Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-06-27
Annapolis News.

} boys, one of whom was nearly grown
passed down the road afoot the othe
day. The largest one approache.
your correspondent and said, ..Goo,
mornin', tolable, well thank you, hos
do you do? started out to make
little money for my mother, two fel
lows held me up at De Soto, took m.
hat and coat and what money l had;
pulled off my coat and told them fo
God sake not to kill me. How far il
it to the next town? Won't hurt
body down there will they?" All Thu
was said in sort of sing-song. mono
tone, and without giving me any time
to reply until he had finished hi.
speech. On being assured that ne
danger would meet him by the way.
side, he went his way rejoicing.
| j. S. Benson lost fine mare and
colt last week.
Mrs. Mason of st. Louis is in An.
napolis. the guest of Mrs. FOWL.
John Cobb, formerly of Annapolis,
but now over on the Funk Branch. re.
ceived broken arm one day last week
by the falling of a millshed.
Two fallen women were arraigned
before Squire Kitchell of this place and
fined-one $25, and the other three
months in Jail. / believe the charge
was vagrancy. There is no doubt that
the verdict was righteous one. Mr..
Edgar prosecuted the case. The wo-
man who received the Jail sentence is
an old offender; she was sent up from
here once before and boarded with the
county awhile. We are sorry to write
these things, because her father is q
respected citizen. But it seems to me
that the law is rather lame on this sub
ject. The third offense of this nature
ought to be punished with a number OF
years in prison-not so much as a pun
ishment, but to shield society from
their baneful influence. And that is
MT all. either. The confirmed pat
rons of such moral ulcers who lay
around and prey upon the neighbor-
hood chickenroosts, ought to receive
the same medicine.
C.. L. Benson of Annapolis and Miss
Ora Rhodes of Glen Allen were mar
ried at Fredericktown last week. They
arrived in town Saturday. They have
our best wishes for their future hap
piness.
L. P. Rixey will deliver public adj
dress at the church house here We'd
nesday evening at o'clock. The SUBJ
ject of the lecture will be Odd-Fellow-
ship, of course, as Mr.. r. is the Grand
Lecturer of that order for the State of
Missouri.
The crops will be heightened, and
the farmers faces correspondiugly
shortened, by the copious rainfalls
that visited our section during the past
ten days. Corn, especially, is looking
fine.
A little three-year-Old was noticed
putting his foot in a pan of water and
then on the floor the other day. When
asked what he was doing, he quickly
replied, .'makin' dogtracks!''
VIM. FOWL went to Marquand Fri
day.
VIM. NARROW. it was reported, had
suddenly left for parts unknown from
his home near the Reynold county
line last week, and seventy-one dollars
belonging to Sam Lee and his sister
had lett at the same time. And that
Sam was invoking the law to locate
the missing man and money. But now
comes Mr.. NARROW, who is very in
dignant at being charged with the
theft of Sans Lees money and denies
the charge in the most uneauivocal
terms He had not left the county, as
reported.
VIM. jackson, who has been having
trouble with Uncle Sam, returned from
st. Louis last week. He is looking
badly. and is said to have spent most
of his time in the hospital while at ST.
Louis.
Our people are going to celebrate
the Fourth in grand style. We are
going to have a real, live cornet band,
a good dinner, and all the parapher-
MALTA that goes to make up Fourth of
July celebration.
Aug. johnson has very sick baby. |
John Buckner's little one that has
been so sick, we are glad to say, is
greatly improved in health.
Jealousy forbids that we should re-
frain from notsting the communica- |
ton of tho bulletin" of last week.
In speaking of the blind couple who
gave a literary and musical entertain
ment here last Sunday evening in the |
church house, the editor said he did |
not believe in serving God and the
Devil in the same house. We agree |
with the editor there; only we don't
believe in serving the Devil any
But, to be serious-what sac
rilege there can be in giving or listen
ing to an entertainment of the nature |
of the one given by the blind people is
beyond my comprehension. Their |
songs and recitations were of the most |
pathetic and soul inspiring nature. |
One song. especially, that told of two |
babes that were born on the self-same |
day. One was born In a terraced |
house and the other in the street be- |
low. 1t may indicate weakness. Mr.. |
softening of the brain |
but little tear stole down each of |
my sunbrown cheeks. 1t may be wrong
to listen to any thing that stirs the |
soul and awakens tender emotions, but, |
if so, it is beyond my power of COM
prehension.
June %, 1898. CRUZ.