Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-06-08

A OSooO0r o1St, 1850, Will De place
! on sale for Pertle Springs, Mo-, Ma,
10th, and to Sweet Springs station Jun
lst, at rate of one and one-third far
Tor the round trip. For the Stat
Teachers Association at Pertle Springs
June goth to oath, tickets will be sol
June 10th to 23d, at a rate of $10.45 TO
the round trip, which includes member
ship fee. Tickets sold on this accoun
will be limited to July 7th for return.
| w. T. WEMP, Ironton, Mo.
Circuit court convened in adjourned
session last Wednesday afternoon
The first case that came up for tria
was that of Prudence Anderson agains
the st. Louis, Iron Mountain & South
ern Railroad for $500 damages for the
killing of her husband at the Kraus:
street crossing of that railroad in Ca
rondelet in October, 1887. The evi
dence was all in by Thursday noon an6
the case was argued after dinner. Al
half past three o'clock the jury retired
at eight O'Clock they announced thai
they were unable to agree and they
We're discharged. This case came
here on change of venue from Jeffer.
son county and this is the fourth time
it has been tried-in every case hung
jury resulting. The case of Dora
Sherrell VS.. the railroad for $4,000
damages sustained at the Doe Run
crossing in st. Francois county, was
then called, but the defendant filed an
| application for change of venue and
| the case was transferred to Wayne
county. Court finally adjourned Fri
day morning and the jury was dis
charged.
The late grand jury at Jefferson
| county made some recommendations
| which may we'll be considered by tax
payers and law-abiding residents in
all sections. Without criticism, we
reproduce that portion of the report
relating to the matter in hand:
another important matter, to which
we wish to call special attention, is the
matter contained in section 1864 Re-
vised Statutes of Missouri. 1889. This
section of the statutes authorizes the
county court to cause all persons, who
have been convicted and sentenced to
the county Jail, to be put to work and
perform labor ON the public roads and
highways or other public works.
"a hasty examination shows that
since January, 1892, the county has
paid out over 5000 for the board of
prisoners confined in the county Jail,
who, could, under the statute referred
to, have been made to perform labor
on our highways or other public works.
Our courts and juries are often inclined
to the side of leniency in imposing fines
and punishments, because of the fact
that just punishment will entail upon
the county an expense for the support
OF the convicts that will be hard to bear.
If, however, under the provisions of
the statute referred to, the county court
can make use of the prisoners upon
work which will compensate for the
cost of board, then the claims of justice
can be more fully melted out and no
financial burdens imposed upon our tax
payers"
Mr.. Keesling of Belleview informs us
that the hail storm which visited that
section on the afternoon of May 25th
was much more disastrous than at first
supposed. The vicinity south and
west of Belleview seems to have suffered
the most, forest trees were completed de-
molished of leaves, many of the small
er limbs stripped from the trunks and
tops of bushes wholly torn away. In
one or two instances fields of growing
corn were completely demolished and
other vegetation as badly injured; fruit
of all kinds was destroy. The stones
were large and came down as thick as
rain drops; they fell with frightful We
lOcity, scraping the bark off the trees,
striking the ground and imbedding
themselves in the earth. In many
places the morning following the hail
still covered the ground to depth of
three and four inches. A singular
for the latter part of the
month of May; as rule when hail
falls this time of the year it quickly
but on this occasion the
pebbled ice remained on the ground
for fully twentyfour hours. Squirrels,
rabbits and other small game were
killed in profusion, and could be seen
lying around promiscuously next morn
ing. Fortunately no person was hurt
and the stock on the range seems to |
have miraculously escaped. The worst
of the storm covered a stretch of coun- |
try about four miles long and one mile |
at point about |
two miles south of Belleview. 1t was
beyond question the most violent storm |
of the kind ever witnessed in this coun-
try.
Prof. j. b. Scott has severed his con-
nection with the public schools of De
Soto and will depart with his family
from our city about August /, taking
with him the good wishes of large
majority of our citizens, who have
known him as a conscientious, pains
taking, kindhearted teacher and super
and as quiet, unobtrusiye
and self-respecting member of our CON-
munity. Taking all the qualifications
into account that go to make a success
ful teacher, it will be difficultto fill the
professors place, and it remains to be
seen whether the action of our School
Board in voluntarily dispensing with
his services was judicious, or not. Be
that as it may, it is fact that the pro-
lessor was paid a high compliment by
.he School Board of Moberly recently.
The board locked horns for several
weekly sessions over the question
the present superintendent of
the Moberly schools or Prof. Scott
should be appointed superintendent for