Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-02-12

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| Of Mr.. Hotson's shop, but we did not antici.
pate his so soon ''shuf1ing of this morta
COLL" His troubles are Ger, and his feet
now tread the indefnable way toward which
Fate beckons all alike. The dread haryeste,
knows no "color liue.n
An entertainment will be given in the
Academy of Music in the neighborhood O,
weeks, the proceeds of which will be used to
relieve the necessities of the worthy poor OF
the Valley. The object being so Iautlable
we hope to see the hall filled to oyerfiowing.
The admission will be ten cents-a small
sum in itself, but it may be multiplied until
the product will be quite respectable.
Thanks to Bro. Martyr, of the Lutesville
ptdette, who sees proper to say: 'sThere
are few neater papers reaching this Office, or
more ably conducted than the Ironton REG
IsTER. We notice that Bro. Axe has at last
finished his invention, printers chase,
which requires neither quoins, key or furni-
ture. 1t will be godsend to the craft, and
Is equal to Alladin,s lamp, as it's utility can
be seen at once. Eli, we wish you an album
dance of ducats from your invention"
AS fierce asnow-storm-for its duration
as we have had this winter, was that of Mon
day. The snow began falling before day.
light, and continued at intervals through the
day. A high north wind swirled it into
heaps and drifts, and made outdoor exist
ence very unpleasant. After night fall, the
sky cleared, the stars came out, and Jack
Frost nipped the ears and unprotected noses
of all who wandered under the light of the
stars. Tuesday morning succeeded one of
the coolest nights of the winter-some ther-
mometers registering eleven degrees below
zero.
Last Sunday morning a south bound
freight train broke in two at the entrance of
the cut east of town, the caboose and two
boX-cars being left in the lurch. The break
was not noticed until the forward part Of
the train had passed the bridge, when the
folks in the caboose discovered they were
"left." They gesticulated wildly to the re-
treating engineer, but he was looking for
ward as was his duty, and saw them not nor
did he know their fate until he pulled up at
Arcadia. Then the pusher came over and
lowed the waits into harbor, where they
again hitched on.
We are glad to be able to give some of our
readers piece of good news. The eXcep-
tons of the receiver to the allowance by the
master of the claims of George W. Scoggin
in the Ore and Steel case, were agued and
passed upon in the United States circuit
court at st. Louis last Monday. These are
the claims of the charcoal-burners for labor
in burning charcoal for the Pilot Knob fur
Ind. no nf
the master, allowing the claims for charcoal
furnished and delivered, charcoal in the pit
finished but undelivered, and the expense of
hauling that delivered, but as to the eXcep-
lions to the report of the master allowing for
labor done on charcoal not delivered, the
judge reserved judgment, waiting to see if
events may not make it necessary for the
company to take and use the fuel.
The "runs'' of the passenger conductors
on this road have been radically changed
during the past week. They used to extend
turn a lay lover of thirty six hours was given
in the former city. Now, the run is from
st. Louis to Walnut Ridge; and from that
place to TeXarkana. The conductor of No.
601 is replaced at Walnut Ridge, where he
stops until No. GO3 arrives, when he takes
charge of it to TeXarkana. There he takes
No. G02 to Walnut Ridge, on the return;
is again replaced, and finally gets into st.
Louis in charge of No. 604. This arrange
ment gives him n rest of twelve hours at
Walnut Ridge, and another of the same
length at TeXarkana. On his return to ST.
Louis, he gets lay-over of twenty -four
hours. Conductors Freeland and w Whitaker,
under this arrangement were ''let out" The
latter has many friends along the road who,
one and all, regret his displacement.
We regret to chronicle the burning of the
church and school house at Cotton Plant on
last Wednesday. The building was two
stories high, the second story was used for a
Masonic and Odd Fellows hall and first was
the church and school department. The
house was built by the Masons, Odd Fellows
and the Baptist association i'm 1874. Some
years afterward Judge F.. j. Langdon pur-
chased the Baptist interest when the house
was in an unfinished condition, completed the
building in neat, comfortable manner, and
gratuitously decided his interest to the trus-
tees for Union church and school house.
The people of the whole section kindly re-
members the Judge for this act of public
good. The house took fire from the ventila-
tor where the stove pipe passed through the
first ceiling and upper floor, about 10 O'Clock
in the day, and as the pumps were all frozen
the building was in such flames that the wat
er received was not sufficient to stop the
burning. The Odd Fellows records were
saved but those belonging to the Masons
were destroyed. We learn there was some
insurance upon the buildIng.-jNdlden Clip
per.
VIM. Trauernicht, the Fashionable Tailor
for all Southeast Missouri, has, at his estab-
| lishment in Middlebreok, more Spring Goods
from which to select spring suit-from the
| cheapest to the eXpensiye-than any Mer-
chant Tailor outside of New York City. If
you don't believe it, send, OF, what is better,
so to his shop, and take your choice from
more than 139 kinds of gents goods for Spring
wear. He has Just replenished his stock.
One of the Rand air. compressors was
started in the Pilot Knob mine last Monday
and about seventy additional men put to
work. The electric lights are again in posi-
ton, and night shift will be worked "until
further ORDERS" About three hundred tons
of ore per day will be shipped, as against
little over half that amount heretofore. We
see that the Receiver has asked permission
to close additional contracts, and there is
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