Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-08-29

A very discreditable disturbance wa.
that OF last Thursday night. To pu
the matter in very few words, the
facts are as follows: The marshal Of
this town, and a white companion, had
q disagreement with the negro en-
ployed in ST. Vaughn's barber shop In
the Giovanoni buil1ing. The darkey.
in consequence of certain threats, pu,
out the lights, locked up the shop, and
in accordance with ST. request, Che
happened to come in about that time
retired to the barber shop in the Acad-
envy of Music building. After short
time he was followed by the marshal,
who ran through the shop into the
rear premises and there found and
beat him. Sheriff o Neal. in the meau-
time. had found out that there was
likely to be trouble, and came on the
scene about this time. He pulled the
marshal off and made him promise to
go home. The racket awoke Mr.. Ar
noldy, who lives next door to the bar
Der shop, and disturbed the peace OF
his family. He is rightfully indignant
that the marshal, whose duty it is to
preserve the peace, should do this
thing.
Last Tuesday afternoon there was
blood upon the sun, as his. hot and
scorching rays gilded DER the domain
at and adjacent to the Ironton House.
Fannie Tullock and Susan johnson
then and there, at the sultry hour OF
four, uncorked their pent-up wrath,
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and tooth and nail at it they went.
Botn combatants are of goodly prapor-
tions, but the johnson has the advan-
tage of avoirdupois by thirty pounds
or so. Therefore 1t is no great won
der that Fannie, when the fall came,
after a stand-up scratch and hair-pull,
found herself underneath her more
bulky opponent. But she did not give
it up so, Mr.. Brown. On the contrary.
she redoubled her exertions, and call
ing the aid of mouth and teeth to the
struggle, soon had the johnson crying
out, ..take her Off" The Tullock had
fastened with her incisors upon her
adversary's DER budding person and
was proving that Holdfast is a canine
with winning qualities in rough and
tumble fight. The aid of Freeman
Martin was invoked to separate the an
cry cOmbatauts, and after time they
were set asunder; and flashing eyes
and heaving bosoms in due course re-
sumed their quiescent state. The dri-
yer of the chariot of day winked his
left eye, yawned, stretched himself.
then turned his glance to the Occident.
and quiet reigned where erst the bloody
battle ragged. The concluding act of
the tragedy will be played to-day be-
fore Squire Fairchild. with Prosecuting
Attorney as stage Manageable john
son having so determined.
One night last week, about the hour
of ten, some of the courthouse officials
heard succession of screams, evident
ly issuing from some place near the
Jail. The officials, who had just start
ed homeward. paused, listened. and
then fastened toward the scene of the
disturbance. The screams were those
of woman in distress. and called for
aid and sympathy. Under such cir
cumstances there was but one thing to
do, and the officials aforesaid ran to
render their assistance. But as they
the noise subsidized, and no
person could be seen. Had they been
deluded by a ghosts? The cold shivers
ran down the respective backs of Art.
and Golf. and they resumed their
homeward way lost in wonder and
amazement that such things could be
and o'ercome us like summer cloud.
Next day, and the next, they pondered
over the matter, but came to no
satisfactory conclusion, nor could even
the courageous hours of gladstone day
win from their inner consciousness the
wierd glamor of that nights myster-
ious occurrence. Last Friday night.
in the gloom of the crescent moon.
Anton Roehry, and friend or two, as
they stood at the HORSEBACK in front OF
his saloon, heard the sobbing and cry
ing of a female across the street under
the shade of the oak that guards the
public we'll. But when they approach
ed the scene of distress. behold! the
place was void of life and only the hon
est pump with kindly handle free was
there! The solution to these mysteries
may come in time. Until then the
REGISTER holds its breath. 1t has no
theory to advance publicly. but it's 16
to / that it holds the key to the situ-
ation