Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-08-08

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ilcit YOUR practice in the future.
Yours respectfully, S. Z. STRONG.
The Grand Railroad Excursion from Ar.
cadia to st. Louis, of which we made men.
ton last week, will take place on Saturday
August 18th. A special train of new coaches
will leave Arcadia at O'Clock in the morn
ing and stop at all stations between starting
point and Summit. Returning the train
leaves St. Louis at P. NJ. Sunday. Fare for
round trip will be $50 for all tickets pur
chased before the 18th. After that date 81
will be charged. Everybody is going and
the occasion promises to be one of the most
successful and popular events OF the kind
ever KNOWN to this vicinity. Any further
informant on may be obtained on application
to Mr.. Nm. Steffens at the Pilot Knob Hotel,
who is manager and has charge of the eX-
cursion. Tickets are on sa e and can be
secured at price above quoted, at various
places in the Valley.
"There are two sides to every story" We
do not suppose there is single mortal in
this world Of trouble, trials and tribulatons
but that has MANY times experienced how
wholly true is the afore mentioned old say
ing, but, for daily eXemplfication Of its in
falliblity, and evidence that this is one rule
to which there is no exception, we believe
the writer of locals on weekly paper has
advantages far more frequent and superior
to those enjoyed by mankind in general.
IT'S recent experience that bids us thus
declare. Our readers will remembera short
! item in these columns last week in regard
to 4 controversy between Mr.. Crocker, Of the
Ironton House, and Hartford Collins, the
livery man, over the use of a pump recently
placed in the well in front of the hotel. As
Mr.. Croker told the story we thought he
had pretty good case and those Of our
friends who read the notice will bear in mind
that we stated something to that effect
However, previous like occurrences bad
made us wary and we did not emphatically
commit ourselves-not so much in this IN
stance because we expected to hear anything
further Of the matter, but more from the
habit that newspaper local man soon con-
tracts of always taking good care to leave a
hole as means of eXtrcation in case of I'M
healthy positions. Imagine, then, our sur
prise, soon after last weeks paper was issu
ed, when Mr.. Collins came into the office and
informed Us that Mr.. Croker had grossly
msrepresented the facts relative to the pump
and well dispute. Mr.. Collins tells us that
when Mr.. Croker was granted permission
by the City Council to place this pump on
the pavement it was with the full UNDER
standing that everybody who desired could
come there for water and be in no way mo-
Tested or interfered with. This fact of itself
knocks all the bottom out Of Mr.. Crocker's
III If tbo hop laav
tract our half expression Of an opinion last
week. In addition to this Mr.. Collins says,
that for years, he has himself kept the we'll
curbing, ETC., in repair, and that during all
this time the water was used mostly by Mr.. |
Crocker's tenants. 1t now appears to us as
if Mr.. Collins had justice on his side, but we
prefer to refrain from expressing ourselves, |
and, having placed both phases of the story |
before the public, we leave it to our readers |
to decide the matter for themselves, know
ing well the verdict will be in accordance |
with right and the evidence.
The scene is in the Arcadia Valley. The
time, afternoon, one day last week. The st.
Louis express train was laundering down
the grade that approaches the bridge across
Stout's Creek from the south, and the good
engine was fast attaining the speed necessary
to carry them over the little grade east Of
town without an effort or loss of time. AS
the engineer leans out of the cab his face IS
wrea:hed with smiles Of pride and satisfac-
ton in viewing the noble work of his tireiess
steed of steam; then the expression in his
grows soft and more serene, land
tits easy to tell that his thoughts are now far
away with the wife and little ones at home,
who are awaiting his return. But see! the
look of joy and peace has turned to one OF
terror and danger. The engineer grasps the
lever, reverses his engine, applies the West
inghouse, and, just as the pilot reaches the
bridge, the train is bl ought to stand still.
How fortunate. for there not ten feet away,
peeping up between the cross timbers of the
bridge, can be seen-what appears at this
danger signal, tiny red tag,
ripping in the Dreezes, wholly unconscious
of the importance of its mission and the
horrible fate it has saved a whole train load
of people. Shuddering over their narrow
escape, couple of the crew stepped forward
to see what was the nature of the danger
they had so happily averted. As they ap- ,
D preached the object which had caught the
engineers eye and stopped the train. Imagine
their surprise on discovering that it was no ,
danger signal at all, but only little innocent
red plume projecting up through the bridge
rom the hat of q young lady seated in ,
buggy in the waters beneath. Further in
vestigatIon showed that there was youD.
man in the buggy, too, and, more, that they
we're not stopping there from choice, but from
necessity. The horse had broken one of his
tugs close up to the breast strap, and the
young man was endeavoring to think of some +
gay 20 get out of the creek without endan- r
sering life, limb, or the 5-cent shine on his ,
shoes. Luckily, though about
his time small boy happened along and
ne was prevailed on 20 wade in the creek
md repair the broken harness. In couple
IF minutes he finished his task, the couple
n the buggy drove on, the train steamed
lorthward q, and all that now remains a. ev-
dence Of the incident are the stitches in the
defective harness, and the Ironton agents
report of "No. 154 five minutes late" on the
,ventfui day on which all this occurred.
forget to tip the small boy, as =
be S. b. always holds a winning hand and :
leyer fails to play it when the Jackpot is
opened.
Card of Thanks.
To our friends for their many acts and
avors in our late bereavement we desire to