Iron County register., 1891-04-02

at him several times. On the contrary. tn
other side says the barber had an ope,
knife in his hand all during the fight. An,
so it goes. The only certain things about i
are that there was ''scrap," but no bloot
was shed, or great damage resulted. And
we hope, for the good of all, that the wa1 il
| over.
! In all the entertainments at the Aeadem,
of Music, the gallery ought to be set apar
| for the exclusive use of the colored people
with no hoodums to interfere and mar theil
| enjoyment of the proceedings. AS it is now
along with some respectable persons, the
gallery is almost always infested by a class
who make life miserable for those of the
colored people who venture there. This Is
| all wrong, and must be amended. The coll
ored people have right to 20 there and en- =
| joy themselves without let, hindrance, or
molestation. For obvious reasons, that end
can best be attained by giving them place
separa and apart from the white people.
1t Is for the decent, orderly, reputable show
going people to that this is done; and
they can easily enforce their desire by reso-
lutely refusing to attend all entertainments
'ASiS tAS diC 10 iioL SuutlGu W. All du-
ditlonal inducenent for the adoption of such
rule lies in the fact that frequently the
whole house is disturbed by the "Aecs" in
the gallery, who, if they were forced to take
seats on the floor in close proximity to and
under the eye of the manager, would know
how to behave themselves. BY all means
let the Academy management enact the law
and enforce it, under all circumstances.
When the supply Of ore in Pilot Knob
mine began to show signs of eXhaustation,
four years ago, the large amount of ore left
standing in the pillars of the mine was seen
to be an item of no inconsiderable money
value. But the taking away of these sup
ports OF the whole top of the mountain was
a feat of mining fraught with peculiar dam
ger and one which would require, not only
an intimate knowledge of mining skill, but
cool and genuine courage to carry it out.
This work was intrusted to Capt. Wm
Searle, the mine Captain, and so carefully
and accurately did he plan the necessary
steps of the work, and so thorough was the
discipline of the force, that every pillar was
taken out of the mine without any acciden:
worthy of note in so dangerous work. In
he coal mines of the st. Louis Ore & Steel
Co. at Murphysboro, ILL.,, the same mode of
leaving a large part of the coal as supporting
pillars to the roof has been carried on for
years, and q large per cent. of the coal has
been thus unavoidably left IN the mines.
Seeing the eminent success of Capt. Searle in
thus taking out the pillars of Pilot Knob
mine, the president of the company sought
his advice on the matter of the pillars of the
coal mine. While the Capt. does not claim
to be an expert coal miner, having had only
a few years. experience in that branch of
m ining, his practical and general knowledge
of mining led him to think that the work
could be successfully and economically done.
He was therefore transferred to Murphys-
boro on January first, and at once went to
work. He met with the success that he an
ticipated ana demonstrated in satisfactory
manner that the coal in the pillars could be
AIKEN out without danger to the workmen.
These two operations in mining, while they |
appear trivial and easy of accomplishment
TO the uninitiated, are really of the first rank
and shows Capt. Seare to be fully equipped |
for his business with an adequate knowledge |
Of the necessary principles thereof. Since |
MS return from the coal mines, he has been |
put in charge of the prospecting lately be- |
gun by the company on Shepherd Mountain. |
May the success of his former work follow |
lim, that he may discover an abundance of |
1re,