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Iron County register., 1891-04-16
Plows and Garden Tools Of all kinds a
o. Il T.'s.
in Defense of the Faith Doctor.


IEsTERViLLE, Mo, April 10th, 1891.
Ed. RcgiSter-Please allow me space in
your paper 10 reply to letter published in
the REGISTER Of April 9th written bv some
"Bi>marcker" concerning the faith doctor,
and those that go TO him. He, the wri: er,
says he can hear of no cures perfoI med, and
that those that 60 20 him are the poor and
ignorant. That is fal>ehood He saws also
that the Doctor is "a >tumpy, cross-eyed.
ugly specimen of humanity" That is also
false, and he, the writer, seems to be awful
sorry for those poor people, but can insult
them with grace. If he don't like the Doc.
tor why don't he just do like the Doctor
does: That is, attend to his own business.
| am not smart, but L am smart enough 70
attend to my business, and let others alone.
Now, Mr.. Bismarcker, for such | must call
you, for you failed to have the pluck to stand
over your name, if YOU know as much about
the Doctor in question, you surely have been
to him yourself and likely saw more than
anybody else. have been to him. and re-
ceiyed great benefit, but I never saw anv
man lay money in the Doctors palm. That
Iron County register., 1891-04-16
New Orleans Molasses at Oesterle .
Trauernicht's.
From UeS Arc.

We have spring at last.
| The farmers are making good use of this
| fine weather.
| Miss Cora Lee FItz returned Yesterday
from visit to Potosi, DeSoto, Crystal CITY
and Festus.
| Mr.. Geo. Morris is here to-day from ST..
Louis.
Our school election passed off quietly.
Also the town election. We will have a six
months school, with two teachers, com.
mencng 1st September. Our present school
will be out this week
Arbor day was observed, or celebrated bv
planting trees. Our school has been quite a
success. Our teachers have done their part
WE'LL
L shall write next time on dogs. There are
hundred of worthless dogs in this county
| that ought to be killed or taxed.
In regard to county roads, know that it
Is our duty, as well as the Roadoverseer's,
to report ell changes made without the
proper authority, but I know of several
eases where they have gotten permission
from the County Court to move or change
road, promising to make it as good, or bet
H.
Now will mention one instance down here
at Mr.. Roberts on the road to Brunot. Tie
road was changed, and 1t is in such a bad
place the Roadoverseer will not work it,
saying that the Road Commissioner will not
receive 1t, so we have no road at all at pres
ent. What L want to get at is this, what Is
the use of hauling gravel, etc., and fill up
holes and make culverts, spend hundreds of
dollars, and then here comes man and
wants to take In a small field or build a calf
pen, and throw this road out in the stumps
or around next to the creek, / say it is all
wrong and it ought TO be stopped. By the
way, your Glover correspondent SAYS the
next time | ride down the road they will
drive all the hogs to the mountains and give
me clean sweep. Well my friend (Glover)
you will have to feed more corn or else your
hogs will not be able stand the trip, for
what hogs | saw were so poor and thin that
they bad to lean up against the fence to
draw long breath, and they were so light
behind, that when they would root their
noses in the gDund, their hind end would
fly up, and all you had to do to keep them
from crawling through hole in the fence
was to tie knot in their tail, and, the knot
being larger than the hog, the knot of course
would hang them. ISAAC.
Ed. Regtster-I will try and give you a
few items from our burg as 1 haven't seen
anything in your paper from here for some
time.
Mrs. Spencer Farr is very sick. DR.. Farrar
of lronton was o see her yesterday.
Mr.. Nix, the photographer from Pied
mont, has gallery in our place now.
Mr.. John Collins is at home on a short
visit.
Our school will close next Friday.
There will commence a protracted meet
ing this week at the Batist church. {. M.
Iron County register., 1891-04-16
lSOnaI.

DR.. S. E. Strong is absent in Perryvile
attending court.
F. p. Adams was in town Sunday,
Gus. Moser was in Ironton few days the
past week.
Will Noell went to Bonne Terre Monday.
Rev. DR.. James was in Cape Girardeau
last week.
Mrs. j. G. Noell is visiting in Marble Hill.
Baxter Broadwell, after an absence of sew
eral years, is visiting Ironton relatives.
James Hurlbut has returned from visit
to ST. Louis.
VIM. Gross went to Piedmont Sunday.
Arthur Nall has gone to WilliamsyilIe,
Mo-, to work for II. n. Holiday.
Geo. Gay went to Pennington Saturday.
DIR. G. W. Hull and wife spent Sunday in
Fredericktown.
Iron County register., 1891-04-16

Prof. E. b. kenneday. of Columbus
KY, will be in Ironton tor few weeks,
teaching the art of Penmanship. He comes
highly recommended, personally and pro-
fessionally, and those placing themselves
under his tuition may depend upon getting
"value received" Prof. X. will have class
in the Ironton public school building each
day from to p. NJ. TERMS: 81 week.
Iron County register., 1891-04-16

is one more of your falsehoods of the first
water. But it don't seem to hurt you much.
Now, sir, think you had better quit insult
ing SO many people just to get lick at one
man. D. B. LEE.
Iron County register., 1891-04-16

The Quarterly meeting will meet at the
courthouse on the 17th of April, at P. NJ.
1t is hoped that each sub Union will be rep
resented. Do not forget the day.
WILLIAM RUDDoCK, President.
w. T. O'NEAL, Sec'y.
Iron County register., 1891-04-16

For the next 60 DAYS. We make this extra
ordinary offer to introduce the new improve
ment. You Will get three different styles of
pictures that are real souvenirs of art. Call
and see. Good pictures or no charge.
W. G. PERKINS.
Iron County register., 1891-04-16

IRoNToN CAMP, No. $50, Sons of
Veterans, meets every 1st and Sd Saturday
evening, each month. and every Tuesday
evening for drill. VIM. SCHwAB,
c. r. PECK, Capt. Commanding.
First Sergeant.
Iron County register., 1891-04-16

J. n. Bishop is sole agent for the Oliver
Plows.
Iron County register., 1891-04-16
Iron County +. & l.. Z.

Buy the Genuine Oliver Chilled Plow at j.
y. Bishops.
Iron County register., 1891-04-16
25 Photographs for 81.

Early Rose, Ohio and Beauty of Hebron
Potatoes at Newman's.
Iron County register., 1891-04-16

Clear Timothy Hay for sale at Capt. Jol n
Smiths barn.
Iron County register., 1891-04-16

The best Shoe for the least money at o.
T.'s.
Iron County register., 1891-04-16
DO You Want to be Good Penman

More Seeds aud Potatoes at y & T.'s.
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KILLED BY DYNAMITE.
A Factory at Havorstraw. N. r.
Blows Up.
Tho Earth Trembied for woAty Miles
Around-Gisss Broken In Nearby
fisees-Cause OF the Expfo-
sion Not Known.

SrAcK. n. ". Dec. "A dynamite
factory At Haverstraw was blown up
Wednesday afternoon. The shock OF
the terrible explosion was felt for many
miles -Four men employed in the
building were blown to pieces, and an
other man. who was some distance
from the wrecked buildings. was also
instantly killed The. names of the
dead az- Ms follows: NJ Wadsworth.
engineer Of the works; Peter Carlossa.
an Italian; Jos. Williams, Jos. f. Adler.
all wor~men; Perry Lounsberry, OF
Sing Sing.
Lounsbcrry was in a boat near the
shore when the explosion occurred. and
he was instantly killed A man who
was in the boat with him escaped in
jury.
The property belonged to the Clinton
Dynamite Co. VIM. 4. Foss of Haver-
straw, was the manager of the works.
Elmer Nash. the foreman. was on the
dock adjoining the building when the
disaster happened. but escaped injury.
The explosion was terrific. and the
shock was felt twenty miles away.
The glass was broken in buildings in
CONGRESS City. RocSland Lake and
other nearby places The cause of the
explosion has not yet been learned.
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Reciprocity with British west India.

WAsHIsGToN, Dec. 4-Sir Julian
Pouncefote and the representatives Of
the British West Indian colonies have
had another conference at the depart.
ment of state with Mr. Foster. relative
to the negotiations of reciprocity
agreement under the tariff act 1t APP
pears that there is more ground for CON.
cession ON the part of the colonial rep.
resentativcs than was ut first ap.
parent Figures have been collated TO
show that while the United States takes
more than half the products of the
islands, the average rate of duty upon
our imports Is nearly twice as large as
that paid by other countries AS the
solonists appear to be willing to make
such reductions in duties paid by United
States products as will not discriminate
against the mother country, there. is
reason to believe that success will
crown their efforts to secure reciproc.
ity agreement with the United States.
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spnrgeon send. Good rIaInr..

LONDON, Dec 2.-Mr Charles II.
Sturgeon, the noted preacher OF the
tabernacle in this city. who has been
rously sick for mum Der OF months
and who left this city for Mentonc,
Italy, in October. for the purpose OF re-
cruiting his health, has written n letter
To friend here desert bing his present
condition. In this letter Mr. Spu-.
geon says: My progress towards re-
covery Is painfully slow. am tossed
mp and down in the waves OF disease.
am so weak sometimes that am ut.
terly Frustrated My symptoms are
the same as when ] was at home I
shall recover, however, for this is the
tenor Of the prayers which God has so
far answered, Int there are no signs OF
rapid progress"
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MExICo's COFFEE LANDS.

Much of It Awaiting Cultivation mt N
Profit of Thirteen Cents . Pound of tn q
Product.
WASHINGTON, Dec 2-From recent
advices received ut the bureau of the
American republics it is learned that
there are now in active operation in
the district of Seconuso. state of Chi
apas. Mexico, twenty-six coffee es-
tates, which employ fifteen hundred
men. In this district there is still a
very large extent of first-class coffee
land not being cultivated, which
could easily produce two million
pounds of coffee. The cost of
production to the growers is about
seven cents per pound, placed in
bags and ready for transportation Tho
demand is always in excess of the sup
ply. and sales are readily made at the
plantations ut twenty cents per pound.
The lack of sufficient labor is the great
hindrance to the increase of production.
The reports which have been circu-
lated OF the total failure of crops in
Chiapas are denied by residents of the
state. Although the yield of wheat
and corn in several of the districts is
less than usual in that fertile section,
vt the lands produce so bountifully,
when unoultivated, that it is almost an
impossibility for a condition of famine
to exist there.
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GOT A GOOD PILE.
Bank safe Cracked at MadisonviIIe, Nv
Successful job of Experts. who Leave

Bank safe Cracked at MadisonviIIe. KY
Successful job of Experts. who Leave No
Claw Behind.
MADIsoNvILLE, Ky. Dec. 3-When
the officers of the Hopkins county bank
entered their room Wednesday morn
ing, they found that the door had been
blown off of their large safe, and that
the door of the strong box had been
forced open. The safe crackers secured
$4,000 in bills and gold and silver coin
The work showed that it had been done
by experts. as il was clean -cut Job,
nobody having heard the men at work,
and not IA clew was left whereby to
track them. The amount secured
cramped the business of the bank for IA
short time. A meeting of the stock
holders was called at once. and they
voted to make the loss good themselves
and continue business
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A FluD WOUND UP.

swiId Bni'' Thornton Killed by WIN. y.
VIII snson mt Newport. Ky.-Ths Tive
Men Were Cousins t-,s...
NEwpoRT. Ky, Dec "A feud of six
years standing culminated Tuesday af-
ternoon in an ARRAY which ended with
Louis Thornton. known widely az
wild Bilr' Thornton, dead in the of
dee of the Kentucky State Journal,
and VIM. +. Williamson, one of the best
known residents of Ncwport-and .
cousin of the dead man-is under arrest
for killing his enemy.
The affray was but the predicted and
natural outcome of an enmity which
had outlived years Mr.. williamson
friends claim IL to be the last resort of
man driven to desperation by long
persecution. "wild Bills" friends are
none but those who say that he was a
man who would share his last dollar
with the needy.
AS far as can be gathered from the
evidence of reputable and disinterestcd
witnesses of the tragedy, Mr.. William
son acted in self-dcfense only. The
man he killed was recognized dcs-
perado and thug. whose name dec
crates the police records rs the re-
sponsible party in many cases of bold
robbery and ordinary theft. Through
an enmity inspired by circum-
stance which is almost lost in the flight
of time Thornton had offered affront
after affront to the man who is now his
slayer. With pertenacity and boldness
born of long immunity from the laws
just revenge, he had systematically
made his enmity felt by Williamson,
who is gentleman in all that the term
implies. He had driven his tenants
from his land. He or his agents had
offered him petty indignities mt every
offered opportunity. Williamson could
not meet a lady upon the street without
fear OF insult, nor go abroad at night
except at risk of deadly assault
These two men met Tuesday at the
most prominent corner of the town in
Which they lived. Williamson was ac-
companied by lady. wild Bill" saw
the opportunity to- humiliate his enemy
and offered him n gratuitous insult
Mr. Williamson was driven to resent /,
by q blow. A fight followed. in which
the gentleman naturally was worsted
by his brawny adversary. Driven by
anger, which would not be controlled.
Williamson drew the revolver with
which he had provided himself for such
an emergency and slew the man who
had made his life one of constant an
noyance-
With n laxity of execution which
might be questioned in some communi-
ties the county court convened especial
ly and immediately. to take up the case
and ordered the release of the pistol
user on bond for manslaughter Will
Hanson went TO his handsome home
and the body of the man he killed was
taken to the morgue. The people of
the town said: We'll. Wild Bill ha.
died with his boots on at last"
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A sCouRcs

Entirely Depopufstcs sn S>lsrd-Th~ pi.
eovery OF Sea Captain fh~ rH~ln.
slope
GUAYMAs, Mex. Dee. A. The can
tain of coasting lugger. VINO arrived
here tells n strange story of a d,scov.
cry made by him when his vessel had
been driven out of its course during =
storm some weeks ago. He traded mn
and down the coast. doing business
among the inhabitants os the islonde
and coast villages between her,
and San Diego. Cal. and while
on his last trip. heavy wind
drove him far ont of his wav
and when the storm abatcd he FOUND
that he was SO far out of his usual path
that he had lost his reckoning lie WA
out of sight of shore, and when thev
saw land they bore down upon IL ana
found an island that was not down ON
any of rhe charts. He sent "A boat
ashore, and the men returned saving
that no one lived there. but there were
many houses and evidences of the place
having been ut one time inhabited.
The captain then went ashore himself
and found that the island had undou bt.
edly been swept by N scourge of some
kind, which had carried off every living
being. i'Et
There were numerous huts, showing
that at one time there had been many
people living there, but not living
thing was to be found An examina-
ton revealed the fact that the former
residents had died in such numbers that
they had not been buried. but the slxel-
etons were lying around the island
where the people had been when death
had overtalSen them In one hut were
found the remains OF seventeen
people, while in many others were
the bones of great number They had
been dead for such time that the
bones were beginning to- decay. There
was little 10 be found To show what
kind of people they were. but it is sup
posed that they belonged To one of the
island tribes which were so abundant
In this part of the coast fifty years ago.
OF course there can only be conjecture
as to the probable cause of the wiping
out of an entire tribe but the knowl-
edge of the fearful sweep of scourges
on other islands leads to the belief that
a pestilence swept off the inhabitants
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WAsWNdTON, Dec. 3-Thc fact has
developed during the past week that A
movement is on foot among the laboriug
classes in various parts Of the country
looking toward more rigid enforce.
ment OF the immigration Law. Pro-
tests have begun TO pour in upon the
president from New York and numer.
Gus other points, some urging and 9TH
ers demanding that the powers con.
ferred upon ex-ConRressmap Owens.
commissioner OF immigration. by tho
measure be allowed 70 be exercised bv
that Official and taken out Of the control
Of Assistant Secretary Nettleton.
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MEXICAN putiss on oeresI.

Cry OF MEXICO, Dec. 4.-The bill
granting the president power to decree
the suspension OF duties on cereals and
all classes of animals coming from for.
eign countries so as TO meet the emer.
gency caused by loss of crops in various
states has passed the cham Der of depu.
ties without n dissenting vote. and was
ut once sent TO the senate, where un.
questionnbly IL will be pushed through
with haste. The passing of this bill
will furnish the farmers of the west q
good market for their crops
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Young Ffcid Attempts Ills Own Life. aud
is Put Under Restraint - r~rribi. Gala mi.

Young Field Attempts Ills Own life aud
is Put Under Restraint - rerribt. Gala mi.
Tie. os-rt~he wsii-known Family.
NEW YORK. Dec. 3-The Sun Wed.
nesday morning said that Edward
field, who wrecked his firm. stripped
his father. Cyrus w Field. of all pos
sessions. and upon whose life there Is
an insurance of 5000 OOO, has ATTEMPTED
suicide In what manner he sought to
kill himself Is not recitcd in the papers
on which he was committed, by Judge
McAdam, OF the superior court, to YER
non house, at Mt. Vernon, as "A danger.
Gus ilunatic.
Application for the commitment was
made TO Judge McAdam last evening ut
his home. This course was adopted by
the Field family evidently To avoid pub.
licity. The afiidavits which were offer
ed were all ready and voluminous
Mr.. Field was taken to Mount Yer
non at 9:55 Tuesday night. 1t was
learned authoritatively that his COM
mitment is but a temporary resort
pending public proceedings to deter
mine judicially whether Mr.. Field is n
lunatic or not
Cyrus w. Field, who is now, il Is
feared. dying. has been absolutely
stripped of his possessions by his mad
son. The following story came from
the lips of the impoverished man him
self on his sick bed and is repeated by
a friend who heard it:
Three days after the funeral of Mrs
Cyrus Field Edward entered his IA.
Tiers siclt-room and told him some of
his difficulties AS the friend relates
1t, Cyrus Field told me that his son Ed.
ward canoe to him and said he must
have money TO save him from ruin and
disgrace
He did not tell his father the extent
of his troubles He said he must have
money immediately to tide him overt r
short time. Cyrus Field directed that
the key to the strong box should be
handed to Edward. and he told his son:
Here is the key of the box con-
tanning my securities. Take enough
OF them, my son, to help you through
your trouble" Edward Field took the
key, and he furthermore took every Sc
curity in the box, and Cyrus Field told
me that he was now as poor as the day
he entered the world The mystery is
where allthe money has gone to.
The amount of securities taken on
this occasion 10y Edward from his faith
er was in the neighborhood of $500. O0O.
Cyrus w Field has not been considered
very rich man since his heavy losses
in 1877. and this was. rs he himself said.
all he had in the world.
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a rerrIbIo Dnnrcr.

DETROIT, Mich, Dec "a bout ?
o'clock Wednesday morning the auto
matte trip regulator az the distributing
station got out OF order shut off the
How Of natural gas and cxtinguished
all the lights and fires in the city
When the regular flow was resumed
the gas permeated the houses OF many
families, the inmates Of all OF which
were asleep Safety valves on the
meters undoubtedly saved many lives
Several families suffered from partial
asphyxiation.
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MURDBROUs LUNAT1c.
Failing In an Attempt to ExtermInate Ills
Family He Uses His Rifle with Fatal FL
feet on Himself.

Failing In an Attempt to Exterminate Ills
Family He Uses Ills Rifle with Fatal III.
feet on Himself
NEWARK, o.. Dec. S.-Great excite.
ment exists in the northeastern part of
the county over an effort Wednesdnv
morning to eSterminate an entire fam.
n.y. and the shooting of the would-bc
slayer For some little time IL has
been noticeable that Carey w. Bell.
living two miles northeast of Utica. and
fourteen miles from this city. has been
failing mentally. He was not consid-
cred dangerous. and none had an idea
that he would endeavor to kill
his family and then himself, as he was
quite aged and was growing fee.
bic. He was highly respected, and past
commander of Channel Post. G. A.
X. Wednesday morning, how.
ever, he secured his Win.
chester rife, and after trying 10 shoot
his wife. ason, named Hugh Bell. and
the domestic, named Daisy Wilson. and
failing in his murderous purpose. he
went TO the stairway. removed one
shoe. placed the muzzle OF the gun
against his left breast. placed his foot
ON the trigger and fred The ball en-.
tered close TO the heart. producing n
fatal wound. His brother.in-layy. DIR
Garrison. was called but no hone Is en-.
tertnined Of Mr. Bells recovery. What
caused him 20 attempt murder is not
known.
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VIII Not san for nhni

WAsmNdroN. Dec. At has been
decided by the navy department. that
the double turretcd monitor. Miantono
nah. which Is regarded as one of. tho
most formidable vessels i'm the new
navy, shall not leave American waters
this winter These facts are regarded
as significant IL is thought that all
apPrehensions OF further difficulty with
Chilli is over.
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A Mad DOG Scar.

MIpDLETowN. Md. Dec. A mad
dog ran amuck Wednesday and Thurs
day. and not until Thursday afternoon
was he cornercd and killed The brute
had bitten number of other dogs, a
half dozen cats and a hog. He also
nipped a boy and savagely assaulted q
girl. The mayor has ordered that
every dog shall be nuzzled for two
months. Over thirty have already been
slaughtered by the fear-stricken inhab-
itants.
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A RUSH FOR LIFE.
An Express Train Successfully Dash
Through a Turning Tunnel.

An Express Train Successfully Dashr.
Through Turning Tunnel.
LOUISVILLE, KY. Dec. 4-Passeugers
on the St Louis express. over the Air
Line, due here early Thursday morning,
had a thrilling experience in Pallon
Hill Tunnel, west of New Albany. The
woodwork of the tunnel had become
ignited. and it was not discovered until
the train had entered II was too late "a
reverse, and the engineer drove the
train through, the smoke rolling into
the coaches. The open air was gained
in time to prevent any catastrophe. A
special .rain with the New Albany fire
dcpartment'was sent to the tunnel. and
all day the firemen have been battling
with the flames. This tunnel was
almost destroyed year ago by the
burning of the wooden supports which
held up the rocks and earth.
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Tarrnd and Rna,hnrad

DALLAS. Tex, Dec. 4-H. J. Dean, :
supposed correspondent Of n sensations
Kansas City newspaper, was abducted
while ont driving last night. taken
three miles out OF town, sarred 400
feathered and ordered to leave Dalls'
within four hours or his life would y
forfeited. The authorities are worS
ing on the case.