Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-08-05
LOCAL BREVITIES.


Harral and the Assessorship. Sam. Rey
burn captured them.
Eighteen hundred votes throughout thu
county. Primary elections breed votes as :
cheese does maggots.
The election is over, and the official repor
given in this paper. 1t will be read with in
terest, and may be studied with instruction
If you want a good, perfect fitting Boot OIL
Shoe, call on Fred. Kindell. We will bach
him against any bootmaker 10 the state fol
fine work.
Mr.. Gus Moser has our thanks for Denver
papers containing account of the hanging
of Andrew Green, the negro who murdered
Joe. C. Whitman.
Thanks to Bro. Hotson for fine water.
melon and cantaloupe. Also, TO John Glare
for a sample of the first fruits of the sandy
bottoms of Scott county.
Mr.. Erbschloe, the REGISTER correspond
ent at Goodwater, was chosen for Justice OF
the Peace for Dent Township, last Saturday,
by vote of Al out of 40.
The race between Reyburn and Harral for
assessor was close mighty close. Sam. came
out nineteen ahead, though, and one is as
good as thousand in some cases.
Commencing with next week Rev. Bene-
diet, of Trinity Church, will hold services in
st. Patils Church once week during the
present month. More definite notice will be
given in our next.
In the letter of Judge Emerson's publish
ed in our last issue, our typos turned the
word correspondents" into "correspon-
ence," which made the sentence in which it
occurred meaningless.
Which we wish to remark,
And our language is plain,
That for ways that are dark,
And tricks that are vain,
These Primaries are peculiar!
The 10th District Congressional Commit
tee met at De Soto on the 18th ult., and call
ed a nominating convention to meet at I'm
ion CAPITOL Hall on the 18th of September.
The full committee proceedings will be Civ
en- next week.
The Poplar Bluff Enquirer is now under
tne sole control o: s. G. Tetwiler, Esq, who
last week purchased the outfit from MIR. K.
L. Metealfe. That the Enquirer may pro-
gress is our wish. That 1t will continue to
deserve prosperity we are certain.
With an unprecedented vote the contest
for county nominations is ended. Now, let
r,s all put our shoulders to the wheel and
get fin as big a vote as possible for the men
we have put forth as standard bearers. Let
not November put to shame the 31st of July.
Andrew Green, the negro who murdered
Joe C.. Whitman IN Denver on the 18th OF
Nav last, was executed on Tuesday, the 9th
uit. His accomplice, Jno. Withers, was
sentenced to the penitentiarv for life. One
instance in which justice has been promptly
melted out.
HJoe" Walker, though defeated, may well
fen proud of his home vote. Here at IRON
ton. where the best "wOrkers" were mar
shaled. and the most determined means
used to defeat him, he got majority OF one
hundred and eleven. The best of it Is, he
deserved it.
TO Aug. Rieke Esq, Primary Election day
brought consolation in the midst OF defeat.
He wasn't elected Probate Judge, but he was
made father to a bouncing, fourteen-pound
boy-a Gift worth all the offices in the State.
Mother and child are doing well, and we ten
The two close races ia the late Primary
between Walker and Jordan, and Lowe ana
Croker. Jordan beat Walker Is votes out
of about 1906, lwhile Bro. Croker downed
Bro, Low by only 80 votes. 1t took the hnal
returns to settle the question between them,
but when the last vote was counted the ue-
feated men, like the good Democrats, sub
mitted graciously to the inevitable.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Love are registered
.. tho American House and will rusticate in
our citv for several days. By request OF
their MANY friends they will give one OF theif
superb entertainments at Academy OF Music'
Saturday evening, August 'th, assisted os
Little Nina Love, the sweet ehlia Nocails''
Sam. b. Moore, pianist, and Maj. Hanson
Criswell, the lightning crayon artist. TICK
cts, So, % and 10 cents
After writing very positively that there
was nothing in the rumors concerning MS
future actions, the Rev. Joseph ID. Foy, u.
Dill, D., who two years ago leftthe Dlsci-
niles. Joined the Episcopalians, was ordained
ros;oned his rectorate at Columbia, started a
hooI store and and gave it up, has now
,,,r;,ten the standing committee OF the do
COCO that he wants to be deposed from the
,,,;,;strv. 1t is understood that he did not
receive the recognition to which his talents
md bi, standing in his former denomination
seemed to entitle him.-Globe Democrat.
The population of Iron county, according
to the census of 1880, was s,1sS. Last satur-
day, at the primary election we cast io..
,otes-or one vote to every four and-a-haif
;nbabitants-counting all the inhabitants
democrats. These figures, taken in connec-
+. tiou with the fact that there were only $40
Democratic votes cast two years ago-and
only 1880, Republican and Democratic votes
combined-show that as now conducted
urinary elections are farce and fraud
Rut. gentlemen, when we agree to go into
such thing we must abide the the cense-
ouences. AS it happens, the candidates
chosen are mighty fine lot, which shows
that good can come out of political Naza-
reth.