Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-10-31

lgress Of the time. The achievement
Is greatest of all when it is remembers
that thirty years ago Atlanta Was i
ashes. Indeed almost the whole Stat
was in ashes. 1t was like the ne,
birth Of State a people starting GU
i without worldly goods to make lifs
lanew. They had to reconstruct indus
TRY, organize labor, remodel jurispru
dence and reconstruct transportation
ALI this done and exposed in sucf
grand epitome at the end of thirt,
Years! History furnishes no parable
to this recuperation, and Atlanta, tn,
great heart of the great South. stand
out, the organized personifcation of
/ moral gaeatness which has surmount
ed the wreck of time and the desola
ton Of war.
The pork crop in this section is go
ing to be very limited this winter, anl
no doubt will command good price.
We do not remember a time when the
country was so scarce of porkers. This
| is especially to be regretted since there
is great abundance of feed for them.
The corn crop is away beyond the
| average. and the woods are full Of
| mast. In the matter of corn we are
more blessed than some of our neigh
oors. The Charleston Democrat says
that it is informed that s.the reports
heretofore made from four counties oil
this section regarding the yield of corn
are erroneous. While il had been
thought that the yield would far ex-
coed that of last year, it appears that
in the counties of Scott. Mississippi.
New Madrid and Stoddard the crop
will prove 70 be short about 20 per
cent. It is these exaggerated reports
that are responsible for the present
low price of corn, aud BY the time the
farmers have all let go of their crops
it will be found that this exaggeration
prevailed pretty much ali over the
country, and prices will necessarily
RISE"
Under the heading, s.Tbe Beauties
of Well Lighted Town." a friend
hards US the following as his personal
experience: "a gentleman from one
of our adjacent counties got off late
train at Ironton recently. After the
train had passed he g,oped his way up
to what he thought was the side walk.
ly, SO he kept going until he brought
up at the door of the colored school
house. After knocking at the door
several times, and meeting with no
response rom the landlord, he left,
mutteriug to himself We'll, if Ironton
hasn't the d-st and sleepyest hotel
keepers / ever metz His next effort
was at the door of Freeman Martins
livery stable. We'll, by the outlines
this looks like much larger hotel,
but why in the ID don't they keep
a lignt? After rapping away for
about ten minutes, the old gray in
the stable set up a roar. We'll, by
thunder! after man has stood and
knocked here for ten minutes, the old
drunken landlord cusses him for wax
ing b IN up!' The last heard of the
traveller he was feeling his way down
main st 'eet, looking for a light and
landlord"
The trial of the case of Jay Ray VS..
the city of Poplar Bluff for damages
was commenced in the circuit court
Wednesday afternoon. On the eve
ming of January 18th last plaintiffs
wife and child were drowned in Black
river. At that time a number of men
were employed putting in a system of
water works for the city. To facili-
tate their labors a portion OF the
planks covering the footway on the
bridge across the river had been re-
moved, leaving an opening. The Pc
tition alleges that the night was
dark one and that while crossing the
bridge Mrs. Ray, with an infant child
in her arms, fell through the opening
into the waters and both were drowned,
the bodies not being recovered until
two days later. Plaintiff places his
damages at $4,000 and asks for judg-
ment accordingly. The defense In an
swer denies all of plaintiffs material
allegations and states that the open
ings made In the bridge were not of
sufficient size for person to have
fallen through; defense expects to
prove that the husband and wife did
not live happily together. and that
TIE facts indicate very clearly that
the deceased had jumped into the
water to end an unhappy life. There
is quite an array of legal talent on
both sides, end the case will be hotiy
contested. The trial will probably
consume day or more, as there are a
great many witne sses.