Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-11-06

can and does, do a tremendous amount
Of good by eating destructive insects
and the seeds of weeds.
Circuit court adjourned last Thurs
day. There was but one jury trial
during the term-that Of State VS..
Grant Canady, for criminal trespass.
1t was thought the case of State VS..
Jesse Culton, for felonious assault,
would be disposed of, but the serious
illness OF Walter Wsrncke, the prose-
cutting witness, prevented a trial at
this term and the case was continued.
The docket, with the disposition of
the cases, is printed this week. An
adjourned term of court will be held,
December 10th, when the case of ].
N. Smith, from the west end Of the
county, and other matters, will come
up for disposition o. L. Munger, of
Piedmont, has been retained by Smith
to defend him.
At the last term of the county court
an order was made on Chas. Landie,
who lives IN a farm, nea Belleview,
to pay half of the charge of keeping
his wife in the State Hospital No. 4,
Pennington, Mo. Mrs. Landie has
been in the hospital for seven years
and the county has paid all of the ex-
pense of keeping her there. Recently
the court had information that Landie
W as abundantly able to pay at least
some of the costs of keeping his wife.
Hence the order. Landie appeared
before the court Monday and said he
could not, or would not, contribute
anything for her support. The court
will notify the asylum authorities and
Landie in future will have to take care
of his wife or present unmistakable
evidence that he is unable to do so.
The first social event of the "Wo-
mans Study Club" was held at the
home of DR.. and Mrs. R w. Gay on
October 28th. Anticipating ALI Hal
low Fen the Club and invited guests
were attired as ghosts. A noted (?)
traveller brought curios from the
Orient, which were examined in the
dim light solely by touch and enjoy
ed (?) by each guest. After this a
"Ghost Dance" and "Ghost March''
ended the unreal. Masks were laid
aside and a most bountiful repast was
served in the basement. The re-
mainder of evening was spent in con-
tests of various kinds, all mirth pro-
voking, until a late hour. NAfter the
singing of "Home, Sweet Home'' in
which all joined, the guests departed
to their various homes. The hostesses
certainly are proficient in the art of
entertaining. R.
The will of the late John M. Bean,
a well-to-do citizen of Caledonia, was
filed for record last Saturday. To
his wife he leaves the family home
and Al acres of land, which, at her
death, is to go to his daughter, Lee L.
Thomas; to R. R. Bean, nephew, 5000
stock in the Bank of Caledonia, to be
held in trust for the benefit of the
widow of ~testator, at whose death
heirs are to inherit this stock;
to daughter, Fannie Clay, is be-
queathed a note for $1,000 held
against her by testator; to his son,
Frank Bean, and daughter, Annie
Eaton, he leaves the Caledonia -four
ing mill together with four acres of
land, the son to have a ree-fourth
interest and the daughter one-fourth;
to his son, Joseph Bean, he leaves a
farm on Cedar Creek. The residue of
the estate is to be distributed among
his children in equal shares. r. r.
Bean is named as executor of the will,
who is to receive $3.50 for his services.
The will was made December 81, 1910.
-Potosi Journal.
State Geologist H. A. Buehler, in
his Press Bulletin of the Goth inst :,
writing of the building stone of Mis-
souri,, has this to say o the granite
quarries of Southeast Missouri: "The
main centers for the production of
red granite are Graniteville and Sye-
mite in Southeast Missouri, at which
points quarries have been operated
the past forty years. This district
produces a fine quality Of deep red
granite which is utilized throughout
the United States. 1t has a coarsely
or! s~talline texture, is uniform in color,
and takes a very durable polish. The
larger quarries are capable of produc-
ing perfect blocks for use in columns
and heavy structural work, where
stone free from flaws is required.
The Allen monument, erected at
Pittsfield, Mass, over 45 feet in height,
was obtained from the quarry of the
Syenite Granite Company at Granite
vile, and the buildings of Washington
Univerity at st. Louis are examples
Of architecture that well demonstrates
the beauty of this stone. The rich,
subdued, warm red color of the Mis-
souri, granite, in particular, as well as
its durable qualities, has kept it CON
~stantly in demand a an ornamental
and monumental stone. With the in
ceased use Of crushed granite for
granitoid and maccadam, several
crushing plants have been erected in
the district. A number Of quarries,
not equipped with crushers, ship