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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-10-05
A Brave Dog.

Harry, Lizzie and Milly lived with
their parents on farm in the country.
Not far from their house were fields
and meadows in which grew grain and
grass. and sometimes also dandelions
and buttercups. Here they used to play
in summer, and sometimes they carried
luncheon to their father and his men
when at work in the fields.
Beyond the fields were the woods.
where they often went to pick berries
or gather nuts. They had friend that
nearly always went with them. His
name was Bull. He was no bulldog,
however. He was mastiff, and con-
sidered it his duty TO take care of the
children. He allowed no strange dog
to come near. If any person whom he
did not know approached, he soon told
him, in dog language, not to touch or
harm the children. If he came across
a snake he would seize it with his teeth
and shake it to pieces before it had time
to bite. -
The dog had very good manners.
When told to shake hands he would po-
litely hold out his paw. He never went
where he was not wanted, but kept at a
respectful distance until called, or until
he saw that there was something for
him to do.
One day, as the children were cross
ing the fields, a furious steer came rush
ing after them. A steer is a young OK.
The children ran as fast as they could.
but the steer ran much faster. Before
they reached. the fence he overlook
Milly, who was the smallest, and was
about to attack her with his horns. just
then the brave dog caught him by the
tail and bit him so hard that the steer
turned on him and Milly had time to get
through the fence safely. But the poor
dog was tossed upon the horns of the
steer until some men, who ran to his
assistance, drove the steer away and
fastened him in the stable.
Little Milly was saved, but poor Bull
was hurt so badly that he could not walk
for long time.
The children brought their little
wagon, lifted him gently into it, and
took him home. They made for him a
soft bed OF straw in the wood-house,
and fed and nursed him until he was
well again.
He continued to live with the children
and their parents until he was very old.
This is true story. Bull had one
fault. He would tear up the children S
school books wheneverhe could getthem.
Perhaps he did not like to see the chill
dren go away to school. where he was
not allowed to follow. Perhaps he
thought Gf dogs can think) that if there
were no books the children could no
longer 90 to school.
At least little Milly said that was his
reason and she seemed to understand
MIN best.-Our Little Ones.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-10-05
Our Young Folks.
THE SAND MIN.

There's funny old fellow, so I've heard say,
Who comes along with the close of day,
With big, big bag on his shoulders hung,
And a shadowy mantle about him flung.
Now, the funniest part of the story, dears,
Is this, that nobody ever hears
The old mans footsteps, so quiet is he,
And his queer old self nobody can see.
But what do you think he comes to do,
Q little ones, gray-eyed, brown-eyed, or blue?
He sprinkleS sand on your eyelidS white
AS soon as IT'S time to say goodnight;
And the dear little eyes, SO heavy they grow
They droop, and at last close tight, you must
know;
And wrapping his mant around you fast,
He carries you off to dreamland at last.
Would you know the name Of this wonderful
man?
Ask mamma to tell you if she can.
Long ago, my darlings, when l, like you.
Was a golden-haire child with eyes of blue,
He came to me with the twilight gray
And made me weary, at last, of play,
Just as he comes to my own little one
Even now, when the long. long day is done.
e Mary ID. Brine, in Our Little Ones.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-10-05
PITH AND POINT.

1t is only in New Jersey that the
papers speak of ''widow woman" All
other States grant the sex without dis
pute.-Detroit Free Press.
The men of Tarshish could not
have made much out of the voyage in
which Jonah accompanied them, for
they were obliged to throw the prophet
overheard.
Glass in Geography.-Teacher
Shame the great bays" Small boy
ebay of Fundy, Bay of Biscay, Arab
.Bey--' Teacher. ooh! Pa-shaw. -
N. Y. Post. ..s
If woman desires to become con-
spicuous at the seaside let her appear
in the same dress twice. After this she
will be we'll enough known to justify a
publisher in bringing out her poems at
his own risk.-Puck.
Queer epitaphs are numerous, but
one of the queerest is this, taken from
stone at Childwell, England:
Here lies me and my three daughters,
Brought here by using Seidlitz waters;
If we had stuck to EPSON salts
We wouldn't have been in these here vaults.
Mr.. John III. Goodwin, who was as
sisting in clearing the house, was Sc
verely burned by the ceiling overhead
falling and setting his clothes afire. In
his haste to escape from the house he
fell over a stove, and it seemed almost
certain that he would be burned to
death. AS it was he barely escaped
Derry Ne,os.
81 suppose when women get their
rights" said the young man in the fiat
hat, t'you girls will be making love to
Al. f.I r. - l. Ill 10 !,
made love to, you know" eyes," re-
piled Angelina, ''only one wants to
choose ones lovers. The next mo-
ment the young man in the flat hat was
standing alone, feeling fiatter than his
fiat hat. '9 rs-.-. ss t5....
A young farmer who had been read
ing book which stated that "woman
is the Sunday of man." thought he would
compliment and please his wife by
shouting to her one morning: "Daisy,
you are my Sunday!" Daisy glared at
him as though she imagined he was
daft, and then quietly said: "Dan, I
may be your Sunday, but I'm not going
to give you any rest until you buy me a
bonnet that's fit to wear to church."
Dan now keeps his quotations to him.
self, but he was compelled to get the
headgear.-N. Y. Commercial AdUer-
ttser.
Sc No, sir,' said the shopkeeper, 81
don't think you will do. We want a
man who understands the rules of or
biography, and you have spelled ssitua-
ton in seven different WAYS, at least, in
your application" "Well, what o.
thatp Amt that mark of geniusP
Doesn't it show versatility? want you
to understand that amt one O. them
fellers that has to spell word the same
way every time. No, sir! If that's
to take somebody else. I amt the Teller
to pin himself down in that way. Good
mornin', so long" And the versatile
speller walked out, with the jaunty air
of a third-rate actor.-N. 7. Maui.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-10-05
Faithful Until Death.

Miss Elizabeth Drinkhouse, the daugh-
ter of revolutionary soldier, was buried
at POttstown, Pa, on Sunday of last
week. When she was young and the
belle of Pottstown she became engaged
to be married to Joseph Mintzer, one of
the most promising young men of the
place, but before the wedding day her
lover died. The widowed sweetheart
declared that she would never marry,
and remained true to the memory of her
betrothed for three-quarters of a century.
When she was dying she requested that
the gold engagement ring which young
Mintzer had placed on her finger in the
happy days of her girlhood might be
placed on her hand and buried with her.
She had cherished this loye-token
throughout her long Chicago Jour
nal.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-10-05
Keeping Back Particulars OF Accidents

Every newspaper man at least will
appreciate the principles put forth in a
recent editorial of the Hartford Post.
which said: con Sunday last great
disaster happened on a German line,
and two days afterward it was impos-
sible to learn any particulars. The
statement as to the number of killed
was singularly indefinite. fifty to one
hundred. Nothing positive was stated
as to the cause of the accident. The
non-arrival of the news suggests that ii
was withheld as far as possible. What
came was the bare outline that could
not escape general knowledge. Here
in the United States experience has
made us familiar with much the same
sort of thing. According to the temper
of the managers of the different lines
the facts are freely given for publica-
ton or they are kept back as far as
may be, and grudgingly doled out when
they can be kept no longer. No doubt
the roads are at liberty to do as they
please, but they make a great error in
policy. An accident of any conse-
quence is sure to be mentioned, and
though the papers will almost in
variably state it fairly, according
to the information in their possession,
there is often a difference in the
views of the facts taken in the railroad
office and among indignant passengers
who have been delayed and shaken up.
From one source or the other the in
formation will be derived. All that any
road can gain by the suppression of
news ofthis sort is that some minor &C
cidents may not be mentioned. On
every large road there are plenty of
these constantly, and the public knows
it well enough to attach no undue i'm
portance to the matter. When, how
ever, it is known that something has
happened On the line, and that trains
are seriously delayed, declining to give
any particulars has very unwholesome
effect on the public. 1t does more to
shake confidence in the safety of rail-
road travel than any outspoken state
ment of the exact fact should do, even
if the story be told were a tragic one.
Everything of this sort which directly
concerns the public should be public
property, and it is asound policy to rec
ognize the fact at once. It conciliates
good will at the very time when the OPP
posite course stirs up i'll feeling, and the
good will of the public is one of the
things railroad needs"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-10-05
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

Marble slabs for furniture are now
being initiated in glass by an enterpris-
ing firm in Pittsburgh.
The salmon fisheries of the Pacific
coast have increased twenty-fold within
the past ten years.
The Goldfish Matching experiments
lof Professor Baird, conducted at
Gloucester last year, have resulted, it is
said, in large quantities of little Goldfish
being seen off the New Hampshire coast.
I'm Rochester, $4,000 has been sub
scribed to start school of instruction in
| shoemaking, SO that manufacturers can
be independent of the shoemakers'
union, the project being literally the last
educational ENTHUSIASTICALLY Y. Times.
Governor Hawkins, of Tennessee,
thinks the prospects of the South as a
m inufacturing section are very f1atter-
in :, and is especially enthusiastic about
his own State. About $2,OOO,OOO are
nnw invested in Tennessee in cotton
IL ctories, and they are in a prosperous
condition, paying large profits. o.
The enormous demand for paper
for use as writing. and printing material
prevents the extended employment of
napier ntache as a substitute in buildings
for plaster and wood; but cotton, the
production of which is unlimited, prom
Ises to be largely used in this new ca
pacity. Treated with certain chemicals
and compressed it can be made perfectly
fire-proof and as hard as stone. -ChicD-
90 NeWs.
The Government of Victoria, Aus
tralia, has been empowered to expend
the amount of more than 81, 00O,O 900 in
building additional lines of railway.
Most of the roads will be for the pur-
pose of opening up the agricultural
districts. They will not be costly or
intended to carry fast trains. In all
there will be fifty-six lines built, and
their aggregate length will not exceed
1921 1-2 miles. ,s- sd.
Experiments have been made in
England with gas lamp composed of
two pipes, one of which supplies gas in
the ordinary way and the other air.
slightly compressed by the weight of a
column of water. Upon the burner is
cap of fine platinum wire gauze which,
few seconds after the current of min
gled gas and air has been ignited, gives
forth a brilliant incandescent glow like
that of the electric lamp. Arrange
ments have been made for lighting a
number of London thoroughfares with
this light, which, it is asserted, is cheap
er than the ordinary gaslight.-N. Y.
Sun.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-10-05
Another EnocIl Arden.

There is great rejoicing in 10 South
Ann street, where the widow Lloyd and
her family have resided for many years.
Thirty years ago her husband and four
xeen-year-old sonsstarted for the Cali
fornia gold mines, hoping to make a
speedy fortune and rejoin their family.
Three months afterward Horace, the
son, ragged and half starved, reached
home, saying that the train he and his
father started with was attacked by In
dams and he alone escaped. After he
had grown easier in his mind he changed
his story enough to leave Mrs. Lloyd
ground to hope that her husband might
yet be. alive. She cherished this hope
for seven years. They were not seven
years of poverty, however, for they had
not come to America empty handed and
the wife, or widow, was thrifty and en-
ergetic. She started millinery shop,
aud, assisted by her daughters, made it
popular,. and became the vogue among
the fashionables of the West Side. Judi
cious speculations in read estate swelled
her property rapidly, and she became
Independent within few years.
The early months of separation from
her husband having passed without
word from him., She put on widows
weeds and mourned him as dead. Dill
sgent inquiries failed to discover any one
of the train with which he had begun
the tedious journey across the plains,
land about the only conclusion possible
was that he had persisted along with a
smallstyain which was wiped out by the
Cheyennes about the same time. Mrs.
Lloyd was still young at forty-6ve, and
several gentlemen sought to console her.
She, however, valued her Independence,
aud resolved not to sacrifice it until
seven years had made it certain that her
= husband was indeed dead. They were
years of great prosperity for her, Prop
erty rapidly Increased in value, her
business extended, her daughters were
suitably married, and her. sons found
profitable employment. It's not essen
it'd to The story to name the man who
offered himself while the widow was
poor, and remained constant almost as
long as Jacob served for Sarah. He
! WONG eventually, and the twain became
one flesh. The marriage, however, was
] anything but happy. Mrs. Lloyd, to
provide against the possibility of being
sought for her wealth, had transferred
her property in trust to her daughter.
As soon as her second husband ascer-
tanned this fact his protested love turned
to bitterness. Peace fed from the fam
ily and was restored only after the law
of Illinois had dissolved the matrimonial
bond which, bound them together. Re
saming her name, Mrs. Lloyd, she also
resumed her business and prosecuted it
with diligence, until very recently she
found herself able to retire with an easy
competence. ~ -yAE-ryv
Her son, Horace H. Lloyd, lived with
her. In their cosy parlor are two oil
gportraits~ of a young man and young
ASxoman dressed in the costume of fifty
years ago. The former is a handsome,
high-hred looking youth and the latter
is q smiling, attractive, cherry checked
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-10-05
'Oil.Welis for Cha ritabIe Institutions.

The report that oil has been struck on
what is known as the Cook property,
eight miles southwest of Foxburg, Penn
sylvania, has caused a t1utter of excite
ment' among the managers of two of the
most prominent institutions of this city.
1t appears that upon the death of Mr..
Cook, who was Il Philadelphian, in
about 1916. he willed an estate of 5000
acres in this region, together with a
large quantity of land ia the coal regions
near Wnkesbarre, equally to the Penn
sylvania Hospital and the Pennsylvania
Institute for the Instruction of the Blind.
The land was not to go into. the hands
of these institutions, however, until after
the death of five employees of Mr.. Cook,
to whom he left legacies to the amount
of S1,400. Three of these legatees still
survive, so that as yet no title can be
given to purchaser. So far the re-
ceipts from the oil property have little
more than sufficed to pay the taxes.
Until the present venture no attempt
has been made to obtain oil on the
property, and indeed until comparative
ly lately nothing has been thought of it
as oil land. The applications to lease
portions of the property have been con-
traitor of the estate consented to lease
the part of the property on which oil
has been found to Grandin & Kelly for
ten years. Drilling was begun soon after
the LIST of last July, and sand was struck
last Wednesday week. At that time,
however, little hope of success was en-
tertained by Messrs. Grandin & Kelly,
and no preparations for a flow of Oil had
been made. On Thursday oil was found
and men were at once dispatched to
Garfield for tanks, easing head and oil
saver. Since Thursday the well has av-
eraged from a two to a four-minute flow
every two hours.
The charitable institutions which have
thus been drawn into the whirl of an oil
excitement have now placed before them
possibility of almost boundless wealth.
The Grandins Well is now producing,
while plugged, 100 barrels daily, and
should the balance of the 5000 acres
prove equally prolific the property will
be worth anywhere from two to five
millions of dollars Fifteen hundred
wells might be. drilled on the estate,
which would cost Sc, 100000, and would
produce about 30,O0O,000 barrels of oil.
The Grandin Brothers have about
5000 acres leased almost in solid
body here at one eighth royalty. The
Cook estate, on which this well is To-
Gated, contains 5000 to 1000 acres; the
sBalltown property 5000 to 1900 acres,
and the Salmon Greek estate contains
about as much as the Cook estate
Philadelphia Record. 49,
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1t seems that it was President j. .

1T seems that it was President j. J..
Hill, of the Chicago, Minneapolis &
Manitoba Railroad, of whom Rufus
Hatch lately wrote: "a gentleman re-
siding in st. Paul was check-clerk on
the dock at thirty five dollars per month
not many years ago. He invested his
savings in land, gained the confidence
of English capitalists, and to-day he is
President of the Manitoba Railroad, and
said to be worth six million dollars. y
N. z. Sam.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-10-05
DR.. JOHN BULLS ." \. !
Smiths 7onicSyEqp
FOR THE CURE OF
fever. and ACUE
Or CHlLLS and Fever.

The proprietor Of this celebrated medicine
Justly claims for it q superiority over all rem.
edies ever offered to the public for the SAFE,
CERTAIN, SPEEDY aud PERMANENT cure
ofAgue and Fever, or Chills and Fever, wheth-l
er of short or long standing. He refers toths
entire Western and Southern country to bear
him testimony to the truth Of the assertion
that in no case whatever will it fail to cure II
the directions are strictly followed and carried
out. In great many cases single dose has
been sufficient for o cure, and whole families
have been cured by d single bottle, with per.
feet restoration Of the general health. It il,
however, prudent, And in every case more GER
tain to cure, if its use is continued in smaller
doses for q week or two after tho disease has
been checked. more especially in difficult and
long-standing cases. Usually this medicine
will not require any aid to keep the bowels in
good order. Should the patient, however, re-
quire catharti medicine. after having taken
three or four doses Of the Tonic, q single dose
Of BULLS VEGETABLE FAMILY PILLS
will be sufficient. ,t,.@.. III, -,
The genuine SMITHS TONIC SYRUP must
have DR. JOHN BULLS private stamp on each
manufacture and sell the original JOHN ].
SMITHS TONIC SYRUP, Of Louisville, Ky.
Examine well the label on each bottle. IF my
private stamp il not on each bottle do NOT
purchase, or you will be deceived Tn,,
DIR. JOHN 4UnIs,t
Manufactures and vender ost,u r3f
SMITHS TONIC SYRUP, sti u" paoa ,f-
BULLS SARSAPARlLlA, 5af s,
BULLS WORM DESTROYER
The Popular Remedies ofcthel Day.Ilso
Principal ONCE. ssf Main Ste. LOUIsyILLkI H.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-10-05

In an autobiography of the late
Senator Hill, found among his papers,
he thus refers to his college career: 81
promised my father that all my college
expenses of any kind should not exceed
three hundred dollars per annum.
promised my mother l would take the
first honor in my class. 1 redeemed
this promise. The proudest day of my
life was when / wrote to my parents
that had taken the first honor in my
class. -Cox7ler-,Joarndl.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-10-05

Mime. Cataland, Russian lady,
who has been spending the summer at
Narragansett Pier, handles gun bet
ter than most men. Out of twenty
seven birds at which she took aim q
few days ago she brought down twenty
five.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-10-05

The latest patent spring bed is set
to throw the sleepers out on the floor at
any hour desired. Detroit Free Press,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-03-27
TWO DECISIONS
OF Importance 10 the City Rendered by
tho Supreme Court.

the supreme Court.
Among other business transacted by the
Supreme Court of Appeals on Saturday was
the rendering OF two decisions affecting the
interests Of the city Of Wheeling. We give
brief synopses:
The case OF Margaret Wilson, vs.. The CITY
OF Wheeling, reversed and remanded for new
trial. In 1874 the city was engaged in dig
eing culvert on ST, Charles street; the plain.
till passing by ut night fell into the eXcava.
ton and broke her left arm. She entered
suit til the County Court before Judge Boyd
through her attorneys Davenport & Dovencr,
for 5000 damages, claiming that the city
had not properly guarded The opening. K
verdict OF sl.310 for the plaintiff WINS rem.
dered, and from this the city by its Solicitor,
Judge LETTERS, took an appeal to the Cir.
cult Court, presided over by Judge
Melvin. In this court verdict for the
plaintiff was rendered and damages placed at
$3GGGOO3I. The city took an appeal TO the
Supreme Court the case being submitted last
fall. This court rcvCrses and renRnds the
case, hut ut the same time SnSiaius the rul.
iHgs Of the Circuit Court in all, except one in
Struction, holding that the damages in said
case must be compensatory and not punitive
and instTucting the court TO ascertain what
compensation was due for bills incurred dur
ing the treatment Of the plaintiff.
The Court record in the other case Is
ELLEN FOrsythe VS.. City Of Wheeling, from
Ohio county. Affirmed as TO so much as
perpetuatcs injunction, and remanded to
ascertain damages resulting from use Of
grounds pending this suit"
In 1872 Mrs. Ellen ForSythe by her attor-
neys Lamb ~ ErsSine came into the Circuit
t.IN ~. ,
that the city be enjOine1 from taking her
property, the south half Of two lots, bo1nded
on the north by Fishers foundry, aStshe had
reason to fear it was about to do. Pending
this suit, in 1875, the city did take possession
OF the property, which is now known as
seventeenth street, It being strip So feet
wide and running from Chapline 10 Market
street, between Fishers foundry and the
German church. 1t is the extension OF old
Zane, now Seventeenth street.
July 10, 1886, the Circuit Court rendered its
decree CONFIRMING to Mrs. FOrsythe the title
to the land in question and enjoining the
city from further nse, but said decree affirm
cd that the plaintiff WIS not entitled TO com.
pensation or damages. The city took an ap.
peal ami the Supreme Court ailirms the de-
cree as far us the use OF the street is concern
ed, and further, decides that Mrs Forsythe Is
entitled TO compensation for the occupation
Of the land pending the suit, and remands
the same to the Circuit Court to as
certain damages. This court also held that
The property was Mrs rs by limitation, she
having held 1t since 1929, even II the city Ind
originally designed 1t for street; II held
THIS opinion and took no notice OF plaintiffs
papers that she had the original title.
The city Inns curbcd the sidewalk, nut
down gas and water pipes, all OF which now
belong to the plaintiff. The city would do
well 10 compromise,