Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-07-19

ence, and 20 inches in length. I
weighed 3 pounds. He has another il
ms garden Is inches in diameter, ani
1t will probably weigh lbs. He will
ietlt "run to seed" and thus prepare t.
raise a crop another year.
| July 1st was the beginning of thu
Governmental fiscal year, and change.
In the various federal departments are
usually made to date from that time
One of the most important change:
| that has occurred in the Post Office i:
the reduction of rates on money or
ders. in accordance with an act of Con.
gress OF January 9th last. The re.
| duced new rates are to be as follows
| Orders less than $3.50. cents; over
$500 and less than So, 5 cents: over
50 and less than 80, 8 cents; over SIC
| and less than $50. 10 cents; over 500
and less than $50, II cents; over $50
| and less than 80, ID cents; over $40
and less than $50. IS cents: over $50
and less than $50. % cents; over 500
and less than SIS, % cents; from s75
to 500, 80 cents. Orders will not be
issu for higher amount than 800.
The old rates were from ) to 10 cents,
the latter being the charge for a 800
remittance. The issue of postal notes
stopped on July 1st and none are to
issue hereafter. New forms will be
substituted for the money orders now
in use.
Postmaster Vance yesterday morning
received a telegram from st. Louis adj
vising him of the death of Della Rea-
gan, and asking him to communicate
with her father, j. w. Reagan, who
lives at Sand Bluff, some twelve miles
distant from Ironton. The request
was complied with at once, and a mes
senger dispatched to the fathers resi-
dence. Tuesdays Republic gave the
following account of the death: Della
Reagan, aged 30 years, died at the
City Hospital last night from some I'M
known cause. She was brought to
that institution yesterday morning from
1925 Pine street after an Illness of two
weeks. A post-mOrtem will have to be
held to get at the cause of death. The
body was removed to the Morgue.
Last night a woman, who said she was
=
the name of Zeba Reagan, called at the
Morgue and wept bitterly over the
corpse. She said that the body would
he shipped to ironton, Mo, where her
father, J. w. Reagan, lives" Mr.. r.,
who is most worthy citizen, has the
sympathy of all his neighbors and &C
quaintances.
When the Arcadia Accommodates
came into Pilot Knob On Tuesday eve
ming of last week, it found the north
switch leading into the "Y" thrown
halfway over and locked. The Ac-
commodation always runs into the ..Y''
and turns round, an0 then backs down
to Ironton and Arcadia-thus being
right end foremost for the run to St.
Louis in the morning. Arriving at
the switch coming south, of course it
has to stop until the switch is turned.
For this reason the displacement of
the sw:tch-which EVIDENTLY had been
done since dark that evening-was dis
covered before harm could result to
passing trains. Noperson in Pilot Knob
or vicinity is known to be possessed of a
switch-key, and it is thought a strang-
err not familiar with the run of the
trains did the cowardly deed. Else he
would have waited until after the pass
ing of the Accommodation. His OBJ
iect, evidently, was to wreck the Mem
phis Express. Words are not adequate
to express the loathing that all men
worthy the name have for miscreant
with a heart black enough to commit
tr il To
be congratulated with the probability
that he was not a member thereof.
Some houSekeepers on the squares
near the courthouse are loud in their
complaints at some recent doings In
that vicinity. One night within the
past ten days lot of young fellows il
company with the women to whom we
alluded last week, and one other, made
the night hideous by loud and disgust
ing obscenity and profanity. One lady
in the vicinity. in order to keep her.
self and children from hearing the vile
language of these STAINLESS beings, was
compelled to close the doors and win
dows of her house. How long do the
city officials purpose to permit decent
noyed and outraged by the lewd and
lawless set who have given Ironton the
name of being "the toughest town on
the road? Is there no law for the of
fenderss Or, there being law, is the
.spull' of the transgressOrs greater
than the law? We warn those most
interested that should the law-abiding
and self-respecting people of this town
once get it firmly fixed in their minds
that they must take the law out OF the
officers into their own hands, it will be a
bad day for the offenders against pub
lie decency. Familiarity with vice,
when that familiarity is forced upon
the public, sometime breeds something
more severe than mere contempt.
On Tuesday night of last week. about
twelve o'clock, August Rieke was
awakened by noise on the outside
under window of the house. Pro-
ceeding to ascertain the cause he found
his son Otto-a lad of about fifteen
years-lying on the ground, grooming,
but only partly conscious. After be-
ing fully awakened. it was found that
he was almost uninjured, although he
complained of slight pain in one o.
his feet. He was clad in his night
clothes. and had evidently fallen from
his bedroom window while walking
in his sleep. His bedroom is on the
second floor of the house. and the win
dow is fully fifteen feet from the ground.
n,ost;onod ne tn how he came to be