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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-02-09
Jachal Politics.
5Gat'R0l.

The two factions that now make mp
the Republican party, and are contin-
ually battling tiercrly among themselves.
except when forced into Il temporary
truce by being summoned to fight Il
common enemy. have pitched uron
what seems to Us Il very ungracIouS
theme OF discussion. 4 letter from
Nhitelaw Reid, replete with Sugges-
tions for President Garfield's guidance.
with reference TO the appointment of
Robertson to the New YorA Custom
House and the proper handling of Plat,
has just been brought to light and its
genuineness acknowledged by the
writer. Some one. who signs himself
"a friend to the late President takes
this letter as link in the chain of cir
cumstantial evidence that Blaine and
his friends were using the President for
their own purpose. This is only an
elaboration of a series of charges made
at the time that hornets nest was stirred
up in the New York Legislature, and.
doubtless. believed then and now by u
great many people in this country. per-
haps, majority. But why return to
this improbable question at this time?
There is no political or personal issue
that calls for it, and it will be time
enough TO revive it when such an issue
shall aIese. But the controversy is, new
ertheless. launched. and it will intensity
the bad blood that has SO long kept the
chasm that divides Stalwarts and Half
breeds from closing up. If Mr..
Blaine's still-hunt should result in his
beinp called to lead the Republican
host in 1884. it may be important to in
.ouire for the information of the public
I'D u, 70 no f,-a,
was which he set to capture the Gar
field Administration. But at the pres
ent time he is nothing but citizen of
Augusta, Me-. and the man whose states
manship and strength of purpose are
most impugned now lies in his tomb,
and never before in this country were
there such striking manifestations OF
grief as were witnessed everywhere dur
mo the week in which his remains lay
in state. 1t is neither good taste nor
kindness to the memory of the lamented
President not the act of a
true friend-to charge that he was the
weak tool of Inscriptions and design
inp politicians who had formed Il scheme
TO make his Administration the agent OF
discharpinr certain revenges, rewardin9
personal services and gratifying per
sona ambition. Yet that is what all
this discussion amounts to. 1t Is SIM
ply IA quarrel over the late President S
stability of character by the party that
elected him. at time when it is I'M
seemly, because unnecessary. lhe
fragment of an Administration which
PresiA Cent Garfield gave us can be safely
left for history to take care of. History
will treat it much more Justly than the
men who have been wrangllng over the
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-02-09
A French Public WASH House.

I neglected to tell you of an institution
at Mines more entertaining and lively
than it's Roman remains. 1t is the pub
lie U0nchisscrie, or wash-house. The
great soring or fountain which waters
the public garden flows away in walled
canals. Il also supplies the washing
place of which | spoke. Sunken in. one
of the wide streets, several feet below
the surface, aud surrounded by high
wall in the form of a parallelogram,
is the washing place. Through this
by small gates. In the middle is stone
canal of water, about eighteen inches
deep. All along the edges is also q
stone platform.
AS approached this sunken place l
heard tremendous spatting and pound
ing, and chattering and laughing. Look
ing down into the long pit over the wall
[ saw four rows of women and girls, old
and ugly, and roguish and Indifferent,
all ages and degrees, of femininity, some
$50 women in all, standing in the canals
and beating clothes with little mallets
on the stone benches. Each woman
stood in the canal, but each one stood in
her own wash-tub, with her skirts tucked
up. so that her feet were kept as dry as
if she had been on land. [ have been
accustomed to see the clothes put into
the wash tub and the women standing
outside, but here the women stood in
the tubs, and from time to time dipped
the clothes into the canal, which was a
mass of soap-suds, and then dragged
them out for another pounding on the
stones. Splash. splash, thump, thump,
chatter, chatter, ehaff, laughter, thump,
could not talk faster,
mermaids could not splash more. Each
woman in her own tub. each tub stand
ing on its own bottom-Uoilo! indie
pendence, and convenience. All in the
open air. and the sight of the world -
Cor. Hartford Cou'aaH
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-02-09
The Luxury OF India.

Let me now allude to an industry
peculiar to the cold weather, which,
except. in small stations distant from the
rail, is fast diving out, and that is the
manufacture af ice. When I came out
in 1852, Calcutta, Madras, and Bombay
were wholly dependent on American ice,
supplied by the Tudor Ice Company,
and retailed at two annas the ser; that
is, two pounds of ice brought from
America were sold in India for 3D., or
six cents. The mOfussil (up country
was entirely dependent on artificial ice,
which could only be made where the
cold weather was really felt; in all other
parts we were Obliged to cool our drinks
with saltpeter and salammoniac or,
during the hot winds, placing the bot
ties before the khus-khus tattieS, or
swinging them in a basket covered with
wet straw. BY these appliances we
could cool our drinks down to siytv-five
degrees Fahrenheit; or, by CARRYING on
the cooling with fresh supplies of salts,
we could even freeze water. But the
process was tedious and expensive.
Science came to our aid, and sulphuric
ether and ammoniac machines came
gradually into vogue, and htterly
Cares wonderful pneumatic machine,
which have seen produce ice In two
minutes in a temperature of ninety-five
degrees. With these great appliances
block-ice is now available In dis
tricts where it could not formerlYbe had
at from one and a half to two anhas per
ser.
To return to the old process 1T de-
pended entirely on the production of
cold by evaporation, as also on suffi-
Gent cold weather and the presence of
dry, west wind, the east wind bsing alb
solntely fatal to the production of ice.
The essentials for the process Gre: 1.
Exposed and treeless ice-felds. which
are pa.rtitioned off into four or i've feet
squares, in which two to three iiches of
straw are laid down. 2. Myriad of fiat,
porous earthen saucers six to eight inch
es in diameter. s. An unlimited supply
of water. A. An army of coolies and
water-carriers. ). The ice pit This.
the most important adjunct in The pro-
cess, is very carefully CONSTRUCTED;
| great pit is dug, and in it rests a huge
! timber cone, the space betweei it and
the sides of the pit being ramnfd with
charcoal, chaff, or straw, as ton-con-
! dubtors of heat. The cone itsef is lined
| thicklv with coarse felt Or blankets, and
then layer of mating; over al a straw
! hut, with very thick roof and Wills and
very small entrance, is constructed
| Now for the process. When he Their
mometer reads forty-two DEGREES, then
! ice can be manufactured by eyai oration.
Half an inch of water is poutd, over
night, by the bheesties (water-a rriers);
! then .. o. NJ. a great DRUMS beaten
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-02-09
When the United States Courts Can Hear
the Complaints Of Stockholders.

In one of its recent decisions the
United States Supreme Court took occa-
sion to define the grounds on which
nonresident share holders in corpora
ton can appeal to the United States
Courts. The Court holds that there
must exist as the foundation of the suit:
l. Some action or threatened action
of the managing Board of Directors or
Trustees of the corporation which Is be-
yond the authority conferred by their
charter or other source of organization;
or.
2. Such a fraudulent transaction COM
pleted or threatened by the existing
managers in connection with some 9th
er party, or among themselves, or with
other shareholders, as will result in
serious injury to the corporation or to
the interests of the other shareholders;
or.
3. When the Board of Directors, or a
majority of them, are acting for their
own interests in matter distinctive OF
the corporation itself or of the rights OF
the other shareholders; or.
+. When the majority of the share.
holders themselves are oppressively or
illegally pursuing a course in the name
of the corporation which is in violation
of the rights of the other shareholders,
and which can only be restrained by the
aid of a Court of Equity.
1t must be made to appear:
l. That the plaintiff has made an earn
est effort to obtain redress at the hands
of the directors and stockholders of the
corporation.
,. That he was the owner of the
stock on which he claims the right to
sue at the time of the transactions OF
which he complains, or that it has since
devolved on him by operation of law.
3. That the suit is not collusive one
to confer on court of the United States
jurisdiction in a case of which it would
otherwise have no cognizance.-N. Y.
E'renino Post
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-02-09

"A number of years ago rich man.
as eccentric as he was benevolent. died
i'll Philadelphia, leaving viii in which
he laid solemn injunction upon his
children that so long as they lived they
should see the old year ont and the new
year in at the foot of his coffin. The
children are scattered through many
States, from Vermont to Nebraska, but
they never violate their fathers iniunc-
ton. and last New Years Eve. few
moments before midnight. they assem-
bled as usual in the family vault in Lau-
rel Hill Cemetery. Four of those upon
whom this grim necessity is laid are
dead, and the survivors constitute "a
strange and mournful group as they
carry out their fathers solemn behest
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-02-09

at the pit to summon the coolies, who
assemble in hundreds, each armed with
a scoop, with which the water is skill
fully turned out of the saucer into an
attendant vessel, and well rammed into
it. When full it is taken to the pit.
emptied there, and again rammed down.
Thus the ice has a good chance of con.
solidating by regulation; and in a good
season thousands of pounds weight may
be stored, according to pit room availa.
bie-TcgaRt Herald
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-02-09
Our Young Folks.
THE PHILOSOPHER AND HIS
DAUGHTER.

A sound came booming through the air,
=" What is that sound?" quoth I.
Ny biue-eyed pet, with golden hair,
Made answer presently:
Papa, you know it very well,
That sound-it was Saint Pancras bell"
My dear Louise. put down the ca.
And come and stand by me;
I'm sad to hear you talk like that.
Where's your philosophy?
That sound-attend to what tell
That sound was not Saint pancraS bell.
"sound is the name the sage selects
For the concluding term
Of long series of effects,
OF which that blows the germ.
The following brief analysis
Shows the Interpolation, miss:
"That blow which, when the clapper slips,
Falls on your friend, the bell,
Changes its circle to elIipse,
"a word you'd better spelD,
And then comes elasticity.
Restoring what it used to be.
Is Nay, making it little more,
the circle shifts about;
As much as it shrink in before,
The bell, you see, swells out,
And so new ellipSe is made,
you're not attending m afraid.)
g This change of form disturbs the air,
Which III its form behaves
In like elastic fashion there.
Creating waves on waves,
Which press each other onward, dear,
Until the outmost finds your ear;
!" Within that ear the surgeons find
4 tympanum, or drum;
Which has a little bone behind,
Malleus. it's called by some;
Those not proud of Latin grammar
Humbly translate it as the hammer.
= The waves vibrations this transmits
On TO this the incus bone
1ncus means anvil, which it hits,
And this transfers the tone
To the small or Orbiculare,
The smallest bone that people carry.
1.-THE stapes ncXt-the name recalls
i stirrups form, my daughter,
Joins three half circular canals,
Each filled with limpid water,
Their curious lining, you'll IL observe,
Made of the auditory nerve.
''This vibrates next-and then we find
The mystic work is crowned;
For then my daughters gentle mind
First recognizes sound.
See what a host of causes swell
To make up what you call the bell.
Awhile she paused, my bright Louise,
And pondered on the case;
The, settliHg that he meant to tease,
Patting her father on the face:
. You bad old man, to sit and tell
Such gibberish about u bell.'
Shirley Bro0Ifs, in Illustrated London Neoc
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-02-09

issues raised by it. AS it is, we are
glad that the Democrats have not dug
up this old issue to quarrel over. That
was done in the house of the late Presi-
dents friends, and by one who signed
himself his Naturalization Post
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-02-09

Hon. S. S. Cox relates that when
travelling on the Nile his Mussulman
fellow passengers were sometimes
puzzled as to the points of the compass.
They wanted to pray with their faces
toward Mecca. He put them right with
his pocket compass, and was always
thanked for it.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-02-09
-Ex-President HAYES and wife mr.,

Ie>1oeI1 dHyes ana VIE pre-.
sented, through personal friend,
handsome gold watch and chain valued
at $500 to Engineer John NJ. Unglaub,
OF the special train which bore the ex-
PRESIDENT party West after the Gar
ield Inauguration. 1t win be remem-
bered that the train came in collision
with an extra train, and that a more
serious accident was only averted by the
bravery with which Engineer Unglaub
stuck to his post. He was badly in
jured, but has recovered.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-02-09

,-Beniamin Phillbert, of St. Louis,
VINO died the other day. left fortune
OF S3oO,OOO He had not been out of
That city for sixty-three years, and never
rode IN railroad car Or steamboat.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-12-06
Chamber Concerts.

NIT. William E. Chandler has provided for the entertainment and enjoyment of our music loving people during the coming win ter months by arranging for series of three subscription chamber concerts to be given by professionals of the highest rank. The con- certs will be given December 19, February II and April in the Atheneum. The artists who will appear at each concert are MT. Wal ter Hall, pianist; Mir. Edward Hermann, of New York, violinist; and Mir. Adolph Hartdegen, of NewYork, violoncellist Mrs Adolph Hartdezen, lady of fine mu- sical attainments, who has been secured by Theodore Thomas as solo soprano for Gou- nod's Redemption" to be performed for the first time in America in New York next week. has been engaged as vocalist for the first concert. Vocalists of equal merit will assist at the remaining two. The subscrip- tion price with reserved seat for the series is placed at $2. 9. Subscription papers may be found at M. Steinerts, c. M. Loomis' George H. Ford's E. P. Judds and at Beers, opposite South College.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-12-06

the city box at the reception of the re- turns last evening, and announced Andrew elected by 3S majority. The crowd had thinned out by that time. It midnight.
 The 7th ward returns were returned with
 100 too many votes in the footings- This
 did not affect the individual returns. Ru-
 mors were current that there would be 8 pro-
 test entered against the use of black ballots,
 so called, yesterday, for the Andrew ticket
 also that there had been 50 more ballots
 counted in the 3rd ward than there were
 names on the check list, and that the Lewis
 party would protest.
 It IS seen by the returns that MT. Andrew
 is elected Mayor by 3S majority, MT. Pigott is reelected City Clerk (by the big majority of 3, 12O) and John W. Lake is elected Audi tor by l, 152 majority. On the town ticket Messrs. Reynolds, Hugo, Cooper, Forbes Dems., and Feldman, Beecher and Crawford, Reps., are elected Se- lectmen. Town Clerk Sinister is reelected by 237 majority.
 ] For Assessors, T. K. Dunn, William Hull, Charles Ruickholdt, Dems., and E. P. Merr1- I man and G. l. Gilbert, Reps, are elected. For Board of Relief Oliver A. Bill, c. w. Hemingway, Reps, Thomas OBrien, W. w. Hotchkiss and Frank Chandler, Dems., are elected.
 The vote on license was-for license, A. 407; against, 577,-majority for license, ! S3O
Morning journal and courier., 1882-12-06
vEsTERDAY,s ELECTION.

The election yesterday was quiet one' put fair sized vote was polled, The chief ln- terest was, of course, in the contest for the mayoralty. This contest did not have very satisfactory result, even to the friends of the candidate who was declared elected Non the face of the returns' A plurality of thirty eipht in total vote of over 5000 IS not much and it remains to be seen whether thls will be permitted to stand. Last evening there was talk of contesting the election on tbe oround of fraud in the Third ward, more votes being found in the ballot box than were accounted for by the check list. It was also charged that the Democratic city tickets were illegal, there being too much black on then This is an appropriate color for Democratic tickets, but good lawyers say that it cannot be used in such quantity as it was yesterday. Whether any contest which is made results in favor of Mir. Lewis or not, he and his friends have reason to be proud of the vote which he received. Had the Republicans shown more enthusiasm for the Citizens ticket, composed of one Republican and four Democrats, Mr. Lewis election would not have been left in doubt. And had the Re- publican politicians who made up the ticket acted more wisely perhaps there would have been more enthusiasm. No more such Citi- zens' tickets are wanted by part, at least, of the Republican party in this city. They would much prefer to take their defeats Straight"
 There is no doubt about the election of the rest of the City ticket. MT. Pigott, the Democratic candidate for City Clerk, received a very fiattering majority, and there are few who will begrudge him his success. He has ~ssen first-class Clerk, and his wit and wis dom have done much to keep the City Hall bright and pure. His opponent, the only Republican on the ticket, was not we'll treat ed by the Democrats But such is often the fate of those Republicans who run ypon so- called Citizens tickets in this city.
 MT Kimberly, the nominee for auditor, was slaughtered" by the Democrats who for merly loved him, and MT. Lake got all the benefits of regularity"
 There was little of special interest in the voting for town officers, except the contest for the town clerkship. MT. Spiegel, the Republican nominee, made fine run, but Mir Shuster was successful, which is some what surprising considering the amount and kind of assault to which ha has been sub- jected. Mr. Henry W. Crawford is the new Republican Selectman, and he will make a valuable member of the Board.
 It will be some time before the voters ot New Haven will be called upon to participate in another political contest. Most of them will endure the vacation with resignation, aud not a few will feel positive joy that the ''squabbling' is over for time.
Morning journal and courier., 1882-12-06
NEW HAVEN CONN.
Weduesday, Dec. $, 1882.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS TO-DA

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Morning journal and courier., 1882-12-06

pr. $. B. Brittan says 'As rule physi. cians do not by their professional methods build up the female constitution, while they seldom cure the diseases to which it is always liable in our variable climate and under our imperfect civilization. Special remedies are often required to restore organic harmony and strengthen the enfeebled powers of wc- manhood and for most of these we are in- debted to persons outside of the medical pro- fession. Among the very best of these rem edies assign prominent place to Mrs. Ly- dia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound"
 n3O Sd Ivy
Morning journal and courier., 1882-12-06
WEATHER RECORD.
EXPECTATIONS FOR TO-DAY.

INDICATIONS FOR TO-DAY
 WAR DEPARTMENT,
 nrr1eF OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFElohh,(
 V ospIfGgoH, D. O., Dec. 6-l A. M For New England, rain or snow, followed by partly o,ondv cooler weather southerly to westerly wlnds falling followed by rising barometer. For the Middle States, light rains or snow Ionowo ". ed by colder, partly cloudy weather Wlho shiiihe " ncrthw westerly and rising barometer
Morning journal and courier., 1882-12-06

Smart Weed and Belladonna combined with the other ingredients used in the best porous plasters make Carter's s. w. < B. Backache Plasters the best in the market.
 Wholesale by Richardson & Co., all drug gists at retail. dc Cd 1w
Morning journal and courier., 1882-12-06
Those candidates designated by an aster

It is only strong paper, with ample facil- ities, that can command such writers as Dr.. R. s. Storrs, Susan Coolidge, Prof. Phelps, Rose Terry Cooke, Rev. George H. Hep worth, Mrs. Sarah K. Bolton and host of others, whose names are to be found in the prospectus of the Coaeg7egatioaaozSst in our advertising columns. We judge from it that a large push forward is to be made this season. It gives no hint of controversial spirit, although great questions are up for fresh discussion in the denomination but its conductors seem to have laid themselves out to furnish a programme of special inter est. Those who see it from week to week need not be told that it furnishes great va- riety of attractive and useful matter
Morning journal and courier., 1882-12-06
Fire Commissioners.

The fire commissioners held their regular monthly meeting last evening, all present except Commission CT Baldwin.
 Applications from John A. Adams and William H. East to be truckmen ; Fred ". Aliing to be hose driver; Charles M. Griswo1d and Henry N. Hall to be hosenaen; Henry S. Hamilton and William H. Way to be substitutes; A. J. Kennedy to be reappoiRted fire marshal were received and ordered on file. A. J. Kennedy vas unanimously reelected fire marshal.
 Sundry bills amounting to S5,251.51, and the pay roll, amounting to $2, .36, were approved
 Commissioners Mullen and Brown were appointed a committee to a six for addition of S6000 to the amount recommended by the Board of Finance.