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

| stint upon us. Ten minutes later John
Blemel of Blue Store fame came over, and
wanted to tell us about "that id tramp,
He had gone to John and in a strictly conf
dental way offered to sell the order for fif-
teen cents cash-a discount of forty per cent.
on its face value. John showed him the
front door and the quickest way out of it
about this time recognizing him as one he
had seen "tanking up" in the saloons that
| same morning. The moral to this incident
is obvious, but the idea we desire to convey
to every body and his wife is this: if you don't
| want to suffer the disgrace of having YOUR
orders discounted beyond the recognized
bounds of commercial integrity, issue them
not to travelling gentlemen in misfortnune."
Clark Bros show, an aggregation consist
ing of two or three WORKOUT tents, a couple
of animals, and the usual collection of talent
and ingenuity, exhibited at Des Arc last
Friday. While the performance wasn't of
the highest order, still it met with some APP
probate N from the audience, and especially
from two young ladies who were present.
Their names were Minnie Myers and Rebecca
Matkin. The former lives with her parents
in Des Arc and is about seventeen years old:
the latter has no permanent home, but has
been working about Des Arc for some time
past and is several years the senior Of her
companion. Indeed, these two were so much
taken with the perilous feats, graceful move
ments and affability of couple of the stars,
that they agreed TO visit Annapolis the fol-
lowing day and see the show second time.
Accordingly they went, second time they
q a RI ri,
trians, the skillful rope walkers and the in
imitable antics of the clown. And what was
more, at the close of the entertainment at
night the maids had the pleasure of an in
PRODUCTION to the couple of "stars." 1t
was double case of love at first sight, and
they mutually and severaly agreed to HE to
other climes where none cOuldlnterferc, and
they might pass the hours together in we'd
ded happiness. All was quietly arranged
and that night the quartette boarded the
north bound train; where they would go to
hadn't yet been determined, but Ironton
was finally decided upon as the objective
point. 1t SO happened, though, that on the |
same train with the lovers four was Deputy |
Sheriff O'Neal Of Des Arc. He sized the |
crowd up and took in the situation at a |
glance. He pleaded with the girls to return |
home, but they were obstinate and positive |
ly refused. As the train reached Ironton,
however, he succeeded in getting them sep
a rated from the men, and when the stop was
made at the station he quietly slipped off |
the rear end with the girls and took them
down 10 Hotel Peck. The showmen left
the train at the front end and just opposite
10 the depot, and clearly missed the girls as
they were taken down street by Mr.. O'Neal.
The showmen looked around for awhile, but
had to give up the search as useless, and
then passed the night at the American Hotel.
Mr.. O'Neal in the meantime had telegraphed
to Miss Myers folks at Des Are, apprising
them of the situation, and promptly received
a reply to "hold the young lady aud arrest
the man"who had persuaded her to leave. AS
there was no evidence to show that the man
had been guilty Of any offense, however, he
was not arrested, but the girls were held;
at first they complained bitterly of this out
side interference; said they had all come
here to be married and that they didn't need
any one to take care of their affairs. The
.wo showmen, in the meantime, thought
he matter over and concluded it would be
best for them to rejOin their show at Centre
Iie. To think with them was to ac', and
hey promptly departed for the kingdom of
Reynolds. Miss Myers brother, Elijah,
anne up from Des Are on Sunday afternoons;
lie took charge of his sister and they return
ID home that night. Miss Matkin left the
next day for Bismarck.