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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-06-16

With. thu loving tenderness of . IA
Their, Big sJack gathered the inAnimate
form of Torpedo Jim in his strong arms
and laid him gently in the marrow coffin.
And then he and the tooldresser lifted
the remains and carried them through
the doorway and down the path leading
past the well. 1t was the most sorrow-
full funeral procession have ever seen;
it wasn't much of . procession, to be
sure Jack and his fellow-worker led
the way with the body and followed.
Yet there was sorrow there; sorrow for
the dead and aching hearts and broken
signs joined with the moaning pines in
chanting q requiem for one to whom
fate had been q bitter enemy. Down
past the wen to lightning blasted giant
pine tree, and at its foot was newly
made grave, the last loving labor that
noble-hearted Jack could do for his
dead friend. And then, as we lowered
the blue-eyed man into his last resting
place, the sun burst through q cloud
and fell full upon US and cast q halo of
golden glory about the scene, and when
all was done the driller raised his arms
and said, slowly and solemnly:
Peace to his dust and ashes through
time and eternity. Amen -
Poor Jim? Yes, poor Jim; for away
out in the Bingham forest, under the
world OF snow, sleeps the blue-eyed man
who viii always be in the great army Of
those who die unknown to home and
friends and who will to the end of time
be among the missing And in her
comfortable Philadelphia home the pa
tent, loving mother waits and watches
for her boy, the boy who will gladden.
the old, tried heart and brighten the old
home never again on this earth, and by
and by she viii put away the we'll
worn Bible and gold bowed spectacles
and lie down to sleep the sleep that
rights allwrongs, heals all wounds and
gives the beloved eternal peaceand rest.
And in a little valley in the great
northern oil field there stands a giant
blasted pine, with these words:
"Sacred to the memory of Torpedo
Jim. who died unknown, j anuary, 1881"
Philadelphia Times.
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An Indisputable Right.

The right of United States Senator
to resign is indsputable. The right of
two United States Senators to resign
the same hour is equally clear. Even
if the two Senators belong to the same
State, and their resignation is a con-
certed act, prompted by a common
cause and embodied in a joint letter.
their right cannot be questioned.
United States Senators have resigned
before this, and United States Senators
will resign after this.
We do not think there is a reputable
Constitutional lawyer in the land who
viii attempt to deny that the two New
York Senators, Conkling and Platt, had
a personal right to vacate the seats in
the Senate they have heretofore occu-
pied. But in the name of common
sense why do they attempt TO invest
their resignation with such dramatic
accessories, and to shock the universe
with their departure? Why bring the
whole weight of all their phys steal.
mental and moral faculties to the exer-
ton of task which might have been
performed in q note Of three lines and
which no one opposed their doing? No
human being wanted to make them
stay in the Senate chamber. There
were no bolts and bars, no batteries and
hidden mines to keep them in when they
desired to 60 out The doors were
open and the way was plain; and, more
than this, there are fifty thousand citi-
zens of New York who are ready and
willing to take the seats they have sur
rendered. What, then, is the occasion
for all these tragic accompaniment?
Why did they not resign quietly and 60
about their business?
There are but two explanations of
their solemn and imposing departure.
They want to be brought baek-brought-
back with still more imposing popu-
lar ceremonial. Either this. or Mr..
Conkling had SO wound himself up in
his absurd fight against the President
and the Custom-house nomination that
he did not know what else to do but
resign The resignation is an auda-
cious trick or an act Of despair. and in
either case UNNECESSARILY rreposterous.
Senator Conkiing is . man of admitted
ability. He has no superior in the
handling of Important and difficult
public question, or in adroit manipu-
lation of the game of politics. But hu-
man experience warns Us that great
men sometimes fail in the very things
in which they are greatest-and the
Conkling resignation is an example i'm
point. As political maneuver this
resignation is . prodigious folly. st
Louis Republican.
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The elder bnds seemed IN t,exe,,er bv the
And .ae la.es h-d ancnaed thslr snlen
The harvest days were passing. and e.reap-
TN eth fss sc lalss sx,ean,.
1t was then my Hebe whispered, in the gleam-
White the dayil ght bloom was drifting into
Love. the time is swift approaching-as the
summer groweth iate-
when her last red rose shall crown our
Dridaa day"
kissed her I'm the darkness, with the stars
alone to see,
The nj sht breeze futtered family in the lofty
And lightly waved the roses roy al bloom
But before the week was ended, ere the har
had left my Daring Hebe and my home.
Lett All love and peace behind me-ieft my
And sunny mnl wssIs, n 1 shore.
All jealousy y cgnel truly, cruel as the grave
changed my heart;
In blind and reckless.aasae sought the dan
Tore in cruelty her life and mine apart
Yet when winds were dashing madly into
And the s6ses we've dark with clouds of
stormy blue, m
i Hearu the words that once she whispered at
the fountain side
Remember. win ever pray for you"
They came like birdsof promise mid the how
ling OF the storm,
And tue misery and doubt of terTor's reign !;
Through the tempest and the torrent in my
heart they nestled warm.
And my trust in. Heavens care revived
again.
Summers golden hours were over and the
autumn reigned in pride,
When again trod my sunny western shore,
met my loving Hebe at the crystal fountain
side.
And the demon, doubt, was dead forever
more. -
Autumn's cloudy splendor lowered over ma
tur'e like a dream;
Almost perfect were the mellow autumn
caves,
Where the elder blooms had faded g}owed the
sumach by the sire am
That was dashed with burning crimson ivy
Rose vines swung about the doorway, and
they hung beside the gate,
But the roses royal fair, had passed away.
Save one bud my darling cherished, one sweet
gem that blossomed late,
And that last red rosebud crowned our
bridal day.
-Hattse Whitney. in Boston Transcript.
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4 Fable.

Once upon o time . terrible Wild
Beast took possession of certain neigh
borhood known as the District Of Co
lumbia, 30 called because Of the great
number Of CLANS found on its borders.
No two peasants described It alike.
One said Il had o silken cud hanging
down over Its forehead. and Its voice
was low and sweet. while another con-
tended that II had . fierce visage and
claws so sharp that Collector for the
Port OF New York or q foreign minister
was torn to futters in about six ticks Of
bulls eye watch. The What-is-lt 90
first contented himself with devouring
small game. such, as country postmas-
tiers. custom-house clerks, and door
keepers at the Capitol Building. but -
the peasantry grew more afraid Of him
he grew holder and got up . bigger
appetite. To protect themselves from
his wrath the people were finally. com
PEELED TO let him roam N he pleased
and to furnish him game for his snealA.
Consuls. Minister'S, Judges. Collectors,
and other fat game were dai2g thrown
to him to devour. and he cleaned their
bones in a way to astonish al the medi-
cal colleges The influence Of tho
Dread Animal was finally felt In many
other neighborhoods. and In time he
became big lnjun, up . tree. Those
who went out and hattered him and
patted his curly head returned with
commissions in their pockets, but those
whose refused to bow down were SOON
er or later made into hash md rlitr.
For n long term of years this Beast
kept the country in . state Of fear and
terror. and he grew 20 bsd that ono
day he turned up his nose 1t the corpse
of q Judge of the Supreme Bench and
demanded . live President for. dinner.
This was too much. The people who
had suffered DO long and sacrificed 20
much were rendered desperate nc the
outlook. and they rallied together 10
make war on the Bloodthisty Enemy.
Their preparations were hardly conn
plete when news came that the Mon
ster, chagrined 1t Its defeat and mad
dened BY the opposition. hsd commit
ted suicide. The forrest was at 0nco
invaded and the news confirmed
Thousands gathered around the Corpse
to survey it; and when one, holder than
the rest, finally drew IL from the dense
shade Of trees 70 the opsn sunlight .
million men poked each other In tho
ribs and whispered: Lad .s-.. ,
Hanged II we haven't been making
all this fuss over an Asp
MORAL: f0'f 'if'
Don't bite OF more than yoa can
chew.-Dctroif Eree Hvxss. s.ir s- q
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theft vas psrpsexassd in u inenruue
and By lie coon1ynnoo e -. 0HGnal
Brady's story b 70 tie sGeoe thas A
August, 1880. Hubbell applied % M
TO raise go. 900 from contfaoeo8 n -
mail service for campaign ezpsnssss
that he being then Just out a a ovw.
hauling by . CongroSsional Cummitsso
ON . charge Of having been eoGagod n
doing that same thing. and not vfaklae
to put himself under hre again % 500.
fafiy refused hut Ehas Hu6nsll pessis6-
ing that something mnst b dooo q
else hope Of Republican success musk
be abandoned. he finally told Hubbell
that II he would Get Hayes 10 make t.
request for raising the money. -
BRADY would Try 20 aecom1odass
him; that Hayes refused To have any,
thing to do with IT, that he (Bradyl
then told Hubbell that n he lastsr
would procure Gaxneld's request n
writing. he (Brady) would act On thas;
that Huhbell there0pon wrote % Gar.
field on the subject. and by. the return
mail received the following letter from
Garfield: lirin : ss.. . -
MIsrcs. . g.. Ausaa a Ism
M DxAR HcDsxIL: Yours Of fSs ma fnss.
received and contents noted Piease say %
ISSUANCE possible. / ss,nt e can sssp sass-
lively. Please tell me how TIE Dcpsrsmcnfs
generally arc doias. A svsf yc.ss -,
Hon. J. A. Hubsen. washiss1os, B. G. ,
Garfield admits having written the
letter, but denies he kns1 anything Of
the way the money was TO be raised.
except that he supposed Brady was 70
pay IL himself ont OF his then recent
large profits in telephone stock opern-
tons. a.--r ~ .~f, 4. 49,
Such, are the leading facts. though
there is q large surrounding Of circum-
stances that makes very interesting
reading matter for the Repubiicau fam
ily fireside that will have to be UNDER
stood In order TO . clear sight of ell is
lights and shades. At present We con-
tent ourselves with the single remark
that as Gardeld's simple denial in tho
"329" escapade was deened 10 out
weigh the sworn testimony Of "a cloud
of Witnesses" together with the Official
oaths of Republican Congressional Com
mitteemen, IL Is not TO be supposed that
Brady's statement, fortified by Gar
fields own sign manual and cDrrobor-
ated by circumstances that have never
before been known 10 lie, viii BE-
deemed to outweigh IL in the RepubH-
can mind Though the Garfield Of
1880 had sworn to the facts stated by
Brady, and, should now deny them, We
feel warranted in saying thxt the great
mass Of Republicans would hug him al
the more closely for the denial. IL
would be just 80 much the worse for
Brady.-Fort Wayne Sesfisel e.ls .f'
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Brsdy's Charge and Garaeld's Denial.

The following 10 the copy of the Gar
field letter to Congressman Hubbe,l,
Chairman of the Republican Congress
sional Campaign Committee. and which
Mr.. Star Route Brady has caused to be
published for the purpose of showing
that if any stealing has been done the
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-06-16

Persons who are troubled with ants
in their houses may get rid of them by
rubbing the shelves with gum campEor.
Two applications win be sufficient. with
a week Intervening.
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Dorsey must not forget in tho
momentary excitement that Conkling
has managed to stir up. that the inside
history Of the Republican barl In
Indiana 10 still ysarned for BY the coun-
try. The eyes Of the people are on
Dorsey, and their ears are proppcd
open to hear his tale. He can make
himself "a bigger man than old Conk-
ling" IL he win hire hall and tell his
plain. unvarnishsd tale- Lss him start
on . round Of lectures, and We viii
guarantee TO map oot "Star-route''
for him with plenty Of money in t.
We only demand that he shall " expo
dite" The service on tho routeL-6
Louis RcpsSblic1a.
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the grand old Republican party
should 90 to pieces, what . glorio1s
record it win leavel Il came into
power rs . minority power; IL post
Poned its election from power by stea1-
ing one election and buying smother
with money filched from the public
treasury; It had for the last twelve
years of life no issue On which 20 APP
peal to the people save islanders about
the South. and b finally diedof . squAb-
BILE over . custom-house and N 81
tempt to put . rsPudiating Confsderass
and IN apologist Of 'sStar-r0ufc's
thieves into two onices Of the United
States Senate! SsSak
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VIM APoNN
could only nod assent.
Dead! Torpedo Jim dead! Poor
JIM" And q great sob shook the burly
form of the driller as he CROPPED blindly
for the throttle wheel
Softly we entered the little cabin and
stood in the presence of the dead. Ii
seemed so strangely that death should
come down and lay his hands on the sick
man under the health giving pines i,
didn't seem like other haunts of death,
like funerals in churches and grand
houses, where sorrowing friends crowd
around the silver-trimmeds casket and
take last look at the tenement of clay.
There it was ponp and worldly sorrow
here it was poor, unfortunate James
Barton, Torpedo Jim, lying in his bunk
so cold and still and silent. We sat in
the little cabin q long while in silence,
each man busy with his own thoughts
and strangely affected by the presence
of death in the lonely forest. The night
wore on apace and after awhile Big Jack
Sanford, the driller. rose and went out
of the room into the early morning,
closing the door carefully, as if afraid
he might disturb the corpse of his friend.
Hours passed and as one by one the stars
faced away and the sun came cleaning
through the tree-tops the tool dresser
and dropped of to sleep, and when we
were awakened by the sound of footsteps
on the frozen snow we saw Big Jack
coming toward the cabin with . rough
hemlock box shaped like coffin. a
Il isn't so nice as / could wish, y
said Big Jack, as he deposited his bur-
den on the board table; !" but it is the
be i we can do. ns
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DIED.,

BART0L- Last evening. January 6. 1881,
HORACE V; BARToL, formerly of Portland, Maine
70 which place his remains Will be taken for inter
CONWAY. January 8. 1881, after a long and
painful illness, of consumption. WILLIAM ID. CoN-
WAY. IN the twenty secoDd year Of hls age.
Funeral from st Matthews Church. TO morrow
tfrlday) AFTERNOON, ut O'Clock
lkansas papers please COPY
CORWtNE. On Wednesday morning, January
DID, 1881, After brief illness, Mrs QUIN roN Cos
services at Church Of the Epiphany. Friday,
Philip. On January G. 1881, at 6 O. M.
LOUISE, daughter of Lewis and barbara Philipp'
aged seven months ana twelve days,
Onr lutte Louises shining eyes.
" hlch shoDe so bright ana free
Now sleep above in that sweet home,
Of immortality.
Funeral will take place from parents residence.
no; Zi0I street northwest. Friday, January q.
SMITH. On January S, 1891 HowARp, only
son Of lila and Thomas II. Smith, aged one year
and ten months.
SPEIsER. suddenly. Wednesday morains. jan
uary D. 1881. JoHN III. SPEIsER.
Relatives aud friends of the family are invited to
afternoon, 9TH inst at half past two O'Clock.
THOMPSON. On Wednesday. January :. 1891,
at O'Clock pm, Captain ROBERT THOMPSON.
his friends and acquaintance are respectfully
invited to atteno his funeral. notice of which viii
be given In the morning papers of the 7th inst
YOUNG Ia New York city. January Attn. 1881.
hose FITZPATRICK, daughter Of the late john q.
tnzpair OK and wife of john Russell Young in the
thirty ninth year Of her age.
hun erAl from the residence of her brother, Jas.
\. Fitzpatrick, 1877 street southeast, on rrid ly
the ltA instant, at 10 O'Clock M, and proceed
celebI ated. Friends Of the family are respectfully
invited TO attend. 81
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The State Ieetslafurea

Both branches OF the Maine legislature met
az 20 q. m. yesterday The senate elected Jos
A. Locke president, and the other nominees Of
the republican caucus were chosen. The house
eiecttd L. A. Hutchinson, OF Lewiston. speaker.
JOINT caucus OF republicans was held In the
representatives. hail last evening. The follow
ug state officers were nominaieG:-Secretary OF
STATE, JOS phi O. Smith, of Skowhegan: ATTORNEY
general. henry h. Cleaves OF Portland; adju-
tsnt general. George L. Beal, OF Norway. The
lLslollsts nominations Secretary OF state
= a sawyer, or Phillips: attorney general ID.
~. has,lnfs, OF tryeseurg;adIutant general, NJ
" foiSOh. or orono; treasurer. Charles III.
Nnlte, or Gardiner. Governor Davis Official
term expired al midnight ana Hon Joseph A.
LOCKE. president or The senate will ba acting
governor until the new governor Is inaugursted
The Connecticut legislature convened yesfer-
DAY. and organized by the election OF Hon I.y-
man W. Coe PRESIDENT pro TEN. OF the seuate
auu hon. W m. case speaker OF the house and
the other republican nominees. GOV BigeloW
~as escorted 10 The capitol by military pro-
cesslon. he was saluted oy cannon firing on
his arrival AT The state house and after taxing
lhe Oath OF Office met the two branches OF the
legislature ia Joint convention. and his iiIauga-
raj message was read 10 the assembly.
The II. Louis Republicans jefferson Clry sp~.
ciai says there is no organized opposition 20 the
reelection OF Mr.. CockTell TO the United States
senate; That he Il the only pronounced caact-
dale on the ground. and that he Is pursuing his
canvass as though he expected the nomination
unanimously.
The legislature OF Michigan organized yes
,eIGay A republican senatorial caucus WAS
neid last night In the first ballot Governor
John j. Bagley received - woes. II. =. Bad
Win ~, o. ID Conger 30. aud j. !. Woodman I.
Ssconu ballot-Bagley IS, Baldwin 3, Conger
33-no choice
The legislature Of North Carolina met yester
day ana Organized. with Hon. w. r. Dortch
president OF the Senate. and Charles NJ. Cook
speaker OF the house. Both branches are largely
Of mOCrafic
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NIidnlght HOWlers.

Editor Star:-IS there no protection against
the fearful screaming, the yelling and hideous
bowling that makes night, in some localities Of
our city to be dreaded7 At twelve, one, or two
O'Clock, to be startled from slumber by the un.
earthly yell of ten to twenty roughs who can
be heard half q mile is certainly a fragrant
offense, and our police should see that such
nuisances are less frequent.
No part Of the city escapes the drunken
rabble, but Ofncers are patroling the street who,
it would seem, could deal with those who dis
turb the peace OF good citizens.
special posse OF scre6cherS must have a
rendezvous near It'll street. between G ana FL as
there are no police In that locality, else when a
crowd Of roughs begin to rehearse John
yells Eeyed as high as the dome Of the Capitoi
the offenders would have time beaten with an
official baton until they tried lower key.
What policeman will immortallze his name
by such beating? B. B.
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1881 prnTTHsVEE HMEA A1!nrr 1891
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KATE CLAXTON'S BERRAvEMENr.-As alread,
In the Argus, Kate Claxton did no

KATE CLAxTON's BERBAvEMENT.-As already
announced In the Argus, Kate Claxton did not
appear at the three concluding performances of
last week because OF the illness in her family.
The actress, who is known In private life as
Mrs. Charles A. Stevenson, was called upon
bright little boy aged Is months The death
occurred at 2:3O O'Clock, in the parlors occu-
pied by Mr.. and Mrs. Stevenson at the Delevan
House. Previous to his being brought to this
city he was taken sick, but 1t was thought that
he would soon recover. Thursday he began
to grow worse, and DR.. Ward the attending
physician, entertained grave doubts as to his
sank rapidly Until death relieved him Of Ss
sufferiDgs. his trouble was bronchial pneu.
monia, and along with it we're other disturb
ances OF the system which the physicians skill
mains were taken TO New York yesterday after
noon and will be inferred In Greenwood GENE
tery.-Al6Gny Argus. Jan. 3.
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