Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-05-19
Pilot Knob Items.
Pilot KNOB, Mo-, May IS,

Pilot KNOB, Mo-, May Is, 1881.
| Ed. Register
! Doc. Surprise, ''rhe Little Wond'r Man."
made his appearance in town few nights
ago with large locomotive headlight hang
| ing OIL his left eye. He mounted q largo box
in front of the Pilot Knob Hotel, and after
picking the banjo and singing few songs. he
made the following little speech to the crowd
that had gathered:
GENTLEMEN: We are not here for the pur-
pose of making a fortune of of you or taking
any red hot Stoves from your town; bu. pro-
pose to sell YOU few hotties Of the Little
Wunier com, osed of seven different prepar-
| ations OF water, hogs lard aud goose grease.
Herbs bottle: who will take itl Not dol
lar-not fifty cents; but thirty i've cents
| only!
Mr.. E. H. Potter who had fallen out of bed
few nights before and CINE very breaking
his spinal column, walked up and broke the
ice. Mr.. f II. Turner remembering q sick
child at home, also invested. Mr.. w. Z. Pat
ton purchased a bottle for his sweetheart
, through mistake, thinking the man was sell
ing hair oil. About this time General Richter
appeared upon the scene-and further sale
was stopped. 1t was not thirty-1ve cents
this time. but nine dollars and fifty cents.
A very prominent gentleman OF our town
the other day concluded that he would take In
| (or DOWN all the Book beer. He had to be
taken home in a six wheeled ambulance. and
came very near kicking all the harness oil the
team.
The Concert given by the Pilot Social Club,
assisted by 1.-THE Little Wonder Man" and his
little better-half, was a very pleasant enter
tainment: Mr.. Doc. Sunrise, General Man
ager; Mrs. Surprise, Voc ,list; E. II. Turner,
the Great Irish, Dutch and Negro Commedian;
E. T. Potter Guitarist and General Perform
err; Aug. Wagner and w. q. Patton. Musi-
clans, Hsrpists and Vocalists; T. Coca, Vio-
linist Only one slight accident happened
! upon the stage. The 3rsat Irish Commedian
| in sliding his chair backwards, went over the
| end OF the stage all heels up. The white
patch upon the bottom Of his brooches looked
| as large as a small sack of -four.
| Mr.. Vim. Steffins, proprietor OF the Pilot
Knob Hotel, gave Grand Ball after the Con.
cert was over. Many ladies and gentleman
were present All enjoyed themselves finely
But 1t was not so fine for your reporter when
he arrived at hume about two O'Clock In the
morning and found a club waiting for him.
| He is at present under the care OF DR.. j. Kiug
| for two black eyes and broken hsad. 80
much for being out late.
A gentleman and his wife, from St. Louis,
arrived In town a few evenings ago. and con-
cluded to take walk around the place. Dusk
coming on, they became separated; and II you
couli have seen the gentleman running up
and down the streets at the rate OF forfy-6ve
miles an hour and asking everyone he CHANGED
to meet IL they had seen hts wife, you would
have thouht he was fit suject for Fulton.
After a long search, he found her near the
railroad crossing, b,widered and so nervous
that she could hardly get back to the ho-
| tel.
! VAL Effngsr has fitted up bis saloon 30 nice
that you have to pull OF your boots to get .
soda when 1t Is muddy.
| Sheriff Fletcher was in town to-day, hunt
ing up witnesses for the Pennington court.
| Judge Dinger passed through this place, =
few days ago, on his way to Middlebrook to
make some one happy. The Judge d. serves
more credit than any one man in Iron county
| for the able manner in which he helped to re-
move heavy debt for the people. Long
NAV he wave. w.