Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-12-06

uTcu pououS OI mall mater. Inc St.
Louis morning papers were delivered
at once, and many citizen ate his
! breakfast and read his fayorite daily
together, taking in the news from the
four quarters of the globe up to the
preceding midnight. It is a ..big
thing" for us of the interior, and great
~ lessons the labors of the postmaster
at later hours of the day.
Services at the Presbyterian church
next Sabbath at 1890 A. NJ. and Z. p.
NJ At Graniteviile P. NJ. Business
meeting of the Christian Endeavor So
, ciety Wednesday evening at o'clock.
The Ladies Society will meet at Mrs.
Hills Thursday 2:30 P. NJ. to complete
quilt" The subjects of the various
services will be announced at the time
of service. The gentlemen of the
town are especially invited to the Sab
bath services. If you believe the
bible, employ its benefits.
| GEO. II. DUTY. Pastor.
The following item of local interest
| appeared in the St. Louis Chronicle last
Friday: ..Shade Sweeney and his faith
err, Henry, farmers from Belleview,
Iron county, visited Mamie Whites.
COZ Elm, at 2 A. VI. The boy hid $3.50
he had in purse in the sleeve of his
shirt. About an hour later he missed
it. Sergt. Mansfield raided the house,
arresting the keeper and seven in
mates" There are no later advices.
to our knowledge, and we therefore
presume the 1850 is gone forever
gone glimmering from the Respondent
to-day, with naught but the lesson 1t
teaches left behind to mark its flight.
| That lesson demonstrates that sugar
barrel is safer with an Industrious hon
ey-bee than is a mans '.good cash
money in certain places at o'clock
in the morning. And rightly so, for he
who dances must not begrudge the pay
of the piper.
The attorneys who attended the
| Reynolds county circuit court report
| fairly good docket and a thriving bit
| tiers trade. That industry seems to
flourish over there, as the docket OF
Com missioner Fox bears witness. The
case of Piles. the defaultiug Collector,
against A. j. Newton. a former Col
lector. was tried, judgment going
against Newton for two hundred dol
| lars. The case of the State against
Parks for rape was disposed of by the
defendant pleading guilty and fine OF
ten dollars being assessed against him,
and sentence of one day in Jail,
| which the court remarked was ''not to
be constructive Imprisonment" Ac-
cordingly. Mr.. Parks sojourned with
| Sheriff Fisher for twenty-four hours.
The case Of Shriver against the bonds
men of Z. Piles. former Collector.
presented some very knotty questions
to the court, but was settled by the
! jury in about five minutes, with a ver-
diet for defendants. The weather was
/ fine during court, until the last day.
when it rained and rained, as usual.
! and the attorneys who stayed there
! until the conclusion. were well ducked
| on their homeward trip, as usual.
Bro. Flynn OF the De Soto Gazette,
we fear, is not fully justified in all
that he so kindly says of the REGISTER
in his write-up of IrOnton and its VIZ
cinity; but we make due acknowledge
msnt. and accept the compliment: in
the spirit In which it is so neatly given.
He discourses as follows. "In our es-
timation the IRON COUNTY REGISTER is
| the most interesting and reliable instl-
tuition of Iron County. The growth
and magnitude OF the other enterprises
arc merely proportionate to local de-
mands whereas the REGISTER has tow
cred like a giant above its surround
| ings and has made its influence felt to
| the remotest corners of Southeast Mis-
souri,. For many years. too, its Office
has practically monopolized the con-
tracts for fine job work in this portion
of the State. There is no other print
| ing office south of ST. Louis that can
! compete with it In this respect.
Though it may be equaled in point of
improved machinery by one or two
other offices. it has no rival in the
quantity and variety of it's type and
other appliances, or in its extensive
assortment of excellent paper stock.
| Besides it has one of the greatest job
| printing gsa.gses in the state in the
person of its proprietor and editor. Mr..
Eli d. AXE. To Mr.. AXE alone, is due
the credit of having made the REGIS
| TER the most comprehensive newspa-
per in Southeast Missouri. In 1865,
when he was q young man ana proba-
bly, poor one, he started the first pa
per in Ironton, the Forge. This he
sold during the following year and its
name was changed to the Southeast
| Missouri Enterprise, which continued
In publication till 1873. In 1866 a
/ Democratic weekly. the RsEieW, was
| started, the name of which was changed
in July, 1867, to the Iron CoUNEy REG
IsT.R. In May, 1869. the REGISTER
was purchased by Eli d. AXE and c.
X. Miller and two years later Mr.. AXE
became Its sole proprietor. Such is
| brief outline of the beginning of pa
Per which has since grown to be liv-
ing monument to the industry. intelli-
gence and interchangeable energy of one
man, "a Southeast Missouri editor and
printer"
We have friend living not far from
Irontou who has collection of curios
In Gis library, and amongst them an
old army raussaet and bayonet on it.
4 few days ago no discovered some
spots of rust, and took it down iEta tho
kitchen to clean and oil it. He was
alone. and put on an old felt hat that
Topped over his face somewhat, and
an old torn coat. He got spots OF rust