Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-11-26
HAPPENINGS
of tie eOeek Y
IN MISSOURI

A movement is now on in Saline
county to get better roads for that
county. Several special road districts
already r doing fine work in the
county. but their proper spheres of
activity do not always connect with
each other. leaving spots Of roads un-
cared for. The movement now IN
loot is to correlate all the work of the
county under friendly, unofficial SUI
oervision, so that no main roads will
De neglected at any part.
A blow out while a motor car was
going forty miles an hour causing the
machine to turn over, resulted in the
ieath of an unidentified man and the
severe injury of Luther Treece and
Lee Winston, merchants of Gretchen.
The accident was a mile southwest of
Marshall.
A lone bandit entered the Grayois
bank in st. Louis county the other
afternoon and after locking the cash
Ter and his assistant in the vault,
,obbed the cash drawer of $1,000. He
vas arrested before he could make
MS getaway.
Circuit Judge James D. Barnett
)verruled the plea to jurisdiction
ooda hu fba h of+orpovc in thp
ate cases instituted by C. W. White
Of Montgomery, and he retains juris-
fiction and will hear the cases on
heir merit.
A plan advanced at St. Joseph for
/ tag day." the proceeds of which
would go to the war sufferers of Bel
GUM, was Endorsed by the city Jul
I'll and the mayor. Steps will be
aiken Immediately and a date set for
his charity.
Two armed men held up F. G. john
son, former circuit Judge, and robbed
nim of $3.50 in his room at Neosho.
Bloodhounds were put on the trail of
he robbers. The robbery occurred
while Mr.. Johnson was alone in the
lome of a friend with whom he is
staying.
The Full Crew Bill, recently voted
lpon as a proposed amendment to the
constitution to the state Of Missouri,
was defeated by a vote of more than
:wo to one, according to complete re-
urns from every county in the state,
made public by railroad officials at St.
Louis.
U. A. Mcbride, a pioneer resident OF
Marshall, is dead after an Illness of
several months. Mr.. Mcbride suf-
erred a stroke Of paralysis several
months ago. He was in business there
many years and was one of M~arshalrs
most progressive citizens.
John H. Stacker, aged So, of Free
BORT, Ill, is dead at Rich Hill from
INJURIES received when he fell from
/ second story window onto a con
crete pavement below. Mr.. Stacker
vas a business mar of Freeport and
was visiting relatives there at the
ime of the accident.
A black bear weighing 536 pounds,
vas killed in the Current river by a
,arty of farmers who had been losing
roung live stock from the depreda-
ions of the beast. The bear is the
} irst to be killed in Shannon or any
)ther county in that part of Missouri
, or a number of years.
, Fourteen car loads of Ozark horses
J purchased on orders from the British
government, were shipped from
: Springfield to st. Louis, from where
hey will be reconsigned to Canada
One hundred of the horses stampedet
while being loaded and a number are
still at large.
King Wilson, a 10-year-old negro
Q ooy of Savannah, placed the muzzlt
: If a loaded shotgun in his mouth ant
l pulled the trigger. He is still alive
put physicians say there is no hop'
or his recovery.
a Mrs. Miranda B. Smith, wife of VIII
! Jam A. Smith, is dead at Hanniba
lfter a %twelve-hour illness. The bod!
will be buried at South Hampton, Pa
Joplin is one of the few towns o
= Missouri that gave a majority of 1T
yotes for suffrage at the recent cleo
lion. Jasper county gave a majorit,
d IF 631 for the thirteenth amendment
y = q
Cyrus Phelps, S-year-old son Of Co
s onel w. H. Phelps, the Democrat
politician, is dead from injuries n
ceived when an automobile struc
t MIN while he was riding a bicycle a
Carthage.
A man believed to be named Big
Q low, an unemployed telegraph ope
a ator of Chicago, attempted to board
" Frisco passenger train at Springfield
o He missed his footing, fell under tn
wheels and was killed.
o J.. G. L. Carter, 8S years old, fc
r whom the city Of Carterville we
named, died at the Carter homestea
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