Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-10-08

| Last Thursday, DIR. James, while examin
| ing the brick pillars which support the out
side columns of the Episcopal church build
ing, discovered a Smith & Wesson revolver
1t had been snugly hid in the pillar, br;es
having been removed for the purpose. TIL,
weapon was heavily coated with rust, anC
the six chambers, which were charged with
cartridges, refused to revolve. The Doctor
| finally discovered the owner in Mayor Cav
from whom the pistol had been stolen abou
! year ago.
| VIII Wbitener, colored porter at The
Amer lean Hotel, had made all preparation.
| to visit the city yesterday morning, but ht
| didn't go, all the same. He says he went t
his room Monday afternoon and laid down
| to take a nap, happy in the consciousness:
that he had SD in his inside pocket. While
taking nap the room was entered anC
| Whitener when he awoke was SD poorer il
| hard cash than when he laid down. The
Yelled Prophet has no further charms fol
him. Z. She has found out who took his
money. The landlady has it in charge, and
says to capture his Doodle is an excellent
method of inducing her porter to remain al
home.
Judge Emerson has another article on the
question of Free Silver Coinage this week,
well written and 1orcible, as his articles al
ways are. We regret that we cannot agree
with him in his other conclusions fully as
we do in that the Tariff issue must be the
main and leading question in 1892. We have
never thought otherwise, but insist that
there is room enough in the American mind
to rightfuily consider the secondary ques-
ton al the same time. As for Us, we be-
lieYe in Free Trade and Free Silver, and
hold that both are in accord with the Amer
lean idea of individual liberty and untram-
meled right in the pursuit of prosperity ana
happiness. The Judges article Will receive
due attention hereafter.
We are informed that a girl aged eighteen
years, name not given, at or near Piedmont
last Thursday, was guilty OF child murder.
On the day named she gave birth to an IL
legitimate child, on the premises at some
distance from her uncle's house with whom
she was LYING, and killed it. The uncle
suspected something wrong from her ap-
pearance and demeanOr, and alter short
search discovered the dead infant. \ coron-
er's jury was summoned and found verdict
in accordance with the above facts. The girl
is an orphan-without father or mother
and Is perhaps to be more pitied than blam-
ed. She was too sick to appear before the
jury, but told one of them that young man
living in Bruuot was father to the child.
Last winter Postmaster Beard swept three
singular looking seeds from the table upon
which he empties the mail. He planted
them in the spring, and two plants closely
resembling sorghum sprang from the ground
in due time. The seeds planted were per-
feet miniature grains of corn or Indian maize.
The plants grew finely and branched out in
half at dozen branches, al upon the top of
each grew cluster of grains. The increase
from the two grains planted was wonderful!
not less than a tho usand to each cluster,
and probably dozen clusters. Mr.. Beard
sent one of the clusters to the Department
Of Agriculture at Washington, asking what
its use, name, &c. The following i the sub
stance of the answer which was received a
you wished to know the name and value oil
is u head of Jerusalem Corn. 1t is one of
the family of SOrghums and has been sue
cessfully cultivated at the Grass Experiment
Station of Garden City, Kansas, ana it Is
considered of value in our dry arid regions.
1t is nutritious food for cattle and can be
made into a good meal for food for man."