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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-22

1t seems the South is suffering from the
''boomers" in land. In Birmingham, Ala, the
land spectators have checked the industrial
interests and thrown them back for years. Here
is the way one of the victims talks:
''If the spectators in real estate, the men
who boom the prices of lots up until working
men are compelled to pay almost, if not quite,
as much rent in new towns with few or no con-
veniences as they do in Eastern cities where
they get something for their money-it the land
spectators were shot or drowned, the towns in
which new factories and mills, like Birming-
ham-and there are many towns in which new
enterprises are struggling-would undoubtedly
succeed But how can the new concerns com
pete with old establishments when the land
spectators once get their hooks In? They alb
sorb all the land available, put a fictitious
value on it, and the operatives of the new fac
tories are compelled to walk mile, when if the
land spectators were kept out, they could find
houses within easy reach for moderate prices"
The Pittsburg way-slow and sure-is the
best 1t is death to booms and q guarantee
against disastrous reactions.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-03-07
FACTS FOR FARMERS.

-Buttermilk can always find an ex-
celent market at home if fed to pigs
and poultry.
A successful grower of trees claims
never to fail to dispose of the black
knot finally if it is cut off in an early
stage and turpentine applied.
Glover sod leaves a much larger
amount of plant food in the soil than
timothy; in seeding down to build up
the fertility clover should be used in
preference to any thing else.
When trimming grape-vines let
them be cut and trained so as to admit
of the air and sunshine. Too much
shade is sometimes the cause of rot,
as it invites moisture. Trim the vines
while the weather is cold.
The old-fashioned practice of win
tering calves at the straw stack, with
only an occasional feed of cornstalks
or hay. is wasteful. Young stock,
we'll fed, will show more gain for their
feed than they will when older.
Two excellent results of life on the
farm. compared with life on the street,
are the humanity and economy engen-
dered in young people who help to
feed the many dependents on the farm.
and who find no other way of gather
ing needed pennies but by that of slow
earnings and careful saving.-N. Y.
Tribune.
While winter pruning can very
often be done, and thus lessen the nec-
essary work to be done in the spring,
at the same time it is important to do
the work properly, as many good
tree has been seriously injured by i'm
proper pruning. By pruning annual
ly. at least TO a considerable extent,
the taking off of large limbs is easily
avoided, and time of itself is quite i'm
portant.- Western Plowman.
There is no doubt about it that
nine-tenths of the farm-made butter is
spoiled, especially in winter, from
keeping the cream too long before it is
churned. This is usually because so
little milk is gotten in the winter, but
add water to it so as to One-third fill
the churn, and go to work on it. The
"dItI WILL uClp ti1c "IhICI VI Cf1Li fbiio
greatly improve the quality of the but
ter.-American Dairyman.
The ridges made by the drill in de-
posting seed-wheat are no inconsider-
able protection to the plant in winter.
Besides shielding it from the winds,
they serve to hold the snow, which,
being moist, is still better protection
against the cold. Some farmers even
take pains to drill wheat fields so that
the ridges shall run east and west.
Only the midday sun will thaw in win
ter. and at midday the snow is thus be-
hind the ridges and protected from its
rays.
For farmers in general the South
down is perhaps the most profitable
sheep. because it's mutton is of a SUI
perior quality, and brings so high a
price in the market. that these sheep
can be profitably reared for meat alone,
without reference to the fleece. But
there is good profit also in the wool,
which stands next in fineness to that of
the merino. and the fiber is so strong
that for some kinds of cloth it is pre-
ferred by the manufacturer to all other
sorts. These sheep are hardy and so
active that they thrive well even on
the short pastures of hilly land. Thou
sands of them ought to be rapidly inn
ported for the increase of our focks.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-03-07
"MR." AND MRS"
An Interesting Account of the Origin OF
These Now Common Titles.

An Interesting Account of the Origin of
These Now Common Titles.
In earlier times the ordinary man
was simply William or John; that is to
saw, he had merely Christian name
without any kind, of ''handle" before it
sor surname after it. Some means of
distinguishing one John or one William
from another John or another William
became necessary.
Nicknames derived from a mans
trade or his dwelling place, Or from
some personal popularity, were tackled
ON to their Christian names, and plain
John became John Smith.
AS yet there was no ''misters'' in the
land. Some John Smith accumulated
more wealth than the bulk of his fell
lows-became, perhaps, a landed pro-
prietor or an employer of hired labor.
Then he began to be called in the Nor
man French of the day '''maistre'' OF
this place or that of these workmen or
of those.
In time the .'maistre" or master, :"
as it soon become, got tackled on be-
fore his name and he became Master
Smith, and his wife was Maistress
Smith. But gradually the sense OF
possession was lost sight of and the
title was conferred upon any kind, by
mere possession of wealth or by hold
ing some position of more or less con-
sideration and importance
1t is only within comparatively mod
eru times that the term came to be
considered an almost indispensable ad-
junct to every ones name when men
tioaed in ordinary conversation or writ
ing. Maastress Smith soon became
Mistress Smith. Exactly how and
when the term got corrupted can not
be said. Master Smith. however, re-
manned Master Smith long after MS
wife became Mistress Smith.-Oldham
Chronicle.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-03-07
READ YOUR SCOTT.
The Most Healthful Light Literature Eve
Given to the World.


Given to the World.
':Never was there more hea1thful
and Notwithstanding literature than
To 60 back to it from Flaubert, and
Daudet, and Tolstoi is like listening to
the song of the lark after listening to
the midnight pianoforte-nay, it is like
coming out of the glare and heat and
reeking yapor of palace ball into a
grove in the first light and music and
breezes of the morning.
ut is not for nothing that so many
thousands have felt towards Scott a
deep personal gratitude. which few if
any other writer's of English fiction
have ever awakened. My own case is
doubtless typical of thousands. In his
novels / first came under the spell of
genius in fiction. and in my reading of
them the first happened to be what is
usually called the least inspired The
Monastery. But no matter, / gave it
three readings, end over end, and fol-
lowed it with other novels from the
same source as rapidly dis my dear
family Puritan authorities would
permit. or as often as they could be
evaded.
II can not but think that any thing
which shall recall to the readers of
Madame Bovary,' and the -Nabob,'
and Anna Karenina,' the existence of
fvanhoe,' and st. Romans Well" and
Guy Mannering.' and The Fortanes
of Nigel or even of The Talisman,'
and Count Robert of Paris will be of
use to them; and if it shall lead them to
go further into the great fields which
Scott opened. passing through Victor
Hugo's 'Notre Dame and finally
reaching Manzoni's 'Promesxi Sposi,'
the most beautiful romance eyer writ
ten, it seems to me that there may
come blessing. not merely to their
minds, but also to their hearts and
souls. "-Ex-President Andrew d.
White. in Scribner's.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-03-07
The Watermelon Crop.

The South Georgia melOn-growers
have a great many things to contend
with in their efforts to make melon
growing profitable, and some of them
are not wholly blameless for their want
of success. Too many of them send
unripe and inferior melons to market,
and the result is that they not only suf
fer losses, but they damage the market
for first-class melons. 1t would be
much wiser policy for the growers to
ship only matured melons of fair size.
1t would be to their interest to reduce
the quantity and improve the quality.
The complaint that the railroads do
not treat the growers fairly doubtless
has some foundation. The railroads
ought certainly to provide as many
ventilated cars as are needed, and they
ought to carry the melons to market
with as little delay as possible. It
has been shown that the melons will
not stand long transportation in closed
cars. The railroads, however, are just
beginning to appreciate the extent to
which the South Georgia melon-grow-
ing business can be developed, and
they will make greater efforts in future
TO meet its demands. The question of
freight rates is one that will always be
unsettled. The growers will constant
ly demand reductions, and the railroads
will insist upon as high rates as the
melons will bear. 1t is noticeable,
however, that within the last year or
two several of the roads to which the
melon-growing section is tributary
have reduced their rates considerably,
and that the growers are now better
satisfied with them.
1t is, of course, to the interest of the
railroads to encourage melon-growing,
and doubtless they are willing to so
regulate their rates as to permit the
growers to make good profit on their
melon crops. Frequent and frank con-
ferences between the growers and rail-
road managers would result beneficial
ly to both parties.
The growers have great difficulty in
getting their melons handled by COM
.petent and honest commission mer-
chants. An honest commission mer-
.
cessful business man, and, hence, fails
to dispose Of the melons to the best
advantage, baat he is far preferable to
the dishonest one who. however sue
cessful he may be in disposing of the
melons entrusted to him, seldom re-
turns to the shipper the full amount
that is due him A problem which
the growers have not yet solved is how
to get their melons disposed of to the
best advantage and to get honest re-
turns.
It will be a long time before the
melon-growing industry is placed upon
a wholly satisfactory basis The diff
culties which have to be commended
with. however, by those engaged in it
are slowly disappearing. In time, no
doubt, it will be 80 conducted that the
profit from the melon crop will be as
certain as that from any other. ga
vannah News.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-03-07

MEDICAL experts, by the use of the Micro
scope, have recently discovered and CLASH
fed specific living germs in the blood of all
persons suffering from Malaria, and say that
to cure the patient these germs must be
killed. Thirty years ago DIR. Shallenberger
advanced this theory as the correct one, and
prepared his ''Antidote for Malaria to de-
stroy these poisonous germs. If you have
Malaria in your system, a few doses of this
medicine will destroy the poison Immediately,
and not injure an infant. Sold by Druggists.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-03-07
"A Trust rbat ts no NTonopoly,

The trust reposed by the dyspeptic and
bilious in Hostetter's Stomach Bitters Dc not
a monopoly. It is shared not only by them,
but by residents of malarious localities,
quondam rheumatic sufferers whom it has
relieved, and the nervous, debilitated and
infirm whom it has built up If troubled
with inaction of the kidneys you should use
it. Give this medicine the systematic trial
il merits.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-03-07

81 HAVE been afflicted with an affection of
the Throat from childhood, caused by diph-
liberia, and have used various remedies, but
have never found any thing equal to
Browns BRONCHIAL TRoCHEs. Req. G. NJ.
T. HAMPTON, Piketofl, Ku. Sold only in boxes.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-03-07

INDIVIDUAL PIEsn are new notion.
They are about as big as small "turn-
oyern
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-03-07

LIKE Oil Upon Troubled Waters is Hale's
Honey of Horehound and Tar upon cold.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-03-07

THE Queen of Greece is not a Dolly Var
den in her taste. She only wears two col
ors, the white and the blue.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-03-07

THE Prince of Wales has been exceeding
iy unfortunate upon the turf. He received
no return last season for $4,000 paid for
yea Rings.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-03-07
March April May

Are the best months in which to purify your blood
for at other season does the system so much
need the aid of reliable medicine like Hoods
Sarsaparlla now. During the long, cold winter.
the blood becomes thin and impure, the body be-
comes weak and tired the appetite may be lost
Hoods Sarsaparilla is peculiarly adapted to purify
and enrich the blood, to create good appetite anG
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-03-07

HAVE no equal as prompt and positive
cure for sick headache, biliousness, consti-
patton, pain in the side, and all liver trou-
bles. Carter's Little Liver Pills. Try them.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-03-07

NEW ZEALAND offers a bounty Of five
cents each for the destruction of English
STATIONS.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-03-07

FRUIT should not stand after beng cut, it
loses its flavor as well as it's freshness and
will not cook so well.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-03-07

IT is no longer necessary to take blue pills
to rouse the liver to action. Carter Little
Liver Pills are much better. Don't forget this.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-03-07
THE MARKETS.

THE cost of the Paris Exposition will be
SIC, 5000
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-03-07
SwelIings i'm the Neck

frequently become SO engorged with scrof-
ulous matter that assesses are formed. Pain
full running sores may also appear on the arms,
legs and feet; sometimes continuousan and some
times of an intermittent character. Occasion
ally the sores appear in the ears and nose, and
OH or about the eyes, causing deafness and
blindness. Pimples, cancerOuS growths, swol-
len Joints, etc., are other symptoms of the dis.
ease 1t must be treated through the blood if
q permanent cure is to be obtained.
What is more beautiful than rich, soft COM
plexion in man or woman? This can be OBJ
tanned only by the eradication of all scrofulous
taints from the blood by the persistent use of
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-03-07
JOSEPH n. HUNTER, fE::ses .s Si$s
SCR0FULA.
ssrNAMR THIS PArEa svss uns you vrnA

OF all the ills that human flesh is heir to,
Scrofcla is most prevalent. Very few, indeed,
are entirely free from some faint of Scrofula
Young people of delicate constitution areoften
afflicted by this disease, which manifests itself
in various forms. The glands of the neck,
groin, abdomen, ETC.. become enlarged, either
persistently, or with slight Impairment of
health,
Telegram-herald., 1889-11-06
VERCENNES TRAGEDY
All the Victims, Save Westbrook
Stiu Living.
TWO WILL DIE AID TWO RECOVER
The Little Babe Rapidly RseOserins ana
sim Playfal-rhO I've Other SifAs
Unconscious and Their Cases Hope
Iess-Ihe Mother Better.

Very few additional particulars are
received regarding the NeTgennes
tragedy. Late advices yesterday after
noon were tothe effect that two or the
assaulted victims, girls aged respective
IL Il and IA years, would probably die.
They were unconscious and vomited
freely. The little baby, however,
though struck three times, as IS shown
by the marks on her head, was con-
sciOus and manifested a desire 10 play
as usual. The wife and mother was
apparently doing we'll and was in a
fair way TO recover.
Haggai Westbrook, the perpetrator
OF the crime, was 90 years of age, and
ives generally looked up 10 as one of
the most conscientious and upright
citizen of the township. lie owned a
farm OF 100 acres, regarded as one OF
the best in the township, and in addi-
ton a wood lot of 40 acres. The latter
was covered by a mortgage of $500,
but was worth more, and although his
crop last year was poor one and he
had run behind, his financial condition
was not 50 bad that he need 10 worry
him TO any great extent. He was q
man OF strong religious convictions,
and devout member of the church.
He lived happily with his family and
his children were regarded as model
young people.
Mrs. Westbrook was a second
wife. Her maiden name was Melissa
Snow, and she IS a daughter of Uriah
Snow, of Sparta. BY his first wife
Westbrook had another son, who is a
popular minister of the Methodist
Church and IS now in charge of the
church at Langston. The latter came
home yesterday, rs did also Mrs. Kerr,
a daughter by the first wife.
The funeral of Mr.. Westbrook will be
held this afternoon.
Telegram-herald., 1889-11-06
THE PRIZE DRILL.
HI. Ii. Hughston Wears the Prize Badge
of Canton Pierce, No. 81.

of Canton Pierce, No. "a.
Odd-fellows' Hall, in the Tower
block, was crowded to its fullest ca
pacity with Canton Pierce, No. q, Pa
triarch Militant, and their friends to
participate in the hop, and to witness
the competitive drill for a handsome
gold medal, which was described in the
TELEGRAM-HERALD of Sunday. Tie
drill took place at 1890, and was par
ticipated in by the following patriarchs:
Capt. Maunder, Lieut.. HughstOn, En-
sign Dandy, and Chevaliers +. A..
DevendOrf, A. Hilson, A. Grove, 4. A.
Raven, W. b. Randall, T. Dandy, 5. II .
Sweet, G.. GaylOr, T. ROwley, II. y.
Wilder, Maj. Yates, J. G.. Jackson, D..
Hamilton, +. F. Russell and j. Hines
Lieut.. I'd. c. Bennett, of Company /,
and Lieut.. c. +. Linzee acted as judges.
Adrian Yates, Arthur Grove and II. b.
HughstOn were the last TO stand up,
then Grove fell out, and the contest be-
tween Hughston and Yates was short.
II. b. Hughston was awarded the prize,
which he viii wear for three months,
when it Will be again drilled for. The
hop was enjoyed by all present.
Telegram-herald., 1889-11-06
A HARD CROWD,
Were the SIarks-Bender Family ct Port
land.


PORTLAND, Mich, Nov. 5.-Further
investigation of the facts connected
with the early residence of the Marks
family At this place has revealed some
startling things, which tend to sustain
the assertion of Mrs. Davis that her
mother is none other than the old lady
Bender.
George Marks, a son of the woman,
lived with his parents. His mother
entertained a dislike for his wife and
was frequently 50 abusive that inter
ference was necessary. One day during
a general family quarrel the elder Mrs.
Marks dealt Georges wife blow with
a cudgel which subsequently killer her.
A post mOrtem was held, the result
clearly showing that the old lady was
responsible for the wOman's death.
For some reason Mrs. Marks escaped
the usual penalty OF the law and served
but one year IN prison for her deed.
Shortly after their arrival here the
Marks secured emplOymentOn the farm
of Charles Culver. Here the old lady
numerically pounded her husband,
and but for timely interference he
would have suffered the fate of
Georges wife.
The story of the murder of the beg
gar woman Is so wildly related that
there can be little question as to its
truth. The old white horse which Mrs.
Davis details drew the beggar's mutt
lated body to the swamp IS remem-
bered by all of the older residents Of
the place.
1t was at this place that Simon Marks
life ebbed out. Little can be learned
concerning his death; the people did
not investigate, and the surviving mem
bers of the family left town soon after.
Telegram-herald., 1889-11-06
ROBBED A RELATIVE.
A Constable Looking After Couple Of
Birmingham WORTHLESS


J.O. Beattie, a constable from Bir-
mingham, Michigan, was in the city
Monday looking for man and
woman accused Of robbIng an old man,
their relative, living at that place.
They came here and then went to
Traverse City, and having ascertarned
that fact the constable left IN pursuit.
The old man who was robbed seems
to have had a hard time keeping his
money. At one time he had 81 100
buried in an oyster can IN a chicken
coop, aud three fellows got him ON the
floor and began pulling out hls toe
nails in their efforts 10 find where the
treasure was buried. They pulled one
out and were at work on second one
when the old man weakened and gave
mp the hiding place OF hls wealth. The
fellows were arrested and sent to
prison. At another time two other
relatives stole $50 from him and were
caught and convicted.
The constable returned from the
north last night, bringing the man and
woman with him. Their names are
George Haines and Esther Nichols. and
while in tins city they occupied a room
at the hotel As man and wife. They
slept al the jail last night and VIII bc
taken o. Birmingham today.
Telegram-herald., 1889-11-06

SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich, Nov. g.
4 canal lock ceased operating yester-
day afternoon owing to a break in the
coffee dam, suspending the present OPP
erations on the canal Improvements.
The break occurred on the water level
above the lock chamber now in use,
and neccssitated the closing of the
main canal to overcome further wash
mg out of the dam. Several hundred
mon arc AZ work pudding clay IN the
break with prospects OF staying the leak
within twcnty-four hours. 4 large
number OF vessels are waiting 70 get
through
Telegram-herald., 1889-11-06

Wm. E0zoma and Miss Lon Thomp-
son were married last evening at toe
residence of the BRIDES sister, Mrs. Pat
tcrs0n. 2l Holiistcr-st The ceremony
was performed rs Rev. 4. r. Norman.
Mics Maggie ROlema acted as brides.
maid and james Kemp rs best man.
About fifty guests were present, and
tie company was a most cnloyahio
one. The young couple left. after
the reception. tor trlcf trip 90 The
Upper Peninsula. amid a shower oi
chrv.authemums and good hcs. and
begn their now career under most
favorable auspices.
Telegram-herald., 1889-11-06
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
THIS list Ia furnished bv ". r. ScTibner.
real estate dealer. rs peari-st.:

THIS list Ia furnished bv ". R. ScTibner.
real estate dealer. = Peari-st.:
Don. !. Leathcrs 90 Henry !. Hastings.
und p lots Is and lG. lon.a-st.. Kent
Plat ; -
Marines Nanden Bos t1 Jane ben Hon.
ten. part of lots and 3. Baxter SUB bfi
Chas W. Watkins to IS ri JAS. Mckay.
Dot /. DIS ]. Minsnr a1f 60
patlS. Iurrer & Carroll O.. llalsey Vs.
liams. lot 81. Davis. Turner & tarroas
ada l,1'
Edward J.. Briggs 60 IS uliam Rowe. Sc
. sw ara part w So q ui see F..
Grand Rapids a-.A'
Anna - Graham fo Thomas =. ezra
ham. ptrf e. ia 0e "a 20 src q, N aaksr ll.ft
Eivoed Graham o. Thomas r. hIaaaf1.
part fs uf "a OF sec f-. Naikrr i.Hf
John vs. ~tne. fn ftas. l. @snhofn.
land on secs ~ and = Caledonia ....-. l.ff
Telegram-herald., 1889-11-06
MALONE ARRESTED.

He Denies Firing the shot that it
Came From His Premises.
PETERSBURG, Nov. .5-Gen. Malone was
arrested tonight charged with shooting
Herbert p. Horrison, who, with a num-
ber of companions, were sending off
fire works in front of MahOne's resi-
dcuce. Malone is at the station house
and Mayor Collier Is investigating the
case. Gen. Malone denies having fired
the shot or that any one on his prem
ises fired 1t. Harrison Is wounded in
the hcshy part OF the thigh, the BAH
going entirely through his leg, but not
lnflicting a serious wound.
Telegram-herald., 1889-11-06

Denver, Nov. 5.-The election for
county officers and two district judges
passed of quietly. There were Re-
publican, Democratic and Peoples
tickets IN the field Much scratching
was done, and the result Is not vet
known, bat leading Republicans be-
lieve their entire ticket Is elected.