Iron County register., 1890-11-27


erty of Miss Mamie Baird. The front wheels
of the locomotive left the track and run
along the ties for a hundred Yards before
the train could be brought to II stand-stilI.
Ii took hut q short time TO get the wheels
back on the rails, however.
Mamie, the fourteen year old daughter of
Capt. W. Il. Byers, fell from a horse and
had her collar bone fractured while riding
along Main Street in front of DR.. j. D.
| Nnong's residence last Saturday afternoon.
The young miss escaped injury from the fall,
but the hoTs' in passing over, placed one Of
his feet on her shoulder aud broke the COL
lar bone. Dr.. Strong Was called, The fract-
ure se- and i; tai> Nriting the sufferer Il
getting along very nicely.
/ One Of The pleasantest and ia Every way
i thoroughly successful occasions that has ta-
Ken pace in the Valley for some time past
was The Grand Ball and supper given by the
/ ladies OF ITonton and Arcadia. at the Acade-
my of Music on Friday evening OF last week.
| There were in attendance about thirty-fve
couples. happy, light hearted assembly,
bent on having good time and just large
enough TO insure one. The.music WAS first
class and The supper delicious. The dane
/ ing was continued until three O'Clock, when
| the party dispersed for home and rest.
Messrs. Blanton, Dixon, Fletcher, Huff,
Fisher, Tins, and, maEhap, one or two
others, took tue usual fail hunt' last week,
over back Of Hogan. They were joined by
Sheriff Whiiworth and DR.. Strong Thurs
| day, and the whole party returned Saturday.
l l.
them, the product of their skill-athough
some persons yiiely insinuate il was pur-
chased. We understand i stray cow AMI
runuing horse had narrow escapes, their
safety being resultant, in one instance, TO
defective cartridge, and. in the other, TO an
empty guu-barrel. Anyway, the boys are
all safely returned, and no farmer has, AS
yet, made comp aint of his chicken-roost.
The Entertainment -"Husking Bee"-
given by the Indies of the Presbyterian
Church, last Thursday evening, was greeted
by an audience which filed the hall from
pillar TO done," 80 to speak. The pro-
gramme was good one, and well rendered.
After the entertainment, an Oyster Supper
was served by the ladies. That the whole
affair was very successfulis evidenced by the
results; although the admission fee was only
ten cents, and the oysters served At % cents
dish, the gross receipts were about sixty
dollars. We learn that, by request Of the
neighbOring comm unity, the entertainment
Will be reproduced at Graniteville some
where about the 11th of December. OF the
exact date, further notice will be given.
Mary Shelton, aged 10 years, was brought
to Irontnn last Saturday from Annapolis,
and lodged in jail to serve ten days SEN
tence for larcency. Mary has been living
near Annapolis with a family by the name
of Deboe. About week ago D Doe was ar
rested on the charge of shooting one of his
neighbours borses that had broken into his
field. Deboe had preliminary examiDa-
ton before Squire Hampton ana was bound
over to await the action of the grand jury.
1t was then stated that Mary Shelton had
killed the horse at the .dictation Of Mrs. De-
Doe who did not know how to Use gun.
Mrs. Deboe started to Annapolis to acquaint
the officers with these facts but while she
was gone Mary became alarmed for her own
safety and, taking a few clothes, >he endeaV-
ored to escape. She was apprehended how |
ever, and sentenced for stealing the clothes. |
Deboe was released on his own recognlZsnce |
and it is not Yet known what will be done |
with the girl on the charge of shooting the |
horse. Under the circumstances, though, 1t |
would seem to us that the child has been |
sufficiently punished.
The tramp as professional is each day |
becoming more accomplished, and there Is
scarcely week passes but what develop !
ments are made which tend to show that the |
tie walker and rider of freight trains is !
gradually reaching the top round Of the lad |!
der of ingenuity in his chosen calling. |
About q week or ten days ago three of these
individuals of leisure arrived in the Valley, |
and after spending half hour in rehearsing
their parts and donniDg their stage attire. |
proceeded to do the town. They were from
the South; had been working in a saw mill
whose boiler had exploded, they received
severe injuries and that explained the banda
ges so prominently displayed on their arms,
face and head-a more unfortunate partner
they had over to the depot was so badly
hurt that he was unable TO walk These
victims Of misfortune were not particular,
money, clothes or vctuals would beYery ac-
ceptable. The story worked, as it often did
before and the tramps carried away enough
truck TO start = secondhand clothing store
As soon a. they had fully canyaSsed the vi
cinitv. the stage bapdages were removed
and the three individuals left on passing
freight for new scenes to ply their labOrs.
Particulars of the saw mi accident have
not vet developed.