Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-05-10

Railroad in the circuit court the case
Was brought to a sudden termination
last Wednesday afternoon by the It'll
igants eifecting "a compromise, the de-
PENDANTS agreeing to pay defendant
$500. The suit wes based on personal
Injuries plaintiff sustained in boarding
one OF defendants trains at Bixby in
December, 1915. The suit Of h. IL.
Cayinger against the Sligo Furnace
Company was settled for $3.50.
Recorder Hawkins mas issued the
following marriage Licenses since our
last report:
Gee. Il. Waibrick and Ru.h L. Ester.
day Of 81, Lo0is.
John c. Hunt and Esther Wood Of
Pennington,
Ralph O, Johnson and Ora Lewis of
Redlord.
John j. Dale and Alice Gillespie OF
st. Louis.
Sam Cauiey and Barbara Strickland
OF Edgehil.
Audrey 0. Mosier and Fioy Barger
OF Belgrade.
Tuesday afternoon two ladies' and a
two-mont!ls old baby had a narrow
escape from death or serious injury.
The ladies' were Mrs. Mary Allen,
whose husband is superintendent at
, the iowes summer home, and her
sister, Miss Mabel DeVin. They were
driving in a buggy on Dent street
when the horse, a spirited animal,
took fright and ran south until he
reached the "no thoroushfare' lead
ing to the grounds Of the Baptist
; Home. The high gate was closed,
; fortunately, and the horse compelled
) 70 halt. The ladies, alarmed and e&-
cited, were taken from the buggy, for
r tunateiy unhurt. The runaway was
e caused By a loose horse vita Il hitch
ing.post presumabi to his
halter, running along the street aud
: soaring the driven animal,
y, In the circuit court last week the
suit of WINS King against the Sligo
Furnace Company was settled by
3 agreement, after a jury had been EN-
i paneled to try the case, the defend
ant paying plaintiff $1,000 in settle
ment of all claims. In the ovieinalp pc
; t1ion in this case plaintiff asked triple
damages, alleging defendant hat
90 purchased and converted 70 its owl
,- use timber which 1t knew~at the tim
was the property of the plaintiff. Til
issues were tried by a jury and a yer
"a diet o. 81, 600 returned for plaintiff
~ The defendant appealed to the Spring
- field Conrt Of Appeals and that tribu
~ nal reversed and remauded the cast
The settlement last week "a made o
the basis Of single damages, and aftt
u the plaintiff withdrew the allegatio
that defendant had purchased tt
o. timber knowing it to be the propert
Of plaintiff.
n Lawson, son of Rev. n. 3. Henr,
u, expects to leave next Saturday II
I'd, Fort Riley, Kansas, for the officer
sc training camp. Lawson has pass
the required physical and mental test
elk and after about three months at Fo
ny R!ley, hopes to receive q coinEllssio
he Mayield Huff and rlyne Whltwor
is wentto st. kouis last Saturday to ma
duplication but failed in the physlt
US. examination. II +. Crow went to 5
md Louis Monday to be examined b
ire found SO many applicants ahead
him that he had to defer the matt
until another time. County superb
teudent Geo. W. Hanson has also Fl!
an application and will GO to st, Lo'
to be examined in the near f1tul
Several other young mems names
his country have been mentioned
probable applicants for commission
There will have to be some privat
'uh' too, boys. Can't all wear shoult
1" straps.
's County Court was in session Nj
day and Tuesday. Not Il single
was received in response to the adv
" tisement of the Court soliciting pr
posals from banl1 or bankers desir,
Of being custodian OF the county fu
LOT for the ensuing two years. Ii ther'
ONE as much money in handling the co
t'hg ty funds as some pretended bank
n 10 In this community insisted there ,
ther a few years ago, then, indeed, wei
a sleepy lot of bankers in this cou
the to let such q golden op%portunit.
late this slip by without even an atter
the to grasp it. Sleepy headed banl
lrrer oSIron county! AS the present {
filed todiar Of the funds has the RICH
the retain the sane for IS days longer
court will further consider the ma
pent OF "A depository at an adjourned tt
TO be held before the expiration
and that time. The court fixed tho
m levy for this year rs follows: cot
They and DAD purposes, oo eeh'S ~"
were 500 valuation; special road aud br
4. fund, 25c; state tax, 1sc. The o
:, tional road levy had to be made in
49, der that the county might partici
'"n,' in the federal and state aid. g