Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-03-27


Mr.. JOHN y. NORMAN, of Murphy sboro
Ills, to Miss THERESA BEGLEY, of Ironton
Mo.
The editor congratulates both parties
him, that he has secured wife who will b,
a true helpmeet to him in every sense of tn,
word, and minister to his happiness through
good and evil fortune. Her, that in Mr.
Norman she has a husband in whom sh,
may well take pride, and who is a man in al
senses of the word. May they never see
day or hour of sorrow or mis- fortune, is tn,
prayer Of the REGISTER.
DON'T forget, fellow citizens, that the
city and school elections occur next Tues day
and on that day don't forget to turn out ant
vote. 1t is altogether likely the retiring in
cumbent> of the city counc. will be elect
ed-at least we have heard no other name
mentioned in that connection. AS for schoo
directors, we don't know whose terms hav,
expired, nor who are candidates. This il
not excusable ignorance, perhaps; but it il
the truth. The fact is, we have been KEEP
pretty busy with our own knittin', with ne
leisure to take care of the body polite. But
we have no doubt the world will continue
| to whirl, all the same.
Last Saturday case was tried before JUS
tice Hampton at Annapolis, the end whereof
is not yet. Gus. Funk had Lowery Lovelace
arrested for an alleged cutting Of timber on
his (F's) land. After hearing all the evil
dence, verdict was given for the plaintiff,
which ended the first part. The second
part opened with an assault, Immediately
| after adjournment of court, upon Funk by
| LOvelace. The latter was no more success
| full in the ring than he had been in the tenn
! pie of justice, for Funk Knocked him out in
fine style, we are told, and brought him to
! grief on his own chosen lay. The fight over,
Lovelace departed, when Funk swore out
another warrant against him-for assault.
| The constable went after the defendant, but
couldn't find HIM, and So the matter stands
| at present.
"The attention of school officers, teachers,
| pupils and taxpayers is called to the OBJ
| seryance of ARBOR DAY, April 4th, 1890.
| Full instructions are given i'll school law,
| under Section 500, for carrying into eXecu-
| ton the provisions of said law; and all par-
| ties, interested in this matter, are referred
| to same, on page 60, laws of 1889. The time
| hS1S NNAAiS " MN tLiC PCOp'C 1h'bAu iOSn NA'>i
the condition of Their school yards. Thous-
| ands of trees, shrubs aud plants now adorn
school grounds, as the result of ArbOr Day
| observance. This work should 90 on until
every school yard in the State is supplied
| with the shade trees necessary to make it at
| tractve and pleasant" So says w. f. Cole
mad, State Superintendent of Public Schools,
and we hope his suggestions may be gener-
ally accepted and acted upon.
To those hot-heads who, indignant at the
assault of the negro Williams upon Mrs.
Vandergriff, are talking Of lynch law, we
say, dOntt Let the constituted authorities
attend TO that matter, if YOU want to hereaf-
ter enjoy clear conscieuces and sound sleep.
The law is amply able to ayenge itself upon
wrong doors, and no good citizen wants to
take that law into his own hands. Some
people say, it would be better and cheaper
to take Williams out, fog him well, and give
him hours to get out of the country; but
we think that neither plea of the proposition
is correct. ANY procedure that breaks the
law is dear ana bad. \ thief thinks it
cheaper to steal horse than to buy and
pay for it, and if cheapness is to be consid
CISus IlC tultI eOOtt piC' III lis w
half as ever could any mob on any occasion.
No, gentlemen. No mob law here! And if
attempted, YOU may rest assured not even
the virtue of cheapness will attach to it.
Messrs, Ladd and Lansdale, of the State
Geological survey, have Just returned to
their temporary headquarters at lronton.
A week ago Friday, these Dung men started
in boat at the Silver Mines, bent on an ex-
ploring trip down the St. Francois River, to
Wappapello. The journey was successfully
completed to point not far from the Wayne
county line, and large number of valuable
geological specimens were collected, and
many desirable photographs obtained of
geological phenomena. The trip was brought
to an abrupt termination. which came within
a hairs of proving fatal to Mr.. Ladd,
by the upsetting of their boat while running
through some rapids. The boat was dashed
against fallen sycamore tree and upset,
and Mr.. Laid, while endeavoring to save
some baggage, was washed underneath the
boat, and his escape prevented on the lower
side by tangIe of tree-roots, and on the
upper side by the tremendous pressure of
water. From this terrible predicament he
J
ing in the side of the boat and allowing it TO
slip by the tree, thus bearing him down the
river and making it possible for him to eXtri-
cate himself and reach the surface, which he
managed to accomplish about one hundred
yards below the scene of the disaster. He
then, with great difficulty, swan to the
shore, which he reached in an utterly eX-
hausted condition. His clothes were badly
torn, and his body covered With bruises.
His escape was miraculous, and would have
been impossible, but for excellent swim
ming power. Mr.. Lonsdale was rescued an
hour later, by means of ropes, from the tree
into which he had sprung when the boat
struck, and where he had olung, with the
boiling waters all around him. He pluckily
hung on to a $50 camera, which he was hold
ing at the time of the accident. Fortunately,
most of the yaluables of the party, including
their specimens and photographs, had been
dispatched that morning, in wagon, to a
point farther down the river. The hardships
Of the whole trip were very great, and con-
vince one that the life of Il geologIst is not
altogether 4 joyful one; The ST. Francois
River, when on "boom,'' i ! terrible
thing, and we are glad that we are not called
upon to again add to its list of victims.
Pilot Knob Items.
Mrs. Hanson, of Graniteville, was visitor