Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-11-21

Mr.. A. H. st. Clair, one of, III not the bes
| reporter, on the Globe Democrat is back a
his desk, after short trip southwark. AL
OF the better class of local material that has
appeared in the Globe Democrat for month,
| has come from bis pen. He is one of the
newspaper men who help to tighten the cares
| OF city editor, and at the same time keel
| the paper from being locally "scooped" as
they call a ''beat in ST. Lous.
| The foregoing, taken from the ST. Louis
correspondence of the New York Journalist
is in reference to gentlemen we'll known in
this vicinity and who has many friends here
abouts that will be happy to learn of the
rapid strides be is making toward fame and
fortune in his chosen profession.
| We were treated to our first touch of gen.
| uine winter weather on last Saturday. Ear
| ly in the afternoon of that day the snow com .
menced falling and continued without ces-
| sation until the following noon. The flakes
were large and came down in great abund-
ance, but the ground was in no condition
| to receive them and, after the twenty -four
| hours storm the snow had not attained a
depth of more than two inches, which like
| wise quickly disappeared under the infiu-
ence of the milder temperature that follow
1 So thc NJ tuis All
signs of the "beautiful' have gone glimmer-
ing, and the only reminder thereof is the
| decidedly unpleasant condition of affairs I'M
derfoot.
Last Saturday Mr.. Thos. Vance, of Bonnie
Terre, while loading a double barreled shot
gun. accidentally discharged the piece, the
whole charge entering his right arm and
ha nd ri
ter the hand had been taken off, another
wound was discovered above the elbow and
second amputation had to be made. The
unfortunate young n an is brother of Prof.
A. p. Vance, OF this place, and we are eX-
ceedingly sorry to hear of his serious mis-
hap. However, at the time this is written
latest advices are that Mr.. V. stood the two
operations successfully and, unless some
unforeseen misfortune occurs, he will in due
time fully recover. The loss of an arm is,
of course, very serious and unpleasant to
contemplate, but, under the circumstances,
Mr.. V. has every reason TO congratulate him.
self that the accident is no worse and we
trust he will so consider it. We hope to be
apprised of his continued improvement.
Mr.. NJ. T. Chestnut, of st. Louis, is in
town making arrangements to prospect and
develop the old ketcherside copper mine
near Glover. Mr.. G. acquired this property
some three or four years since and, it will
be remembered, had little work done
thereon at the time but it was not inteli-
gently directed and the result was not just
what it should have been. Still he says that
that fact, the outlook is
very flatteriug and if he had such a promis-
ing mine located in the mineral regions of
Colorado there would be no difficulty IN
raising a $100,000-to develop it. However,
as above, noted he intends now seeing what
the property is worth and intends to COM
mence prospecting at once. Mr.. G. has had
experience in mining all over the county
and we have reason to believe that If there
is any paying mineral on the tract named
he will succeed in finding it. He has or
slncerest wishes that he MAY realize yerlt-
able bonanza and that, at once, too. Once
let some individual strike it rich and the
future of this region is assured. Let US
hope the long looked for day is at hand.
The Hughes Brewster Dramatic Company
failed to come to hand as advertised last
and Tuesday night, but, instead,
Manager Gay, of the Academy of Music,
received letter from the director
of the company stating that they had cancel !
ed their engagement in this city, and re-
quested that their mail be forwarded to |
them at the Pickwck Theatre, st. LOUIS. |
They made no provision for the payment of |
The debts contracted by their advance agent |
while he was in this city, nor have they since |
made any move in that direction, so we con- |
cude it is not the intention to pay them. |
Reasoning from this conclusion, we are led |
to remark that it Is our opinion that the |
Hughes Brewster Dramatic Company is a |
fraud of the first water and an imposition of |
the rankest nature, and our sister cities |
throughout the State will be wise in exact |
ing cash in advance from their travelling |
agent for what debts he may contract when |
''billing" their towns. This is not written |
in bitterness of spirit consequent on a |
heavy loss, (for we're only out dollar and |
q quarter and the use of four "comps" on
the failure of the show to materialize,) but |
merely to enter our protest against what we
believe is nothing less than an aggregation
Of "beats," if not worse. and, of which, b.
the way, there are entirely too many at pres
ent imposing on Americas rural public.
Messrs. Hughes Brewster, our assurances
Of profound contempt for you and your ilk !
Ia! Ia! He who laughs last, laughs best.
Well have that $1.25 worth.