wagon. The in
jured man is conscious but is very
seriously affected. Escape from
= death is marvelous.-Poplar Bluff
Citizen.
"Tompkins' Hired Man. will be
formally presented to an awaiting
public tomorrow Thursday ev-
) ening at the Academy of Music,
: by "The Climbers" Dramatic Club.
1t is a play produced by local tai
emit, and I am sure it will give
. pleasure to allTho are present to
: hear and see. Somewhat of the
), nature Of the play may be gathered
from it's
~ CAST OF CHARACTERS.
! Mr., ASA ToMPKINs, a%prosperous farmer
who cannot tolerate deceit..~~...Mr. A.
v. Polak.
: DIxEY, the hired man, one of Natures
Noblemen...-...Mr. Collins.
JOHN REMINGTON, a fine young man, in
love with Louise~.......Mr. TINS.
7 JERRY, a half-grown, awkward country
, lad..~...Mr. Taylor.
LOUISE, the daughter Mr.. Tompkins be.
= lieves to be his own..~.....Mis Tapley
' JULIA, the only child born to Mr.. anc
Mrs. Tompkins Miss Martin. y
? RUTH, a neice of Mr.. Tompkins boarding
, at the homestead ......... Miss Bishop.
!, Mrs. T~oMPKINs, a woman with a secre'
that embitters her life........Mrs. Collins
Mr. Hanson's Orchestra will be
i in attendance, and music and song
"between acts" will diversity the
! entertainment. General Admission
25c; Reserved Seats, 35c. On sale
4 at the Handy Kitchen. Buy then
+ now. Proceeds for local public
v purposes.
.s The difficulties of meeting the
= charitable needs of the community
during the hard winter just pas
have emphasized in the minds OF
all, the fact that by cooperation
better results can be accomplished
with less effort than by unor'
ganized work for the same ends
: With this in mind it has been de-
!, cided to invite the members of tn,
: several churches in the valley, ani
the citizens generally to unite in
70 plan that will only require a little
= thought on the part of each per
! son Interested to bring success
: AS house cleaning time approach
es, every house wife has articles
! such as clothing, bedding, furni'
IL ture, ETC., that have not outlived
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