Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-02-08


circuit court.
GRAND JURORS
John Propst. Nicholas Algier,
M. W. Waltman, r. s. Huff,
Add Reese, B. r. Eneiedow,
w. l.. White, Edw. w. Evans,
:. p. Ringp, Theo. b. Fultz,
Aug. Schwab, ST., Newt Stewart.
PETIT JURORS
W.. T. King, Edgar Fits,
Gdw. Ta!ley, W. n. Whitworth,
John Thompson, Geo. Stark,
john Seat, r. l.. Barger,
g. W Hunter, &. r. Bryan,
Ed Funk, W. j. Warren,
Daniel ". Sutton, l.. l.. Sims,
Jacob Pinkley, G. RI. Thompson,
Louis Lueddecke, Jasper Brumet,
Everett Twomey, n. A. Bell,
j. B. Evans, Grover Volner,
j. n. Bishop, j. A. Wigger.
There has been some very cold
weather the past week. From We'd
nesday noon last week until Thursday
morning there was a drop of 10 de-
greas in the thermometer--an awful
change. On both Wednesday and
Friday nights the low point was one
degree. Thursday night it was ten be-
low zero. Saturday, however, was
m!ider and Sunday Gawned with the
promise of a pleasant day. But early
in the morning the skies became over
cast and the wind blew a gale for
twenty-four hours. 1t was the bitter
est, coolest wind, l believe. ever eX-
! ,Naria,oanrl 10, The cnnti.,, II xra tnc
rihle. Sunday night the thermometer
again got down to zero. The ice on
the creeks and ponds is the best in
years, running from four to seven
inches, and everybody who has an ice
house is busy harvesting the crop,
Jos. &. Forshee has purchased Ed
Masterson's interest in the ice bust
ness and has had a force OF men at
work the past two days filing up the
old ice house on Stont's creek. Elias
Nichols Is cutting ice on "Red Rock''
in Arcadia, and other people in the
valley are putting away ice. At
Middlebrook i. Buechsenschutze IL
filling his house to the limit.
Reynolds County Outlook: "Eli
Barber Of Sinking Creek started
Tuesday morning to visit his half-sis-
ter, Mrs. Margle Letba Spitzmiller,
wife of Ben Spitzmiller, living six
mics east of l%ronton, whom he had NO
recollection Of ever having seen and
in fact did not know FOR certain exist.
ed until %rscently when she was locat.
ed for him by u, Z Howell who he
had requested to conduct an inquiry
several months ago to try and locate
some Of his relatives, none OF whom
he had any recollection Of ever hay
ing seen, his father and mother dying
when he was very young. About 40
years ago Mr.. Barber's fathertcame ia
this county bringing Ell, then 2 or j
years Of age with him, the wife and
mother being dead. lie located or
peola and taught school, and married
again, n child, Margie Letha, was
born, the father dying so0n thcre-
after. Soon after his death Mrs. Bar.
Der took her daughter and LETT that
neighborhood, leaving Ell who was
taken by Fayette Parks to raise at the
age OF five years. He grew to man.
hood, married and has raised . family,
without knowing for certain he had q
living relative until Mr.. Howell, by
diligent inquiry finally located Mrs,
Spilzmlller, who proved to be nr,
Barber's half sister, who sent an
urgent request for him to visit her,
which request he speedily complied
with. Mrs. SpltsM,ler had heard she
had a half brother but did not know
for certain. This Ii the second In.
stance that Mr.. Howell has located
long lost relatives, the other instance
being several years ago when he Wal
county Treasurer he located for Z
lady In Indiana her father, whom she
had heard nothing Of In 80 years Thil
man was located IN Carter county"