Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-10-23


Last Saturday evening the Cleveland and
Hendricks club at Bonnie Terre gave biz
demonstration and listened. to q tiptor
speech from w. r. Edgar. ESQ. The crowd
In attendance was large and very enthusiast
tic, and his speech was frequently and heart.
lily applauded. As an indication Of the SCI
of the tide among business men who hav,
large interests at stake, we note the fact tina
Mr.. Jones, President of the st. Joe Leaf
Company. lifelong Republican, will vot,
for Cleveland and Hendricks.
i While our old friend, C. T. ron.aine, wa
putting up gutter ON the new Bradley
building, yesterday, the scaffold gave way
and ne fell TO the ground, a distance of TWEEN
ty-five feet His fall was broken somewhat
by the porch, and If 1t had not been for this
he must certainly have been killed. He and
y. N. Bishop were on the seafiold working
together, when it gave way. Mr.. B. saved
himself by clinging to the gutter. Mr.. Fon.
taine is seriously hurt, and. being an an old
man, his recovery is by no means certain
He had similar mishap while working al
Judge Emerson's a couple Of years ago.
| Last Friday evening, about six O'Clock, a
| light wagon containing two ladies and two
| children, came near being run over by a
| south bound freight, at the Pilot Knob cross
Ing. just as they were about to cross the
track, the horse became unmanagable-scar-
ed by the approaching train-and had 1t not
| been for the assistance of Mr.. Ed. Perry,
who was near by, an ugly accident would
probably have resulted. He caught the
horse by the bride and held it until the train
passed, and then got into the wagon and
drove the party down to the creek. A day
fine slippers from the ladies.
The McHenry Dramatic Combination. hay
ing failed to materialize an audience, left for
Potosi Sunday, and are there now. The
troupe is good one, and no doubt would
have given satisfaction If the people had CIV
en- 1t an opportunity. But it was without
band or orchestra, and could make no out
side demonstration; and, judging from that,
those who usually patronize our Academy
of Music came enormously to the conclusion
that the company was n. 6. A troupe known
to be all right can, for two nights ut least,
command good audiences; but play-goers
here are perhaps rightly backward in coming
forward without first knowing somewhat of
the feast that is to be set before them.
The November st. Louis Magazine has
fine table of contents and many excellent IL
Illustrations. Its poetry Is by Frank H. Stauf-
fer, literary editor of the Philadelphia Even
ing CAL. Minnie w. Armstrong, Jerome B.
Bell editor Of the Wilmington Star, and
several others. The stories are by Percy B.
st. John, the famous English author, Esmer-
aida Boyle and others. There are portraits
with accompanying articles-of Jules Fer-T
~, the French Prime Minister, the Rev. c..
FL. Sturgeon the great English preacher, and
other articles on timely subjects, such as the
"Falls of Montmorenci,n Intelligence, In
dustry and Sobriety," by Martha Mason. A..
N. DeMenil's humorous department is as
bright as ever. Price. only Is cents. St.
Louis Magazine Co., Publishers.
Last Saturday, four young men, living
near Berryman, this county, got drunk aud
went on lark. Their names are not known
to us, or we would print them in big type.
After getting well "slewed," these young
braves went into a dwelling inhabited and
absent, but his wife was ct home. The quart
tore down the chimney, smashed up furni1
ture, and acted the scoundrel generally !
Monday they were taken before Squire Nc
Neeley, two Of them charged with malicious|
trespass and disturbance of the peace, and
the other two with the latter only. Prose-
cutting Attorney Edgar went dowE and sue
ceeded in eonvicting ali four. They there
and then discussed about one hundred dol
lars fines and costs.
Last Saturday night about nine O'Clock, a
freight train was wrecked near Piedmont.
The track was INSTRUCTED for good many
hours, and in consequence the mail trains,
north and south, due during the night, were
switched off at Bismarck and on at Charleston
making the trip across by the Scat" road.
This was all right enough for the people be-
low Poplar Bluff. They received their mails
on time, or nearly SO; but how about the
section Of country between Bismarck and
Piedmont? The road was unobstructed be-
tween those points, and yet, because the
train couldn't run clear through, we were
peprived of our mails until the track could
De cleared! LII tnlS instance the Interrupt.
ton was for only twelve or fourteen hours,
and SO perhaps the Inconvenience was not
great to the people; but judging from the
past, if the "break" had lasted two or three
days, our mails would no doubt hase been
delayed just so long. The RAILROAD company
is paid for carrying the mails and is expect
ed and bound to carry them to all points
possible to be reached along the line. Why
are not the terms of the contract enforced
against railroads as they are where indiyid-
ual contractors are concerned? Do the
railroads outrank the governm emit, and die
tate their own terms to the postal depart
ment? 1t certainly looks that way to a COM
mon citizen. There's one consolation, how
ever: all that sort of business will take "a
change" after the 4th of next March. Pres
ident Cleveland will see to it the the laws
will be enforced against big corporations as
well as individuals.
Senator VEST and Congressman CLARDY
at Ironton. Tuesday, October a8th.
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