Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-02-19
Annapolis News.

Ed. RegiSter-J. S. Benson went to Mem
phis, Tennessee, one day last week. 1t is
| reported that he obtained large paving
block contract and will open a new quarry
near Annapolis.
John Reynolds, the track walker on the L.
NJ. r. r., found twenty scattered let
ters between Annapolis and Sabula. They
were turned over to the postmaster at Sabula.
w. c. Tucker has three sick children.
The wife of Joseph Boyd presented him
with a fine boy this week.
The "faith doctor" was on hand again this
week and, as is usual IN such cases, opinions
are very much divided on his abilities. Some
claim that he has performed fabulous cures
while others, your correspondent included,
doubt his ability to perform any more than
an imaginary cure.
joseph Hampton, the head sawyer at
Funk's mill, received a painful and serious
wound on the hand, from cut off saw which
he had just put up Saturday.
Since last L wrote you, two copies of the
Ironton Truth were given to me. In one of
which l find Mr.. Cundiff calls the 7. R. C.
an aggregation of idiots, and says Jake" is
a gentleman, and that he had faced larger
rebel guns than ours. [ suppose the I.
r. c.. will wither away or die of a broken
heart at having incurred the displeasure of so
great journal. But the calling of "Jake" a
gentleman, and saving that she had faced
rebel guns" makes us smile. "Jake" is
gentle enough; he never kicks when curried,
but if he eyer faced anything larger than
toy pistol we have never heard of it, but
even that would be larger gun than we
shoot, as we don't shoot rebel guns. The
only rebel gun that we have seen, was fired
by the New York Mail and Express, and re-
fired oy the Truth without comment. 1t was
intended to fire the southern heart, but as it
was only % caliber short, it fell short of
the mark.
"Jakev says that "Murphy" and his fam
lily seem to be worked up to high pitch;
that is only seeming, "Jake," we are not
worked up in the least, but we would sup
pose that after the drubbing the club gave
you last fall you would be little careful
about starting another fight.
But as to your babble about "Murphy,"
we expect the invitation to you to vent your
spleen. Your ill will is a good recommen-
dation here.
You say you have never been accused OF
an attempt to commit murder nor beating
your creditors. Well, you have been accus-
ed of so many mean actions, that / suppose
you think yourself in luck to escape these
two. "Jake" closes up like clam when he
comes to the trial Of young Funk before
ESQ., Hampton. Not one word about coffee
money this time. On the contrary, he now
thinks that a justice should try to induce
the parties to settle by arbitration. "a
little good advice in this case" says "Jake,"
"would have saved the State $40" Now,
"Jake," the giving of this good advice, is
Just as-much your business as that of Esq.
Hampton or any other man. Why did you
not go around and offer your services as an
arbitrator? You have much time as the
ESQUIRE who has to work hard to make his
living.
The trouble with you, "Jake,' is this, you
had built a house ostensibly for drug store,
but really for the reception of the post-of=
fee. Then your self aud your henchmen
went to work to Dust Mr.. Hart. You ac=
complished your purpose and had everys
thing IN running order when your accom-
plice became tired of Annapolis. Then an
other change had to be made, and to further
YOUR scheme and retain the post office I'M
der your control, you tried, along with
your accompliee to get the Republican club