Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-09-10

which was chicken securely fastened. We
presume they were on their way to the
"wife's people in Tennessy,n
Mr.. J. A. Markham: has a good team of
horses-gentle enough, albeit they don't like
the roar, rattle and clamor of the railroad
trains. From this fault he has been en-
deavoring to break them, and has pretty
we'll succeeded. Last Monday he drove to
Arcadia, and when he arrived at the cross
ing near the depot, he attempted to cross
the track in the rear of another wagon. A
freight train stood on the side track, and
just as the wagon in front cleared it, the
train began to shack up" The caboose
struck one of MI. Ms horses as the team
was about 70 step on the track, and it turned
suddenly throwing the other horse down and
dragging him on the ground. Prompt
measures saved the outfit from disaster,
though the horse thrown down is consider
ably scratched and bruised. Whether the
animals will take more kindly to railway
trains hereafter, remains to be seen.
Some gay gallants living at convenient
distance from town have formed a habit OF
riding through the city in buggieS, having
for companions disrepu:able characters Of
the other sex. This would probably concern
none but themselves il their actions were al
ways in accord with the general idea of pub
lie decency; but such Is not the case. we
have seen these parties pursue their course
leisurely down Main street, the male occu-
pant drunk, lolling kimberly upon the sea-,
and his arm encompassing the waist of his
fair O. companion, who handles the rib
bons to give him greater freedom of action.
The sight is always indecent and frequently
disgusting: shame TO the community ara a
disgrace to the parties engaged in the trans
action. 1t occurs TO us that it might not he
altogether inappropriate for the officers to
take cognizance of some of the grosser exhi-
billions: an occasional running in" might
tend to "knock out' he practice.
One of the propretors of the new paper
over in Centreyille has already found out
that there is no money in country journal
ism," and has promptly retired. Inc ne
former is an exceptionally good paper Ior q
town the size of Centreyile, and we had
hoped it might have a happier fate.-REG-
lister.
Hold Bro. AXE! Don't preach our funer-
al until we are dead! You do not under
stand the situation of things. We are re-
ceiying a flattering encouragement from the
people, and such a one, too, as will Keep The
RetOrmer among the things that be until
Gabriel toots his horn. We are not making
a fortune, we confess, but we are making
ample to run on, and so long as we shall do
so well, our subscribers shall read the he
former. Mr.. Bell did not retire from the
newspaper field so soon because ne was
forced to do so, but because the services OIL
three persons were not needed on the he
former and his interests at home demanded
his attention. eRtreUiUe Ref0rnaer.
Frederick Boon, d young man 10 years old,
had a narrow escape from death about .
O'Clock last Saturday morning. Boon was
on his way to Greenup, ILL.,, and had boarded
passenger train No. 90, on the Iron Noun
tain Railway, near Malvern, Ark. The boy
is somnambulist and is troubled with bad
dreams. On the night above mentioned, he
fell asleep and when the train was ru hing
down the Ozark Mountains into the Arcadia
Valley he rushed out of the coach to the
platform and jumped off, falling headlong
down an embankment 45 feet deep. The
porter saw the boy jump and signaled the
engineer to stop Immediately. searcn
was instituted and the young fellow was
found lying unconscious. He was taken 10
Arcadia and put off so that a physician
could examine him and dress any wounds
that might he have received. Strange to say
the boy was not injured in the least. He re-
ceived slight scratch on his nose and tore
his trousers. He was forwarded to st. Loul:
| on the Arcadia Accommodation in charge o
| Conductor VIM. Hall. In explaining the al
| fair TO Mr.. Hall he said: 81 was dreaming
that was in a building that was on fire.
tried to get out, but finding my way Gu
off by the flames L rushed up stairs ant
Jumped out of a window. When l dream
of running up stairs and jumping out of tn
window it was then, l guess, that rushed
through the car and jumped off. At an
rate when [ was falling l awoke and strang
to say realized that L was really falling.
was stunned somewhat, but glad that
escaped with only slight scratch" Con
ductor Hall says that he does not see how
the boy escaped being dashed to death, al
the train was running at lightning speed.
We take the following from the ''Ma
About Town" column of last Sundays Re
public: "Judge Russell, one of the old set
tiers of Iron county, Missouri, told The Ma
an interesting story of marriage ceremon
performed by him many years ago. 1t Is
, notable fact he said, that all the couples
have married have prospered. l used
: give them a talking to before married theI
and lecture them on the responsibilities an
real duties of married life. Then l woul
say to them, well, you know what you ar
undertaking now; do you still want TO b
, married?' and l never yet had one to bac
. out. One day was ploughing the mort
field and was thinking of quitting for suppe
: when I saw young fellow sitting on Ia
, whiting and watching me plough. aske
him if he wanted to see me. He said We
but he wasn't in hurry and he guessed L
would wait till got through ploughing.
told him was through and after few que:
tions / found out that he wanted to g
married.; that his family had just moved in
the neighborhood from Kentucky, and tn;
, his sweetheart had run away from home an
followed him. At his request L accompar
. led him to Pilot Knob by back path in o
der that his fellow workmen might NJ
know what was going on, in which event
would be made 10 treat them. We arrive
at his cottage, one of the ordinary two-roo
e structures. He said the girl was there, b.
e we found the place empty, but the floor W
II still damp from a recent scrubbing. III
q Girl had gone to the spring. When she r
u ,prnad tn the cottage she was in her ba