Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-07-07
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BElLEvIEw, Mo-, June 9Th, 1881.
Ed. Rcgfstsr-
Inasmuch ~ 4 see nothing from the
Cross Roads any more. and having Q
desire not to see IL LEFT out in the cold
too long, (having concluded that both
"Plus" and "Nonplussed" had sub
sided, because their literary efforts had
been sufficiently sppreciated,) I will
ask . little space in which 70 note
some Of the events Of this place.
First is the excitement at the pros
pect of a new railroad through this val
ley. The people are variously affected
over it. The wlde-awakes are delight
edly excited. and amongst whom are
Messrs. n. Warren, w. r. Reed, J. T.
Cox, and others. Some want the road
90 that they can "sell OUT" Others
again-the real old fossils. or mossbacks
don't want any railroad i'm their'n;''
and others yet want it who are aiming
to get corner on hay and strsw-we
have some straw men. But we are all
confident, and, with fancy's aid, can
see trains rounding Browns Point
almest.
/ omitted to state some of the other
reasons Of our people for and against
the railroad. Some are in sympathy
with the teamsters, who are now get
ting s1.50 per trip Of thirteen miles and
return. And our worthy mail carrier
10 getting 55 cents per trip for carrying
the mail six miles, and although he -
. wide-awake, and wants the road, he
feels il would be rather hard On him to
be deprived of his calling; and notwith-
standing he is Star-router, he has not
been far enough in the ring to get much
wealth out of it.
The miller, too, wants the road, be.
cause il will create q market for his
bran-he has two sacks ahead now.
had forgotten to name Mr.. Barger
in the proper place. He ID one great
big wide-awake; and, Of course, IL not
in favoring the r,s.d by his
havinga valuable iron mine some eight
miles west of this place. but it's pure
But 1 have said too much already
about the railroad. Il
McHenry & Logan's store was bur-
glarized last night; but not roLbed to a
great extent. 1t was entered by cut
ting out pannel of the back door.
We have had fine rains yesterday
and to-day, which were greatly needed
and not too late.
A fine prospect for corn; wheat, good
grain, but crop short.
The miller and his wife have right
new baby. The miller b doing very
well, indeed.
The Postmaster has some trouble
with Post Office box-hclslerp. The lat
ter say that they have paid all that the
boxes originally cost; and agreeable to
a contract entered into between them
and q former p. NJ, that % soon a they
paid first cost, the boxes were to be
theirs, to have and to hold for all time.
The present p. NJ. does not consider
such contract lawful, and il it was, he
doesn't think it could bnd its successor.
In a general way, the people in this
vicinity are prospecting finely; nobody
getting rich fast, but are oE the up
grade, and are in . healthy financial
condition. But IL the railroad does
come, Messrs. Read, Warren, AID Bar
ger will be powerful" rich men; they
are liberai souls, and will do much good
with their money. This suspense Of
waiting for the (iron) wagon 10 a'tsrri-
BILE strain on them. t~I1 Fl
There are no Stalwarts. or ConkliDg
in these parts. and but . mis-
erabie poor handful of Half-brseds; but
true to the instinct of the average Re
some of them ara aspiring.
and would take ofiice-purely TO serve
the dear people. you know
Not much improvement in Belle
view. John Lashley has a new barn,
and Jse Meyer has . selfbinder, and
w. r. Read has lumber. and just 90
soon as the engineers locate the road,
he 10 ready for business.
The Methodists- are building neat
and commOdious church -llouse some
three miles west Of here. When the
people on Cedar creek undertake to do
why they do It.
am, Respectfully,
LEArHERHEAD.