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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-08-13
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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-08-13
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, 1891-02-08
SPORTING NOTES.

Bicycling on the ice is a new 'fAd"
among wheelmen. j. Wing, Of Ottawa,
recently rode half a mile on a solid tired
safety in $50 econds. The last quarter
WA covered 10 % seconds.
The championship match between the
great Australian Oarsmen, Stausbury and
Mclean, will be rowed April % on the
Paramatta river. The stakes are 1900 a
side.
t. B. Turner and II. G. HaIlock, of the
Princeton University Harriers, recently
broke the college record for eight miles.
Their time was So minutes, s minutes bet
ter than that of Roddy.
1t Is announced that Frank p. Shawn
and Charley Mitchell may visit America In
February and commence a sparring tour
through the United States.
The new director Of boating at the Man
haitian Athletic club, New York city, is F.
r. Fortmeyer, secretary Of the Middle
States Regetta association. Two OF the
Manhattan's new honorary members are
Governor David b. Hill and Col. Robert
G. Ingersoll.
During 1890 5.5l5 names were added to
the League Of American Wheelmen. The
league now has Il, 1850 members.
1t Is said that Mayor Smith, Of Provi-
aence, r. l., has resolved TO stop further
prize fighting at the Gladstone club In
that city.
The 'shortstop" billiard
open 10 all American players except Jacob
Schaefer and George F. Slosson, will be
opened at Chicago Feb. 10. Ives, Maggloli,
Carter and other cracks will probably com
Psts-The m will be 400 points, I4inch
balk line. The first prize will be $500.
James j. Mclaughlin, the crack lacrosse
player and organizer OF the Independents,
the best team America ever saw, died at
Boston recently, He was only "A years of
age.
a match between Louis Cyr, the strong
man Of Canada, and Saudow, the London
giant, Is one Of the sporting events sched-
nled for the near future. They will com
pete for n trophy and the heavy weight
lifting championship of the world.
Willie Day. the champion cross country
runner Of America, has permanently re-
tired from the arena upon the order OF his
physician.
A rule has been passed by the Amateur
Athletic union which provides that no ath-
let's shall be expelled until he has seen a
copy Of the charges against aim.
A one legged bicyclist In Coventry, Eng
land, is credited with having recently per
formed the remarkable feat Of riding nine
ty-six miles In eleven hours.
A big wrestling tournament, engineered
by "Parson" Davies. will come of in Chi
cago In February. It will be catch-as-catch-
can style and open to the world. The
winner will receive $500 aud a champion
ship belt.
Lieut.. Hem. the famous yachtsman and
owner Of the Galatea, is now In the United
States. He will eodesvor to secure such n
modification OF the new deed Of gift that
another race for the America Cup may be
held In the near future. IL will be remein
brred that the GAlatea was defeated by the
Mayiower in 1885.
, 1891-02-08

II EURsE FELL TO THE FLOOR.
No sooner was the old woman free from
the -integument than she disappeared. The
child, more curious than frightened, arose
and felt the horrible heap. For several
nights she witnessed the strange "undress-
ing" and then she related It to the pastor
OF the Methodist Episcopal church. He
laughed at what he termed = childish
dream, and bade her, the mex time she saw
the empty skin, to salt carefully the whole
inside. She followed his advice, and then
in fear and trembling awaited the return
Of the old woman from her Walpurgis ex-
cursion. The child, who was IL years old,
gave afterward her own testimony. Miss
Lide" (the woman's name was Miss Ida
Armstrong; Came In about morning and
began to put It on. but the very first touch
hurt her and she screamed She screamed
louder and louder as she kept putting 1t
on, and she ran around the room as IL shc
was burning up. The last saw she had
taken It off and gone away again, but this
time she did not leave her skin"
In the nature OF the circumstances this
story must be taken, as the saying is for
what it is worth" but the substantial
fact which enforces itself on the minds OF
the people of that part of Connecticut is
the u~naccountable disappearance five years
ago of Ida Armstrong. who has never
been seen or heard from since.
In one of the villages of the beautiful
Whitewater valley. In southeastern Indi-
ana, there lived a few years ago an old
woman who was accustomed to nurse the
sick of the community. It was remarked
that six or seven of her charges had died
In succession, when one evening the old
dame herself being i'll her place at an in
yalid's bed was taken by q healthy young
female of the village. As the new nurse
went to the window at the first glimmer
OF dawn to get a breath OF fresh afr she
saw a ghOstly procession form at the gate
OF the house and wend its way up the hill
side to the cemetery. When the vision had
passed away the nurse fell to the door in
an attack OF Mysteries, which Awoke and
so alarmed the patient that she died short
ly afterward.
The young woman averred that she had
seen the old ~granddame who was regularly
in charge of the invalid personally direct
ing the order of the funeral procession, and
that before it move she had taken her seat
beside the driver of the hearse. Most of
the people in the town affected to ridicule
the story OF the vision as an idle tale, but
not a single family ever again employed
the poor old nurse, who, finding her occu-
patton gone and herself under suspicion OF
being allied with the evil one, grieved her
self TO death.
These simple stories, SO lightly strung
together, are told only as another way of
stating the fact that in 1s91-the age OF
realism in literature, OF latitude in religion
there exists the belief in witchcraft, il
not the thing Itself. The world grows old,
its inhabitants become educated; but with
all changes one thing %changeth not, the
power Of the strong mind over the weak.
That is modern witchcraft, pure and
simple, and when the definition is univer-
sally accepted witchcraft will lose all the
horror Of its name. WILLIS STEEL
, 1891-02-08

\ very pretty controversy is on foot be-
tween Mr.. Harrison Gray Fiske, editor of
Ths Dramatic Mirror, and Mr.. A. z. Dun
lop, OF Dunlop's Stage News. Not long
< the announcement was made in the
latter paper that The Mirror was about to
suspend. In the next issue OF The Mirror
Mr.. Fiske Indignantly denied that his
paper was losing money or hat he intended
to stop publication, aud threatened to take
legal proceedings in the matter. Mr.. Dun
loP now re~iterates his assertions, and asks
Mr.. Fiske to bring on his lawyers. Iras-
much as The Mirror has been steadily i'm
proving for u long time, and is now un-
doubtedly the best exclusively dramatic
Journal in the country, It seems improbable
that its patronage has fallen of to such
an extent as to make suspension necessary.
Such al event would be n real calamity.
, 1891-02-08
ABSOLUTELY PURE

lleve In a BLACK man of the woods i'm
ported from the Hartz mountains, and
from the same state comes the story of an
old lAborer who is popularity supposed to
be a wizard. 1t Is repeated here to show
that superstition dies with difficulty, II
at all.
The Pennsylvania wise man met last
fall an overlAden apple cart drawn by a
poor old horse, and he remarked to the
farmer. who WA on his way to a cider mill,
that he would not get there with the load.
Sur enough, a little farther on the old
horse fell, and was so badly injured that
be had to be killed IN the spot. Farmers
OF the neiRhborhood, called upon to render
aid, agreed that the horse had been placed
unde the wizards influence, and before
they would remove the dead animal they
cut a slice OF flesh from the hind quarters
and burned IL, in order that the person
who cast the spell should burn In a corre-
spending part OF the body. -
From Connecticut there comes a tale OF
'salted skin" which Is worthy a place in
the folklore Of some tropical island. A
little girl, left homeless by the death OF
her parents, was AIKEN by an old WON.
an to reside with her near the suburb Of
Glastonbury. The two lived alone, and
the child was happy and healthy except
that her sleep was troubled. She COM
planned to her schoolmates that the room
the two slept In was lighted up during the
night, although they retired without q
lamp.
One night, however. she woke and saw
her aged companion amounting herself with
a liquid from a small bottle, with the re-
suit that her skin gradually fell from her
In a heap on the floor like a loose garment.
, 1891-02-08
THEATRICAL NOTES.

A New York spectacle has In Its corps a
ballet a grandmother, mother and grand
daughter, who do a skirt dance" together
under the Ruise Of sisters.
Lawrence Barrett Is producing with con-
siderable success q owe tragedy, Guido
FerrAnti," which was written by Oscar
Wilde. The Q are laid In Italy.
Pretty Ulhe Akerstrom advertises her
self in England by holding a reception aft
er each performance, to which all members
OF the audience are invited. They pass in
line before her, and she has a hearty hand
shake and a bewitchlng mile for each WIS.,
itor.
Miss Fanny Davenport's Cleopatra
scenery and equipments, which were
burned with the Fifth Avenue theatre in
New York, are being exactly duplicated.
Fanny Rice is to star next season In
fares comedy.
, 1891-02-08

THE GHOST ~rELLRR's" NARRATIVE.
or folk tale because IL exerts itself mental
ly-the influence OF the stronger mind upon
the weaker-and as such a mental power
It's phenomena may be sanely considered
and estimated.
IL is delightful to be able nowadays to
consider as an actually the nature and ex-
p~erience Of u~neducated, or at least i'll reRu-
lated, minds, withourla laying ones self liable
TO the stigma of superstition; under the
grateful cover OF scientific discussion to
relate tales. 20 rehears visions and re-
smbody myths without being called weak
minded. The old savage desire to propitlate
evil spirits is latent in most of us, and we
like TO tell of them in hushed tones and In
clAmmy bodily conditions with that end In
view, Even when strong minded scepti-
cism was most rampant there could always
be found little ~coteries who would gather
In the shadow of the fireplace ant. listen
to the ghost teller" with the delicious
which every one decries n
all feel Otherwise how can we account
for the continued prosperity OF the clair
voyants, seventh children, fortune ~tellers,
Astrologers, whose advertisements I'LL col
umns OF the n"ewspapersi Whatever our
condition of doubt may be, we all see
ahead a tremendous void, and we watch
with desire. not unmingled with dread,
the efforts OF these people to light IL with
their fArthing candles.
, 1891-02-08
Epoch.

The transition from long, lingering and
painful sickness to robust health marks
an epoch in the life of the individual.
Such 4 remarkable event is treasured in
the memory and the agency whereby the
good health has been attained is CRATE
fully blessed. Hence it is that so much
is heard in praise of Electric Bitters. So
many feel they owe their restoration to
health to the use OF the Great Alternative
and Tonic. If you are troubled with any
disease of kidneys, liver or stomach, OF
long or short standing, you will surely find
relief by use of Electric Bitters. Sold at
SOC and 81 per bottle at B. B. David's
drug store,
, 1891-02-08

Some women never feel an itching on
the soles of their feet but they know they
are going to walk on strange ground;
never drop a knife or fork without eI-
pecting a visitor OF either sex. Most
myths, and most OF the characters of
mythology, arose from the desire OF man
to read the writing OF nature, to under
stand her symbolism, which he could best
do by symbolizing her forces in turn. Did
q storm blow down a tree he fancied a
spirit in the air, then a spirit in the tree;
q war between them, and the result was
the overthrow OF the Dryads. The mystic
rious noises of the forest were to him the
whisperings of a myriad Of spirits to
whom he gave form, and whom he feared
or loved as they were kind or the re-
verse. Our forests are no longer primeyal
except in novels, but their influence upon
the mind of man has altered in quantity
more than in kind. To this day, in GER
tain parts Of Pennsylvania. the people be.
, 1891-02-08

The senior proprietor Of this paper has
been subject to frequent colds for some
years, which we're sure u lay him up il
not doctored at once. He finds that
Cnanberlain's Cough Remedy is reliable.
1t opens the se~sretions, relieves the lungs
and restores the system to a healthy con-
dition. Ii freely used as soon as the cold
has been contracted, aud before it has be-
come settled in the system, it greatly
lesseps the attack and often cures in a
single day what would otherwise have
been a severe cold. -North0esterr Hotel
Register, Das Moines. Iowa. 50 cent
bottles for sale by A. L. Roedel.
, 1891-02-08
FEW REASONS

Why you should try the celebrated DR.. IL.
WaRnerss methods OF cure.
o. s. FOWLER
The Great Phrenologtst-
2 You are wonderfully profcient IN your
knowledge OF diseases and medicines"
DR. ]. MATaEWs.
B. Few can excel youas a doctor"
4 THE afflicted ind ready relief in your
presence" DR. j, SINras-
s. "Dr. II. Wagner is a regular graduate
nom Bellevue Hospital, New York City; has
had very extensive hospital practice and is
thoroughly posted on all branches OF his be
loved science, especially on chronic diseases. 80
&. "Dr. Ii. Wagner has immortaIfxed hImself
oy his wonderful discovery Of specific RENE
dies for private and sexual diseases.r-Vir
gtnin City Chronicle.
Z Thousands Of invalids flock to see him.
San francisco Chronicle.
s The doctors long experience as "A spe-
cialist should nender him very successful -
Rocky Mountain News.
, 1891-02-08

known as a witch, or, 10 use the Pennsyl-
vRnia Dutch term, a "heX'-a woman who
worked mysterious charms by the aid of
little wax figures and nails, goats blood,
bat wings and other strange or trivial
things.
Modern story ~tellers, with their sneering
scepticism. have almost persuaded US that
there is no such thing as witchcraft In this
humdrum world Their tales Of the I'M
usual-when they indulge in such a child
ish fRshion-by which they seek TO produce
upon US the creeping sensation that was
Mrs Radcliffe's peculiar art, always fail in
effect because we know beforehand they
are going to poke fun at us In the end for
having turned pale and trembled, as they
intended we should. Before they have
done they will gibe at our ancestors, at
Frankenstein, at the Castle of Udolpho;
and such is the power of their soulless ex-
ample that we will laugh at ourselves and
avow we never felt an emotion save that OF
ennuL.
Fortunately for romance, however, in
these latter days science has come to her
aid. We haYe no longer a Poe or a Hof.
man, but We have a Charcot, a Brown-Se-
guard, a DIR. Koch, and these practitioners
on the border lands of the miraculous have
wonderfully revived the force of witch
craft; for II they. grave doctors OF medi-
cine, shall attempt and do what our fathers
believed impossible, why should not we
give credence to the mysterious powers
over nature claimed by our fathers IA
thersf
Modern witehcraft finds a more substan-
tiAl footing than that afforded by legend
, 1891-02-08

Fischer house, HAYES, ALIAS URS
Minneapolis, Subsequently he was ar
rested oil suspicion at Chicago and given
time to leave town. He then visited Gin
%cinuati, and, in conjunction with Thomp-
son and Williams, committed a series OF
robberies Of the strong arm" type, which
means the sp~oliation of the victims by main
strength. Williams was recently u drug
clerk, and new to the business. He made
a full confession, aud the whole gam will
soon be under lock and kew.
, 1891-02-08

reer commenced In 1894 with the Harris
burg club Of the Eastern league. He
played in the box and In the field, aud
later in the season Joined the Waterbury
club. The three seasons following Daley
pitched for the Philadelphia (N. L. club.
His work in the box during these years was
very successful. In 1888 he was transferred
TO Washington, and during 1889 he played
left field for Columbus.
The season Of 1890 found him occupying
the box for the Brooklyn "a. A. team, but
when IL went under he was secured by
Louisville. Daley Is considered a very
effective all round player.
, 1891-02-08
ARE you GOING EAsTt

II so you will ask for tickets via
WABASH LINE.
WHY Because in the first place it is
to many Of the principal cities Of the East
the
SHORT LINE, and because on all
trains there are, free to all, new and ele-
CANT
RECLINING CHAIRS and, from
points 10 the Rocky Mountain region, on
all through trains.
THROUGH PULLMANS, and, to cap
the climax Of luxury. all trains are fed on
DINING CARS,
@. NJ. HAMPsoN,
Commercial Agent, Denver, Col.
1927 Seventeenth Street.
, 1891-02-08

A Good Record. Il have sold Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy for ten years"
says druggist E. B. Legg, of Vail, Ia,
and have always warranted it and never
had a bottle returned. During the past
ninety days | have sold twelve dozen and
it has gwen perfect satisfaction in every
instance" 1t does not dry up a cough.
but %loosens and relieves it 1t will cure a
severe cold in less time than any other
treatment. so sent and 81 bottles for
sale nv A r Roedel
, 1891-02-08

A gentleman in Union county, Mo-,
who is too modest a man to have his name
mentioned In the newspapers, was cured
Of rheumatism by Chamberlain's Pain
Balm, after trying other medicines and
treatments for thirteen years. so cent
bottles for sale by A. e. RoedeL.
, 1891-02-08
TWENTY DOLLAR GOLD PIECES.

Mrs, John Curtis of Peoria, Ill. writes:
Used enc box of Usage Pills previous to
my second confinement; they worked like
a charm. Would pay $40 for a box
rather than do without them, as they
have proved a Godsend to me-" Write
Usage Medicine company, Wichita, Kas.,
sor particulars. and their book to wives
mailed free. Sold by druggists. Sold by
W. N. Hunt, Cheyenne.
, 1891-02-08

It was found that
Hayes is none 9TH
er than the noto-
rio Big Ed
Burns, OF Chica-
go, whose special
ty has e e n
~ng r m
work. He re-
Gently served a
term in the Still
water peniten-
tiary for robbing
a room at the
, 1891-02-08

A hotel where you can get solid and
substantial value for the money expended
is the Occidental. Good table board 25
cents per meal, or 81 per week.
Board and room 81 per day.
The Occidental has good rooms and is
we'll and comfortably furnished through
out. Visitors TO the city will find the
Occidental a good stopping place. 1909
Thomss street.
, 1891-02-08

I'D Knapp as recetctng
fresh oysters and CLAIMS tH
the sheH direct from " e,U
York erery other day. at
ATS restaurant Ou StI-
feenfh street. supplying
of families "a specially.
, 1891-02-08
'stronr Arm worker.n in Trouble.

STRONG Arm Workers" In Trouble.
Three men were arrested at Newport,
KY, recently who lave turned out to be
the ringleaders Of n gang of sneak thieves
who have committed a number of bold
depredations in the neighborhood OF Gin
cinnati. They were Frank Hayes, alias
Lang; Frank Thompson, alias Mccarthy,
and James Williams. Upon Investigation
, 1891-02-08

We have some very desirable lots in
Sll parts of the city that we will sell as
cheap as can be had and on the most fav-
orable terms, monthly payments if de-
sired. Call and get prices before buying
elsewhere. RISER & JOHNSON,
1921 Ferguson st.
, 1891-02-08

New mattresses. 81. so; new woven
wire springs. 81. rs; second hand heating
aud cook stoves at lowest prices. Every
, 1891-02-08

Edward NJ. Daley, the well known base
ball player who did good work during the
season Of 1890 for the Brooklyn and Louis
willie teams Of the American association,
halls from Providence. X. l.. and is In his
twenty seventh year. His Professional ca.
, 1891-02-08

tions between capital and labor. The
author, Lars P. Nelson. is new In the
field of dramatiEation, but his work Is
said to show strength and art. A peculiar
feature Of the Chicago production was the
fact that the leading female role was
played by the authors daughter, Miss
Hilma Nelson, whose portrait appears here
with. Miss Nelson shows talent Of NO
mean order, and the indications are that
Eight Hours" has brought forward two
bright new lights in the dramatic field
Mr.. Nelson as an author. and his daughter
as an actress.
, 1891-02-08

EVWE gNNEH0 1T
oficiated as coach for I've more, retiring in
1884. During the years mentioned he was
mainly instrumental In causing Harvard's
numerous victories over Yale, and eonse-
quently Harvard is anxious to again secure
his service as coach.
, 1891-02-08

n A town In GEN.
trial Pennsylvania
{ here ecently
died an old wom-
an, the widow of
a p Pennsylvania
Dutch farmer
named Freitcher.
Her death was the
occasion OF an all
absorbing excite
e in the vii
lAge, not unmixed
with relief, for
during o than
a quarter Of a cen
tury she had been
, 1891-02-08

The Heroine of = Labor Play.
Not long ago there was produced in Chi
cage q play which, II reports be true. is like
ly to create a considerable sensation. It
bears the title of Eight Hours" and. -
the name suggests, deals with the rela-
, 1891-02-08
MODERN WITCHES.
People Who Believe in Them
and Fear Their Power
REJOICING AT A -HEx's" DEATH.

The Charms and Tsrrors of Listening to
Ghost TsTsr"-rhs Weird Tale of
the 'tsAIted skIn"-HOw = HyStsrieAl
nurse Caused Her Patients Death.
ICopyrEht BY Amenean Pros AssociatIon.l
, 1891-02-08
PLAIN FACTS PLAINLY SPOKEN

At one time a discussion OF the secret vice
was entirely avoided by the profession. and
medical workso OF but a few years ago would
hardly mention 1t.
To-day the physician Is of a different opln-
ion; he Is aware that 1t is his duty-disagree-
able as IL may be-to handle this matter with
out gloves, and speak plainly about II and
intelligent parents and guardians Will thank
HIM for doing so.
, 1891-02-08

Delivered to any part of the city
and in any quantity by the Cheyenne
Transfer Company. Sixteenth and Eddy
, 1891-02-08

Tle largest stock Of fine brandies, old
whiskies, choice hqueurs and superfpe
cigars 1T GEORGE MNsten's well known
house, corner Sixteenth and Ferguson
, 1891-02-08
.hite-Nine pieces.
ARNICATED EUREKA CREAM

Is the finest and most effectual lotion for
chapped hands. rough and sore SKIN. es.
p~eciaIly prepared for this climate and
pleases everybody. Try it. Twenty FIVE
cent bottles. Druggists
, 1891-02-08

Here is a picture OF Col. w. A. Bancroft,
more familiarly termed Foxy Bancroft,
the famous Harvard oarsman, whose rein
statement as coach OF the crimson boat
, 1891-02-08
CHRONIC COMPLAINTS REQUIRE
TIME FOR III

Persons AT a distance who wish to be treated
by DR.. Wagner need not feel backward be
cause OF inability to visit him. If hey will
write to the Doctor he will send them a list OF
questions which enables him TO send medi-
cines, counsel and advice TO thousands he has
never seen He has patients in every city,
town and station throughout Colorado, as well
as all over the United States. See his address
In his adverttsement.-Denyer Tribune.