Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-05-28

refused to attended circuit court over il
Reynolds this week. His reason was good
however-as good as it could be made by tn
advent Of ten-pound boy into his famil
last Sunday night. OF course the happ
father is in the seventh heaven, with his heat
so mixed up among the stars that he cam
come down to things mundane for week o.
two, at least. A generous public will over
look all this, we are sure, since the new
conner is his first boy. Not only overlook
but congratulate him and the mother, as we
do. The baby will be called "after" his
father-in fact, we are assured by neal
relative, that he was so named about three
years ago.
Joe. kirkpatrick came down Main street
yesterday morning on the double-quick, seek
ing Judge Dinger. He found that official at
the courthouse, and made formal complaint
against Ned COad for deadly assault. Mr..
h. claims he was working peacaby when,
| without proyocation, Coad struck at him with
| 4 sledge- hammer, at the same time calling
him ''a For this departure
from the code of honah, Mr.. X. came down
to have a warrant issued for the arrest of the
| Coad who has so little veneration for the le-
gal code of the commonwealth, that upon little
| or 10 proyocation he infringeth upon the
peace and dignity Of the State. The warrant
was issued, we presume, and in due time no
doubt the defendant will be scarcer Of "pay-
| day" than he was.
Last Sunday morning, about 3:15, some
person attempted to burglarize the "Bonan-
"a" He took bedslat and pried the rear
door partly open, but failed to make al
aperture sufficiently large to gain admittance.
His operations awoke Will Reese, the clerk,
sleeping upstairs, who ran to a window and
opened fire upon the enemy, firing three
shots at him. Although the burglar was a
large man, and made fair target at SO short a
distance, none of the shets are believed to
have hit HIM, but they had the effect of fore
ing him to make mighty good time in getting
away. He cleared the space between the
Bonanza and Main street in about three
jumps, and the CHATTER of his brogans as he
went up the street sounded upon the night
air as numerously rs snow flakes upon the
sand.
Last Monday afternoon, young man nam
ed Monroe Gallaher, was killed by lightning,
in a field near Pulltight in Belleview. He
was blowing when a thunderstorm came
up, and he sought shelter from the rain UNI
der a tree, with his mule hitched to the
pillow standing near. A man in an adjacent
field, Immediately after the thunderbolt had
descended, saw the mule running, and he
went over to inquire the cause. He found
the body of Gallaher at the foot of the tree,
and upon examination it appeared the man
had been instantly killed. There were marks
upon his neck, which was broken, and
shoulder, and one of his shoes had been torn
from the foot. Young Gallaher was the son
of the late Milton Gallaher, of Reynolds
He was buried Tuesday.
County court will convene next Monday.
About as important business as will come
before it will be the question of changing a
public road running through the De Lassus |
Survey, near Brunot. A petition with good |
many names attached, has been filed with |
the clerk, asking the court to make the |
change, while quite as respectable a remon-
STRANGE now lies by its side in the pigeon |
hole. The only question to be considered, |
n our estimation, is the public convenience.
II the present road does not so well serve
yuC puuliG IulCiCSlS ais "ouitt
1t moderate expense, then let the change be
made: but, if, on the other hand, the remov
II is desired for private reasons, and in des-
Dite of its working an injury or inconvenience
% the people, we are satisfied the court will
ct it severely alone.
The ladies of the Episcopal Church will
give Strawberry and lee Cream Festival at
he Academy of Music to morrow Thursday |
evening. All the usual means will be utiliz-
ed to give interest to the proceedings" and
make them agreeable to the public. In adj
1ition to the main attraction, given in the
name, general supper will be served from
six until nine o'clock, and, for twenty five
cents one can get substantial meal, cooked |
N the best style, and stopped off" with lots
Of good things. To those who desire Il dish |
Of excellent ice-cream, supplemented with
fine, fresh picked strawberries and tip-top
cake, we can cehscientiously commend this
opportunity. The proceeds of the Festival
will be applied to the purchase of bell, to
replace that whose less is the regret of the
whole Valley. All are cordially invited.
A special to the Globe Democrat, from
Dallas, Texas, dated the oath inst, contains
matter local to this county. We do not know
he parties mentioned, but probably our
readers at Middlebrook may locate them:
This evening, Mrs. Jennie Sweeny, accom-
panied by her mother, Mrs. Mary Jasper, of
Mo-, captured her runaway
c. w. Sweeny, at the Union Depot
here. She charged that he deserted her on
.he 18th of this month at their home, near
Middlebrook, and he declared his innocence,
Is to final abandonment, stating that he came
here to escape the mother-in law and to OBJ
tain home for himself and wife. He finally
agreed to return with his wife if the mother
n-law would go to live with her son, who re-
sides near WaXahachie, this State. Thus
matters were mended, and he left for home
with his wife,
Once more-we are not responsible for the
to keep the columns of the REGISTER free
from Objectionable matter, but so long as
do not transgress the bounds
Of decency and good morals, or trench upon
private affairs in an object ionable wav, it is
our purpose to give considerable license.
Yet we are to be considered in no way bound
by the views thus eXpressed-political, re-
igious, or other. These few remarks are
called forth by reason of some complaints in
reference to the recent trouble in the Bap-
list Church in Beleyiew. No one more
greatly regrets those "troubles"than the ed
tor of this paper; yet, this feeling would not
Justify a refusal to let all sides have hear