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WRECK ON THE BRANCH -- Special to the Gazette.  
Oran, Mo., Sept. 5 -- Bismarck and Charleston passenger No. 426, coming north this
morning, one mile south of Oran, was wrecked.  Engine 2661 broke about four feet
[out?] of East rail but passed over without leaving track.  Baggage car 417 was not 
so lucky, and turned over on its side, almost [near?] of right of way while Baggage
master J. H. WHEELER, in charge of car, held on to a joist, [???] grim death, there
being no safety rods in the car, receiving a severe shaking up and some bruises but
no broken bones.  Supt. J. W. DANIELS and trainmaster J. T. NEDWIDECK were soon on
the scene of trouble and had the track cleared so that the day passenger picked up
the passengers.  No passengers injured as coaches did not leave track.

The intervention of a legal holiday, combined with a railroad wreck in which our
foreman was entangled for another day necessitates the delay of a few hours in 
going to press and curtails our usual budget of news to some extent.  We trust our
readers will make due allowance for such a combination of circumstances.

A special election will be held in this city on Tuesday, Sept. 18, 1906, for the
purpose of electing a city collector to fill the vacancy caused by the death of 
C. TULLOCK.  See notice in today's Gazette.

A broken rail caused the turning over of the baggage car on the branch train 
between Morley and Oran early Wednesday morning and traffic was delayed several
hours.  Train baggagemaster WHEELER was alone in the car at the time of the
accident and was pretty thoroughly shaken up, but he went out on the regular run
the same night.

Mrs. W. M. BOLZ has just purchased a new and stylish stock of millinery goods and
will soon have the same displayed at her residence in this city.  Due announcement
of the opening will appear in the Gazette.  Mrs. BOLZ expects to invite her 
friends to the opening of her establishment about the 20th of the month.

NOTICE OF ELECTION -- Notice is hereby given that a special election will be held 
in the city of Bismarck on Tuesday September 18, 1906, for the purpose of electing
a Collector to fill the unexpired term of C. TULLOCK, deceased.
Polling places will be as follows:  
First ward, City Hall.
Second ward, A.O.U.W. Hall.
Polls with open and close as the law requires. -- W. R. VINEYARD, Mayor.
Attest:  D. S. PAINTER, clerk.
Bismarck, Mo., Sept. 7, 1906.

Mrs. A. J. WOOD and Mrs. M. E. DONNELL paid this office a very pleasant business
call Thursday afternoon.

Our friends, the milliners come in for a whole lot of notice in today's Gazette 
and are evidently on the war path and hustling for business.  We wish them, every
one a prosperous business, as each one of them is prettier than the other and 
keeps the best stock of goods.  So, there now!

Miss Pearl POLLARD has returned from a two week's visit to her aunt, Mrs. W. B.
OLIVER, at Aurora.  During her stay she sang with great success at several social
functions, notably a reception at the Armory on Tuesday evening, besides rendering
solos for the principal churches.

Mrs. S. J. MAHAN of Illinois is visiting her brother, Mr. P. B. WOLFORD, this 
week.

MRS. BLOOM of Desoto spent last week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. P. B. WOLFORD.

"Local and Personal" Column:

Roy WOOLFORD made a visit home Sunday.

Mr. Lee TOWNSEND of Flat River was a Bismarck visitor Monday evening.

E. N. SINCLAIR and wife and Miss Bertha STAMMER attended the picnic at Doe Run on
Monday.

Ed. MATKIN, son of Leroy MATKIN, is very sick with typhoid fever and rheumatism 
at his home near here.

Miss Mollie TOWL of Potosi returned to her home Thursday after a few days visit
with Mrs. Dr. EATON.

N. A. COTTRELL and family returned Thursday night from an extended trip to the
East.

The Bismarck school opened Monday with an attendance of [149?] out of a total 
enrollment of 260.  It was Labor day and there were many picnics in the surrounding
country which no doubt caused many to be absent the first day.

Mrs. Louis BUTLER has been visiting in Fort Smith, Ark., for the past two weeks.

The following are the teachers in the Bismarck school this year:  A. C. FLOYD, 
principal; K. E. SHERRELL, 1st assistant; Mrs. Mae RIFE, 2nd assistant; Miss Jennie
SNYDER, 3rd assistant; and Miss Mattie MURPHY, primary department.

Work on the streets goes merrily on, rock and gravel are being spread where it will
do most good.  The city revenue cannot be put to better use than that of improving
the streets, and Mr. WYATT appears to be just the man to do the job to perfection.

Many Bismarck folks attended the horse show and races at Iron Mountain last Monday.
The bank was closed that day and the school children were allowed a half-holliday.
Postmaster BRYAN hoisted the Stars and Stripes on the big flag pole at the post
office corner and enjoyed a partial holiday himself.

Mrs. Mary E. DONNELL of Irondale was the guest of Mrs. A. J. WOOD of this city,
Thursday.

George BISPLINGHOFF, foreman of the Gazette office, returned from Fort Riley, Kan.,
Wednesday, where he participated in the army maneuvers.  George is a sergeant in
Co. "G" of the 6th [?] regiment Mo. N. G., and speaks in the highest terms of the
[????] [????] and work of the Missouri troops in general and Co. "H" [?] of the 
4th [?] regiment, with which he was stationed in particular and which was given up
to be the crack company of the entire Missouri brigade.  During the maneuvers 
they made a forced march, under heavy marching order, of 17 1/2 miles in 5 hours 
with one half hours rest.

H. P. MOODY, who lives about 3 miles west of here, called at the Gazette office
Wednesday; he informs us that he has a mammoth stalk in his cornfield, 161-2 feet
in height and 8 1/2 feet to the first ear of corn.

Mrs. A. J. WOOD has just returned from a month's visit to relatives in Butler Co.

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