Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-08-20

versity empowers every Representative ant
Senator in the State with the right to nam
one cadet each who shall be admitted int
the institution free of all charges. Repre-
sentative Ripgo has appointed Mr.. Harvey
L. Bell of Belleview as the cadet from Iror
county.
John W. Medley died at the residence u
his parents in Arcadia last Monday after.
noon, aged thirty-seven years, two months
and ten days. The deceased had been il
in poor health for years, and during the pas
few months, his condition became such that
death was expected at any time. The be-
reayed family have the sympathy Of the com.
munity in their affection.
| The "sporting" element which infests the
North End Of this town, is becoming alto.
gether too prominent, and unless they are
less boisterous and noisy in the future, the
chances are that a number of them will get
over spree some night to find themselves
in Jail with big fiue and heavy costs TO pay
Several nights during the past week they
have been painting The town, and 'acing up
and down the streets in buggies and rigs,
shrieking, shouting and cursing. Il is a
nuisance that must he stopped and our Off
GERS should give these might owls" their
immediate attention.
The Centrevile Reforuer takes exception
| to the REGISTEE's item last week IN refer
ence to a trial before Justice Hunter in Rey-
nolds county. 1t Vas intimated in hat item
! that sentiment" in that bailiwick was
strongly in favor of Mr.. Dobbins and that it
may have had some influence on the jury: a
| fact by no means discreditabe to friend
| Dobbins, whom everybody holds in just es-
TEEN. But the RcfGT"ter intimates that the
lawyer from Iron who had the losing side of
| the case, "didn't understand The law" or
words to thai effect. This may be true or
not; it is not for US to say. But one thing
we do know: all justices of the peace are
good lawyers, and Bro. Hunter of the Re-
former is the justice before whom the case
was tried.
The past week has produced more intensely
hot weather than this vicinity has expert
enced IN the same time for years past. Ey-
cry day the thermometer gets way up in the
Dinetles, and yesterday afternoon the mer-
curry extended past the one hundred mark.
The ground is parched and dry, vegetation
burning up, and unless there are frequent
and heavy rains in the immediate future,
every crop hat natures in July and August
will be little less than a total failure. Even
the trees are dropping, and the fruits are
dry and insipid as compared with what they
would have been had it not been for the
drouth. Later-A cooling shower came late
Tuesday afternoon and reduced the temper
ature and settled the dust. May more Of
like kind speedily follow.
"Doc" Trammell, who lives on the Leigh
farm compile miles south Of Arcadia, tells
us of an interesting struggle couple OF his
dogs had with ground hog one day last
week. The boys had been out in the woods
with the dogs, when they stirred up the
ground hog, which walked boldly out OF his
hiding place and offered fight. The dogs
both jumped on him, but they found con-
testant worthy Of their valor; and before he
got through the grounding had whipped
them both. The dogs sneaked off with their
tails between their legs, and the ground hog
stood on his hind feet whisting and shrek
ing gaily over his victory. One OF the boys
seeing that the ground hog was getting the
best of the affair tried to help the dogs out,
and in consequence has finger badly bitten. |
Once upon time a Citizen of Poplar
Bluff, in the guise of RetOrnaoT, and fore |
seeing the Outlook, asked neighbor to Id |
uOcdte the non-support of R"pu6h"0n
newspaper which was in Truth not Demo- |
crat, and which was not up with the Times. |
Complaint was laid at the office of the REG
IsTER and the Herald proclaimed it to the |
Sentinel, who drew his Blade and dispatched |
a Messenger to tell the Meas TO enterit upon |
the Cdsh-BOOE and ascertain the Ld'tS IN |
the case by sending a NetcSbOg to examine
the Record and see if it contained any evil |
dence of Enterprise. The matter was not
referred to in the Index, which showed that
it had not been placed in the formal. \
quill was procured and Transcript issued |
and then the Press took up the question
and Gazette made the III tier public. The
Prospect was good for an argument and the
4rgus- eyed BAPTIST said that in this Era
such things were nonsense, and being hide
pendent boarded Clipper on the shining
Hdce after advising others to look in
Mirror, consulting CH'tiuatOr and assumed
the character of VtadlcotOr. We have
made a LO"dl OF the whole affair.-DHnklaa
County NelCs.
In one of the pleasantest residences in the
Valley is located family of cit folk here
for the summer. There are number of
small children in the gathering, and play
things and toys galore are scattered over the
yard, on the porches, in the house and ev-
cry other nook and corner about the place.
\ recent acquisition to this assortment pro-
vided for the little folks is a rubber snake;
1t is perfect imitation of the live serpent
and when picked up or taken hold of wrig-
giles and moves around just like the genuine
article. OF course, such an ideal toy is very
popular with the children, and when ''Uncle
Dick" came down from the city for few
days, about the first thing to which his at
tention was called by the babies, as they
clambered on his knee, was that wonderful ,
snake. "Uncie Dick, "to please the children,
seemed interested, and played with their pet
quite a while. In a couple of hours after
ward as he went to go up stairs he saw, or
thought he saw, the children's rubber snake
On the steps; he reached down, picked it
up by the tail and started to throw it to one
side; then he yelled and dropped the snake. ,
1t was clear case of mistaken identity; a
real snake had crawled on to the stair steps
and "Uncle Dick" had taken it for the rub
Der one. He won't soon make a SIMILAR
mistake.
Last Monday Just after the writer had re- .