Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-10-04

onolng sept. 80, 1894. II not called
Tor within thirty days, they will be
sent to the Dead Letter Office:
Aubuchon j Miss Jordon Jas Mr.
Allison Tom H Lucy Lizzie Miss
Code Maggie Miss Mckinney E Mrs
Fallor H A Mrs Truitt Chas
Frost c Mrs Winfield James
Imam Jno Wood I'D
Persons claiming the above will
please say advertised" and give date
OF this list. A. P. VANCE, p. NJ.
c. c. Yates, the popular piano
tuner. will be in Ironton October 10th,
to remain only a short time, to look
after the many pianos that he tuned in
the months of May and June. Any
piano that he has tuned will be tuned
hereafter for $500. He will make
regular trips twice a year and the peo-
pie of the county of Iron can place
their instruments in his hands with
perfect safety, as no tuner has better
recommendations He has tuned
nearly all the pianos in Iron county
over sixty in all. You cau leave or
ders at this Office ond at the Oliver
House.
Fredericktown played it slow down.
on our Caledonia neighbors last week.
Tho representatives of the two villages
| named were in attendance at Confer
ence, and they made a deal to wage
war against 1rOnton in the school mat
ter. They agreed, at the instance OF
| our neighbOr on the branch, to join
hands knnnE T,onfnr ~ nd fhor a
| vide the spoils between them: Fred
ericktOwn to be named as the place for
the school, and Caledonia to retain
| half interest in the institution.
Well, the Conference named Frederick
| town, sure enough, through the aid of
| the Caledonia contingent; but as soon
as the former place got her clutches on
the prize, she declared for the whole
hog and no halvers. The rural villa
gers to the north of US have now found
out the beauty of the oil fable-we
can't remember it's details; but it's
something about one animal inducing
pull lot of chestnuts out of a very hot
fire. Blow your fingers, brethren!
No further developments have been
made in regard to the stranger who
was run over and dismembered by the
trains at Pilot Knob last week. But
public interest in the matter has not
departed. Did he meet his death in
trying to board passing train, or had
he been murdered and had his body
been placed on the track to conceal
the crime? These questions are asked
scores of times every day, and many
are not satisfied with the conclusions
of the coroner's jury. Several persons
assert that they saw him that evening
with considerable money in his pos
session.; in the presence of one he
counted roll containing over a hun
dred dollars. Another says he had a
fine revolver. Not one cent was on
his person when found, and the
revolver was also missing. Again.
others who examined the track where
the accident was supposed to have oc-
| Cured, assert that. although the body
was almost torn to pieces. there was
| little blood to mark his killing: thus
showing that the blood must have
CONCEALED ere he met his death. OF
course, there is always good deal OF
irresponsible talk upon occasions of
this kind; but we think the coroner
would have been justified in having
post-mortem examination of the body.
Any physician could have settled the
question as to whether the deceased had
been killed before the mangling of his
body took place. Such an examina-
ton should have been had. The sus-
picion that the poor fellow had foul
play is strongly reinforced by the fact
that thus far there has been no answer
made to the query: What became Of
the dead mans money?
What has become of the city's mon
ey? This is the question we ask on
behalf Of the taxpayers, and we de-
mand an answer. What has been done
with the money? Where is it at' How
has it been expended? On the 1st day
of March, 1898, after paying all indebt-
edness. there was in the treasury 1872
IA. The yearly revenues from all
sources amount to $3.50, in round
numbers. The city last June had out
standing warrants. about 5000. and not
dollar in the treasury. Then there
was expended between March 1, 1898,
and June l, 1894,