Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-04-25

, county Institute Board.
4 DIED-At the family residence il
Ironton, Mo-, on Thursday, April 18th
1895, at 4:30 p. IT,, MARY C. WHIT
WORTH, wife of P. W..Whitworth. age,
40 years, II months and IS days. Th,
announcement of her death was a shocl
to the whole community. and the fun
eral Saturday, at 2 o'clock P. r., wa
tattended by very large number o
/ citizens. A proper memorial to thi.
most estimable lady will be given il
these columns hereafter.
/ Before Justice Fairchiid. on the It'll
iust., Harry Yates was examined
charged with felonious assault upor
lone Kelly. The case was mentioned
In last weeks issue. After the evi
fdence was all in, the Squire said he
would not hold defendant for felony,
/ but would find him guilty of common
| assault. The Prosecuting Attorney
| told the court ne could not do SO with.
out that officers consent evidenced by
the fling of an Information, which he
refused to do, On the ground that eth
er the man was guilty of felony, or
had acted in self-defense, and should
be discharged. The Justice then held
defendant for the grand jury in 800
bond. As to the bond, the Prosecuting
Attorney remarked to the court that
he had never heard of such a bond in
a felony case. But the bond went. y
and the defendant is now in Jail, await
ing the action of the grand jury.
On last Thursday evening the ladies
of the Ironton Baptist Church gave a
birthday party at the residence of w.
A. Fletcher in Arcadia. 1t was nov
ell affair. Invitations had been issued
and each party requested s.to take or
send as many cents as he was old. "
The guests began to arrive about sew
en- o'clock and were met at the door
by the treasurer who received the lit
tie sacks containing the contributions.
The building was soon filed to over
flowing. and many were compelled to
take mp quarters on the porch and in
the yard. Old folk, young folk, big
folk and little foik-were all there.
Vocal and instrumental music was dis
pensed throughout the evening. The
Juveniles took full possession of the
upstairs where they had their little
games of amusement. At zine o'clock
supper was announced and the older
people to the number of about thirty
occupied places at the first table.
When these had finished, the tables
were quickly cleared off and re-sup-
piled with sandwiches, cake, fruit,
coffee, lemonade etc., ready for the
second table. In like manner came
the third table-then the fourth, which
was occupied by much smaller num-
ber-showing that all present had been
served with supper. With the except
ton of little rudeness on the part OF
one or two boys, there was good be-
havior. and all went away we'll salts
fed with the evenings entertainments.
Many were unable to attend, but sent
Ia their little sacks. The net proceeds
were about 5000.
In conclusion, VS. you'd ask, did Freder-
icktown have the twenty-hps thousand dol
lars at hand for the purpose of buiid:Eg the
college, as it said it had? That is the only
question at issue Ironton had her subscrip-
ton of $4,000 ready to put up on ten days
notice. If Fredericktpwn's money is up,
where is tie need of Peter Funk's assistance to
raise the money?
The above is a closing paragraph OF
long, rambling, half-apologetic. half
explanatory editorial in last weeks
Irontop REGISTER on the alleged SUBJ
jeet of Fredericktown's method OF rails
ing her college subscription. About
the only reply it seems worth while to
make is that contained in the reply
made by the old Quaker to man who
wanted to sell him load of wood.
The farmer approached the Quaker
and said: .sYou don't want to buy
losd of wood do you?" The Quaker
mildly rcplied: '.Friend, thou tellest
a lie, and then askast question. y
FredericktotUn Den.0esct.
The above article was evidently WAL
ten by the wicked partner There is
.s0shing of the Christian spirit about it.
1t inds.sss in misstatements patent to
every reader af the REGISTER. We
NAV have meauderea. and been at
times somewhat lengthy. but s,.-It--
bied',-never, We have been accused
in the moss l.Hehristian spirit of mali
cious lying. We iaFe failed to get
statement of particulars. Nc assure
our friends of the Madison County DEM
ocrat that We never lie. except it be
under mistake. As az evidence of a
spirit of fairness we point to our effort
to bring to justice the parties who
saye been sending begging letters all
over Southeast Missouri. which: if we
are to believe tIse democrat, are foyer
les. We limited that toe lottery husi-
ness was not good foundation for q
church school. Our admonitions seem
to lave produced the most cheering
moral results, for we hear no more of
drawings for lots. ss s..hier devices OF
the devil. True, we learn tassuat, It's
Democrat that the citizens of Freder-
;sb,own have embarked in the show
business &c help their favorite enter
prise, the money ior which they as
sured the Conference was on Aaa4.
We suppose. if it is a circus, there is
an Ssinal show attachment to make it
moral. Ii yoa aaYa q show, gentle
men, that you are proud OF. tskl it
around among your neighbers. Bring
it to Ironton; let US see what you have
In tnas line. II it is worthy of patron
age we assure yss Il vii BE patronized.
II you have lottery. no aoast Eau CAR
sell a number of tickets here If you
can convince the boys that everything
is sa TIE dead square.
We cali tss attention of the public
to the fact that @s essEGt get the
no1,,oarof tn dany or affirm that thex