Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-10-09

CRATES. After the close of his (HarIau,s)
| speech, Payton Martin, Sam Boyd and sever.
| al other gentlemen of color, in turn, talked
| in about the same strain, and without at
tempting to hold more strictly to the truth.
| The st. Louis dailies are poking good
deal of fun ut the weather statistic man, be-
cause he fails to have the weather indorse
| the predictions. The signal service man is
not the only thing that has made failure in
| this line this season. The swallows, martins
and other migratory birds have missed their
calculations and gone several weeks earlier
| than the season demanded. The corn and
cabbage matured two weeks earlier than was
necessary, haZelnuts, pawpaws, wild grapes
and persimmons We're deceived into ripening
| before the frosts, heretofore considered in
dispensable, had arrived. We predict a
| change in the weather about the 4th of No
yember, and that the signal service will re-
port on the morning of the 9TH, ''rerrible
| snow storm all over the u. S.! Blaine and
Logan lost in it,"
With an interesting, practical address to
evening, closed his four months call rs pas
| tor of the Presbyterian church of this place.
His farewell address was plain, delivered
with little or no attempt at the 'tlowery."
In the course of his remarks he said: II
have mind of my own and therefore think
for myself. say what think is right, and
is, according to my ideas, christian. / say
it out boldly where all can hear. And rs my
views, in some eases, do not coincide with
those of others, am occasionally condemn
ed for upholding Them" These are not Mr..
P's exact words, but we are confident we
have conveyed his meaning. We honor him
for having mind of his own, and for using
it to think for himself. All true, honorable
and intellectual men do likewise. We regret
exceedingly that Mr.. Penniman can remain
with us no longer, and we trust wherever he
is called in the prosecution of his work, that
he will continue to "think for hlmsef;" fer
so long as he does he must command the
respect of all, notwithstanding his faults and
mistakes. Mr.. Penniman has the REGIS
TER's best wishes for his future prosperity.
One or two errors married the symmetry
of an item i'm these columns last week rela
tive to the arrest of our fellow citizen, Geo.
Lopez, Esq, charged with evading payment
of e. S. tobacco license: He was not inform
ed upon by Marshal Wheeler, who merely,
at the command Of his superiors, came down
to make the arrest. 1t appears at the time
when the license became due, the firm trans
mltted the amount to Barney Carol, Cape
Girardeau, as was the practice III former
years. Mr.. C. received the money, and in
formed them it was no longer his province
to issue licenses, and that. they must apply
to the authorities in st. Louis. By this time
the day covered by their former license had
expired, and the st. Louis official fined them
$1.50 for delay, although it appears that de-
lay was only the result of ignorance of one
of the many changes in the revenue law.
The firm paid the fine, and naturally suppos-
ed that was the end of the matter. They
were, therefore, somewhat surprised when
Marshal Wheeler came down with a warrant
for the arrest of one of the firm. Mr.. Lopez
was released upon his own recognizance for
a nominal amount, and the case will proba-
bly, be prosecuted no farther.
As many of our readers know, for several
days last week, one of the courts of st. Louis
was occupied i'm considering cause where
in James L. Clarkson, Esq, was defendant,
charged with abandoning his wife. After
the testimony (Which tended strongly to
justify Mr.. CO. was all in, the whole of FRI
day afternoon was taken up in hearing the
arguments of counsel. When the court
convened i'm the afternoon the judge in
structed the jury, and in behalf of the State
Mr.. Lodge made a short opening speech.
He outlined the argument for the prosecution
and then n (has p Johnson who
made strong argument for the defendant
in two hours speech. He reviewed the
various iudgnities put upon Mr.. Clarkson
by his wife, and dwelt upon the effect which
they had on the husbands mind. He made
out a strong case of Justification. Mr.. Lodge
for the state took the floor at $3.50 O'Clock
and talked until a few minutes after six
O'Clock. He brought out all the points favor
able to the wife and showed that neither
party was the pink of perfection. He de-
Tended Mrs. Clarkson from the assaults of
the other counsel and gave the husband
some very hard blows. The case was sub
mitted to the jury few minutes after six
o'clock, and after an absence of 90 minutes
they came back into court and returned
verdict of not guilty. Another desperate
battle will occur in the circuit court when
the divorce case is tried.
Saturday night, accompanied by Mr.. Chas.
NJ. Napton, his attorney, and police officer,
(says the Republican,, Mr.. Clarkson drove
to his former house on Broadway and Vir
ginia avenue. Jumping out of the carriage
the two entered the house and Mr.. Clarkson
took possession of his two children, little
girl aged eight years and boy ten years.
Before he could get them out of the house
Mrs Clarksen got wind of the ATTEMPTED alb
duction and Immediately raised a row, which
brought halr the town to the scene. She
went into Mysteries and then into her bed
room and procured revolver and threaten
ed to blow out the brains of her whilom
loving husband. Mr.. Napton supported his
clients wavering nerve, and the children
were finally hustled into the carriage and the
rig was driven rapidly to the railroad sta
ton. Mrs. Clarkson was not to be outwitted
in that kind of style, so she ordered out her
own carriage and gave pursuit. She drove
first to the Roberts street police station, and
appealed for police-aid; but the police could
not see where they had a right to interfere.
She arrived ut the depot before the train
pulled out for Ironton, Mr.. ClarksOn's desti
nation, and raised such a commotion on the
platform that the portion of the populace
which missed thu scene at the house had
plenty of time and opportunity to witness
the performance at the depot. Mrs. Clark
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