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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-05-29
Virginia Oysters.

Ibis country here is the land OF the
oyster, and millions of bushels are
raised yearly. They grow in the salt
water at the mouth of the Elizabeth
River and naturally fasten themselves
to the rocky parts of its bed. During
the season, the river swarms with boats
of all kinds fishing for them. They are
caught by a kind of rake or tongs,
which the oyster catcher thrusts down.
catches hold of them, and pulls them
up into his boat. The business of CATCH
ing them is done chiefly by the colored
population, and the fish and oysters
fern the principal diet OF the negroes
of this region. 1t is good business.
too, this catching of oysters. and many
of the oysterers make good wages "A
good catch is always salable, and the
river Is free to all. After the men have
caught a boatload they bring them to
the oyster packers and sell them. /
visited the largest, of these establish
ments here to-day and watched their
preparation for the Northern market.
A scow containing about 500 tons OF
oysters in the shell, all of them dirty
and Shiny, piled up like big lot OF
stones on its floor, had just come in.
These were unloaded by means of q
derrick and bushel tub with an iron
handle. The oysters were shoveled.
still dripping. into this tub, and ter
handling, were wheeled into this
long, low shed. Each tub was
worth thirtv-five cents, and they
were counted as they were uRloaded.
Stepping inside Szse shed, I saw two
rows of narrow stalls with sort OF
manger in their front ends. Each OF
these was filled with big colored oys-
ter shucker. The oysters were emptied
into the managers and these men, with
a small hammer and a short-bladed
knife, opened them, took out the oys-
tiers and threw them intosa bucket the
size of q common woode. First
they would lift up the oy5s III then
break OH. its end with the hen
inject the knife into the br lace
and pry it open. They w6fMed very
fast, and as they did SO their queer
Southern songs mingled with the short
hammerings OF the breaking shells I
were opened, and found them to possess
q delicious flavor which [ have never
found in the oysters of the North.
he hands it over to the washer, and this
man euptitS IL AulO q Adi ss5C Esae ~
water, where the oysters are washed
and drained of their liquor before being
sent away. The shuckers sort them as
they open them, and put the little ones
into one pail. the medium ones into an
ether, and the big ones into third.
They are paid twenty cents bucket,
and sometimes they make as much as
$3 day. Many of them save their
money, and / find here the same report
I found on the peninsula, namely. that
the colored people Of the South are do
ing well. and that many Of them are ac-
quiring property. After the oysters are
washed, they are packed in tubs and
shipped. When packed, there is no
LIQUOR ia them, and am told that oys-
ter sellers in the North often water
their oysters before selling. Fort Mon
roe Cor. M. Y. Times.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-05-29

John Hole lives in the town Of Sew
ard, Schoharie County, NY. The sig
nature he uses is J, with q round hole
punched in the paper after it. a deed
thus executed was recently taken to the
County Clerks Office for record. r
was recorded in the same manner
Trou Tsaaes. = ssxx.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-05-29

about three minutes,@ he inter-
posed; ''because I saw you go while
+ Grace was shaking me out of my chair
and telling me togo after you. :
Telling YOU to Gomez alter rne!n
Calculated Mabele, on whose. horri6ed
mind the truth now burst in its entirety.
Grace had, indeed, put her scheme OF
revenge into operation with the prompt
itude and skill of great General.
''4es, she has sent me after you,
said Philip, TRANQUILITY, while he rested
his chin on one hand and istroked back
the ears OF DR.. johnson with the other,
a process which caused that intelligent
animal to. pus forth his tongue farther
thanever, and 70 srina hideeus grin Of
ineffab bic salts faction.
''She said she had quarre1ed with you.
and that you had been unkind-no, you
had been very nasty, thatwas tfte form
of expression she used"
; s.'Oh, dear!,' was all Mabelle could
calculate. d Elg
%.'She says you want to go sway The
continued; and if he had taken no notice
of her before, Mabelle could no longer
accuse him of maintaining that line of
conduct. Hewas observing her Innocent
ly, and the fact did not intend to reassure
her either in mind or manner.
Mabelle had worried herself by brood
ing over the situation until she could
no longer see il, in its proper light or
proportions. Her conscience was NOR
hidly, sensitive. and Grace did not know,
could mot guess, the read agony she was
in dieting upon the girl by her TESTING
piece of VENGEANCE. 4Ef9sF -
"Yes-no. don't want to go but
! am afraid I must.''
esBpt why? Grsce says that o few
days ago you seemed pleased at the
prospect of staying" said Philip, with
q half smile in his eyes as he saw the
ancohtrollable flash rising 10 Mabells'k
face at his question.
fro BE CONTINUED
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-05-29
MADE OR, MARRIED.
CHAPTER xM.-ooNT1NuED.

BY JESSIE FoTHERaILL,
Author Of zone of Three" Probation" "Ths
WeRfeds," Etc.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-05-29
No Guess.Work.

About every e'ready reckoner, -
guide calculator, Or memoran-
one or more rules for Judging the
weight of animals by measurement.
These rules are reproduced by the gem
eral newspapers. and sometimes even
by agricultural journals. This is we'll
enough, perhaps, as. the measurements.
if carefully made, may give the real
weight, approxima tely, quite as near as
the giless OF the so-cailed cattle-traders;
but good farm scales. accurate to the
fraction of an ounce, are now so cheap
that all guess-Work should be generally
Abandoned Such. aScale is one of the
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-07-10

TO be invested Wit all the rights, powers, Fri
yiercs and fTauCh ses conferred upon comrg-
ries formed under said act, for the purpose of
constructing. mai ltaining and operating Il
canal ana VeSs nls Of various kinds for the
rI0Hsporr0 tiCn of PERSONS and property witt in
the State of lY"rU.
The man line Ci said canal shall extend
rom point at or ear TOcOi, on the st. Johns
river, TO some pOiQ6 ut or near st. Augustine,
and from the chalFel of said river to deep Wa
ter in the Atlantic ocean, and said canal shall
utilize the waters of the st. Johns river to-
gether with the waters of Moultrie creek in ST.
Johns county, Florida on the East. and those
Of Deep Creek on the West end of the Props
ed canal.
Dated June lst, 1874.
J. X. RAINEY,
X. Il. GARNETT,
l. s COWpON
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-07-10
Special Masters Sale of Real Esta.,

Under and in pursuance of q decree of the
Circuit Court of the Fifth Judicial Circuit of
Florida, in and fer Putnam county, made on
the 18th day OF Ma, A. D: 1884, in certain
the court, wherein Augustus Monroe is com
plainant and John II. Mclean, and Edward 5.
Grill as the ASST gnee of Mclean & Bro. defend
ants will as the special master, named and
appointed therein, offer for sale to the highest
bidder for cash, on Monday the 18th day of .JU-
Court House in the city of Palatka, Florida,
between the usual hours of sale, the following
described real estate in Putnam county, FlOri-
r % G, with the exception of twelve acres nf
the same belonging to S. Graham, conveyed to
him by said John H. Mclean. and the descr5 D.
ton of which is set forth in bill of complain
filed in said cause. Purchasers to pay 1pr
deeds. Jos, E. BALDWIN,
Special Master in Chancery.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-07-10
Florida * Western R'y
Wavcross Short Line.

All trains of this road are run by Centga
GOTH Meridian time, which is 80 miuufes
slower than Jacksonville time.
ON and after Sunday May IL, 1884
~ Passenger Trains will leave and arrive as
follows:
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-07-10
In ChancerY,

In the Circuit Court Fifth judicial Circuit of
Florida, Putnam County-In Chancery.
James }. Montgomery, Complainant Suit Tor
VS..
Mary A. Montgomery, Defendant. Divorce
1t appearing to the court that the bill of com
plant was duly filed in this case and affidavit
made and filed that Mary y. Montgomery the
defendant resides beyond the limits Of the
State of Florida, butt in one of the United States
it is therefore ordered that the said Mary a.
Montgomery, defendant, do appear and answer
the said bill, on the First Monday in September,
4. d. 1881, otherwise the cOmplainant's bill
will be taken pro cOnfesSO.
VIM. Z. FORWARD,
Clerk Circuit Court.
VIM. Thompson, Compliments Solicitor.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-07-10
In Ghanceru
J. X. RAINEY,
X. Il. GARRETT,
J. 5. COWDON.

In the Circuit Cou t Fifth judicial Circuit Of
Florida, Putnam COunty-In Chancery.
Amanda Brown Complainant S,1ft for
John Brown Defendant, Divorce.
1t appearing TO tie court that the bill of com
plant was duly fled in this case and affidavit
made and filed thai John Brown the defend
ant resides beyond the limits of the State Of
Florida, but in one of the United States, is in
the State of Georgia, it is therefore ordered
that the said John Brown do appear and an
swer the said bill on the First Mondays in Sep
TENDER, \. D: 1854, otherwise the cOmplainant's
bill viii be taken pro confeSsO.
VIM. FORWARD,
Clerk Circuit Court.
VIM. Thompson, ComplainaI IS Solicitor.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-07-10

PuJnam IountY Flfth Judicial Circuit of the
State of FLORIDA.
In Chancery.
vs.. Bill for Divorce.
Tamar J. Crawford
1t appearing by the affidavit of the COM
plainant filed in the above cause that the de-
PENDANT resides out of, and beyond the limits
Of the State of Florida, to-wit in the State of
Michigan. Now therefore ii is ordered that
the defendant lamar ]. Crawford, do appear
and answer the said complainantS bin for di-
vOrce filed against her in our said court on or
before the first day of September, \. d. ISS4.
otherwise said bin may be taken pro confesSO.
Witness my hand and the seal of our said court
thit cath day of April a. u. 1884.
Vim. F. FORWARD,
Clerk Circuit Court.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-07-10
NEW ORLEANS EXPRESS.

Connecting at ChattahOochee with Pen AGO.
Ia and Atlantic Railroad daily for Pensacola,
Mobile, New Orleans, Texas and all trans Mis-
sissippi points. Pullman Buffet and SIZE ping
Cars on this train, Jacksonville 20 Pensl cola,
Mobile and New Orleans.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-07-10

DY AUTHORITY OF AN ACT OF THE
- Legsl }turc Of ne State of Florida, enti-
tied An act to pro ,ide for the Incorporation
of Railroads anu Canals, " approved February
18th, 1874, ana the acts amendatOry there .,
notice is Lereay given that company his
been fOrLedf undo the name of the
st. Augu Stine and IaIa,tls u
Canal aud TranSpOrtati
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-07-10
ISEAL.1
Notice @ LnCOrnOrati0n,

CALHOUN, GILLIs & CALHOUN,
Cmpt's Solicitor,
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-07-10

ulia1 F'lilCe Eu lI ana DraNlne hoon
Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars, Jacksonville
70 Savannah.
Pullman Sleeping Cars on this Train to Louis
vile via ThOmasVille.
Pullman Hotel and Sleeping Cars on this
Train to Cincinnati via Savannah.
A Restaurant has been opened at Waycross
and abundant time viii be allowed for meals
by all passenger trains.
Connecting at Savannah with steamers for
New York, Philadelphia, Boston and Balti-
more.
Connecting at Charleston with steamers for
New York. Philadelphia and Baltimore
Trains ON B. and W. X X. leave junction,
going west, at 1910 p. m, and for brunswick
at 1910 p. IN, daily.
Through tickets sold t all points by RsiI
and Steamship connections. and Baggage
Checked through. Also Sleeping Car berthg
and sections secured at Companys Office in
Astor's Building, "a Bay street and at Depot
Ticket Office. JAS. l.. TAYLOR.
General Passenger Agent
4 NJ IVES Agent
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-07-10

! connecting at NayCr0SS with through SuJl-
man Palace Buffet and Drawing Room Steep
. ing Cars, Waycross to New York vii bout
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-07-10
In Circuit Court.

Putnam County Fifth judicial Circuit of the
State of FLORIDA.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-07-10

At Palatka with Jacksonville, Tampa & Key
West Ry, fast river steamers for st. Au-
gustine, Green Cove Springs, Jacksonville
and all points North, East and West and ith
up river steamers for South Florida Use
with the Twin Screw Iron Steamer City of
Palatl5a," for Charleston, New York, Boston,
Philadelphia, etc.
At Waits Crossing with Peninsular Railroad
for Waldo.
At Gainesville with Transit Railroad for
Cedar Key, Pensacola, New Orleans and Tam
pa.
At Ocala with Transit Railway and Hacks
for Silver Springs.
At Leesburg with boats on Lake Harris for
points On Lake and along st. Johns and Lake
Eustis Railway. Also with Graham's Hacks
for BrOOksYille, SumterYille and all points in
South Florida.
:. CONANT. JAS. D. HOLLTSTFR,
General Manager. superintendent.
0. w. CROMWELL, G.. T. F. & z. A.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-07-10
IN CHANCERY,

state OF FlOrluA, III the circuit Court Tor Put
nam County, 18th Judicial Circuit of Florida.
James w. Robertson, Complt.l
VS..
Norman H. Chambcrlin, In Chancery.
Mary Elite Chamberlin,
DeftS.
happening by affidavit, to the satisfaction
of the court, that the said defendants reside
out of the said 5th Judicial Circuit of Florida
and beyond the limits of said State, but within
the United States, the particular State being
unknown, now, therefore, on motion of CT
houn, ellis talh9 un, compliments sole H.
Ors, it is ordered th the defCnda4s Norman
ii. ChamDerin anC Mary Elite CtiaInberlin, 10
appear ana answer the bill of complaint fill ID
by the complainant, in the above cause, on or
before the 6th day of October 1884, Othcrwl sc
said bill shall be- taken confessed. 1t is fI1'-
ther ordered that q copy of this order be pub
lshea IN the Pr latkl NEWS, a newspaper pub
liShed within sid FIfthJudicial Circuit where
III said m0rtgISed premises arc situated, once
III every week, cor at least four months before
said 9Th day of October 1884.
Dated DAY 3lst, ], 81.
By the Court
SEAL VIM. +. FORWARD,
Clerk Circuit Court.
CALHOUN, GILLIs & CALHOUN,
Cmpt'S Solicitor.
Mohave County miner., 1884-05-04
ABROAD.
ITEMS FROM THE VARIOUS MINING
 JOURNALS OF THE COUNTRY.

According to a correspondent of the MII- ing Record, the Northern Belle property was purchased by the Holmes mining com pany at United States MarShafs sale on the 2Oth of March, to satisfy a judgment, the price paid Icing $310,0O) for the real estate. The personal property had been formerly sold to the same parties for $4O,000. It will be remoD bered that the Holmes company, 8 few months ago obtained a judgment of S360OOO against the Northern Belle. An assessment of $4O0,O00 to cover this iudg- ment was not successful, as 40 shares were paid on at the rate of S8 per share.
 The Gram Central mine at Tucson has posted notice that $3 a day will be the wages paid after the 1st of May.
 The Lexington mine of Montana produced S3Ol eco in the first quarter of 1884.
 Two blocks of mica, weighing 37 pounds, and measuring 13x15 and Il x17 inches, were taken from the Powell, Geo rgia, mica mine at a depth of only five feet from the sur face.
 The mines of the Black Hills i'll Dakota nave mined and milled 1.512,O37 tons of good ore, yielding $1O43t116, an average of 1nly $5.78 per ton, making profit and pay ing in dividends S3,142,O 600.
 Some of the finest looking ore that we nave ever seen at the snelter, arrived there yesterday. It clme from Mohsve county Benson Herald.
 The greater the depth at Calico the rich er and stronger the ore bo Iies appear.
 The Reno Journal says: There is some style III mine like that owned by Ed H9r- ris. Tne other day it became necessary to oay off his hired paen, and to do that he sat town with his hand mortar one day and pounded out S1,J00, squared his accounts, md went on with the work of development.
 In the reduction of silver ores and other metallurgioal operations between 2,OOO ;tnd ',000 tons of salt are disposed of annua fly on the Pacific coast.
 The Bank of Arizona to-day purchase from Moses Langley, among lot of placer gold banned out at Weaver. a single nugget valued at S450. Arrangements have been made to have it in the Arizona exhibit at the New Orleans Exposition ill December lext.-Miner.
 The Rocky Mountain Review suggests that working foreman. and not suparin- tendent, should have charge of mine that IS just beginning to pay.
Mohave County miner., 1884-05-04
MINING IN MOHAVE.
WHAT OUR MINERS ARE DOING IN THE DIFFERENT DISTRICTS OF THIS
 COUNTY.

Tom Burke, Gus Yeager and Arthur Kemp are still working on their new copper discovery in Gold Basin.
 Cipt. Sam. Faster IS working on the OId Hickory in Gold Basin, which he thinks is the boss mine ill Mohave county.
 Henry Schaffer is getting out soma good ore from the Southern Pride.
 The Ferguson boys are still running their arastra in Gold Basin and doing well.
 k. G. Patterson and John Fox are run hing an arastra on ore from the o. K. mine.
 w. R. Jones and Sol Rowe are down about 70 feet on the new well in Wallapai Valley They expect to strike water very shortly.
 Messrs. Smith & Mulligan of the New London nine have shipped nearly one hun drcd tons of ore to the Benson smelter dur ing the last SIX weeks. They expect to get out about thirty tons per week from now on. They also contemplate erecting steam hOisting works in short time
 Wm. Ewing has leased the ''Biu Deen'' min7 at Wallapai mountain and will pat on several men at once. He will put up a whim for hoiSting the ore. A carload of ore from this mine, shipped recently as a test. went over 100 oz. to the ton in silver. Phe paystreak is about three feet wide.
 Sanierson's teams are hauling ore fro n the New London mine to Kingman.
Mohave County miner., 1884-05-04
4 CAEsD FEsOys ". Es. HARDY.

KNeKAN, April 30, 1S8..
 EDITOR MoHAvE COUNTY MINER. Sir: In your paper of the 27th inst. you publish the card signed by the Board of Supervisors, al SO your explanations or remarks about the same. With regard to the expensive jail yoa were right in your statement, and further suppose the county does not pay for it il ten years and compound interest is added, what frightful sum of money it will take to pay for one jail. Bat stop thief! Hold
 and let us reckon a little. Suppose we con suit the records O; the BDari of Super Yisors for five or six years past, we find large sums of money paid to Indians for tracking criminals who had broken jail, for repairing the jail and mending holes where criminals had dug out, for mending and re- pairing shackles, buying new iron, for night herders or night watchmen. There las been no expense of this kind since the new jail was built, and if these offsets should be made they will more than balance the item of interest and reduce the principal m3ferj-
 ally. Now, when criminal IS placed in jail he stays there until he is tried and shi2ped to Yuma, and don't you forget 1t. Supervisor Henlde did oppose an iron jail as he had a plan of his own, jail of his own invention that he wished to try. Hence he did kick. The jail did not cost $4O00. What 1t afterwards cost is another question.
 That costly litigation was like this; \ man was arraiened before Justice Hyde charged with stealing cattle. and was held in the sum of $500 to appsar before the next grand jury. Gross and Acosta went on bond. The criminal left the county and bondsnnen had to pay the bill. The Dis trict Attorney commenced suit on tond and as usual in Moh4ve county, the matter was contested to the bitter end. Finally the Supervisors compromised the matter and stopped costs. If the Justice had set this man free there would not have been any lit gaticn. But what had the Supervisors to do with this expensive litigation but to compromise. It was ths Justice that brought this matter on to the county
 While this matter was up before the Board the full Board Of Supervisors did express themselves as being in favor of prosecuting
Mohave County miner., 1884-05-04

The pay car was at Blngman last Sunday
 Wm. Krider
 Sells goods cheap
 And don't you forget it.
 He keeps infants and children's shoes.
 Also drygoods. notions, hats and caps, and clothing.
 Capt. Atchisson contemplates a trip to Illinois this summer.
 Wm. Krider and family went over to Blackberry to spend NJ ayday.
 Supervisor Hardy has a lengthy commu- nication III another column.
 L. Kimmerly puts ID two notices of for feiture in this issue.
 Prescott is to have water works at last, and is cOrrespondinSly happy.
 J. ". Stephenson is in town again, having returned from his trip to California.
 Miss Belle Van Buskirk formerly Of Blackberry was recently married to Sam'I Walker of Los Angeles.
 A mau who would blk his local paper is just mean enough to talF through hls nose 
 in order t Q save his teeth.
 F.M. Mathew of the Elkhart mine at Chloride left on Tuesdays stage for visit to his home in Los Angeles.
 RIG. Patterson of Gold Basin called on us last Thursday and gave us some iters from that promising district.
 Ths Tucson Star ann1unce5 that Hon. Sam. Purdy is d candidate for delegate to the Democratic National Convention.
 4. F. Simonds has fine crop of barley at his Beal Springs ranch. His fruit trees and grape vines are doing splendidly.
 Fletcher and Lemon have disposed of ..their- -eating house at Peach Springs to the AtlaEdo and Pacific railroad company, About SIX inches of snow fell in Mineral Park last Sunday but it all melted the next day. at BeaI Springs at least twice as much fell
 From au parts of the county we hear compla.nt5 about the condition of the roads and the indifference of the Board of Super yisors in regard thereto.
 We call attention to the new ad. of Ros Bros. which appsArs in this issue. Their goods are always fresh and reliable and they don't propose to be under5old by any one.
 We hear there is prospect of soms- thing being done with the property of the Arizona Northern mining company very shortly. It Is GOO bad that such valuable properties should be allowed to lie idle So long.
 The editor Of the Prescott Journal is in receipt of letter from Hon. Samner How ard recently appointed as Chief Justice of this Territory in which he states that he expects to leave for Arizona about the 12tl of May. his business requiring his attention until that time.