Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-08-07

Another OF Judge Emerson's interesting
letters appears on our first page. We re.
eeived it at late hour, and in consequence
the "locap is cut short; but the Judges ar
ticle makes amends.
The bright side to the business depression
in the Valley consequently upon the closing
temporary, we hope and believe-of the
works at Pilot Knob, exists in the fact that
that department Of the st. Louis Ore and
Steel Company has been profitable one to
the stockholders. During the past two years
it has shipped over three hundred thousand
tons of ore, every ton at fair profit. The
store has been a big success, aud everything
I'm connection with the works here has been
excellently managed. Unfortunately, the
pressure from other departments was too
great, and so these works were buried under
the general misfortune. But with the
knowledge that the Pilot Knob Department,
well managed, is bound to pay, comes the
conviction that 1t will not long be permitted
to be Idle.
An individual whose name we have not
on the evening of election day, after having
tarried little too long at the wine-cup. His
legs were not so very badly entangled, but
his head was full of fire that is not quenched
SO long as q dime remains in the pocket and
the saloon keepers refuse not the demands
of the thirsty. When the person in ques-
tion passed Charlie Breitenstein's residence,
he insutingly spoke to u lady therin. Mr..
Clinton started after him, and the stranger
took to his heels for safety, occasionally pick
ing up a rock and letting fly at his pursuer.
Mr.. c. responded in like manner, and the
running fight was kept up until the pursuer
got out Of breath, when he returned to his
domicile, while the inebriated individual
went his way-probably to some lonely
fence-corner, there to sleep off the effects OF
his endorsement consequent upon the eX-
element of election day.
All things movable OH the hill which had
been attached by creditors of the st. Louis
Ore and Steel Company, were brought down
last Friday, put on fiat cars, and shipped to
the city. The miners who had been dis
charged the day before, were paid the sew
eral amounts due them. The provisional
receiver. Mr.. A. +. Hitchcock, made appli-
cation on the 30th of July to Judge Brewer,
in chambers, for permission to dispose of a
certain acceptance Of 5000 given by the
Nail Company of Belleville, ILL.,, to the st.
Louis Ore and Steel Company, due on the
21st of August. The banks had refused to
discount the acceptance without an order
from the court authorizing the same. In
view of all the facts in the case, the Judge
promptly gave the required order, the ac-
ceptance was discounted, and the money
brought down and disbursed to the miners.
The furnace is still in blast, and it is hoped
that after the appointment of the permanent
receiver on the eth, the other departments
will resume. Nous rerr0ns.
Two miners-Geo. Richards and Harry
Jay-were arrested last week on a capias is |
sued from the Office of the circuit clerk of
this county. They were indicted at the
April term of the court, for "fishing with |
dynamite, but, az Judge Fox intimated that
be could not try them at that term, the ca
pias was permitted to lie perdu until the fall
session, or circumstances demanded pro- |
,eedure. When the works on the hill shut
Town and the miners were being paid off and |
discharged and leaving for other fields and
pastures new, the capias was placed in the |
hands of the sheriff and the arrests followed. |
Both men assert their innocence and claim |
20 be able to prove an dli6,, both by fellow |
and the books Of the company
he latter showing that the prisoners work.
I'd on and drew pay for the day when the Of |
ence is said to have been committed. They |
could give bail, but refuse, owing to the fact |
hat they would be compelled to go elsewhere |
20 secure work-probably to great distance |
and in case circumstances prevented their |
appearance at court, then the securities |
would Of course be held for the amount of |
bail. The men prefer to abide the Intervene
ng time in Jail. Taking everything into con-
'ideratiOn, the case is rather unfortunate.
Prominent among the new business build |
ngs built this summer, or in the course of |
erection, In Ironton, is that storehouse Just |
inished by w. H. Delano, Esq. 1t is situ-
tied on his lot opposite the Academy of |
Music. The building is a frame, 90 by so
eet in dimensions, one story high. tits d.
'fded into two rooms, the larger 20 by So;
'ide, running the full length of the building, |
md is of full width in the rear, the floor |
pace there being 27'by 20 feet. The main |
'r store room is ceiled throughout, and |
lighted entirely from the street, the whole |
'front.' beingof plase glass. The door sets in |
hree feet and is flanked on both sides by |
show windows, each "a by 7 feet, and 10 feet |
nigh. They have four lights each in front, of |
plate glass AZ by 60 inches, and the two side |
lights, also of heavy plate glass, are 30 by 90.
The ceiling Of the building throughout is
,welve feet high. A substantial fiue is built |
rom the ground and made fire-proof. The
-oof is of iron. Shelving and counters will
De placed in the store room at an early date,
md when this 10 done, Mr.. d. will have one
If the best business houses i'm town. We
nave our suspicious as to its intended use,
nut are content to wait and let the proprie-
or develop his intentions in his own good |
lime. !
The following notices were posted up at
he Office of the st. Louis Ore and Steel Com |
,any at Pilot Knob on the dates named. |
That they were read with interest by all con- |
.erAed, "goes without saying"
NOTICE TO EMPLOYEES!