Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-09-16
HAPPENINGS
Of TIE tOeek
IN D

Il IN MlSSOVN
The fight of the widow and two
children to break the will OF George
w. Benson of Mokane, who commit
ted suicide last May. leaving al es-
tate valued at 2 1000. was successful
in the circuit court at Fulton the 9TH
er day when a jury declared that
Benson was insane at the time he
drew the will. Through the terms Of
his will practically all the estate was
to go to two other children at the
death of the widow. The defendants
appealed to the supreme court.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Crowder, living
near G~entryville. who recently cele-
brated their golden wedding anniver-
sary, have probably spent more years
in Gentry county than any other couple.
Crowder was born in the southern
part of the county seventy-three years
ago, and, although he has travelled ok
tensively, he has always claimed the
county as his home.
.
Rabbi Rosenfeld, 50 years old and
for a quarter of a century the senior
rabbi of st. Louis is dead. He was
born in Turkish Russia and became a
rabbi when Is years old. His Hebraio
library is considered one of the most
extensive and most valuable in the
country.
Conducted for many years-and
successfully-as a daily newspaper,
the Bazoo of Sedalia, which was dis
continued several years ago, has been
revived in new form by its founder
and editor, j.. West Goodwin. 1t now
is a tabloid publication, issued
monthly.
James Cox. Is years old, a pioneer
of Boone County, is dead at Column
bia.
There probably will be no more
senate investigating commissions as
a result of a conference at Kansas
City recently. At this meeting e. p.
Deal, state treasurer, let it be known
to the chairmen of the commissions
appointed by the last senate that I'm
less the money appropriated to de-
fray the expenses of those commits
sions was returned to the state at once
suits would be instituted to recover ii.
Rich Hill was much alive the other
morning for fifteen minutes, when a
swarm of wild bees took possession
of Park avenue, running the residents
to cover. The swarm finally settled
on a bright green chatauqua pennant
that streamed across the street. The
bees were finally hived by a practical
beeman.
At a largely attended meeting of
the Missouri division of the Big Four
Trail at Brookield, the connecting
link between Brooktield and Hannibal
was located along the Burlington Rail-
road, following the same route as the
Mark Twain Trail from Kansas City
to Hannibal.
A cloudburst six miles north of Car
thage recently sent small streams out
of their banks, washed wheat stacks
away and did considerable damage to
property. Several bridges we're
washed away. More than six inches
of rain fell.
The funeral Of Judge John C.
Brown, the only Republican member
of the Missouri supreme court, who
died in st. Louis recently, took place
at the Pilgrim Congregational church.
The services were under the auspices
of the Masonic order.
Judge John c. Brown of the Mis-
souri, Supreme Court died recently at
st. Luke's Hospital in st. Louis. His
illness was attributed to overwork on
the supreme bench.
Charles S~elvidge, stationary engi-
neer, was killed by the explosion Of
his engine. Selvidge was running a
mill north of Keytesville when the ia
tai accident occurred.
Joseph Flood, a pioneer of Montgom-
cry county, vas killed at Montgomery
by a runaway horse. He was an ex-
perienced horseman and was exercis-
ing the animal hitched to a cart when
he met his death.
Birdsie G. Wright Of Grant City,
treasurer Of Worth county, died in a
hospital at Marysville from injuries
received when his automobile skid
ded and turned over five miles east Of
that place.
John w. Triton, 70 years old, died
at H%arrisonville the other day. He
formerly vas presiding Judge Of the
county court.
w. s.. Hatfield Of Galena, Kas., a
member of the G. A. r., died in Lake.
side Park in Webb City at the an
nual district G. A. r. gathering, His
death was due to heart disease. MIR.
Hatfield was 80 years old.
The southern highway from La
monte to Dresden, eight miles, is be-
ing converted into a boulevard. The
road is being widened and uniformly
crowned. A roller ~pulverizer is pulled
over the road to break up all clods and
when the work is completed the sur
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