Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-01-31

A vicious COW driven by butcher on the
street leading past the Ironton Manufacture
ing Co.'s mill, one day last week attacked
threw her down before the driver could in
terpose. Mrs. S. was severely but not seri-
ously injured, and we trust will be entirely
recovered in few days.
Two blind men, and two additional men
who were not blind, came here last Friday
and billed the town for 'sfree show" in the
Academy of Music that evening. But they
scanty and looked impecunious-so the boss
said. The scheme of the free show is, dur
ing the performance, to put up prize to be
voted by the audience to the most popular
young lady in the room. The audience eX-
ercises the right of suffrage ut ten cents
vote, and no penalty for repeating" There
We're, on this occasion, but few capitalists
present; the attendance on the part OF the
ladies was distressingly small: the curtain
didn't rise; and the showmen left town next
day disguised and indignant. They threat
encd to put Ironton on the "black list" and,
between drinks, assured q downtown bar
keeper that every show for hundred years
to come should give us the cold-shoulder.
Which makes us to weep.
A few months after the 'raid" in 1864,
rumor became current that a lot of gold had
been secreted somewhere on shepherd
Mountain by some soldiers, just before the
army charged the fort. As no one returned
for the money, it was presumed the parties
interested had either been killed in the
charge, or had died before the close OF the
war Numerous persons have searched for
the hidden gold every year since then, and
acres of the mountain have been dug over in
vain attempts to secure 1t. we presume
when spring opens new prospectors VIII
start out with hopeful hearts and strong
limbs-to leave off after few days disguised
and skeptical rs to the existence OF the gold
en- store. But some OF them have abiding
faith, and it makes printers empty pocket
heave to hear their stories-toid with cir
cumstance and particularly. They "pros-
pect" anew from year to year, nor has the
story in eighteen years of search grown old
to them.
A Young man named Gibson, recently from
Kansas City, who was employed temporari-
ly as wiper on one of the ''pushers" at Area
dia, was accidentally killed last Friday night.
When the Accommodation comes in at 8 P.
NJ, 1t first runs to the depot platform. where
all passengers and freight are discharged;
then it backs up about seventy-five feet to
the switch and runs on to the side-track. As
the train started to the switch last Friday
evening, Gibson jumped on the steps of the
engine, holding by the hand-rail. After rid
ing about forty feet, he attempted to step on
the platform again, but, holding on to the
hand rail, he was jerked off his feet, turned
about, and thrown down between the plat
form and the train. When he fell, his head
struck passing wheel-box, and the skull
was crushed in. He survived but a short
time. Coroner Grandhomme was sent for,
and he went over and held an inquest-the
testimony before the jury adducing the facts
above given. Gibson was new man here,
and was serving in place Of the regular
''wiper," who is taking clay off,"