Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-03-20
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

Gently 8 E u 2 j.
The youngest bride. in North Caro-
lima is twelve Yeas old. and issaidto b
small for her age. Chicago Herald
The critic of thass1 Chattsnoogi
CTenn.) Times describes recent con
cert in that city as "a torrent of majestic
and exquisite music"
! The Chief-Justice of the Nassizes a
Victoria. British 4 ol,Hnbia, decades tina
man is justified il alsing yves ol
when attacked by mob.
Heron, mining town in Montana
has ten saloons. two gambling houses
two hotels. one restaurant apd two, hun
dred inhabitants Deacer Trstune. ]
r. lice Hearn, Of New York
foundI -fglar in her room, suppressed
tn, ye,F which rose in her throat, tiptoec
out to the street, found a policeman
returned, and bagged the fellow inst al
he was sleaving:-N., Y Mail.sssss z 4 !
According to the latest returns there
are eleven thousand one-legged men in
the United States. In addition to these
are several thousand more on their last
legs and thousands besides who haven't
a leg to stand on.--Boston Post.
I After their Thanksgiving gainner
''Stubb' Hastings, of Manchester, IN.
H, aged five years, and his grarldfather,
aged seventy two, satdoWn andsenioyed
their cigars The child has always been
fond of the weed, and. the family ply
stefan says let him have it.-Boston Post.
The esening-up process applied be-
tween lawyer and client a. Often d.
tressing to the latter:@ Anew Koark
man got $4,000 for damages done him
by Il railroad. ThereuponF the lawyer
who had successfully pleaded his case
demanded go, 900 as his fee--M y.
Herdld.@ . e
"A postal card passed through the
post-office in Hallowell, Me, recently,
on which were written l, 114SyQrds, the
handiwork of a young MAD Of CHELSEA
Mass. 1t could be easily read, but I'M
fortunately it came at a busy time, and
the clerk was obliged to pass it by re-
gretfully. sssk
"A well known criminal LAWYER has
found, during lifelong practice, that
majority of those convicted are limo
cent. and that majority of Fthoses ac-
quilted are guilty. This is is startling
some observers who will notfhink It ex-
travagant. .GAscago Inter Ocea,aHz5a
AS Mrs Whiting stepped outof Her
residence in Baton Rouge, La. = one
night recently, she. felt somefhing Wind
ing around one of her lower limbs, Z She
screamed and shook off the reptil e, which,
when killed, was discoverea 10 be two
feet in length, and of the species knownl
as the highland moccasin, Which Isl very
poisonous. Chicago Times q
"A section gang of Cinnamon Oh the
railway at Cabezon Station, Col, sharp
ened their knives and MARCHED to- their
white boss to kill him. The Mclean man
was posted and received them with
bloody and an inhospitabfe shots gun,
loaded two its two muzzles. One barrel
was opened ON the Mongolian invaders,
and. with one voice exclaiming,E "What
foa,' they fled the field, leaving one
dead and one wounded behind.
We contend that no man has right
to drink liquor, smoke or chew tobacco.
if he be indebted to another, until the
debt is paid. 1t may be suggested that
debts are often sos great that it; would
require a total abstinence from the use
of these luxuries. In such case we be-
leve it to bea duty to creditorto abau-
don their use for a lifetime, sfor none
have honor who invest money legally
due another, for those useless articles
. 01iskany Falls ~. E)Neus. E"Ef
Some fine specimens of California
trout in an aquarium at Ro-
chester, N. T., were found toalmres been
considerably injured by being bitten by
one of their number of a quarrelsome
Seth Green being informed
of the matter, took a pair of ,pincers
and pulled out the offender teeth. The
teeth of the trout are not necessary for
but are intended to aid the
fish in holding its prey. This is the first
on record of fish dentistry
Rochester EEpress. - Z :
"A young lady in Norwich, Conn, has
the uncommon power of naming any
note that may be touched on the piano.
At q public concert she said that the
piece the orchestra was then playing
was in the key of d. A gentleman went
to the conductor at the concltisi0n ~
the piece, and returned with the fepfs
that they had played in d Hat. Fngthey5
inquiry revealed the fact that; the fdanA
to which the orchestra was tuned Was
semi-tone below concert pitcifss.z lk9Eart-
ford Post.
The masherofifie? Fo1rtWorth erex i
Gazette gives way to his feelings in the
following: How many pretty girls one
can see passing through the cityawhe
nightly wait for trains in the Union dR
pot whose beauty is all the more at.
tractive because. of the reu9 rude -snr4
They come into the dingy
waitings like breath of perfume from
a brighter and purer existence, linger
few hours and depart leaving amemory
that fades from those.wh 10 saw them lire
the stars disappearin the rising morn. =
in the United States Court at JEFF
ferson City. Mo-. recently. anx impok
tant verdict was rendared in an ihNr
ance case The plaintiffs house, in
sured against fire and lightning, was de-
stroyed by acyclone, He brought suit
to recover, Maintaining that e1ectricity
was the potent power IN cyclones. The
defense asserted that wind was the de-
.>ructive agent, and both parties placed
On the <stand 90 spresf
their claims The jury found for The