Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-04-19

stepped off. He is about 20 years old,
and was on his way from Philadelphia
to visit son in Fort Worth. One
hundred and eighty-six dollars in mon
ey and valuable papers were found on
| his person.
From present indications there will
be large attendance from the Valley
at Fredericktown on the Goth. The
programme on that day will embrace
grand parade by Odd-Fellows aud
other societies: addresses by T. p. Rix-
ey and Mrs. L. U. De Bolt and others;
fireworks; free entertainment; and
grand ball. The citizens of Frederick
town have made ample arrangements
to accommodate the visitors, and all
who go will be royalty entertained.
Mr.. W. X. Bliss, Chicago, came to
Arcadia last week, and, after few
hours stay, returned next morning,
accompanied by Mrs. Bliss, who had
spent the winter in the Valley. 1t is
a matter of congratulation that she re-
turns home greatly improved in health,
and we hope it is permanent i'm
prOvement. She, as we'll as her
worser-half, bears with her the good
wishes of many an acquaintance
formed in the Valley, and mayhap of
one or two who first knew them at the
Kenneth in Chicago.
That California doesn't in all cases
''hold the edge" over old Missouri,
Bro. Shepherd gives additional evil
dence. In a letter to the writer, he
says: ''This may be good country for
a man with plenty of money; he can
spend it as fast here as any place on
earth, but woe to the poor man! We
a-e having fearful drought-not a
spear of grass, except where they irri-
gate-and, the winds fill the air with
dust and sand. Orchards and gar
dens which are irrigated are looking
well; otherwise things look dismal"
The colored ..boys" of Ironton and
the Valley will give a minstrel enter
tainment at the Academy of Music
next Tuesday evening, April oath.
The programme is good one-con-
sisting of plays, songs, and all the
other attendants to a regular minstrel
performance of the old-time kind.
The boys propose to devote the pro-
of instruments for brass band, and,
such being the object, we are sure
their patronage will be liberal. Tick
cts at the usual price. Reserved seats
on sale at Blemel's.
We are pleased to see the Potosi In
dependent coming to US in a bright new
dress. tits good paper and deserves
the support it gets. Its Editor, Hen
ry c. Bell, is young gentleman of
promise and candidate for Represen-
tative from his county to the State
In common with other
of the fraternity in South
east Missouri, we hope he will get
there, for his Democracy is of a brand
warranted not to fade, rip, ravel, or
run down at the heel; and Mr.. Bell
thinks too much of it to part with it
for any consideration the lobby will
be able to offer.
If you have a friend or relation visit
ing you of whom you are not ashamed;
if you have been anywhere or intend go
ing and are not afraid to let the pub
lie know it; if you are sufficiently in
terested in the sickness, deaths or
births in the families, of your kinfolks
or friends; if you know of anybody do
ing anything that would interest the
public, tell it to the REGISTER. We
will appreciate the favor and will not
publish your name unless you desire
it. Our reporter cannot be expected
to cover the entire country and know
of the doings of every citizen. Tell
us the news and remember that be-
cause you happen to know an item is
no reason for believing the public
knows it.
Who is this 'gray-haired old gen.
tleman" of whose misuse the Poplar
Bluff Citizen thus discourses: 'sIsn't
it disgraceful A! An old gray-haired
gentleman went from Irontou to Skies
ton one day recently to sell pair of
mules. When returning home, with
out effecting the sale, he was made the
occasion of an elaborate assault by
the young bloods of the town, who,
it is charged. pelted him with sticks.
stones and balls of mud. The signi-
ficance of this sort of conduct serves
to show a laxity in the enforcement of
law and order in that town, and bad
culture of.the young bloods of Sikeston.
1t may be possible that the moral con-
dition of Sikeston is undergoing de-
terioration, but we hope not.
From the Centreville Retormer we
learn that on Saturday evening, April
eth, ..Sheriff Baker and posse started
out to arrest Alb Hart, who is wanted
for horse stealing. They rode out
some miles from town, learned where
his fathers family camped for the
night. Next morning they divided in
to two squads to watch different places,
and after they had watched a short
time, the man they had supposed was
Hart came along. was ordered to halt
and throw up his hands, but. instead of
throwing up his hands, he threw his
right hand to his pistol, when he was
fired upon with shot-guns, killing him
almost instantly. Squire Sutterfield
was summoned, and held a post-mor-
tenn examination, at which it was
proven that it was not Alb Hart, out
his brother Lewis that was killed, the
posse having been mistaken between
the two"