Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-03-06
The No-Name Society will meet at Mrs.


| Inc MOANING Society VIII Hcct aI VA .
Scoville's this "wednesday afternoon.
i So far as can be determined at this time
wheat in Iron county appears to be looking
well. 1t has deep root, is Of healthy color,
and wss not hurt to any appreciate extent
by ''the ny" last fall. In Belleview, n. +.
Lowe, Esq, informes US, larger acreage Is
now growing than in any former year. On
Marble Greek, Messrs. W. Fl. Matkin and
s. G. Shular saw it looks promising, but that
the acreage is not large. Here in the Valley,
Judge Russell says the outlook is also good.
While we have had a very severe winter, the
Iong-lying SHOWS protected the more lightly
| rooted plants, so that none Of them have
| been "spewed up" Mr.. c. c. Lashley, of
Nlatwoods, says in his section wheat has, up
| to the lpresent, looked very well; but the
| weather now-thawing and freezing alter
nately, with no snow on the ground to serve
As q protection-is not favorable. Still, no
great damage has yet resulted. Altogether,
the indications are excellent for generous
yield.
We regret to learn of an accident at Iron
Mountain last Friday, which resulted in
serious loss to the SeitZ Merchandise COM
pany of Middlebrook. The wagon belong
ing to that Company, drawn by the ponies
known so well to the folks hereabouts,
went up that morning to deliver goods to
customers. While there the team became
frightened and ran away, and both ponies
were so injured that they were killed as an
act of mercy The driver had jumped of
the wagon and was in the act OF taking out a
H. tori oa off a
tried to get hold of the lines, but fell down
and missed them. As soon as the team
found there was no one behind them they
auickened their speed into furious gallop.
An ox.wagon loaded with iron was on the
road in front of them, 'and they ran into
it-one Of the horses jumping clear on top
of the wagon. One of his forelegs was
caught in the wheel and broken. The 9TH
er horse held back, and the wagon behind
ran on to him, breaking hind leg. The
driver was not hurt.
Under the present law, all property school
taxes are paid in cash, and cannot be worked
out, as under the old statute. The new law
went into practical effect last year for the
first time, and, since taxes are generally paid
late in the fall and winter, the roadoverseers
deprived Of the authority to call out men
to work the roads-and have been rather
"short" 1t is true the court advanced some
money out of the general fund-the law au-
thorizing them to do that to an amount not
to exceed three -fourths Of all taxes levied for
road purposes. But, for obvious reasons,
the sum so advanced was not great, and the
bulk of road taxes are yet on hand. The
court this week will apportion the different
funds, and the road fund will no doubt be
large enough to enable overseers to put and
keep their districts in fair condition during
the coming year. But the levy for this pur-
pose is not large enough, and we suggest
that the court seriously consider the quas-
ton of making it, say, % cents on the hum
dred dollars, This may be the more readily |
done, since the levy for other purposes will
be greatly reduced. Money can never be
spent to greater advantage than in the build. |
ing good roads and keeping them in first |
class condition. :.
In this paper we publish card from Mrs. I
NJ. I. Moser, She leaves day for Oakdale,
Nebraska, where she will make her future
home. One by one, the ranks are thinning /
out. and when we look at the many vacant
lines on memory's roll, once filled with the
names of cherished friends now gone-some
to ''the other Shore" and some to new fields
of toll and venture-we feel the full force of
that law in nature which demands eternal
change. Nothing is ever quiescent; and
human life seems doomed to the maximum
infiiction of the inevitable decree. Every one
of us Is Wandering Jew, and there is no
rest for the soIes of our feet: not until
cometh that rest which endureth forever.
There is compensation, no doubt; new
friends take the place OF the old; spring
blossoms the flowers afresh; and new goals
are to be striven for. Yet we, as the years
pile atop of each other, iregret. more and /
more, to chronicle the departure of form |
made-we ,riU say it-made dear through |
years of social intercourse and neighborly !
acquaintance. With these expressions,
which we are sure reflect the feelings of
her many friends and acquaintance, We
bid Mrs. NJ. farewell, aud trust that she |
may find in her new home all that is desir-
able in life.
I. B. Headlee, of Caledonia, sends |
"card" to the Potosi Independent, the only |
effect of which, so far we can see, will |
be to give increased publicity to "family
troubles" which else might have been
hedged within the bonds of village clashes.
This is the card:
Insomuch the society of Caledonia and
surrounding country has been in ferment |
for some time i'm regard to Mrs. S. McSpad-
en- and myself, and many false reports cir
culated, 1 deem it an act of justice to her
to state publicly, that far As l know she
narf0et lady. that / Asfepnl and
her a. such, while 1 emphatically say her
department towards myself has been moth
ing to injure her character as y true and
virtuous woman.
Mrs. Headlee has retracted the things
which she admits having said through an
unreasonable jealousy and suspicion, and
which have contributed so much to the af-
fair. I am again at home where we pro-
pose and hope to be permitted to adjust
our own troubles, and attend to our own
business.
Now, no person who reads the above
will DENY that he Or she would liEe tn Euow |