Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-03-05
- IRONTON MO. THURSDAY. MARCH 5. 1885.

Iron county Will have representative III
the National Capital to-day: Hon. J. w.
Bergman left st. Louis for the now Demo-
cratic Mecca at : P. NJ. Monday, and, if there
was no untoward accident, reached his des-
tination at 6 O'Clock this morning. John is a
mighty lucky fellow-when he was at school
he always captured the finest apple and the
| biggest piece of pie-and we trust he may
have the fullest enjoyment out of his trip.
| OF course he will tell his constituents all
about the inauguration and Washington City,
through the columns of the REGISTER, next
week.
This wednesday, Is Inauguration Day.
| Although it comes once every four years, as
| a season of Democratic felicitation and he
publican sorrow il has been very rare 1or
, two or three decades. But we belleve we
| feel good enough now to make up Tor the
! mournings of times gone by: eXhilarated, as
it We're, by the suddenly uncorked essence OF
| JOYS long bottled up and tied down with
| strong wire. Still, we are not so unduly
eIated as to be "off our box" we hope; and
we counsel our Republican friends to sorrow
not out of reason; or better still, to come
over and ''iine the purcession."
Come jine de 'nawgeration picnic
OATS gwine to take place to day;
Yves on de committee to invite you all,
And you mustn't keep away.
Four bright youths from Ironton went ov-
er into Delanotown last Friday night, and
raised a racket with Il feminine occupant of
one of the dwellings. They wanted to get in
out of the cold; she refused to open the
roI+ ynH N
saiuted the house with voeys of stones
hurled with reckless disregard to the rights
of property and person. Next day the te-
male had them up before Judge Dinger, land,
after trial, two-Dick Goulding and John
Deter, alias "Sancho Panza, a,'-were found
guilty and sent to the lookup to satisfy the
fines assessed against them. Dick got out
next day, but Don Quixotte's illustrious
squire still languishes in durance vile. To
the two suspected coadjutators:. be careful
that your names do not get in the papers;
you've had narrow escape.
Elsewhere we publish letter in reference
to the crossing of Stout's creek, between
Ironton and Arcadia. We cannot agree with
the conclusions of the writer-athough he
is not opposed to a bridge, except as to its
cost. Certainly he does not assume that
bridge must not be built at that point, some
day. He thinks, however, that for the pres
ent and for Il few years to come, an artificial
bed for the stream where the ford is, would
obyiate the immediate necessity for wagon
bridge. We doubt if his plan would even
accomplish this much, for obvious reasons.
Certainly, during high waters, it would
not afford safe crossing, and that is partic-
ularly what is demanded. Besides, we are
tired of this ''tinkering"business; it has been
carried on for over twenty years at cost suffi-
cient to build the bridge proposed, and what
have we to show for the money expended?
Nothing, except ford in worse condition
than at the beginning. A rock bed would
eventually have to be extended from the
northern bank clear across to the old"cause-
way" upon which some six hundred dollars
was expended years ago. The cost, the
writer himself will admit, would be at least
| a thousand dollars we believe one-half
more. No, gentlemen, let us either have a
durable bridge, or save the county's money
| for other purposes. Not dollar for eNper-
| imentng.