Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-09-08
Disturbance i'll Ohio.

An Ottoman has been removed from
Office, and since the tenth plague of
Egypt robbed the Egyptian families of
their first born, no such heartrending
wall has gone up, us ascends from the
bereayed Buckeyes. a bear robbed of
her whelps is in a state of ecstacy COM
pared with Ohio when a vacancy is
created BY the removal Of one OF her
"sons." The ruthless hand of Blaine
has been laid upon the privileged per-
son of the Ohio man, whose name IS
Mr.. Alfred Il. Lee, and who has been
filling and fulfilling the position and
duties OF the Consul at Frankfort-o
eMain during the past four years. In
connection with the nomination of
Hayes at Cincinnati. Lee had the i'll
luck or stupidity, to speak OF Blaine's
possible nomination tor President as
disgrace to the party, calling it
tainted" and using other sweet ex-
pressions. IL Lees eyes, HAYES was
the only statesman worthy OF the nomi-
nation, and having been Hayes frivate
Secretary for two years. Lee felt assured
that he was entirely qualified to pass
upon that subject. He continued in
this mind and capacity during the cam
paign, and was rewarded for 1t out of
the public Treasury by the removal of
the Consul at Frankfort and his own
appointment to the place. Blaine came
on deck, and Master Lee is obliged to
walk the plank as a penalty for S eak-
ing OF Blaine's nomination as ''taint-
ed" Master Lee and his friends in the
Cincinnati Gazctte seem inclined to
''squeal,'' and talk. of .Civi-Service
Reform and the bosh of which politi-
clans are guilty when talking of it. The
aUhole aGulr is ludicrous in connection
with CivilService Reform. Lee was
given the Office because he was friend
Of Hayes and had been useful to him.
Why should it not be taken away from
him because he was an enemy of
Blaine's? The Offices are used as re-
wards and punishments. Hayes, who
prated about Civil Service reform, used
that Consulship as a reward to his pr-
vate secretary. Blaine, who never
made any pret ensions at all to Civil
Service Reform, took it away from Lee
as punishment And the Ohio papers,
including the Gazette, which applauded
Lees appointment, are making fools Of
themselves by grieving over his disap-
pointment. -DetTOn Free iress.
LII. oCniiclua0u description Oh MS
courtship is an interesting one. 1T is /
now twelve years. he says, .'since
met her in the house of her parents in
Athens. 1t was Saturday. In the
course of the conversation l made an
astonishing discovery. The young
eighteen-year-o girl, as the talk
turned upon the Had, recited for me a
long piece from that work with literal
accuracy. We were soon absorbed in
the subject. and on the same day l was
able to tell her, Next Thursday will be
our wedding day And Thursday was
our wedding day, for important BUSH
ness called me at once TO Paris. We
made our wedding journey thther.
Then came the time tor learning. l
recited Homer to her and she repeated
it after me. During our married life
we have not had a single falling out
not even over Agamemnon and his sis
ter. The only dispute we ever had was
VIXEN we had different ideas about the
rendering OF a passage in Homer"