Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-05-04
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cellent discourse.
u. s. Deputy Marshal w. w. Nal
arrived in Ironton Monday, on No. SO
having in charge a couple of the Chit
ons from Carter county. They are tn,
parties that instituted the .sCurio Sup
| ply Company" that gained such motor
iety in the federal courts last summer
They are wanted this time for being il
| a similar business at some point il
Texas county, and will be taken t.
Springfield, No., for trial. Mr.. Nal
stopped here for the reason that the
washouts would not let him into ST.
Louis that night. He departed nex1
cay with his prisoners.
A jury was empaneled in the Probate
Court yesterday for the purpose of in.
curing into the sanity of John Timlin.
After full investigation. he was de.
ciared insane, and steps taken to send
him to the asylum. This is the third
time in the last two years, that this
same question has been investigated in
the Probate Court. About two years
ago, Timlin received pension with
back pay of $1,000; a jury declared
him incompetent of taking care of the
money and he was sent to the asylum,
where he remained until few months
since, when he was discharged as cured.
At this time, there was yet about $400
remaining in the hands of his guardian.
Timlin came into court again, had a
jury declare him sane, secured the
money and next heard of him, he was
in st. Louis, attracting the attention of
the police by his strange behavior. He
soon returned here without a cent, and
now is county charge. He still gets
pension of So month, which will be
used in paying the expense of keeping
him at the asylum.
There was an exceedingly heavy rain
and several bad washouts along the
road were the result. There were two
or three bad lanoslides at Cliff Cave
and a washout at Blackwell and Hope
we'll. The first train Saturday night,
got as far as Mineral Point where it
was stopped by the washout at Hope
well. The other two trains got past
Cliff Cave before there was any land
slide, but were held at De Soto by the
break in tie track at Blackwell. All
night long the rain came down in tor
rents, and continued until noon Sunday.
By noon, however, the trouble at Hope
we'll had been repaired, and No 55, the
train sided at Mineral Point, came on
down instead of No. 81, which had
been discontinued, and did not leave
St. Louis at all. The track at Black
well was .'cribbed" by evening, and
the two trains at De Soto came on
through, passing here about ten o'clock
at night. The only breaks in the track
yet remaining, were the land slides at
or nor Cliff Cave. These were bridged
over by six o'clock Monday evening,
and the first mail from St. Louis since
Saturday reached here Monday night.
ALI the north bound trains were held
in the meantime at Bismarck-from
Sunday morning until noon Monday
when, not knowing how it would be
before the track at Cliff Cave was got
in condition. two trains were sent down
the Belmont branch to Cairo, and
thence over the Short Line to st. Louis.
These trains had a number of people
on board who expected to attend the
Worlds Fair opening at Chicago and
they were sOrely displeased at the de-
lay. By Tuesday, however. trains were
running regularly again, and it is hoped
there will be no more trouble. Luck
lily, so far, there has been no washouts
reported from below. Black River is
raging, but has not yet done any dam
age to the railroad.
Court week has come and is gone.
The boys from the different parts of the
county have met, discussed the wealth
er, the crop prospects; aud, as the cleo
ton is some eighteen months away,
their discussion of politics was limited
to the relative chances of each individ-
ual applicant for federal place. The
average Democrat, with a time-honored
pedigree. showed very little disposition
to say much about politics, either
national or local. Consequently, this
part of the business of court week-for
so it has been made by custom-was
very tame. The civil docket had some
very interesting cases, and several
heated legal contests resulted. The
criminal docket also had several cases
of Importance. Underwood, the An
napolis murderer, was permitted to
plead guilty to man-slaughter, and was
given a five-year sentence in the peni-
Tertiary. There was a doubt as to his
sanity. The two young men. Hansel
and Buckner, charged with burglary
and larceny. were given small Jail
sentence. Two misdemeanants were
acquitted on trial. The saddest, as we'll
as the most disgusting circumstance of
the court, was the trial of Narcissa and
Emma Hunt, (mother and daughter),
charged with keeping bawdy. house
within a hundred yards of school
house. Although the State failed to
convict them of felony, they were
properly convicted of less offence,
and fined two hundred dollars each.
1t is humiliating to confess that Ironton
has permitted this kind of a house with
in her borders, but so it is. After all,
are not the good people of the commun-
ity to blame, to some extent? Public
opinion is hard to be aroused; we are
too prone to put the burden of looking
after matters of this kind on the
shoulders of others. We look to Off
cials to act for us in these matters,
never rejecting that officials are help
less unless backed by an active public
sentiment. Some time ago, another
woman was arrested for the same Of
Tense. She was convicted and sent to