Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-05-23

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The appointment of DR.. Bates as post
| master at Piedmont has raised considerable
| OF a row in the racks of the "faithfuln there
abOuts. One of the defeated applicants, Nj.
}. r. Lindsay, 1t seems had the endorsement
of the defeated candidate for Congress in
that District, Mr.. Whybark, as well as that
| of the "Big Four" and the entire State
Central Committee, and his friends do not
understand how the First-Assistant Post
. master General could overlook all this
"backing". special from Washington in
Saturdays Globe Democrat states that Mr..
Whybark has telegraphed to the Department
asking that Bates commission be withheld
until his "record" is ventilated. When
Republicans commence washing each others
political linen the public will wisely stand
aloof from the mud that is sure to fly.
Mr.. 5. w. Andrews last Monday received
telegram conveying the sad intelligence
that his brother, Roosevelt \. Andrews, had
that morning been the victim of fatal acct
dent in the railroad yards at Texarkana
Arkansas. Mr.. A. the same day boarded
No. 151 for TeXarkana where he arrived
Tuesday morning. The remains will be
brought to the Valley for interment and the
funeral will take place from the Arcadia
Railway Station to-day, 22d, on the arrival
of No. 154 The age of the deceased was ~
years, : months and y days. He never re
sided here but is known to a number of res
| idpntS who have m OF him while on Oppa sion
al visits to his brother, Sanford. The de-
ceased had been married, but leaves no FAM
lily, his wife having died Il number of years
since. In this sudden and severe atfliction
We extend to those bereaved our sincere SYM
pathy.
The Sheriff of Shannon county, Mr.. Free
man, in company with Mr.. DePriest, pulled
up in our burg Wednesday evening, and re-
manned with Mr.. a. j. Parks, for the night.
They had in company with them one Thomas
Potts, with an alias Dudly. Not the famous
Dudly of "bl0cks of five," but Il gentleman
who broke Jail at Ironton some two years
ago, who was under indictment for some
crime committed in that county. Sheriff
Freeman deserves great credit for captur-
ing this rascal, inasmuch he had never seen
the man before, but having business in an
unfrequented part of hi. county spotted his
man. He Immediately notified the proper
authorities at IrontOn, and in due time re-
ceived the necessary papers authorizing him
to call on the gentleman for further ac-
quaintance. Hence before this appears in
p. int, he will be landed in the Ironton Jail,
where he will be tenderly cared for.-Rey-
nolds Outlook.
In this weeks paper Will be found an item
taken from the Reynolds Outlook telling of
the capture of Thos. Potts, alias Dudy, by
the sheriff of Shannon county and his subSe-
auent Incarceration in the Jail at this place
Potts, in company with a fellow prisoner
named Chas. Mcclure, made his escape from
the Jail in this pace two Years ago last Feb
ruary. They effected their release, it will
be remembered, by pryIng slightly apart the
bars in one of the cell windows and then
squeezing through the aperture thus made.
So small was the space through which they
forced their way that the buttons were torn
from their clothing in performing the feat
Although the ground at the time was coy
e~ed with snow Potts had neither shoes nor
stockings, but made his way barefooted out
of the country, and, up to the time of his
recent capture, had batlied all pursuit. He
is hard character and his return Is especl-
ally gratifying to Sheriff Whltworth, who
hopes this time to retain Mr.. L. until he shall
have legally answered that charge of larceny
which has so many years been blot on his
good name as honest gentleman. The
other party, Mcclure, who skipped out With
h.. of anI his
was but 4 minor offence, perhaps tits well he
skipped So far.
Among the IrOntCnians who attended the
picnic ut Middlebrook last Sunday was Mr..
Chas. Crotzer, Mr.. Giovanoni's barber. Mr..
c. rode up in Il buggy and arriving 1T the
picnic grounds hitched his horse and pro-
ceeded to enjoy himself. Everything passed
off smoothly until time came to start home
when, on going TO where he had left his rig,
Charley made the startling discovery that
horse and buggy We're gone leaving no trace
behind them. A little inquiring and re-
search, however, developed the fact that the
missing rig had been appropriated by an in
diyidual who, in company with young lady,
had gone to Iron Mountain. In the course
of a couple hours the buggy was returnedt 10
the picnic grounds and Mr.. Crotzer then
learned that the man who thus played gal
liant at his expense was Ellsworth Decker, o.
Graniteyille. Next day Mr.. {. swore out
warrant against Decker who was arrested
and brought before Judge Dinger where he
WAS fined 81 and costs for his little fun. 1t
is safe to say that Decker and his lady friend
will walk home from the next picnic or ride
in rig of MIR. DIS own hiring; in any event
he'll not monkey with the property of a
stranger.
MIR. Jno. Thomas q farmer who lives near
Belleyiew, is the victim of misplaced conf
dence so the amount of a little oyer a
thousand of Uncle Sans good dollars. The
facts in the case or rather the few facts that
w.. have been able to ascertain are as fol-
lows 1t seems that Mr.. L. has had 3
stranger employed for several weeks past
assisting him on the farm. One day last
week while Mr.. Us. family were away from
home and Dir. T. and the stranger were at
work in the field the last-named gave an
excpse of some kind and started for the