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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-12-12
Tenth District w. G.. T. u.

The Tenth Congressional District
Convention of the w. G. Il. u, at De-
Soto closed on the 9th ult. The day
session consisted principally of reports
from the various counties and the read
ing of papers on the Importance OF press
work. The following officers were
elected for the ensuing year: Mrs.
Adam Mummet, DeSoto. President;
Miss G. Carter, Pennington, Secretary;
Miss Minnie Collins, Des Arc, Treasurer;
Miss Alice kirkpatrick, Bonnie Terre,
Superintendent ofLiterature; Miss AL
lice Harris. Kirkwood, Superintendent
of Scientific Temperance Instruction;
Miss Alice Chase, Ironton, Superin-
tendent of Department Narcotics; Mrs.
S. E. Cook, Department Society Puri-
ty; Mrs. Hattie Cain, Bonne Terre,
Department Unferme nted Wines; Mrs.
M. G. HERMAN, Festus, Department
Health and Heredity; Miss G. Carter,
Press work; Miss Maria Russell, Iron
ton, Journal work; Mrs. Moudy, Web
ster Groves. Jail and Prison work
Miss Belle Kimball, Parlor and Young
Women's Work; Mrs. Russell, DeSoto,
Colored Work; Mrs. H. B. Roberts,
Kirk wood, Foreign Work; Mrs. Annie
Harvey, De Soto, Railroad Work.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-12-12

The Utilization and distribution of
electric power are stated by Mr.. F. l..
Pope to have reached by far the great
est development in Switzerland and
the United States. In the former coun-
try electricy is transmitted to consider
able distances for large motors. At
Solothurna a mandatory of machine
screws is driven by an electric motor of
80 horse power, which derives its energy
from turbine wheel more than five
miles away on a mountain stream. AT
Derendingen, delaine mill of So, 600
spindles is driven by pair of electric
motors of $50 horse power, operated by
turbine wheel twelve miles distant.
At Lucerne 100 horse power is similar
ly carried half a mile, and $50 horse
power a quarter of mile. In the
United States no electric motor of more
than 60 horse power is known to Mr..
Pope, but there are as many as 5000
small motors in use, favorite size be-
ing 10 horse power. 1t is predicted
that in cities electric motors will soon
supplant the steam engines
of less than so horse power.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-12-12

Pennington Times: '.Millard F.
Williams received a telegram Sunday
noon, which had been delayed, saying
that his father, Judge Mortimer Will
liams of Calenonia, was dangerously
sick and not expected to live. Before
evening the further sad intelligence
was received that his father died Sum
day morning. Mr.. Williams left at
once for Caledonia to be present at the
funeral. Judge Williams was born in
Virginia and removed to this State,
settling in Washington county, when
a boy. He was lawyer by profession
and Republican in politics, and al
though living in strong Democratic
district was repeatedly elected to var
ious offices, serving on the bench and
in the Legislature for number of
years. He was 81 years old at the time
of his death.o
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-12-12

We may reasonably expect that
the expenditures for pensions will
hereafter steadily decrease, unless our
legislation should be unwarrantably
exfravagant." Thus spoke James A.
Garfield, Chairman of the Committee
on Appropriations, in presenting TO
the House of Representatives., on the
23d of January, 1872. the bill making
appropriations for the legislative, ex-
ecutlve, and judicial expenses of the
Government for the year ending June
80, 1873. What would he say if he
were alive now? In 1872, the disburse-
ments on account of pensions amounted
to 500, 1s5 $50; this year the Commits.
sioner asks for one hundred millions!
Wouldn't Mr.. Garfield be of the opin-
ion that pension legislation oflate years
had been "unwarrantably extrava-
gant?"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-12-12

Greenville (Ill.) Sun: "a little while
back the ADVOCATE was excitedly cry
ing for the suppression of an other re-
beIlIon at the South, because the peo-
pie of Atlanta, Georgia, had burned
their postmaster in effigy for appoint
ing negro superintendent over white
female clerks. The fellow happened to
be q Republican and a Union soldier,
and that is why the gallant dispenser
of army beans during the last war
wanted blood to flow again. 1t is need
less, though, to say that the Advocate
is still calling for troops to march on
Indiana because the Republican Union
League Club, of Jacksonville, that
state, burned President Harrison in
efflgy for appointing an Objectionable
character postmaster. Harrison, we
believe even 1t knows, Is a Republican
and soldier, but we have little doubt
that though 1T has access to many pa
pers., 1t has never heard of him being
burned in effigy in his own state by his
own party"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-12-12

The Liberty Cooperative Associa-
ton of Caruth, Dunklin county, has
gone out of business. 1t was composed
of J. r. Pool in charge of a store man
aged by him in connection with a
committee chosen by and for the
Wheel. The store was burglarized,
safe broken open, and, it is alleged,
about $1,000 taken out of it. on the
night of October 26th. A man named
Gibhear: was suspected of having done
the deed, and he was arrested and
lodged in Jail. A day or two later he
was forcibly taken from the Jail by
party of lynchers and hung up six
times, being asked to confess be-
tween elevations. But he asserted his
innocence so persistently, that he was
at length released and warped to leave
the country without delay. He diso-
beyed the mandate and went to his
lawyer, and then lodged inform alton
before the proper officers against three
or four of the lynchers who were not
unknown to him. AT his hearing be-
fore the magistrate last week he was
discharged, aud now he is prosecuting
witness instead of defendant, aud the
end is not yet. The whole community
is racked like unto a barrel of new
cider, the goods of the store of the l..
CO. A. have been shipped to st. Louis,
and The farmers don't know iust wbo
got away with the Doodle.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-12-12
little
1851 In 1e~5fK
fifteen, in 1866

are more than .ons nS,T3 :. -
meDt stations and kindr4 ,p.s,isatiLs :
in the countries of Europe. The frs
agricultural experiment station IN
America was established at Middle
town. CT, in 1875. There were four in
operation iu 1880, and in 1887 some
seventeen in fourteen States. In the
latter year Congress made the enter
prise national by an appropriation of
Sis, 900 per annum to each of the States
and Territories having agricultural
colleges or departments of colleges.
This has led to increased activity, and
there are now forty-six, or, counting
branches, fifty-seven agricultural ex-
pertinent stations in the United States.
To support these forty-six stations,
the National and State appropriations
for the present year reach about
$780, 900, and over $40 trained men are
EMPLOYED.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-12-12

At the special term of Carter county
circuit court last week. Montgomery,
under indictment for the murder OF
Jack Bunyard, plead guilty to murder
in the second degree, and was sentenc-
ed to imprisonment for life. The Van
Buren, Local says "there is no doubt
that he should have been hung" but
thinks it was better to accept his plea
than to run the risk of the finding of a
jury. A suggestive comment on the
law as administered these days.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-12-12
"OLIVE BRANCH"
In the Interest of Women.

DR.. Kilmer's wonderful specific solve
Branch" positive cure for female COM
plants, sent to any address upon receipt of
price, $1.00, for one months treatment. No
physician required. A certain cure. Con-
sultation free. Address
DIR. KILMER & Co., South Bend, Ind.
Local agent for Iron County at Ironton,
Mrs. Julia James. Call on local agent when
ut all feasible. 3m
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-12-12

The Fredericktown Plaindealer
talks good sense anent this Holiday
"check" matter. No paper in this
section desires to wantonly injure Mr..
Holiday. but the charges made by
Mr.. Meriwether are official and public.
and it is not only the privilege but the
duty of the press to notice them-to-
gether, of course, with the matter that
Mr.. H. furnishes in rebuttal. Every
paper that has published the charges
either in full or in synopsis, has at the
same time had the fairness to state at
the time that Mr.. Holiday had filed
a general denial" supported by affi-
davits. There let the matter rest I'M
til it is finally determined by legal
means and authority.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-12-12

Of course all this racket about labor
ers' being paid in checks on stores is
the merest bosh! Isn't this the year
they are all to receive 49, a day and
roast beef" Any assumption that
they don't get it, is to inslnuate that
the g. o. o. speakers last year wander
ed off from the ways Of truth; and
where's the rash being who'll dare
such an intimation?
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-12-12

The Merit, semi. weekly newspa-
per, of Democratic proclivities, was
started last week at Bonnie Terre, by
8. F. Mitchim. 1t is rather neat in its
get-up and Typography, and starts out
with good amount of local matter.
The advertising columns are not num-
erously filled, SO to speak, but we sup
pose that is thing that will mend of
itself as the paper becomes established
in the affections of its patrons.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-12-12

Judge M. F. Williams, of Bellevue
Township, Washington county, died at
his home on the LIST inst, aged nearly
ninety-one years. He had resided in
that county since 1919, and had repre-
scented it in the legislature, beside serv-
ing several terms as county judge. He
was member of Tyro Lodge, No. II,
A. F. and A. NJ, and his remains were
inferred with Masonic honors.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-12-12

The case of State VS.. H. G. Stevens,
late collector Of Reynolds county, was
not tried at the recent term of circuit
court in Centreville, but was continued
until the May term, 1890, on account of
illness of defendant.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-12-12
Secure the Shadow Ere the Substance
Fadei

wish to announce to the citizens of the
Valley and vicinity that l have refitted my
place in Arcadia and can now guarantee my
Photographs to compare favorahly with the
best city work. l will make Plain Cabinet
Photographs for 81 per dozen, and Carte
de Visites $3.50 per dozen. Other styles and
sizes as low as good work can be done.
VIC. PERKINS.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-12-12

The Hon. Jasper Burks appears to
be diligently attending to his duties as
Grain Inspector, despite the bowls
now simmered down to an occasional
snarl-of the Post-Dispatch and its
following of small Republican sheets.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-12-12

The Methodist Record is the title of
a new paper published at Charleston,
Mo-. and printed at the Democrat of
flee. 1t is neatly gotten up, and full
OF matter interesting both to church
and laity. We wish it success.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-12-12

The Student is college paper pub
lished at Pennington, Mo-, by j. w.
Harris, and edited by NJ. Fl. Arnold.
1t is bright and spicy, and we place it
ON our X list with pleasure.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-12-12

Poplar Bluff is overrun by thieves
and burglars, according to the local
press. As the weather grows colder
the rogues become holder. Therefore
all good housekeepers should see that
their hams, saussages and shoulders
roost high at the approach of the holi-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-12-12

Bro. Shejble, of the Jefferson Demo-
crat, affects To want a lent post-hole
digger returned: the logical sequence
being he wants to use it. But we
doubt, if post-nole diggers were as
plentiful as black berries in July, whetii
er any of them would fit the fist that
drives quill or pushes Faber for
country newspaper.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-12-12

1t is proposed, says the National
Democrat, to subsidize certain steam
ship lines; these lines run, or are to
run, to the West Indies, Mexico, Cen
trail and South America. To these
countries we export a considerable
amount of manufactured goods, but lit
tie or no farm produce. The great bulk
of our farm produce, which is itself the
great bulk of our total exports, goes to
Europe. Nobody proposes to subsidize
steamship lines to Europe. We pre-
sumo that the farmers of this country
see the point. The Government will
be asked this winter to pay the freight
for the manufacturers, but no one has
suggested that it should pay the freight
for the farmers ofthis country. About
how long do the farmers of the North
west intend to stand the kind of legis-
lation that the Republican party gives
the country?
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-12-12

Harrison's extravaganza. ....... .$72, 900 900
1t must be kept in mind that the ad-
ministration is managing to dispose of
this money without help of Congress
in any of tho schemes of subsidy or of
extravagant appropriation that the
President urges in his message. In the
first two years of his administration,
he will spend $72,OOO,OOO more than
was spent in 1885 anu 1856, though he
has been seriously hampered thus far
by lack of assistance from his friends
in Congress.
The rate at which he is going this
year has not been equalled since the
palmy days when under Grants adj
minlstration the most accomplished
thieves any country ever saw were at
work on the treasury.
The real reason for this extraordinary
incre ase of ordinary expenses will prob
ably appear before the end of Mr.. Har-
rison's term. At present, it only ap.
pears that Mr.. Harrison has surround
ed himself by men who are experts in
the science of public plumber and that
he is entirely subservient to them.
The tariff taxes collected from the peo-
pie during the past year were the larg-
est ever collected in the history of the
-largar even than the
amount SO collected in any one year
during the war period. AS the Repub-
lican party is disposed to encourage
the reckless expenditure of this money,
the Harrison administration has put
the government back on the financial
basis of Ring administration under
Grant.
How long this can continue depends
On the much patience of the people.
In our system of finance and taxation
this is one of the worst governments in
history, present or past. The end must
come in one way or another.-Repub-
!ic.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-12-12
E. D. a IKE, EDITOR.

The Alliance mill at Fredericktown
goes into the manufacture of -four,
meal, bran, etc., this week. So says
the Standard.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-12-12

The first agricultural experiment
station according to Prot. w. o. At
water of the United States Department
of Agriculture, was established at a
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-12-12

A certain lawyer at the Four Courts
got the better of Judge Cady in the
Police G 'urt, few days ago, says the
Star Sayings, in a manner which, if
not entirely new, was very effectual.
His client was on trial for playing poker:
and although there was no evidence to
show that there had been any money
on the table when the raid was made,
the man was fined heavily by Judge
Cady, who held that the poker chips
were the same as money. After court
had adjourned, the lawyer went up to
to JudgeiCady and remarked: "4our
Honor, are you still of the opinion
that those checks are the same as mon
ey?" II an," replied the Judge.
"Well, 1 would like to pay my clients
fine with these chips, then" The
Judge did not agree to this, but he re-
duced the fellows fine to a minimum.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-12-12

For SALE-200 Acres land with House
and Barn, 30 Acres Cleared, Balance Good
Timber, 81 per acre. Address Thos. New
man. Ironton Mo. 3m- no15
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-12-12

Our brother of the Marble Hill Press
is spiritually moved to say:
A very pertinent truth which we caught
somewhere is that there are some men wh9
are continually feeling as if the local paper
was often pinching them. If these fellows
would read their bible they would find that
1t punched them oftener and harder than all
the papers in the land.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-12-12
"GOd HeIp the Surplus

The rate of increase in the expenses
of the Federal government shows an
alarming extravaganza. The Harri-
son administration increased eXpendi-
lures to $2Sl .00O,O for the year end
ing June 80; and the President says i'm
his message that for the current year
1.-The ordinary expenses actual and esti-
matted are 1928. 900, O0O."
This is an increase of S21 200, 900 over
the expenses of 1885; ofS5l .0O0, 900 over
1856, aud $49. 200, 900 over 1884. the last
year of Arthur's administration. The
total ordinary expenditures for the frs:
two years of Cleveland and the Harri-
son administrations respectively were
as follows:
CLEVELAND.
lSSo...... .S26O, OO0,0OO
1885,. 242,UUU,UOU
Total for two years. $780,, OOO, 900
HARRISON.
1883. S2S1 ,OO0, 0Oe
lS9U... .................... 293,OOO,OUU
Total for two years.. S5I4, O0O, 900
502,0GO,00O
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-01
THE WAY OF HEALTH.

Our fair and enterprising cotemporary,
Miss Nellie BLY,, has been trying hard to
catch some New York doctors tripping.
She consulted seven of them with a view to
curing the headaches from which she
suffered. The doctors ascribed the head
ache to different causes, and gave her pre-
scriptions which resembled each other radi-
cally. OF course Nelly Bly's object was to
show how doctors disagree. Her amusing
article, however, demonstrates great deal
more emphatically the extravagant charac-
ter of what the public expects from doctors.
As a general rule man-and still more a
womau-tells as little as possible to the
doctor. The patient, from all sorts of
reasons, is averse to giving the doctor full
and absolutely truthful account of his life,
his habits and indulgences. He may be
voluble enough as to symptoms, but he
usually refuses to throw light upon
the anterior data which would aid the
physician amazingly in his diagnosis. In
fact the public endows the doctor with
miraculous and supernatural powers and
quarrels with him because his opera
LlOQs are
There are doctors who encourage their pa
tients in attributing sort of magic art to
their prescriptions. Such practitioners are
happily few in number.
The doctor ought to be the father con-
fessor as well as the physician OF his flock.
Everyone who expects to reap real and
lasting benefit from his physicians minis
trations must trust him implicitly and
afford him every facility to know his, the
patients, bodily life. Doctors would be far
more successful. and death would not dance
so often if this simple rule of perfect conf
dence between doctor and patient were OBJ
served.
But after all to a very great extent in life
the advice given by an anonymous writer
three hundred years ago is good Regimen
SdRitdtis:
Use three physicians:
Still first DR.. Quiet
Next DR.. Merryman,
And DR.. Diet.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-01
CLASS DISTINCTIONS.

The persistent survival of class distinc-
fions has Just had marked illustration in
New Jersey manufacturing town. The
elite dancing class was recently organized
there; and the "elite" are discovered in the
progress of the story to consist of the clerks,
male and female, of the retail stores of the
town. In order to keep the select circle
sacred from the intrusion of the vulgar herd,
q rule was adopted that no factory g1rl
should be allowed to join. But the New
Jersey factory girl is a power in the land,
and having heard of the rule she proceeded
to make things lively for the elite. She ad-
vertised boycott for the stores in which
the aristocratic members of the dancing class
sold drygoOds and notions. and the conse-
quence is that some of the exclusive set
have lost their situations through the desire
of the store-keepers to keep the trade of the
factory girls.
The whole thing sounds rather ridiculous,
but is it any more so than the other class
distinction of which we hear so much?
Have not the shop girls as good founda-
ton for drawing the line between them
selves and the factory girls, as the people who
have grandfathers have for ruling out those
whose grand-paternal relations are obscure?
Why shall not the Clara We're de Veres of
the ribbon counter hold themselves aloof
from the rOturier factory girl, as strictly as
the lordly daughter of petroleum and bon
anxas does from the'ordinary young woman
of the land? We protest that the shop
girls have as good q right to be exclusive
as anyone else; reserving of course an
equal right of the factory girl to raise a
row about it.
Nevertheless we can hardly approve of
the importation of the boycott into the
quarrel. The Wrathful factory girls should
have contented themselves with turning up
their noses at their naughty rivals and start
ing dancing club of their own which
should eclipse the exclusive shop girls in
social brilliauce
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-01
MUSICAL BELLE Welded.
Miss Belle Toner and viii McCutchson
Units Voices Halloween Observed in Ye

Miss Belle Toner and VIII McCutchson
Unite Voices Halloween Observed in Ye
Olden StyIe-Happy Homes.
Christ M. E. Church was filed last evening at
8 o'clock with fashionable audience, includ-
ing all the prominent musical people Of the
city 70 witness the nuptials of Miss Belle Toner
and Mr. Win McCutcheon. Very appropriately
Prof. Simeon Bissell, under m Miss Toner
received her musical training, presided at the
organ. and as the peals of Mendelssohn's Wed
ding March poured forth, all eyes were turned
upon the bride and groom who passed up the
aisle preceded by Messrs Will Sheperd, H. ].
Heron. Harvey Wattles, Prof. Salmon, Harry
LLOYD ano +; 4 Ewart. In an impressive
manner Rev. DR.. FELTON, performed the cere-
mony according to the rites Of the church,
while from the organ in subdued tones annie
Laurie reminded all that with that
song Miss Toner sung herself into
the the hearts cart o, OF PittsbIrg people The bridal
Three wide panels exquisitely embroidered in
silk formed the front Of the skirt, while in the
back it hung in heavy pleats. The bodice,
composed OF soft silk surplus folds, was par
italy revealed Dy cutaway jacket. A tasty
little Donnet OF the same color. relieved by
dash OF pink and bouquet of pink roses,
gave very stylish effect to the whole cos
tune.
The wedding of these two young people has
been pleasant theme of conversation among
society people for some time, as they are both
very popular in musical and social circles.
Miss Toner has been favorite teacher in the
Pitts6urg Female College, and on Sundays has
lent her voice to the Second Presbyterian
Church. The church in which the wedding
was celebrated has been honored with the
groom's voice in Sunday service for some time
past.
Mr.. and Mrs. McCuteheon left last evening
for Chicago and other points in the West.
Their return will be celebrated by a reception
in the East End, which is to be their future
home.