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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-10-25

LIVESTOCK SHIPPERS AND FEEDERs.-
Read ad. of c. c. Daily & Co. other column
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-10-25

The clerk of Warren County, n.
T., pays a bounty of fifty cents on every
dead snake brought in.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-10-25

Send your address for FREE BOOK on
the Liver, it's Diseases and Treatment, to
DR.. Sanford, 231 Broadway, New York.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-10-25

IT Is an odd fact that coal beds are fur
nished with petroleum springs -Drahs's
Mnnnziue
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-10-25

A "BRorH OF A BOY" ought to make q
good "supe "-Hdreer's Bazaar.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-10-25
To Take French Leave

MEASURE 200 feet on each side, and YOU
will have square acre within an inch.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-10-25

WHERE you can not climb over, yos
must creep under.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-10-25

Sole Proprietors, ST. LOUIS, MO.

MARGARET-Whero
did you get that beau
tiful new Water-COl~
or, Annief
ANNIE-1t ID one OF
the series l told You
about, that they are
publishing In Demon
est's Monthly Maya
zine. Nearly every
one thinks ! paid
from IS to SO for IT.
when the fact 10 Il
cost me nothing; Tor
! consider my Maya
zine worth four or
Ave times what ! pay
for IL. I used to buy
Mt least IS worth OF
patterns q year, Out
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-10-25

now each one of my Magazines contains an 0rder
emitting me 10 any pattern OF any size want
and Magazine, besides. that my whole fHt% rny
send 10 cents to the publisher. w, JkNNlNGs
DEMoREST, rs e. 1ith st., N X, you viii recelve :
ina for in it you will fnd pattern order worth "
cents which II ron do not care TO use you can pass
over to me- and Will give you the III Genus tnat you
paid for the specimen copy for II.
The gale., 1888-02-03
DEADLY PRIZE FIGHT.

A prize fight, which resulted in the
death of one of the principals, took place
at the Live Oak hotel, Fort Hamilton,
New York Harbor, kept by one ''Nick"
Thompson. Before midnight a motley
throng, consisting of fifty or sixty pat
rons of the ''manly art" had gotten
about the place to witness ''mill' ar
ranged by one "Ed" Mcdonald, who
makes such matters his business. The
principals were William G. Dempsey, aged
"a, employed in the New York Herald
press room, and news boy, Simon Bes
ser, age 10, who goes by the name of
"Swipes." Neither of the men weighed
100 pounds. George (known as .'Dolly')
Parker, a member of the Bedford athletic
club, OF Brooklyn, was chosen referee.
Both principals were dressed in tights
and trunks, but neither wore shoes. One
witness says that ''Swipes" struck Demp-
sey twice in the stomach, causing him to
stagger forward At this moment
"Swipes" dealt Dempsey staggering
blow on the right temple, knocking him
down. Dempsey fell to the floor froth
ing at the mouth. He did not arise, and
come to the scratch within the ten sec
onds allowed, and tSwipes"was declared
the victor, and awarded the gate money.
$27. Dempsey's seconds soon found that
the man was dead, and carried him up
into the sitting room of the place, where
they dressed him in his clothes, and
sent messages to his friends.
The men engaged in making up the fight
have industriously circulated the report
that Dempsey's death was caused by
heart disease. The coroner has ordered
that an autopsy be made. Mcdonald,
the man who got up the fight, the referee,
seconds and timekeepers have disap-
peared. "Swipes," however, after keep
ing in hiding all day, gave himself up at
police headquarters, Brooklyn, where he
was committed to await the action of the
coroner.
The gale., 1888-02-03
BURNED TO ,iA TIL.


A horrible cremation occurred at the
poor farm, three miles south of Palestine,
Texas. The cenvicts were all at break.
fast, except one iniirm colored paupel
named Betsy Cairo, whose room was somt
distance from the dining room. Before
the meal was over the old woman's room
was discovered to be on fire. Vice-Su
perintendent Williams Immediately rush
ed to the scene and on opening the
loor was met by binding shoot Of
flames and smoke, SO overpowering as to
render it impossible to enter the place,
and the aged pauper was necessarily left
to her fate. All but the thighs and stom-
ach of the woman was burned to cinders
Not even sign of the head was found
She was an inmate of the poor house fol
several years, and was 70 years old. The
boarding house and saloon of Nelson Bar
uaby, at Minneapolis, Mimi, was
burned. 1t was rickety struct-
ure, and burned SO rapidly that it was
with difficulty that any one escaped
Many of the inmates jumped from upper
stories, but ID perished in the flames.
Two other boarding houses were burned,
but the Inmates escaped. Pecuniary loss
$12, 900. The mercury was So below,
and absolutely nothing could be done to
extinguish the flames.
The gale., 1888-02-03
A REMARKABLE CASE.

A rema rkable inc;ient developed dur
ing the tlial Of the Jones poisoning case,
tried before the jackson county, Illinois,
circuit court The case was called and
given to the jury At about 5 O'clock
that afternoon the jury reported to Judge
Harket thai there could be no agreement,
and asked to be discharged. The judge
acceded to the request. The jury stood
eleven for conviction and one for acquit-
tai. The obdurate jrrymsn is named
J. N. Crens, hailing from DeSoto town
ship. During his examination there
seemed nothing of peculiar character
about the man, and he was accepted as a
good average juryman. AS the trial pro-
ceeded, his actions attracted considerable
attention, and at length he arose, in his
place and interrupted one of the attor.
neys of the prosecution, who was address
ing the jury. From that time forward
he seemed to have lost his mental bal
ance. After the case was submitted he
became wild, preaching, exhorting and
praying by turns. He was determined
that no verdict should be reached. and
did all he could to prevent his fellow.
Jurors from considering the case.
The gale., 1888-02-03
* lcrs OF DIME NOVELS.

-
For everal weeks, complaints have
refJ7Red the police of people being CARROT
I d and robbed in Pine street, San Francis
co, Cal. and an officer stationed to look out
for the foot pads, saw man come along
soon after midnight, and turn off the gas
in the lamp on the block where the rob-
berries have occurred. He followed the
fellow, who suspected he was being
watched and took round about course.
Finally, the man returned to Pine street,
and loitered around in the doorway. The
officer stepped up and said: Throw up
your hands," In response the man drew
his hand from his pocket, and with it
pistol, which he fired, the bullet striking
Duff in the thigh. The officer, who had
his revolver drawn, fired and put ball
the mans head, killing him in
stantly. The officers wound, though
painful, is not dangerous. At first the
police thought the robber was an ex-con-
vict, but later they discovered he was
Albert Peterson, a young Swede who
came there about four years ago, then dis
and came back only few
weeks ago. He roomed with fellow
Swede named Imhorst Imhorwt said
Peterson had mania for reading dime
novels and stories about highwaymen.
He spent his days in his room devouring
this literature, and when night came he
dressed in rough clothes, and went out,
saying he had night job at Menloe
park.
The gale., 1888-02-03
THE BARROW BROTHERS.

The police Of Montgomery, Ala, at
tempted to arrest two men supposed to
be James and Reuben Barrow. One of
them was captured, but the other made
his escape, after shooting and fatally
wounding Neil Bray, one Of the compost
tors of the Adoertiser. Bray was passing
along the street on his way to work, when
the police, Capt. Martin, called to him to
help catch a man who was running away.
Bray started to obey, and was heading
Barrow off when shot. The Rarrows live
IN Lamar county, Alabama, and are ac-
cused OF train robbery near Tcxarkana,
Texas Recently five detectives went to
arrest them, but one of them was not al
home, and the other made his escape. al
though the detectives fired fifty shots at
him. The brothers then made their way
to Montgomery. Conductor j. S. Callahan,
Of the south bound train, had tclegraphed
ahead that these men. were suspicious
Characters, and the attempt was therefore
made to arrest them on their arrival.
The gale., 1888-02-03

When General Lee, the president of
the Mississippi Agricultural College at
6tarkville, was asked the other day why
1t is 70 successful, he replied: eve
have never lost sight of the purpose for
which We were founded. On the con-
trary, we have always steadily pursued
it; organized as an agricultural college,
we have always been one; everything
we have done has been done with an eve
looking to the improvement of the agrl-
cultural community. We have taught
practical farming, our experiments have
been of practical nature, and the
farmer at first disposed to resent the in
ninu tion that his children could be
taught how to make land productive
better here than at home, has about
come round, and now comes here him
self with his troubles. We get inquiries
every day from farmers in regard to
farm matters, all of which arc promptly
answered
The gale., 1888-02-03

Trascuelo, the favorite "espada" of
the Madrid bull fight patrons, was gored
by lua in fight recently, and very
seriously wounded. He dispatched the
Animal while impaled on its horns. AZ
ter the performance 10000 people sur
rounded tho fayorite's house and clam
orcd for sight of him. Finally they
compromised on committee 10 visit his
room and report his condition, and on
being leassure1, departed, having pre-
viously formed in lines and left cards
for him. Over 1900 cards were thus
left, the names including grandees, dep
uties and cabinet ministers. This Incl
dent illustrates the hold bull fights have
urson the people of Spain.
The gale., 1888-02-03

Nadal's claim before the Government,
with the representation that if the allie
CATION contained therein are found to be
true he is entitled to quhpensation. lie
formerly lived in Port05sico, and alleges
that he was arrested on an unfounded
suspicion of belonging to a soq9gy Of Au-
tonomists or Home Rulers. srder to
extract information from him II possible,
the governor of Porto Rico caused his
arms to be pinioned behind him in an
extremely painful position for "a hours.
The gale., 1888-02-03

Canadian newspapers find consider
able satisfaction in the alleged fact that
that there are proportionately more
Americans in Canada than there
are Canadians in the United States.
They say there is one Americ immi-
grant to every 63 Canadians now in the
Dominion, aad one Canadian immigrant
tc every rs Of the population of the re-
public. But" says the Boston Jour-
nal "there is another way of looking at
the matter which is far from gratifying
to Canadian pride. Eight hundred
Canadians, OF almost one-sixth
of the present population Of the Domin-
lon, and many of them the best ana most
~ sxpxj jsizsF ~ hex people, have left
Il n kixS land ~ better their for
|ss III tho Upitsd States, wh1le only
~ 40 ~ no 10 600, 600 Americans, or
one-seven hundred and fftieth, includ--
ing all tho dishonest bank Cashiers and
Doodle Aldermen, have been induced fol
onc reason or another to settle in
Canada
The gale., 1888-02-03

A letter from members Of church
at Kalgan, China, to the Asylum Street
Congregational church, Hartford, Conn.,,
expressing thanks for the gift of bell,
reads as follows when translated: /:
s16S7- Chinese 9th month, oath day,
which is the American 7th month, Oath
day. The descendants Of Shem in the
Congregational church, Protestant de-
nomination of the city of Kalgan, dis
trict Of Wan -ch'auu, department of
Hsuan Hua, province of Chih-li in the
Chinese Empire, heartily thank the de-
sccndants of Japhct in the Protestant
church, Congregational denomination,
Of the city of Hartford of the state of
Connecticut, in the Great and Beautiful
Kingdom, for the ,,nspeakable favor Of
presenting them with bell. The glad
tidin.s of the Saviour has beautiful
tongue to speak it forth. A gift from
Heaven, received on earth, it is the
myriad good fortune of China. when
the brazcn mountaia burst asundcr, the
brazcn bell began to ring This insig-
nifcantly small scrap of paper cannot
express the reverence felt by
us inch long bits of grass. We-each
the tail end of the church--membe bers of
the church, all herewith bow and present
our thanks"
The gale., 1888-02-03

On the night following the battle Of
Hatcher's Run, Va, Robert @. Clair Of
Mill Hill, Pa, was on reserve picket
duty. During the night he heard a
wounded soldier, who lay without the
lines, moaning and calling for water.
1t WIS very dangerous to attempt to aid
him, but at length Clair tried it. He
reached the man and Brought him safely
within the lines. The wounded soldier
was Thomas IA. Hinton of Marblehead.
Mass, md when he died recently he left
all his property, vaiued at SIS, 600 to the
man who had saved his life.
The gale., 1888-02-03
A COFFIN FACTORY.

Forty undertakes from various sections
of Georgia, Alabama and the Carolinas
were feastcd at II new coffin factory in
Atlanta, Ga. 1t was the time set apart
for opening the factory for the sale Of
goods, and /; numler Of invitations were
sent 10 underta&ers in different parts Of
the country After looking oyer the
stock Of the factory in every line, from {
tack toa hqaasc. the visiting undertakers
did full iasiice 10 The yiands iacludin8
vines spreaa hcgore them, after which
they left Tor their homes.
The gale., 1888-02-03
WASHINGTON CHAT.
DOINGs AND SAYINGS AT OUR NAT
fONAL CAPITAL.
What Oar National Law Makers Are Do
ing-DcparfmcntnI Gossiy-Movc-
menfs of President and
Mrs. Cleveland.
CONGRESSIONAL.

Among the petitions and memorials
presented in the Senate were the follow
ing: Asking that goods manufactured
by convict labor shall be so marked; in
favor of q postal telegraph system; for an
international copyright law; for an
amendment of the patent laws; for the
adjustment of the tariff so as to prevent
unequal burdens; to develop the material
resources of the country, and at the same
time accord just compensation to labor,
(the latter being the action of the Chat
tanooga Chamber of Commerce); for
liquor prohibition in the District of CO.
lumbia; aad for constitutional amend
ment prohibiting the liquor traffic.
In the House, Mr.. Seney, of Ohio, from
the committee on judiciary, reported a
bill to regulate practice in causes remov-
cd from the State courts. Placed on the
calendar The struggle over the Wilkins
banking bill was resumed. Several pro-
positions to compromise failed. oppon-
ents of the bill announcing their inten-
tion to fight it with all the weapons that
come to their hands. After recess in
pursuance of the previous order of the
IiouSc, tHe ceIeHiciiy VI lnc presentation,
by the State of Massachusetts, to the
House, fportraits of Theodore Sedgwick.
Joseph b. Varnum and Gen. Nathaniel
P. Banks, distinguished citizens of Mas
sachusetts who have occupied the Speak
er's chair in the national House of Rep.
resentatives, was proceeded with. The
portraits, handsomely framed, were rang.
ed side by side in front of the clerks
desk, and attracted much attention.
The gale., 1888-02-03

Tho connection between natural gas
and matrimony does not appear on the
surface; but they have traced it out to
Pittsburgh. The Chronicle Telegraph
of that city calls attention with proper
pride to the issuance of sixty marriage
licenses in the county in single day
and darkly hints that this popularity of
the married state is due to the fact that
natural gas has solved the morning
fire" problem. 1t may be so, and yet
without any natural gas there is still
marrying and giving in marriage in this
vicinity.
The gale., 1888-02-03
His Cry of Angufsh.

Gus Dc Smith to Birdie McGinnis-
stBirdie, love you.'
Birdie-.'You do, eh! And about ten
minutes ago you said the same thing to
my sister.
Giis-s"I know it, but she sacked me.
That's why | try my luck with you.
Birdie, listen to my cry of anguish. y
Texas Si51ings.
The gale., 1888-02-03

A New England farmer, having been
asked as 10 the occupation OF an indiyid-
ual Of considerable political Influence,
but no visible means 81 support, replied.
"Dos Nothina: Gotrich at it.
MI will say 70 4 thoughtless inquirer
tbat en old maid y always young mar.
- woman when she gets Pas7ied,
The gale., 1888-02-03
VETERANS TO MEET.

survivors of Gen. William II. Jackson.
Confederate cavalry division have decided
to hold a preliminary reunion in New Or
leans, La, on February 18th, the day be
fore Ma9Gi Gras, for permanent organiza
ion for future reunions.
The gale., 1888-02-03
GOSSIP.

A. NJ. MacMurphey. of Augusta, Ga,
has been appointed superintendent o1
construction of the public building to be
erected there.
The comptroller of the currency has
authorized the City National bank OF
Knoxville, Tenn, to begin business with
a capital of 100000.
Sevclon A. Brown, chief clerk of the
State Department for the last fifteen
years, will retire shortly, and will be sue
ceeded by j. Fenner Lee, of Baltimore,
at present secretary of legation at Vienna.
The Postmaster General has issued q
circular letter to postmasters embodyine
the rules and regulations which will here
after govern under the new law relating
to permissible writing and printing Oh
second, third and fourth class mail mat
ter. The law has gone into effect
President Cleveland expresses the wish
that the National Democratic Convention,
which chooses presidential candidate,
shall meet in New York City, and 1t
was so stated to the delegates from Gin
cinnati, Ohio, who went to Washington
to try and get the convention to be held
in their city.
For several months past frequent reports
have been made to the postoffice depart
ment of the loss of letters mailed in two
large office buildings in the city. Re
Gently the complaints have IN lncluaed 5ne
Flf1lng OF street letter boxes. me oener uay
Jury, boy about eighteen years old, as
ha culprit and he made statement ac- |
~ Up: aIs; ~ III 80 ~ 80 of the
~ llsn .:e 8 -Ais : '4' - = ~
onn''lss =, q
me Nasio1ai - noaIss asiarates = bs;nn also
'is,r aeaas,ates % e nc sb,rn;n@ LEAGUE conycn-
ton ion aaonted the following: ssResolved,
That We favor the improvement of our
nayigable rivers and harbors, by appro-
priations for the removal Of distractions
therein, or surveys thereof with view
70 Z. denne tne Jurlsolctlon Oh .ne ohl'eo
states over them' 50 tnat provision may
De maoe py IA" 70 piesen' ops'iuo'iohs
'iiei ieih'
The Judiciary committee agreed to re-
port favorably on the bill providing that
arrests under the internal revenue laws
be made on warrants, and the parties ar
rested to be tried In their own counties,
the prosecutor to pay the costs OF the
case II 1t be frultiess one. Under the
present laws there nave peen, since the
war, Iorty Violators OF tne lhterhai reve-
nuo Jaws son' uon ueoia - .oiSe
Terms III inc Albany IN. l., peniten-
'lary.
The seal of secrecy has been removed
from long list of combinations by the
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-12

There is a tendency among extremely
swell dresses toward flowing looseness
of robes. A novel effect is produced in
one such dress by a classic drapery of
gaze de chine arranged over a petticoat
of white embroidered net crossed by
wide bands Of white MORE ribbon placed
so as to form diamonds. The drapery is
loosely tied on one side and terminated in
purse ends, garnished with pearl tassels
The effect produced from the different
whites is very good, the dress looking
charming as the light falls on lace and
watered ribbon, and soft. shimmeriug
silk All the draperies of these dresses
would delight an artist. for the material
is soft and yielding, and is allowed to
fall into natural folds. Moreover, this
new departure in fashion has economy
on its side. for young ladies will
find a dress of these soft silky mate
rails will wear much longer than the
lie dress, which lose their beauty IN an
evening. Although tulle is somewhat
losing favor. the fact of its being ex<
tremey becoming causes it to be fire..
quently adopted. A pretty tule dress is
made of alternate layers of pink and
gray, a novel effect being gained through
the introduction of trimmings of narrow
gray watered ribbon, yelled by tulle.
Two pretty bodices were in preparation
for this dainty skirt-the one in pink
velvet. the other in gray corded silk.
The effect of ripping water was obtained
in skirt of pale green crepe, thrown
over an underskirt of primrose satin.
The front of the skirt was partially yelled
iI,bulrushes, yellow irises. and green and
purple grasses, all bending down their
heads as though reflected in the water.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-12
WHAT A LULU!
How Mrs. Cleveland Looked on New
Years Day-A Ravlshing Costume.

HOW Mrs. Cleveland Looked on New
Years Day-A Ravishing Costume.
The wife of the chief executive of the
land must have looked most charming on
New Years day at the White house recep-
ton. According to the New York Herald
she looked good enough to eat, and it is
small wonder when her toilet Is noted.
Mrs. Cleveland wore train dress OF
Nile green plush trimmed with pale gold
lace and cut pompadour at the neck,
The skirt was gathered full at the waist,
and the rich train of plush was without a
single break On either side and to the
front were up and down spripes OF ecru
Etrusean silk lace, the only trimming
upon the skirt. The same lace was used
to edge the square neck, for epulettes
upon the shoulders and down the elbow
sleeves, and for cuffs turned back at the
elbow and down the front of the bodice
on either side of the fastenings.
Her right hand was barred and on her
arms were bracelets. In the lace on the
side OF her corsage was a coil of gold
wire. On her left hand was gray white
glove and she held closed fan, Her
hair, which was in Clytie knot, was arr
ranged with diamond necklace, caught
with two diamond stars. Her neck was
without ornament, and outlining the
waist was a white silk cord, that, knotted
in front and hanging almost to her toes,
ended in two tassels. Her slippers were
bronze patent leather, embroidered with
bronze beads.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-12
ABSOLUTE SURRENDER.
WHAT THE READING STRIKERS DE-
MAND OF THE RAILWAY.

A Committee of Merchants Calls ON Cor
bin and He Gives Them Some Advice
But Says Arbitration Is impossible and
the Company win Conceds Nothing
Other Labor Items.
READING, Pa, Jan is.-The strikers ex-
ecutive committee has announced the ulti-
maium OF the men In "a strike
order issued Wednesday in the name
of Chairman Lee The order Is to
the effect that no colliery shall go into OPP
GRAFTON as long as the Reading company en-
ploys non-union men to handle coal trains
The document provides:
First-All matters looking toward settle
ment must be submitted TO tho joint strike
committee
second-The s per cent to the miners must
be continued
Third-All train men discharged after the
order was given to return to work to be re-
instated.
Fourth-All new men rut on to take dis
charged men's places must be taken of.
Fifth-All men discharged for attending
labor meetings to be reinstated
Sixth-Tbe trouble at Port Richmond and
Elizabethport to be arbitrated aftorward.
On Monday evening the Mechanics assem-
bly,, comprising machinist, carpenters and
skilled workmen employed in and about
Pottsville by the coal and iron company de-
cided almost unanimously that they would
not strike under any conditions. no matter
who gave the order. Like action was taken
by the skilled mechanics here The order TO
strike just issued includes, however, all la
borers, helpers, yard hands and minor EN-
ployes at the shops and every whore not now
out. This action was suggested at the gen.
eral executive board conference, and when
the strike is in force the leaders arc to off,
cally place IL before the board aud they TO
place it before Powderly.