Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-05-07
FROM THE HUB AND sTAvE CITY
A General DlsquisitiOn. Embracing Va
riOus Matters of Interest.

A General DlsquisitiOn. Embracing Va
riOus Matters of Interest.
Ell. Regtster-Spring in all its beau
ty is fully upon us at last. Trees IN
the last week have clothed themselves
i'm their wonted garments nf light green.
Fruit trees of most kinds have drop
ped their sweet-scented blossoms for
the more seasonable and harmonious
leaflets. Birds sing from every tree
top and give us the glad assurance that
the poets time of musing and dreaming
has dawned again. 1t is behind time,
but perhaps will make up for that
which is lost. The season, SO far, is the
dryest ever experienced in this land of
swamps. But two or three little show
ers of rain have fallen In the past six
weeks. Farmers have mostly finished
planting corn, and i'm the southern por-
ton of the county that staple is three
and tour inches above ground-which
is doing extremely well for SO back
ward a season.
This city is preparing to meet King
Cholera the coming season. A promi-
nent Bluff physician told me a few
days ago that he had no idea that Ash
attic Cholera would devastate this coun-
try as all are expecting it to do. How
ever, Poplar Bluff people generally
should not be made to think in this
way, as, even should the scourge not
fall in our midst, for the good health of
our city, the rage for renovating and
purifica ton should go on. The city
will not be injured, however vigorous.
ly soap and water may be applied, as
its condition in some places is simply
horrible, the filthy accumulations of
half-a-dozen seasons, apparently, still
lying where originally deposited. Yet
in several ways the city and its inhab-
itants are progressing. But it is only
a mild form of the malady and not
nearly so apt to become epidemic. from
present appearances, as is Asiatic Chol-
era
We are to have six thousand dollar
schonlhouse, and the citizens are max
ing strenuous efforts to have our coun-
ty court appropriate five thousand
dollars in addition to the same amount
appropriated by the state for the pur-
pose of erecting county Jail. In re-
e rd to this latter It appears that an
elegant structure is desired. so that it
will be almost an honor to be incarcen-
ated therein Could it be done we
think ten thousand dnlI4r schoOlhOuse
and a six thousand dollar Jail would
appear t, better a ivantage to Iersous
seeking homes in this portion of the
country.
In connection with the appropriation
hy the state. it is considered grand
achievement on the part Of the Hon.
Dan. while had he managed to push
through the Legislature some measure
which would have been of great bene-
fit to the people of the state, he would
never have received the hearty appro-
batisn and gold-headed cane from the
citizens, as he did. This is the second
appropriation Butler county has re-
ceiv-d from the state. 1t was several
wears ago. when old DR.. Adams was
her representative, that one thousand
dollars WAS appropriated to Butler for
the purpose of repairing the damage
done the courthouse during the war.
Forty-tive dollars did the repairing and
the balance was used in furnishing the
grand Temple of Justice, which stands
to disgrace the county's enterprise and |
to mar the clty's beauty.
And educational facilities are badly |
needed, too. The late county school
could well have stood a |
few years drill in the primary and |
other departments under efficient teach
ers, and, we understand, that his sue
cessor. lately elected. is but slight i'm
He was the least capable
of tn. three candidates in the field.
Looking over the county records a |
few days since, we saw the report of q |,
on the death of James Smith,
in the southern part of the county. He |
was gistered as having "died without |
medical assistance" Wasn't he fortu- |
nate? General Grant may be classed |
as extremely lucky in having lived |
'.without medical assistance"
Why does IrontOn want the branch |
1t would be the killing |
blow to all her future prospects. The |
of her existence, the works |
at Pilot Knob, would cease to be q |
source of revenue to her, the Granite |
Quarry, one of her substantial aids, |
would soon be worked 10y convict labor |
Honest labor would suffer, and Ironton |
would receive no direct benefit, and |
little OF none indirectly from the insti- |
tutiou. We love the red-bird, the yell |
Iow.hird, the blue-bird, aud even the |
but VIII n it comes to the |
w hite-striped bird, 1--WE must |
,ay we would feel badly to see the !
beauties of Arcadia Valley married by |
their presence. !
POPLAR Bluff is very dull at present
There hasn't beru sh0Oting-scrape.
suicide or anything of the kind here for
more.n week! The special cores
pondents of the Globe Democrat and
are looking iown-cast and
almost disheartened. However, they
need NJ yet give up hope, we fear, as
Poplar Bluff surely has not settled
1 ,wn tn hum-drum life Sd suddenly.
We received letter from friend of
,urs In st. Louis few days sipee in
which he says: lyon have something
n say o. the improvement of the Bluff.
Well, it may he a nice place, and all
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