Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-08-27

ish the score was is to 10 in Ironton's favor
Our boys want to return thanks to the De
Arc crowd for the uniform courtesy aut
in the South End.
Jno. Kemper, Judge of the Iron County
Court for the Southern District, died at hi:
home near Des Arc last Sunday morning
from blood poisoning, superinduced by q
cancer. The funeral occurred Monday and
was attended by large concourse Of people
from all over the county. Judge Kemper
was a good man and excellent citizen and
his place will be hard to fill. A singular IA.
tality seems to be attached to Iron County's
Court this year, as Judge Kemper is the
third member of that body who has died
within the past six months. First, was
Judge GARRISON, Mr.. kemper's predecessor
then Judge Low of Belleview land now Judge
Kemper. 1t is not now known of course
who wil'be his successor, but the Governor
will likely be asked to make the appointment
In time for the new Judge to serve at the
September term of court week from next
Monday.
Last Tuesdays Repu6l,c contains special
AiN'A1 wy tuC
of taxes collected in the various counties OF
the State on the Textbook of 1890. 1t gives
us pleasure to note that Iron County is way
above the average, and the collections
amount to 81 per cent; there are but three
other counties in the Southeast that make
an equally good showing, and they are
Washington, Wayne, and Cape Girardeau;
down in Butler, however, where they do so
much "hooming and blowing" they only
pay Sc per cent. of their taXes-too busy,
you understand, to attend 10 such unimport-
ant matters as taxes; over there in Madison
we notice they fall down to 81 per cent; st.
Francois does better at 81 per cent; Rey-
nolds, 3d.; Dent, so. In this as in other mat
tiers, it seems that the older and weather.
counties of this section could take some
wholesome pointers from their modest little
sister of Iron.
While cleaning out the vault in his Office
one day last week Circuit Clerk HUFF came
across an odd and quaint looking volume
labeled "The following is the Stray Book of
T. Fl. Tiecklin of Belleview ownship, COM
menciDg the 9th day Nov. 1924, and ending
the 25th of Feb, 1929, II. II. Tiecklin, JUS
tice of the Peace" The back of the book is
a part of copy of the Emigrant and General
Advertiser, published in ''St. Louis, mis- |
souri, Ty.) Saturday, November Is, 1917, by
Sergeant Hall, Vol. 1, No. "a" This journal
is itself quite a relic of antiquity, and con-
talns many things that to newspaper men of
to day seem peculiar indeed. For instance,
the prospectus states that the "Emlgrani
and General AdUertiser shall be issued every |
Saturday on super-royal sheet and good |
type" Stephen Mitchell of New Madrid,
Mo-, offers $50 reward for the return of a
negro woman, "Jenny." E. Maury calls the
attention of the public to the fact that he has |
just opened the Planters House, (which he |
intends to keep in the first style. A large |
and cOmmOdious stable is provided which
will furnish Oats and Timothy Hay and is
attended by careful and obliging hostlers."
There are many other equally queer feat
ures, especially as showing the comparison
between st. Louis as 1t was then, struggling |
village, with a few thousand inhabitants, |
and as it is now, a metropolitan city with |
over half a million people. The print is
fairly good, and the paper Of excellent quail |
ity, although somewhat discolored by age |
and rough treatment. An examination of |
the interior Of the stray book, shows that |
about twenty or thirty pages were used by
Mr.. Tiecklin and the remainder by his sue
cessor, Squire Hudspeth, who will be re-
membered by many of the older residents as
one of the pioneer justices of this section.
The entries are little different from what
we would expect at this day, but the legal
phraseology is much the same. The writing
while plain Is little irregular, but easy TO
read. The ink, however, is indelible. and
hasn't faded in the least. The whole book
&C nprises quite q curiosity.