Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-05-23


in a worse condition than when
she went there and may have tt
bring her home dead, yet.
Old man Litten of Metropolis
City, Illinois, who used to be here
a great deal of his time as lumber
and tie inspector, has got back to
his old beat and is in town to-day
shaking hands with old friends,
He has been gone about a yeal
and is looking in good health at
the present time. OF curse he
was looking for a good drink Of
water.
The section crew has planned to
go on a strike for higher wages
Tuesday morning next. They can
not live at St,25 per day and pay
the extortionate prices for every
thing they eat and wear.
The State of Missouri VS.. Lucian
Kelly, May 18th, was tried by jury
before Esquire Kitchell and the
verdict was not guilty. The case
of the State of Missouri vs.. Jessie
Culton was tried the same day by
jury and the jury hung 5 for ac-
quittal and / for conviction. G.
z. Damron attorney for the State
and VIM. Edgar, Jr., for defend
ant.
We have a grading gang, a fenc.
ing gang and a section gang work.
ing for the I. M. & S. R. r. Co.,
here at present.
Rev. Hale has closed his meet
ing here and gone home, but ii
s hoped he may return again.
There will be a lecture by D. l..
Harcourt and L. A. Markham on
farming and dairying and other
things that be useful to man or
lady, on May Oath at s P. NJ. at the
school house in Annapolis. Ladies
and gents invited.
The little twin girl of Charley
Hampton's died about $3.50 P. M.
May 10th, 1912, and was buried in
the Annapolis cemetery Monday.
This town has gone dead. If it
was not for the beer man there
would not be anything to it. 1t
puts life in some of the boys 8
well as the men. Eleven cases
devoured last Saturday; that is
not SO bad for a town like this.
Our station agent, Cooper, is
taking a vacation but has a nice
man in his place. We also have
a new night agent here. Mr..
Brown went back to Des Arc from
whence he came.
Meadows are looking fine, also
wheat. James Moss tells me that
he has wheat that strikes him up
to his shoulder, and that would be
about A feet high. This is the
highest wheat | have heard of.
All other growing truck is looking
fine, but SO cool it grows very
slowly.
On the Goth day of May, 1912,
Paines' baby, just big
enough to walk, went to a keg of
water and fell in head foremost;
it was not known how long it had
been in the key and when found
was lifeless, but the timely arrival
of neighbors, and hard working
by the ladies, it was brought to,
and is hoped it will recover. Mr..
Pain is about three hundred miles
northwest of Kansas City, work.
with the line men on the Union
Pacific R. R. wires at $40 per
month and board, and his wife,
Hettie Pain, is living near Esquire
in Annapolis, and when
she found her babe in the key it
did not take her long to get people
to her house as her screams were
heard ali over town and people
ran to her assistance at once, and
they sure made a timely arrival to
sustain life. 1t is not safe vet,
but is hoped it is out of danger,
and should be q warning to her
and all other people to be careful
and keep such kegs and barrels
covered up hereafter.
All trains late these days both
ways.
The railroad ties were all loaded
out last week and the yard is
about cleaned up once more. Our
town looks much cleaner and
nicer.
Chas. E. Bolch has just got on a
new car load of flour and meal, it
is not unloaded yet, but will be
S1.25 per bushel.
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