Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-09-27

luoOoriais USED In the construction OF
| government buildings-in the West,
at least. Hitherto Mr.. O'Rourke has
seen ut to 80 form his specifications that
no stone outside the favored quarries
| OF vermont or adjacent territory were
permitted to be used. But he is gone,
and JOY go with him! Maybe our Iron
| county quarries will now come in for a
fair share of the work. Their product
is good as can be found anywhere, and
will compete with anything outside of
favoritism.
Last Saturday evening. about FIVE
o'clock, John Blemel drove down the
street in his buggy, having his little
daughter and another child with him.
w. b. Gates. standing on the sidewalk
fronting a saloon, espied him, and ran
| to the buggy and extended an invita-
ton to John to get out and have a
scrap right now. Having the children
in charge, Mr.. Blemel told Mr.. G. that
| it was a little inconvenient to comply
with the request at that particular
moment, and after more words of a
not complimentary nature from his
whilom friend, drove on about his
business. He tried afterwards to have
Mr.. Gates arrested for disturbing his
peace. but up to date has not succeed
ed in ha"ing a warrant issued. 1t
may come later, though.
The circus is coming! 1t is with
pride that Manager Reynolds views
the result of four years Of continuous
prosperity. His show this year en-
braces a magnificent display of en-
tirely new features, and is larger and
| better in every way. Another source
of satisfaction is in the appreciation
accorded him by the press and public
in his honest and successful methods
of dealing with his patrons. No swim
| ding or gambling of any description
has ever been or ever will be allowed
about the show. In all departments
of the vast concern, honesty and fair
dealing has ever been the motto. The
public are quick to notice these quail
ties, and whenever the big show exhib-
it's crowded tent is a certainty. 1t
will be seen here in all its gorgeous
splendor on September 9th.
About once month we are in re-
ceipt of an anonymous communication,
with a request to ''pleas publish. J"
We don't usually "pleas,' but break
the rule on one which came to hand
yesterday, for we want to give it as a
specimen of the sort of document some
! persons write in fancied security of
| omission of signature. We omit
names and locality for obvious reas-
GUS: "Dear Edertor please publish or
copy this short time since a young
woman liveing in - by the name of
- forged an order OF one Dollar and
| traded 1t for goods at - store in
- and as a sucipiciou rose haw
she got the order she tribe to put her
| dirt on innocent parties but as they
cleard themselves before witnesses
she was found guilty of forgery we
| hope this be looked in at court and if
thire is eny law against this kind of
business it will be inforced now pleas
copy the same hoaping the grand
jewriy will tend to this yours truly"
To comply with the anonymous
writer's request would give US very
pretty bag to hold, and the grand
jewry," or some other '.jewry" might
have something unpleasant to say to
us. AS we have said, more than once,
the most contemplate thing any per-
son can do is to write an anonymous
letter, either to newspaper or an in
dividual. 1t is the essence of all
| crime.
Last Saturday night, about eleven
| o'clock Benton Huff and John Petty, on
their way from Ironton to Pilot Knob,
| found the mangled remains of a man
on the railroad track at the Knob
station. The body was lying on the ties
| jammed between the ties and the depot
platform, and subsequent examina-
| ton showed that it had been dragged
some distance. A train was on the
..Y" at the time of the discovery and
the crew were notified at once. They
came with lights, and it was found that
both legs and one arm had been dis
severed from the body. Two of these
members were found lying fifty feet
north of the station. While the body
had been shockingly mangled the head
and face were comparatively uninjur-
ed, and the remains were identified as
being those of stranger who had
come down the road to Ironton the
night before. He had talked to sever
al citizens. and sought jobs as sign
painter; told some of them he hailed
from Detroit; that his name was Ed
ward Thomas Robertson, and that his
father was merchant of that city. To
others he said he came from Louis
Vile, KY, and again that he was a
Virginian. He was rather shabbily
dressed Friday night when he came,
but provided himself with new clothes
that night and next morning, buying
those of good quality. He appeared
to be we'll provided with money. dis
| PLAYING quite a roll to several parties
When his body was found there was
not a cent rpon it. The last seen of
him alive was Saturday evening at the
Ironton station short time before the
arrival of tue Accommodation. He
was drunk and annoyed the people
there by loud and profane language;
but when it was called to his attention
that we're ladies 10 the waiting-room
he ceased and apOlogized. A south
bound freight coming along, he board
ed it, but fell off at the south end Of
the switch, without injury. He then
started north-ward, walking with a
| companion, and nothing further was
known OF him until his remains were
| found as above stated. The coroner