Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-10-16

| Chas. Heinrichs-..Bi Charley"-of PHO
Knob. went to St. Louis last week. Their,
would be nothing remarkable In this, were
not for the fact that 1t was his frst railroad
trip since his landing at the Knob, "befor,
the war" st. Louis, with its Fair and Ex.
position, was as new to him AZ II an ocear
spanned the space between. And then tn,
city beer!
We claim that therefs not q neater and
more Hastily arranged drug store in South
east Missouri than that of C. r. Crisp,s II
Ironton. Everything has its place and Is IL
its place, while, by some mysterious means
the usual drug store smell Is remarkabl,
conspicuous by its absence. There are drus
stores and drug stores, and we consider our,
ne plus ultra, whether by reason of arrange.
meut or completeness.
The circus has come and gone. and it is q
good one, as circuses go nowadays. The pa.
rade discounted anything of the kind evel
seen on our streets, and the performance
under canvass was excellent, aud, in many
instances, striking and original. The me-
nagerie was also larger, and contained more
curious and rare animals than usually 20
with travelling show. Taking y, all-in-all
Messrs. Barrett & Co. are by no means like
the humbugs who occasionally gull the
country.
Last Thursday morning, Mr.. j. Bumgard-
ner took q wagon-load of Nimrods to the
West End. The party consists of G. w. and
Eli Tetwiler and Ed. Bumgardner, and they
| are still sin the wilds." Mr.. B. returned
| with his team Sunday evening, and reports
| that larger game is reasonably plentiful,
| while the woods are Oyerrun with squirrels.
The boys hadn't captured anything larger
| than the latter. when Mr.. B. left them, but
had sighted several deer. We're sharpening
our teeth in preparation for that saddle of
yenison, gentlemen.
F. j. McHenry's Dramatic Comb nation
will give an entertainment at the Academy
OF Music Thursday night this week. From
all that we can learn from our exchanges the
company Is an excellent one, and will give q
good show. The Bonnie Terre Reporter gives
it the following send of: ''The McHenry
Comedy Company arrived here this week
and showed In Rongey's Hall last night, to a
crowded house, and the entertainment was
unsurpassed by any previous entertainments
given at this place." This is unstinted
praise, given after their performance, and is
worth more than a column of commentator
on surmise.
VIM. Trauernicht and wife, Mrs. NJ. Seitz,
and others, left Middebrook Wednesday
morning, as an escort of Charles Seitz Of
that place, for st. Louis. Charlie has con-
Guided that it Is no longer good to be alone,
and in this he is backed by Miss Lena Hauck,
of st. Louis. In other words Charlie and
Miss Lena have agreed to take each other for
better or worse, and the wedding took place
on Wednesday, the 18th inst. We should
feel little worried over Charlie If 1t was
not that VIM. Trauernicht, ESQ.,, will be
there and gite his undivided attention to
matters, thereby securing its success. 1t is
only on certain occasions that we stake any
thing" Charlie, and this Is about the time.
Two schoolboys had skrim mage last Mon
day, and they were scared out Of their little
boots that evening when they saw the men,
bers Of the school-board file sslemnly into
the room for a consultation with the Princi-
pal. But, although that case was incidental
ly Investigated, another of a much more Sc
Some boy had written obscene words on the
wall Of the building-the meanest, lowest
and most scandalous thing pupil could be
guilty Of! The perpetrator was not discov.
cred, unhappily, but we think he received a
scare from which he has not yet recovered.
Should he be found out, he will be expelled,
and disgraced for years. Boys, we don't be-
lieve in fighting; but If you were to fight
your noses of, and your hair and eyes out
that would be honorable If placed side by
side with the dirty meanness we have above
noted.
At its session, called for that purpose, last
Saturday, the County Court, after consider
ing all the bids submitted, concluded that
the building of bridge across Stout's creek,
at this time is not advisable. We had hoped
the Judges would arrive ut a different con-
clusion. We believe that the bridge can be
built for less money just at this time than
hereafter. Materials Of all kinds are very
low, while labor is cheap, and bridge-build-
ers are seeking employment. In fact every
thing necessary to the erection Of such a
structure Is at its very lowest figure. But
we are content to wait, confident that the
time will soon come when not only this
crossing shall be made secure for the public,
at all seasons, but that others will also be
taken care of. Yet we insist the work shall
be begun ut the point where the demands of
the public are the greatest: and that point,
we claim, is between lronton and Arcadia.
Yesterday morning when we arose, donned
our garments, and went forth from the
house, we found the front yard full of pigs,
cows, etc. At first this was attributed to
the supposed fact that some one belonging
to the household had the previous evening
left the front gate Unattached. Later devel-
opments showed, however, that the premises
had been invaded by tramps or burglars
during the night. Burnt matches were
found in an outbuilding, doors were opened,
etc. Nothing was captured, save few sweet
potatoes on the porch. W. G. Fairchild
didn't fare so well. Some thieves-probably
the same lot-hroke into his smokehouse
and took off q sugar-cured ham, and then
went into the kitchen, but were scared off,
evidently-for they left on the kitchen-table
a jar of preserves which they had distracted
from the smokehouse. The folks at the
house had no "good, sweet ham," for break
fast, but had to content their stomachs with
dried beef-and preserves.
Circuit court will convene on the 9th
For the information of all interested we re-