Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-01-29


To the Boatmen's and MIR. Thomson, our
best wishes for continued prosperity.
The patriots, we learn, are having couple
Of bitter fights over the Annapolis and Des
Are post offices. Copeland, the incumbent
at Annapolis, has resigned, and there are a
number of applicants fighting and raving for
the place. +. K. Raney is making hot cam
vass for the Des Are office, and the chances
are that c. III. Collins, the Democrat who
has held the position for years, will have
to go.
st. Valentines day is but few days more
than two weeks off, and, in order that the
day may be tittingly celebrated here and
hereabout>, Capt. p. K. Crisp, the druggist,
/ has just received large and beautiful as
sortment of the dainty and loye-teling mis-
sives so popular on the 14-h of February.
The lot just received are exquisite and COM
prise ali the latest novelties known to the
| trade. Prices ranging from five cents up.
| Call early and get the choice of the stock.
Robert Hotson Offers reward of twenty
| five dollars for the arrest and conviction of
| the miscEeants who have persstently and
maliciously injured him by breaking the
dam at his ice-pond, and thrown ROCKS and
| dirt upon the ice as it forms. Ii hardly
| looks reasonable that any Que, either young
| or old, coGld be found in this community 20
contemptibly mean a. to 0e guilty of such
action. We hope the gu',tv parties may be
caught and brought to justice; aud all good
citizens should aid Mr. HotSon and the off
GERS in finding out the guilty ones.
I.tD - Ia FrlZ iI0.A
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ing are questions OF to dag, not of yesterday;
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thousand su n questions, 1t is published
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cents a year; specimen copy free. John Ii.
Alden. publisher, 1913 Pearl ST., New York.
The sorrowful news was received here
Monday afternoon, that Mrs. W. c. Patton
had died that morning at the residence Of
her parents on Laclede Avenue, ST. LOUIS.
Mrs. p, most of our readers are aware,
had been in poor health for more than Il
year past and for the last three months it
has been merely waiting for the end. When
the DIR. took his wife away from Ironton the
first of last year it was hoped that a south
ern cline wonld prove beneficial, but a trip
to Florida did little good. In he spring she
was taken to the mountains, but it was Il vain
hope. and after a sOjOurn of several weeks
at the springs the patient was brought back
to ST. Louis that her closing days might be
passed amid the scenes of her happy youth.
Since her return the dread disease firmly fast
ened its grip and the end came peacefully on
Monday last. \ noble soul went TO its re-
ward and the suffering of the body ceased.
To the bereayed ones we exterd our sincere
and heartfelt sympathies.
Andrew West and C. \. Shoemaker, two
young men Of Flatwoods, Madison county,
came into Ironton on Tuesday of last week
to do some trading. They were in the store
of t. s. Lopez II Sons, for some time, and,
after their departure, Mr.. AdOlph Lopez
missed two vests. Next morning, with the
assistance of Sheriff Fisher. he went after he
two men, who had already started home.
They were overtaken at the railroad crossing
on Mace's Hill and when Sheriff Fisher eX-
planned the object of his trip, West and Shoe
maker both maintained their innocence and
freely accorded him the privilege of exam
lining their purchases which had been placed
in a couple of sacks. The search was made,
but the sacks contained no vests. just then
Mr.. Lopez espied one of the missing vests
on West, under his other vest. On this dis
covery both West and Shoemake wilted and
offered to pay for the vests. They were
brought back TO town and taken befo-e Squire
AXE, who fined them each So and costs.
They remained in Jail until Saturday when
the fine was paid and they went to their
homes.
There are several reforms needed in and
around the Academy of Music and we hope
to see the Directors take early steps toward
accomplishing them. One Is In reference to
combining the coon to the gallery; keep him
off the ground floor and then let the whites
stay out Of the gallery. As 1t now Is the
darkies complain, and not without reason,
that if they 90 to the gallery there is always
an unruly aud disturbing white element
present, who makes hideOus noises and
prevent them enjoying the entertainment.
Another cause of complaint is in the matter
of reserved seats. 1t used to be that the
purchase of reserve seat tickets Insured the
holder his seat, but it doesn't do so a0y
more. There hasn't been crowded house
present for the past two years, but what
there has been more or less unpleasantness |
on this score. This could all be avoided by |
a little systematic work, and we venture the !
assertion that there isn't theatie-go in |
the town or vicinity but that will second our
appeal for q reform in This cOnnect elton. Then, |
again, let some means be adopted to clear !
the vestibue of the noisy and di>orGery |
gang that il invariably present when any |
thing Is going on inside. y long suffering |
public Is growing impatient and the RENE |
dies are simple and apparent TO al. Let the |
Directors act.
Terry's Uncle Toms Cabin Company, |
which appeared ut the Academy of Music |
Mon da. night gave one of the poorest shows |
ever seen in this place. The cast, with one |
or two exceptions, was miserable, and the |
rendition, in general, rs poor as can well be |
conceived and laughable TO contemplate. !
The individual who played Uncle Tom had t
voice admirably adapted for that of 4
.bouncer" in the variety dives of city, but,
a. plantation negro, it was no go; h. moy-
ed around like the bar room bum stepping |
ND to the counter when the "house treats" |
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