Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-02-16
From Annapolis.

Ed. Register-August johnson ani
Miss Efie Cloud were married Tuesday
evening at the Annapolis Hotel, where
Miss Cloud has lived for several years,
We wish the happy young couple ali
manner OF good luck and happiness.
Two OF our young sports tackled the
big fireman of engine No. 377, Tuesday
night, in Mr.. Woody restaurant, and,
well, there was no fight. but the fire.
man bumped the boys heads together
and put them in a good humor quick.
But the boys got revenge out of a tramp
the next day, by running him out of
town. The tramp claimed to be an old
soldier, and said he could lick six of
the best men in town, but the boys got
| him on the retreat and ran him out of
town without even an abrasion of the
skin.
Mrs. H. N. Lloyd is visiting her
brother near Mill Springs.
A little child of Jas. Grayham died
Thursday.
Frank Smith has opened his new
store in the old c. Hart store house.
Success to you, Bro, Smith.
Presley Sutton, of Sabula, brought
the news to Annapolis, of an accident
to old Mr.. Hughes, at Sabula. While
walking along the lumber track of Rus
sells sawmill, he fell and broke his
arm and was otherwise bruised. When
last heard from, he was suffering con-
siderable pain.
Jasper Pollard has a new boy at his
house-said to weigh fifteen pounds; it's
novno ic To rr;Cav
j. S. Jordan was in town Friday, to
prosecute Thos. Boyet for carrying
concealed weapons. Tom was fined
$50, in default of which he got a sem
tence of 6 days in the county Jail.
Now, Mr.. Editor, this may be all right
and legal and all that sort of thing
but we call it a grand farce in the name |
of law and justice. That is simply no |
punishment at all. What poor man,
working for small wages, would pay |
a $50 fine when six days in the county |
Jail will settle the bill? Suppose, Mr..
Editor, an important witness had to be
held in Jail would he be allowed eight
dollars per day for his time? Not
much; if he got two dollars per day he
might think himself in luck. Thus the
innocent would be punished more than
the guilty. Now we don't want Mr..
Boyet punished any more than any one
else, but We repeat that it is grand
farce to fine a man fifty dollars and al
low him to pay it by six days confine-
ment in the county Jail. fit is to save
the expense of boarding the prisoner,
then it would be the part of wisdom to
put the fine down to ten or even five
dollars, or as many days in the county
Jail; then but few would go to prison in
preference to paying fines, and the law
would not be brought into contempt.
We are aware that the law against the
of concealed weapons is wrong
Dr., at least, we think so, and the franz
ers of the constitution of this countryv
thought SO, but while the law exists it
should be respected and enforced.
There should, in our humble opinion,
De no law to prevent a citizen of the
United States from loading himself with
weapons if he desired to do so, but the
lrawing of weapon or attempt to
lraw one except in the defence of life
'r property, should be punished
severely. And especially the drawing
'r flourishing of a pistol in a careless
,r angry manner in a crowd, should be
punished by Imprisonment at hard I
abor. MURPHY.
Fehruarv 10Th 1909