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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-01-01

We ssyw a.Providence girl Yesterday
who was sjust as pretty ~ she could be, "
but, poor thing, she couldn't be very
pretty.--Bostoa Post. .t....f.
4 "A SAILOR Is not q sailor, when he Il
aboard; a sailor Is not sailor when he
Is ashore; but he must be either ashore
or aboard; therefore sailor IL not n
sailor.
LAwYRR Ito witness): "Did you say
that an incompetent man could keep n
hotel Just as well as any bodyP" Wit
ness "No. said an inn-experienced
man could" sIa -
A LITTLE girl In Sunday school, who
had been pulling her doll to pieces dur
ing the week. was asked by the teacher:
What was Adam made Off" Answer
|" Dust" And what was Eve made
OFF" Answer" Saw-dust."
PEpAooaUE: "what Is the meaning
of the Latin verb ignoscop" Tall stu
dent (aftsr all the Others have failed To
give the correct dcfinition) tt don't
know: Pedagogue: Right; 60 up
head" -s-e---
A VERT rich old man had married q
young wife and died suddenly, on which
the widow rayed like maniac and ex-
claimed to the doctor who stood by the
bedside Of the deceased: "0h, IN not
believe that my dear partner Il dead;
he could not die aud leave mel No, mol
he's alive--I'm sure he's alive! Tell
me, doctor, don't you think SOP"
I" MADAM" replied the medical man,
with muols gravity, 81 confess that Il
Is possfblo, he may be revived. viii
apply the yalvanic battery" "Oh, no,
no." cried the grief-stricken widow.
q" Hari as II IL TO bear my fate, I
will have no experiment against the law
of nature. Let him rest in peace"
GEN. REUBEN wns seated on % mack
erel barrel, with his feet on n couple of
sugar hogsheads, and had Just given an
account Of how he frozc them sliding
down hill In the winter of '16. There
was silence for few minutes, interrupt
ed by an Interrogation from Mozart Daf-
fodil. "Do you mean, General, 90 have
our understanding comprehend dat you
froze boff Of dem feet in one wintcrP'
" Bof," reolied the General, cutting OF
a piece of tobacco about the size Of
toy harmonica. After another reign of
silence the General demanded, "Do
you doubt dat statement, sahP's. No."
replied MosMrt, al was only thinking
what long, hard winter il must have
BEEN" ~ Fe.,. .1sf
THOSE NEw YEARS BILis.
Those New Years bills, those New Years
=. bills, .i 'H.
How the lon,s day their ciamor flis
With ccaseless tramp Of tfrcsome dun,
With bills TINT can no longer run.
Those New Years bills. those Now Years
What dismal fears their sight instiiis
p grim accounts Of byRonc times.
al ten1 ND an ms lfne
Those New Years bills; those New Years
bills;
rhe dun who talks until he kills:
rhe wretch VINO eyes your scnnt, store,
Takes NIL You have and asks for more.
Those New Another at the bcur
BY Mars, 6.s 9uuntlct, it ts well; ~
land me the gun: by heaven, III Kill
- RuwfrUr
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-01-01

THE latest product to which Cali
fornia soil has been found well adapted
is opium, Of which superb quality,
much superior to the opium OF COM
merce, has been raised in the Sonoma
Valley. The only obstacle to its culti-
yation is the fact that labor costs more
than in the Orient, but that is offset by
the better quality of the domestic arti-
Gle, and the absence of heavy duties.
There seems to, be hardly any product
of the earth that can not be raised In
some part of the Golden State. Tea,
figs, oranges, lemons, bananas, olives,
dates, even the cinchona tree and poppy
plant grow there along with the fruits
and vegetables of temperate climes.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-01-01
.098I lot T.I.aUW Ait
THE -FOUR SEASONS.
In the balmy April weather,

In the balmy April weather,
My love, you know, ~Gs
..sf When the corn began to grow,
hat walks we took together,
What sighs we breathed together,
what vows we pledged together, --
In the days of long ago!
In the golden summer, weather, -
MY love, you know,
when the mowers went to now
What home we built together, -
hut babes we watched together,
what plans we planned together,
Fl While the skies were all agiow!
In the rainy autumn weather,
10 My love, you know,
When the winds began to blow,
what tears we shed together,
w hat mounds we heaped together.
what hopes we lost together,
d When VIC laid our darlings low!
In the wild and wintry weather,
NV love, you know,
With our heads as white as snow,
~ hat prayers we pray together,
w hat tears we share together,
What heaven we seek together,
For our time has come to got!
Atrf,} S5 Theodore TxtOn.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-01-01

FIFTEEN-ToN loads of lumber, piled
on immense eight-wheeled wagons and
drawn by teams of six to ten horses or
mules, are to be seen on the mountain
roads in California. The driver sits on
a very high seat with one foot on pow
erful brake, and usually handles the
reins and a long whip with seeming
carelessness. The San Francisco Argus,
however, pictures him at more excit-
ing juncture: Let a scare take place
let herd of runaway cattle appear at
bend and set the horses wild, and then
see what will happen. The day-dreamer
will become a giant of strength; he is
up in flash; he shortens his hold upon
the reins, and feeling his wagon start up
beneath him, places foot of iron on
the brake. The horses snort and rear
and surge; the harness rattles, the dust
arises, the load shrieks again, and the
huge wheels turn fatally faster and
faster. An instant may hurl the wagon
down into the valley with its struggling
train--a mad rush to the other side of the
way may end all in one horrible plunge.
Muscle, eye, brain, skill are then
brought to work 50 splendidly together
that the peril is averted, and the locker
on, who knows not the way of the land,
regards the teamster with profound re-
spect thereafter M. D. q.
4. - n.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-01-01

AN impecunious young man started
afoot from San Luis Obispo to Soledad,
in California. Getting fatigued and
desperate, he resolved TO become n high
wayman. He had no weapon. and was
physically insignificant; but strategy
more than made up for these lacks He
built fire in the woods near the road,
TO give the impression that q party was
camped there, put his hat and coat on
log to represent a second man, and
when n stage came along shouted I:
p" Throw out that box, or you are dead
man." The driver dropped the treas
ure-box, which contained $500, and was
glad to get away with his life. +'h'
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-01-01

New YORK, Dec. 21.-The Herald de-
votes page to Edison's triumph in electric
Illumination, giving a full and accurate ac-
count of his work from its inception To its
completion, with illustrative diagrams. The
Herald says:
The first public exhibition of Edison's
long looked for electric light takes place New
Years evening at Menlo Park, on which oc-
casion that place will he Illuminated with
the new light. The new light, incredible as
it may appear, is produced IRON u little piece
OF paper-a tiny strip Of paper that breath
would blow away. Through this little strip
OF paper is passed an electric current, and
the result il bright, beautiful, mellow
light. +" But the paper instantly burns even
under the triling heat of ialow CANDLE"
withstand the fierce heat Of an electric cur
-fensssss-vcryffuc.S l3tff E6fson makes the
little piece OF paper more infusible than
platinum, more durable than granite, and
this involves no complicated process. The
paper is merely baked in an oven until its
elements have passed away, except its car
bon framework. The latter is placed in
glass globe connected with wires leading TO
an electricity producing machine and
the air exhausted from the globe. Then
the apparatus is ready to give out n
light that produces no decteriors gases, no
smoke, no offensive odors, light without
same, without danger, requiring no matches
to ignite, giving out but little heat, vitiating
no air and free from all flickering-a light
that is 2 little =, globe Of, sunshine, and this
light The Inventor cfaifns can be produced
cheaper than that from the cheapest oil.
The inventor finds that the electricity can be
regillsted with entire reliability at, central
station Just as the pressure Of gas Is now
regulated. The entire cost Of constructing
the lamp Is not more than . cents. $50 d
+ Our eyesight is the most exquisite To
our senses, yet it does not serve us TO
~ :
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-01-01
GRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

Seymour G. Stone, proprietor of a shoddy-
mill at Bennington, VT, lost his life by the
burning Of his mill on the Goth. Mrs. Stone
is crazed with grief at her husbands terri
BILE death.
The large corset and suspender factory Of
West, Bradley e. Cary, on West Twenty
ninth Street, New York, burned on the night
OF the 22d. Twenty women were in the
building and barely escaped with their lives.
-Four Of them were severely injured by jump
ing from the windows, and two firemen were
badly hurt by falling debris.
Two Irish lads, Edward Harvey and
James McGee, peddlers of dry-goods, were
murdered on the night Of the 10Th near Jer-
nigan, Russell County, Ala, and their
bodies thrown into the Chattanooga
River. The murder was discovered the
next day, when two negroes were arrested.
These confessed, duplicating two others. A
large crowd of whites and blacks assembled
on the following day, Sunday, and decided
to hang the two murderers, which was done
forthwith. They displayed sullen indiffer-
ence, and asked no mercy. The two others
implicated had not been arrested at latest
accounts. 4. s-g- s.s~ ss-e
The steamer Borussia, which left Liver
pOoiy WV -oy ipt ANC" OliCdiiSy viii pei =
sons on board, passengers, officers and crew,
met very severe weather soon after leaving
port and sprang n leak so badly that on the
ID of December, when about $50
miles southwest Of Fayal, it was
found necessary to abandon her.
The larger portion of the passengers
with number Of the crew were placed in
boats and upon RATS, and OF these only one
boatful, nine i'm all, had been heard from.
These were picked up and landed ct Queens
town, Dec. 20. 1t is their opinion that all
the rest of the passengers and crew have
been lost. The Captain and most of the
crew remained with the vessel, which is be-
lieved to have gone down on the same night
the boats left, as her lights suddenly disap
peared from their view. et
Matthew Gleason's house at Ayerstown,
n. j., burned on the night OF the ed and his
three children perished in the flames.
At Christmas-tree festival in the NJ. E.
Church at Pataskala, o.. q young man
named George Lynn, who personated Santa
Claus, was dressed in q costume covered
with loose cotton. In some manner the
cotton caught fire and young Lynn was very
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-01-01
CONfDfERCE AND INDUsTRY.

The Secretary of the Interior has rendered
a decision that, whenever, prior to patent
ing, it is discovered that land previously Of
fered and entered as agricultural is really
mineral in its character, the entry must be
cancelled and the land reserved for the entry
under laws specially applicable to mining
lands. %sN ~ - (
1t is developed by the evidence Of one Of
the bankrupt dry-goods firm of Stettauer
Brothers, Chicago, that the various individ-
uals composing the firm had lost, since the
spring of 1873, nearly $3.50, 900 by speculations
in grain and provisions.
A private exhibition of Ediscn's electric
light and lamp was made in his laboratory
on Christmas Eve, which was witnessed by a
number of correspondents. All concur in
declaring it a complete success, so far as
they were able to determine. Several Of the
lamps, it was claimed, had been burn
ing for over 100 consecutive hours without
any apparent diminution in their luminosi-
ty. Edison asserts that the electricity
requisite to supply one burner during the
night will during the day furnish sufficient
motive power to run a sewing-machine, and
all at an expense of about four cents for the
"a hours. 90 EN E&*
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-01-01

ONE can 60 by the lightning express
route from London to Paris for 81. To
travel from New York to Washington,
an equal distance, costs just one-third
more,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-01-01

A BOOK agent has been murdered in
Mississippi, and a sewing agent
was recently slaughtered in Michigan.
There! WHO says there, isho unity of
sentiment Between the North and South?
~ r. Grdphsc
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-01-01

An English woman, now in New York
City, has ordered at Tiffany's q bangle
bracelet which is to cost the comfortable
sum of $4,000. II Is made like the
bangles Of the harem, Of beaten gold,
and is set with every known jewel.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-01-01
MISCELLANEOUS.

The steamboat Maggie Baker, just arrived
at Mobile from Montgomery, Ala, was
burned to the waters edge on the Goth.
Eleven hundred bales of cotton were de-
stroyed by fire or damaged by water. Boat
and cargo fully insured.
The following dispatch was received from
Los Pinos, via Lake city, Colo, 22d: Ouray
has just arrived from the camp of the White
River Utes, and announces to the Commits
sion that he was unable to effect a surrender
Of the prisoners demanded by the
Commissioners. Ouray has given the
White River Utes until the 23d inst. to de-
liver up the prisoners. This is his ulti-
matum, and IL not complied with by that
time he will call for troops and assist them
in war against Douglass and his tribe.
Ollray says the feeling is very strong against
giving UP the Indians, and he is of the
opinion that the war faction VIII prevail.
Ouray has done all in his power to carry out
the peace policy of the Government, and.
having failed, is ready to assist the War De-
partment whenever it shall commence opera
tions.
The High School building at Milwaukee,
Wis, was totally destroyed by fire on the
night Of the 21st. Loss about $4,000. On
the same night the extensive brewery, malt
house, ETC., Of F., Best were also burned.
The latter loss, including grain In store, will
aggregate about $3.50 900 to 500, 900, fully
Insured.
The revolutionary army entered San Do
mingo on the 17th of Novembers President
Guillermo having previously fed. Peace
has been entirely restored.
Willis Hall, the main building of Carleton
College, Northield, Minn., was burned on
the 23d. Loss, $4,000; insurance, $17 500.
The severest weather known for years pre-
vailed throughout Minnesota just before
Christmas, the range of the Thermometer be-
ing reported at from Is to SO degrees below
zero. The weather Throughout the Pacific
slope has also been almost unprecedentedly
cold. Stock has suffered severely and there
has been some damagefo fruit.
The Spanish Senate has passed the bill
abolishing slavery in Cuba.
The Bayley Hat Factory at Newburyport,
Mass, employing 200 hands, burned on the
18th. Loss, $1,000; insurance, $4,000.
At Fargo, d. T., on Christmas Day, the
thermometer registered 80 deg. below zero;
at Pembina the Government thermometer
indicated 50 deg. below. g
A dispatch from Los Pinos, Colo, 25th,
says: Ouray and the chiefs selected to go
to Washington came to the Agency yester-
day, bringing with them only a part
of the prisoners. Gen. Hatch refused to go
unless all the prisoners demanded by the
Commission were surrenderd. Ouray asked
for further time, and five days more were
granted him to deliver them Mt Cline's
Ranch, 80 miles from here on the road to
Alamosa, at which place Gen. Hatch will wait
their coming. Ouray is either playing double
game or is unable to accomplish what he at
tempts. The snow is from to 15 feet deep
in the range, and the General is compelled
to build sleighs in order to make the trip, of
the success of which the Commission are
somewhat doubtful, and believe the Army
will yet be called upon to settle the Ute
question.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-01-01

The Sandusky Register, in It's annual
review Of the vineyard production OF
and a half gallons of wine that was
made there this season, less than mil
lion gallons Of grape juice was used.
1t adds that dealers make no secret oi
the fact that they use spirits. sugar and
water largely in the production Of wine,
and claim that this is done, not 80 much
to make money as to suit the taste ,ol
their patrons, who prefer the adulter.
asetf PFodletto the pure article. '-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-01-01

BADLY burned before Il could be extin.
fguished. The AFFAIR caused panic in the
church and several peopls were injured.
IL A most horrille murder occurred at Del
phoss o. At Ean early hour ron Christmas
FIn0trdng, the victims Mr.. Bernard X. Picker
being well-to-d0and estimable German cit
fseR, R,-residihg nearly in the center Of the
! city. Mrs. Picker gives the following ac-
count of the affair: i" MY husband was aroused
| from his slumbers by heavy knocking at
the front door, Getting up, he opened
the door fearlessy, and was ins1Dntly
seized by three masked men, who demanded
his money or his life. He, Needless of their
threats, made a desperate resistance, and
was only overpowered when he was shot
through the head by one of the ruffians and
instantly killed. IrRbed from the bed to
assist my husband, and was seized and
Threatened with the same fate. ], however,
screamed at the top ofSmy VOICE, but was
finally overpowered by being, tied and gag
ged. They again demanded the. money and
refused, and then they placed me
against a red-hot stove and tortured me SO
badly that 1 could mot endure any more
pain, and i finally gave them the money,
amounting to fifteen hundred dollars in cur
rency, the savings of years. They then took
their departure" Mrs. .Picker's injuries were
quite serious, and possibly fatal. r--
f. c. Voules, confidential clerk to Huston
d Co. OF Cincinnati, contractors for the
Southern Railroad, absconded recently, after
having squandered in fast living a large
amount of his employers money. He was
traced to New Orleans and found in company
with an abandoned young woman,
one Of his former Cincinnati
favorites. When the officers attempted to
arrest him he hastily took from his pocket
bottle Of prussic acid and swallowed the
in a short time. Voules was an Englishman
by birth, about 30 years Of age.
At Paris, KY, on Christmas night, a Mr..
Jaynes was personating Santa Claus at
children's gathering, his costume being Of
white muslin covered with raw cotton. In |
some way the cotton took fire and Mr.. |
Jaynes was fatally burned, dying before |
..
The Kansas City express train on the Chi !
cago and Alton Railroad, that left st. Louis |
on the night Of the 25th, was thrown from |
the track by broken rail near Berdan,
Greene County, Illinois, about 65 miles
north Of st. Louis. The entire train,
with the exception of the locomotive,
was ditched, all of the ears being badly |
wrecked. Two of the coaches took fire and |
burned, causing the death of two persons
Col. L.sC. Bond of Auburn, Sangamon Coun-
ty, H., a member Of the General Assembly,
and Charles Payne, negro porter. About
% persons were Injured more or. less seri-
ously.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-01-01

g Our eyesight is the most exquisite to
our senses. vet It does not serve us to
discern wisdom; If she did, what a
glow of love would she kindle with
in us.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-01-01

PRESSING business Running cider
will.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-09-02

yet soue uneasinsss IL felt - TO vheth her
ennoah will eo0e b supply the de-
mand- A COED many Indians are said
to be coming from east the mosntains,
though it 10 deabtfal il there will b
many piek~s smoae them. as they
cone mostly 70 Rsmhle. Aorserace and
trads horsss. The Indians here lsss
year from british Columbia are said
poe - bs eooise.
Mr. W J Bow0sa kas returned from
bis visit tsrsueh the sastesn part Of ths
Territory. and comss hack to Puysllup
with his family satis6ed to remain for
sooe time 10 cooe. He found no point
OF the country hs liked better than
Puyallap Valley. which We ell of
courss are glad TO hear.
Aiss Etts Bonosy will attend the
Wsshisgton University dariog the
next seoion and will take her depart
ure in Ssv days-
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-09-02
THE 2 lNTBLLlGESCEk.
omc.-rront Street, Foot Of Cherry.
= 49, q -. =
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
FRED. e. SANDER,
Geaera| Collection Agency.

po,ks neatly posted. All oriers promptly q
..s1ed 10. 4 IS ~ Of ne pnssic pstsoasxs 80
,,citsc and salisfscsion Euarsn esd onse III
W Wl,i,e. In whites Block
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-09-02

~ IL ssssss e - tlSsvso.
IalsssSLns6iaS. q o. Ss,y ~ .s.:
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-09-02

/ have. during my wsnderi.es, met
ssveral persoos who wsntsd TO live in
. stas. vhsrs sarthborn people with
sainal sppstitss seuldn't trouble them.
and slwsys found the safest place for
IN easthborn man. whsn the starbsrs
soul 1sgasesl for the dinner table. vss
behind large rsck. Distrust the aspir.
ing mortal Who livrs In plsne 20 sls-
ystsd thse b. seQuirss the use of . tel
ssoope when he wants 10 look down at
the rest Of us. And II be ever wants
h board at your huabls table. charea
him 415 q week. snd 1ssd him lots oi
soup. or you'll loss money on him.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-09-02

Very near us sAt two you0g people.
He wsre the lace Of . man Who shaves
three times Q day. and that white neck.
tie had meyer seen the Starlight t,.fors.
There was pearl powder on the .houl>
der Il his coat, aid Q tsnder. dreamy
look in her lovely syea They sat and
looked mp 1t the stars. and they didn't
care for Any solitary thing any nearer
70 this earth. Mortimer she mur-
INJURED soltly-'xertimss. his name sp-
peAsed 70 be Nostimes. though
osuldn't learn whethsr it WAS his front
name or his after nAms- .Mostimes.
dear. che said. IL We could only live
apart froo this busy and sordid. un-
sympathetic world. IN one Of yon gilt.
tsring eshs OF golden rsii.nos. living
spATt frso ell else, osly fes each other.
forgetting the bAss things of earthly
life. the oo>sss grsea Of the world and
its animal instincts. that would be our
heaven. vOuA it not. dear
And Mortimer, hs said it would.
There. heart ef my ewu. he said. and
his voice trewblsd with esrnestness.
my own darling Ethel. through ell tho
softened radiance of The dsy and all the
shimmering t.l,i.tnees If night. our
lives would pass away in an exalted at.
mospbsee above the baseborn wants Of
earthly mortAls. and far beyond the
chAtssring crowd that lives but for
today. our lives, refined beyond the
common ken
And just then the man with the
gong oAnA out. Mortimer. hs made q
grab at Ethsl's hand and plunge for
the cabin door. Ethel Just gathered
her skirts with her other hand. jumped
clear over the baek of her chair and
after him. and away they went clstter-
ing down the cabin, upset chair. ran
Tito . sweet. good old Quaker lady.
and banged . bad word ont OF her
before she had time to stop it; down
the stairs they r2shed. cOllarsd =
couple of chairs at the nearest table,
feed . winter. and opened the action
without skirmishing. Am . man Of
coarse mould and % sarthhorn appetite
myself. and wouldn't live in star %
long - could ind good hotel ia
America; but long. long bsfors csuld
get seats ct the table for my family.
Mortimsr and Eshsl had eaten two
bluefish, . little rare bssssteak. some
corn bod. . plsts Of hot cakes. two
boiled egga aDA Q busch Of onions.
and the waiter had goLs out to toast
them some cheese.