Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-10-31

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cured. This will make five banks
in Iron county.
The brick residence of A. G..
Russell in Russellville was de-
stroyed by fire shortly after noon
last Friday. A frame kitchen adj
joining the structure was saved.
Nearly all of the furniture on the
lower floor was saved; that in the
upper story was a complete loss.
The fire was discovered by one of
the children who was sent up
stairs for something. The alarm
was given at once and people hur-
ried to the scene from all over the
valley but it was too late to save
the main building. The fire, it is
thought, originated in a v~entilator
where a stove pipe passed through
the ceiling. The burned structure
was one of the oldest in the valley,
being built in 1S48, and was the
home of the late 7. P. Russell for
half a century or more. There
was no insurance on the property.
Mr.. Russell has the sympathy of
the community in his loss.
Circuit court convened Monday
morning, The first jury trial was
that of State VS.. Austin Miller for
stealing a mule from John Henry
Chandler in the west end of the
county. A verdict of guilty was
returned and the punishment fixed
at five years in the penitentiary.
Miller then pleaded guilty to steal
ing a horse from John White
and received an additional sent
ence of two years. All of Tues
day was taken up trying the case
of Adams vs.. the City of Poplar
Bluff, brought here from Butler
county on a change of venue. The
case grew out of the action of the
city council in Poplar Bluff in
condemning some property be-
longing to Adams for street pur-
soses. Adams did not think the
damages awarded him sufficient.
The jury returned a verdict giving
the plaintiff $4,000. This is about
$1,000 more than was awarded him
by the commissioners. Court will
be in session until Saturday and
then an adjournment will be taken
until after the election, and the
session resumed. What promises
to be quite a sensational case is
the suit of John J. Farris against
Josie Farris, both are of Des Arc,
for divorce. This is on the docket
for Thursday and will probably
be tried then.
The fall hunting season is open
in Missouri. 1t is lawful now to
kill ducks geese, plover, brant,
jacksnipe and doves for home use,
but the season for other varieties
of game does not open until a little
later. The law on open season
follows: "Periods certain birds
may be killed-penalty: Nc per-
son shall take, capture or kill, by
any means whatever, any game
bird except the following named
birds between the following dates:
Wild turkey, November list to
December 81; quail, bob white
partridge, from November 1st to
December 31st; ducks, geese and
brant, September 18th to May list;
deer, November list to January list;
doves, September 1st to January
LIST; plover, September list to jan
uary 1st; squirrel, July list to Dec
ember list; snipe, September 18th
to May 1st. The right to take or
kill deer or birds during the open
season is limited to one deer, two
turkeys and twenty-five. birds
of any one family for each person
in one calendar day, and no per-
son shall take, kill or have in pos
session at any one time more than
two deer, four turkeys and fifty
birds of any one family. Anyone
who shall violate any of the provi-
sion of this section, shall upon
conviction thereof, be punished by
a fine not less than S25, nor more
than $50, for each offense, and an
additional fine of S. for each bird
injured, killed or possessed
Judge G.. o. Nations, candidate
for Prosecuting Attorney on the
Bull Moose ticket, addressed a
large open air crowd at Elvins
last Friday night. During the
speaking a cry of "Fire! Fire!"
rang out on the ambient air, and
two men were seen standing on
the roof of a building frantically
waving their arms. The crowd
began to waver and start in the
direction of the supposed fire, but
it was soon discovered to be a
fake alarm and they Quilted down
while the Judge went on with his
speech. When the crowd began
to move at the first alarm, the two
men quickly disappeared from the
roof and were seen running to-
ward the Office of Polite Elvins,
chairman OF the State Republican
committee, and to enter it. City
Marshal VIM. Black followed
them and found the door locked.
They refused his demand to open
the door, SO he got a step ladder,
mounted to the transom, and dis
playing the authority of his office
in the shape of an ugly looking
gun, demanded their capitulation
They capitulated and were locked
up on a charge of attempting tc
break up q public meeting for an
hour Or two to cool their partisan
ardor when they were released or
bonds of $500 each. The two per.
~niciously active standpatters prov
ed to be Postmaster George Kells
brother-in-law of the Republican
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