Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-08-17
From Annapolis.

From Annapolis.
Ed. Regaster-A daughter of Jacl
Brewer, who has been a cripple since
childhood, died and was buried Mon
day. And thus ended a life of pair
| and suffering.
Mrs. j. S. Benson was in Irontor
on business last week.
The number of men employed on the
| section here, was reduced from six tG
| five last week.
! ID. A. johnson, Mrs. Woody and hel
daughter, Miss Mary Woody, went to
Mr.. Hacker, Mr.. Johnson's brother-in
law, who has been sick so long in ST.
Louis hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace Keathley were
! in town one day last week.
j. M. Brown has been repairing some
part of Funk's saw-mill, several days
| the past week. The mill is being
moved over in the county of Reynolds.
The photographer has left us. While
here he took two interesting groups
one was group of Odd Fellows with
Out buu tuC otuCl ioup vi
Rebekahs with regalia. The former
consisted of the following named
gentlemen: w. r. Lence, w. ID. Fanch-
err, W. A. Simpson, j. S. Benson, Carl
/ Benson, Jos. Funk, Jesse McGlothlin,
VIM. FOWL, j. A. Harris, August John
son and F. p. Hilburn. The second
consisted of the following named
gentlemen and ladies: Carl Benson,
Mrs. j. S. Benson, Mr.. and Mrs. Hill
burn, Mr.. and Mrs. Smiley, Mr.. and
Mrs. McGlothlin, w. r. Lence, j. A.
Harris and Miss May Nelson.
j. S. Benson made a flying trip to
Kansas City last week.
Jake Karn informed your cores
pondent with tears in his eyes last
Thursday, that he had been driven
from home by his wife and step-sons.
Whether his grievances be real or
imaginary, he is certainly an object of
pity. An old man, who has raised a
large family, and once possessed fine
farm and plenty of this worlds goods.
He was almost barefoOted, and wore a
pair of overalls and shirt and an OLD
wool hat which he said was the best he
had. He crawled into an empty car to
beat his way to Piedmont to rejoin the
children o: his first wife.
read in copy of the St. Louis Re-
public last week, where some scientific
ally inclined gentleman has got hump
on his mind, as it were, until it has
imagined hole through the earth
large enough so that ball if dropped
in would meet with no obstruction, but
could 60 right through. if it were not for
the action of gravitation. which he says
would stop it in the center of the earth.
But he said that some Chicago man
had maintained that the ball would go
through to the opposite side of mother
earth, stop an instant and then return
to the side from which it started, and
then make a fresh start and so continue
to make round trips forever. What q
beautiful idea! what an excellent chance
to put in force the Geary act. II we
American genius could invent a car
with spring dumping apparatus set to
time, so that it would dump its load
upon reaching the other side, and i'm
mediately start hack after another one.
A regular perpetual motion car, run
ming between here and China. All we
would have to do, would be to load the
Cinnamon. touch the button and the car
would do the rest. But as a matter of
fact, Mr.. Editor, neither the Republic' s
correspondent nor the Chicago man
are right. If there was a hole through
the center of the earth, and ball was
dropped through or into it, rather, it
would not stop on the first trip, nor
would 1t continue to pass back and
forth forever. It might move back
and fourth for years, but each trip
would grow shorter, until 1t finally
stopped in the center of the earthi that
is if we are right in supposing that the
center of the earth is the center of
gravitation.
Mrs. Hacker and daughter, OF
Arkansas, relatives of ID. A. johnson,
are here on a visit.
j. b. Walker was in town Thursday
on his way home from Greenville.
where he had been attending court,
Mr.. Walker has become gold mono
metalist; he says that Grover Cleve-
land and the Republican party are
right on the financial question. They
would be all right, if there was enough
gold in the world to 90 its business.
But there is another side 10 this a1es-
ton. We have been on a gold basis
for twenty years, and the price of COM
modities and labor have steadily &C.
clined; thus fulfilling the phrophecy OF
Democratic leaders. Upon every oc-
casion and when there was no occasion,
| in season and out of season, the DelsQ-
cratic party has promised to restore
silver to its old place as a money metal.
After twenty years Of weary labor, the
people have overcome prejudice, have
trodden former idols in the dust. and
spoken in unmeasured terms for the
restoration of silver. Democratic
congressman and Democratic Presi.
dent now hold the life OF the party
| in their ha4a, The people fave spok'
en-. They want reitet; they believe
that the free coinage of silver viii
bring that relief, and they viii brook
no denial. If the Democratic party
stands in their way it will be run over
aaa horribly mangled. And when the