Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-07-10
Belleview Locals.

The people are all busy harvesting. As a
proof of the stress of work, Fort Lashley did
not send for any mail until Tuesday evening.
But the push in wheat is over now. Mr..
Lashley cut sixty acres in little over six
days with Champion Light Binder. The
team of three is very strong but not fast
walking. 1t is very pleasant to state that, so
far as heard from, no accident has happened
in this neighborhood this week in connection
with harvest work. Ayast amount of wheat
has been cut. There is but little left.
On the use of Self Binders the people of
Belleview are slightly advanced. Some Of
them might do well to send the stump pull
Ter ahead and also get the ruts of their land
and rocks off it. But the use Of improved
machinery in farming will compel those
changes. And there have been such great
improvements in Belleview within the last
fifteen years that it would be shameful to
find fault.
The Fourth passed very quietly here.
From all accounts, there was a good time at
Iron Mountain. The people there know how
to do things up well.
Capt. Edison had two very fine sheep
which last spring yielded something over
thirty pounds of wool. Yesterday morning
some neighbours dogs worried them badly and
were caught in the act.
The Capt. is this morning somewhat cross
grained on the dog question.
1t appears that Com'r Miller is about to
leave the county. Permit Inc to suggest Mr..
w. r. Edgar as his successor. Mr.. Edgar
would magnify the office, and any man who
is not to large for an Office is not fit for it Mt
all. He has every requisite for first class
teacher, and under his administration our
Common School System would attain a
hea lthy growth. Arcadia Valley will suffer
loss in the removal Of Prof. Miller and his
excellent wife, and the best wishes of every
friend of education will go with them to
their new field of labor.
In politics, we are holding our breath,
awaiting the action of next week at Chicago.
In the meantime, let me make slate for
officers from Congressman down.
For Congress, Clardy first, last and all the
time. For Representative, Foley; County
Attorney, Edgar; Collector, Fletcher; Sher-
if, Buford; Assessor, Harral; Treasurer,
VIM. Whitworth; and no change in the pres
ent excellent County Court.
That slate is filled with good men, and
does not put majority of the offices in any
one family. But the writer knows the peo-
pie OF Iron county, and is willing to let them
attend to their own business and he knows
that regime which has brought Missouri
skies to high premium need not be attack
ed by party whose Platform claims honor
for great deal that it never did, and does
not claim to have done anything for the last
twenty years to benefit the public.
Both political parties may lay their calcu-
lations that the Independents are becoming
dangerous. They will be found to be diff
ferant class of men from Independents here
tofore, and "the memorable logic of eyentss
has so changed the relations of the two lead
ing political parties that they have conspired
together to defraud the notion by perpetual
ing onr system Of National Banking, which
is rapidly becoming an intolerable nuisance.
But we can be thankful that the country
will stand as long as the people are upright
and honest. TIC,
july It'll