Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-07-25

These pleasant words come from two
Oh our most esteemed contemporaries.
Inc Uun6tin Democrat and the Scott
county NeDsboy-given in the order
named:
1.-The IRoNToN REGISTER is % wears
Old and rs years of that time it has
oeen under the editorial and business
management of Eli d. AXE. The REG
isTER is the strongest paper, editor
tally, in Southeast Missouri, and there
are few plainer-spoken or more vigor-
Gus writer's in the state than Mr. AXE. -
''On the 9th inst. the IRON COUNTY
REGISTER was % years old. The pres
emit editor, Bro. AXE. has been con-
nected with the paper ever since its
first issue. 1t is one of the best and
most ably conducted newspapers that
come to the NeUsbov Office
Last week we made brief mention
of the accident to Judge G. p Clark.
of Libertyville. expressing the hope
that it might not be so serious as then
believed. Unhappily that hope was
destroyed by a completer knowledge.
The unfortunate man while driving a
sOAh VI hoioCS WAS fuu roy
with and in the final crash had his
skull fractured. beside suffering severe
internal injury. The best medical
aid proved fruitless, and death en-
sued the succeeding Saturday. He
passed away quietly and resigned to
his fate Judge Clark was born in
Perry County. Sept. Is. 1888, remov
ing with his parents to st. Francois
county in 1917, where he resided ever
since. He leaves a mother aged Sc
years, and four brothers, to mourn his
departure. Two of these latter are
residents of Texas, one is a citizen of
St. Francois, and the fourth is Jas. H.
Clark, Register of the Land Office In
Ironton. Judge Clark was an estima-
BILE citizen, having more than once
been honored with public preferment;
and his death is great loss to the
community of which he was member.
A man, almost dwarf in size, and
aged about thirty years, came to Iron
ton about four weeks ago. His name
was Lewis Maberry, and he came from
the southern end of the county. The
poor fellow was sick, suffering from
gravel. He had neither home nor rel
atives. nor anywhere to lay his head
his lodging was indeed on the cold.
cold ground-and he made the court
house grounds his abiding place, sus-
tanning life as he could by donations
from the officials and sympathizing
neighbors. About ten days ago. Mr..
Mark Lashley carried about sub
scription paper and raised portion
of the sum necessary to have an oper-
alton performed, and last Friday Drs.
Lowry and Marshall took from the un-
fortunate man stone the size of
goose-egg. His condition was such
that for recovery there was about one
chance in a hundred: yet for day or
two the patient seemed to rally and i'm
prove, but Sunday he grew rapidly
worse, and next day died. Yesterday
morning, while We were cOnversing
with several friends at the door of the
courthouse. one-horse wagon driven
by the undertaken came by, going to
the Potter's Field. s.There goes the last
of poor Maberry," said one OF them.
1t was indeed the last of him, so far as
human ken may tell. A mangled. de-
formed body in a cheap box. carted to
the pit cheaply dug to hide its contents
forever!
"Rattle his bones over the stones
He's only pauper whom nobody owns!'
Lies titful fever for him is allayed
and he sleeps the sleep that levels all
conditions and is the only known final
recompense for weak humanity's suf-
fering and sorrow. If there be fu-
ture bliss he hath sorely earned it.