Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-02-21
The williams Dramatic Company closed a

crowded house. The company achieve sue
cess through deserving it, not the less b.
. reason of their excellent entertainments thai
their general conduct in private. Whereve
they go, the members of the company ar
recognized as ladies and gentlemen wht
would grace any walk in life in any intelligent
community. They are an honor to their pro
fession-a noble one in its better phases.
/ Last Wednesday morning, Mrs. Avery
, mother of Mrs. Thos. Beard, fell and broke
her leg and dislocated her ankle. The
ground was slippery with sleet that morn.
ing, and she was going to the we'll for a
bucket of water, when the accident occurred.
DR.. Geulding, assisted by DR.. Patton, set
the broken limb, and the patient is doing
as well as could be expected, considering
her age, which is not far from sixty years.
She is an estimable lady, and in her mis-
fortune has the sympathy Of all who know
her.
| The tramps at the sand-house are giving
the citizens of Arcadia and vicinity q good
deal Of trouble through their pilfering. Sew
eral hen-roosts have been visit ed in the stilty
hours of the night, and the loss Of favorite
hens is mourned by more than one house,
wife. Constable Patton has been asked to
cannot proceed without formal complaint on
the part Of some citizen. In that event, he
will cheerfully perform his duty, for our
streets are in lamentable condition, and aug
mentations to the changing can now be
] probably utilized.
Collector Fletcher desires us to notify all
delinquent taxpayers that their little &C
counts with him must be settled before the
first of next month. When county court
meets on the first Monday in March, he
must render an account Of his stewardship
to that body, and as it will demand all
collectible taxes from him, he, in turn,
must enforce their payment on the part of
the citizens. II they do not come forward
at once, there will be trouble for the dein-
quents. This notice is more especially APP
plicable to residents of the City OF Ironton.
About twelve O'Clock last Saturday night
somebody got ground and lofty tumble in
front of the Academy of Music. He came
up street horseback, his horse on skeen lope,
and just as he got opposite the A. of N. the
saddle girth broke! His fall in the mud
sounded like the flap Of \ newly-hung sheet
on a cothes-line in gale of wind. As soon
as he recovered from his surprise, he picked
himself up, caught his horse, resaddled him,
and moved on. Since no doctor was called,
we presume the horseman's hurt was not
serious; but, for all that, his mishap was no
doubt like the rent in Pepys' camlet cloak, |
"annoying." |
Last weeks Fredericktown Plaindealer |
goes on to say: "Mr. Jno. G. Burk, left $3.50 |
with us this week and will be solaced by the |
regular visits of the Plaindealer for another |
year. Uncle John said we ought to get a
new press like the Ironton REGISTER, but
when we reminded him that the new press
and a new opposition paper at 1ronton, came
at about the same time, he bad no more to
say" Now, we saw Uncle John last Saturday,
and he says he had good deal to say. Never
mind about that, however. But he wants US
to request from you an explanation as to
that "boy." We don't know what John
pretty hard, usually, to get at
bis intcntions-but no doubt you can explain.
DIR. Goulding informs us that severe
shock OF earthquake stirred him up at $3.50
O'Clock last Thursday morning. He had not
yet got out !of bed, but lay debating the
question, when the house was shaken, the
windows ratified, and his debate terminated
by Il shock that lasted fully five seconds. 1t
was followed by roar, like that of distant
thunder, lasting probably two or three min
ties. The quake was unusually severe for .
his section, and came from the northwest,
he rumbling sound retiring southeastward-
v. We sleep pretty soundly at that hour in
he morning-prcss-day being overland
lid not hear it; but several neighbors add
heir testimony to that Of the Doctors, and
here appears to be no doubt of the shaking =
Up. N
Last Thursday four of Ironton's string Il
bandits bought round-trip tickets and went g 9
Town to Piedmon to play for the masquerade b
,all that evening. After an all-night job, o
hey got ready to return; but No.4 was no y
cling how many hours late, and their only
nance was to come up on a freight train.
)ne of the four fddlers got on the first Sec
ion of No, through freight, and got home
ii right. The other three waited while,
nut hearing no news from the passenger =
rain-it was high water times-they jumped
board the second section of No. When
icket-time came, the conductor refused to
ccept the return half of the tickets they >
lad purchased in Ironton, and made the =
oys pay cash. That may be rule of the
singular one-but the part Ii
f the conundrum that bothers us is this:
he regular fare from Piedmont to Ironton
$1.20 per capita, and for the three the
1hole amount would have been $500; yet
he boys came up, in lump, for -. Prob =
bly,, however, the conductor hauled them 7
8 livestock!
1t is fact well known to the trampine
paternity that the Sisters at the Arcadia p
'ollege Convent never refuse to give to eat to :,
hose applying. At least, that was the rule +,
ntil lately. Perhaps the repeated solicita- "
IONS from the twenty-five sand-house
ramps have at length compelled the good n
listers to amend The rule, and we in fact ~
ave heard somewhat to that effect. Be that
II NAV we have hes rd a pretfy good story .