Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-04-28

Mr.. ". r. Edgar has been retained
10 assist in the defense OF Harold Bruce.
who Is charged with assault with intent
to kill Pail. Rohan. This is case that
comes here from St. Louis on a change
OF venue. Rohan is wealthy boiler
manufacturer and Bruce is machinist
who assaulted the former because of
alleged mistreatment to his, Bruce's,
father. Bruce struck ROhan On the
head with hammer and for time it
was feared that ROhan would die. He
recovered in time, however. The pros
ecution will be represented by Messrs.
Clover and Laughlin, two eminent at
torneys Of st. Louis, and the defense by
Gov. Chas. =. johnson of St. Louis and
Mr.. Edgar OF this city.
An interesting legal question prom
ises TO arise from the dOings of Ben
COffman. the horse thief, who was shot
at Iron Mountain on Saturday night a
week ago. Cofman stole a horse from
a man at Bonnie Terre: took the animal
to the Brown farm. near Iron Mountain.
and traded it to Mr.. Roher jOr a mule;
this latter he sold TO Mr.. Jas. \. Rey
burn in Bcllcyicw. The man from
Bonnie Tcrrc came along in due time,
identified his horse and Mr.. Roher had
to give the animal up. He then APP
piled to Mr. Reyburn for the mule but
as it was not, strictly speaking, stolen
property. the latter refused and thus
the case stands. The aid of the courts
will probably be invoked 20 settle the
matter.
Married-At the residence Of W. a.
Paul, Arcadia. Mo, Easter Tuesday,
April 18th, 1892, Mr.. CHAs. WHELEHON
to Miss ACHsAH HANsBKOUGH. Miss
Ella McGrady, Arcadia, did honor a.
/ bridcmaid. and Edward Paul served in
the capacity Of groomsman. Rev.
! Father Wernert united the young couple
! IN most impressive ceremony. The
graceful and pretty bride was arrayed
| in a cream henrietta ehl-trutzc, trimmed
! in bows of ribbon and Topped with
| orange blossoms. She wore a wreath
of orange blossoms and veil Of silk
! lobinctte, with kid gloves and slippers,
and bore beautiful bouquet Of Gala
! lilies. The guests We're the immediate
I friends and relatives Of the bride and
groom. The presents received We're
/ numerous and handsome. The BRIDE
and groom spent a few days visiting
/ friends in the Valley; from thence they
make their future home in st. Louis.
Who says Ironton and her lOadstone
! hills are without fame abroad is liar,
and the truth is not in him. Vide this
story from an illustrated New York
| journal Of unimpeached veracity and
great circulation: I'VE often read in
the news of the day about the death
and woundings caused by gun that
! goes OFF. and this phenomenon is al
ways attended with Il loud noise. A
party of hunters near IrOntOn, Mo,
have seen an exception to this rule.
! Roaming over the iron mountain for
several hours without bagging any
! thing, they sat down for rest and lunch.
| All at Once-whether before or after
/ the bottles were opened Is not stated
/ they noticed their guns going, actually
moving, off in the direction of a huge
| boulder. They FASTENED to the rescue,
| got their guns under control and moved
away some distance from the attraction.
! The guns showed a slight restlesSnesS
even then. but at last accounts We're
resting easy. The boulder was huge
magnet"
Several years ago a few persons who
aspired to local celebrity as philan
thropists, and givers to the poor, cir
culated subscription paper in this
town for the purpose of securing funds
to build home for an unfortunate
family that was stranded in the Valley.
The REGISTER opposed the move for
the reason that the family did not be-
| long here and We did not believe in
encouraging the importation Of paupers
| from other sections and thus saddle
| them on to our county for support.
| The over Jealous leaders raised their
| hands in holy horror that any one
| should interpose an objection to their
charity work and kept right on with
the subscriptions. They succeeded in
| building a house for the unfOrtunates,
| gained them Il residence here. and now
they are. and have been, for years a
| burden on the community. The house
| is a resort Of loose characters, and the
conduct therein is such as to make the
place a most decided nuisance. The
| ..philanthrOpists" who are responsible
for the presence OF these people in the
city, and the nuisance consequent
thereon. have long since gone to other
parts. nor do they care for the trouble
they have left behind them. The REG
IsTEK believes in charity and its editor
| hopes he has as much of the milk of
| human kindness in him as the ordinary
mortal. but he does not believe in max
| ing Iron county a receptacle for the
paupcrs of all Southeast Missouri and
he feels certain that most right-think-
/ ing people will agree with him in this
view.