Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-07-18

was agreed as the day, and Mr.. Jane:
ii. Kelly of the first part kindly re
quested me to perform the marriage
ceremony. Therefore l, j. Donaldson,
of the third part, Presbyterian min.
lister, proceeded to the residence of the
brides parents on the day above nam
ed. and solemnized the rite of mar
riage between James H. Kelly of the
first part and Sarah G. Anderson oil
the second part. This ends the chap
tier, and may fortune shed benign rays
upon them through life.
| J. DONALDSON.
We stop the press to give room for
the following, which will possess I'M
usual interest for all lovers of the pis-
catorial art. 1t is dated, Marble
Creek, July II. four A. NJ" and signed
M. l.. c. which talismanic letters
will cause the contents of the dispatch
to Ego" among all true fishermen: '.As
you know, we left the Queen of the
Ozarks last Saturday at 2 P. NJ. All
went well until about four o'clock. We
were then in Twoomey Valley, and
when about midway a cloud-burst gave
me my first true notion of Noah's ia
nous deluge. The water came down
in solid sheets about two feet thick,
and, as | afterwards learned. nearly
mile long by some six hundred feet in
| width. These sheets fell. about one
minute, with such force that they must
| have given me conclusion of the brain.
had ! not fortunately held over my
otherwise unprotected head a stout UNI
brella which. by reason of its point,
pierced the successive layers and made
| them to part and slide harmlessly down
its sloping sides. Marble Creek doomed
the fords were impassable-we took
| to the hills, and by a twenty-mile cir
cult on their SUBMITS finally reached
our destination: little damp. perhaps,
but in good spirits. Next day We went
to church. Yesterday morning early
| went fishing, and had fine sport, you
bet. In ten minutes / had caught a
forty-pOund string of five-pounder jack
salmon-yOu can compute the number
for yourself. Then l baited the line
and tried to set it and 60 to breakfast.
Couldn't do it. As fast as the line
went in-swish!-a ten-pOund bass took
the cork under and had to be landed.
This went on for about an hour and
fifteen minutes, and expect l would
have been compelled to go without my
breakfast if the bait hadn't run out. |
returned. after satisfying tine inner
man, and had good luck until noon,
when l was tired out and gave up the
contest for that day. Yesterday was
fully as good for fishing, but l expect |
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just starting to the fishing grounds |
with two-horse wagon-bed with ex-
ira raised sides. Tell Blemel to send |
down a couple of barrels of salt. Will |
be up in time for the chicken dinner |
Sunday"
The mysterious return of $2I5 to the |
County Treasury that we mentioned |
last week has led to a vast amount of
speculation as to who the party could |
be that returned the money. and as to
how it was possible to obtain or retain
that amount of funds without the books
of the county showing that fact. The
most plausible theory is that it is
matter dating some time back-perhaps
to period during Or just after the
war, and before our finances had be-
come settled. 1t is probable that 1t
was a case of doubt as to whether the
funds belonged to the county or the in
dividuaI, as q case of that kind might
easily arise in considering the question
of the amount of the fee an officer
might Justly retain. 1t seems that
some time before the expiration of
Treasurer Reese's term that he missed
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safe and shortly after he received an
envelope containing $275. After con-
sdlting with friends, the conclusion
was reached that this was simply re-
turn of the money previously abstract
ed, and it was thought best to pursue
the matter no further, as reparation
had been made; so it was dropped, but
upon the note accompanying the 1915
sent to J. Nj. WhitwOrth was the state
ment, This amount was sent to ID. +.
R." OF course this would seem to indi-
cate that the parties who obtained the
money from Mr.. Reese's safe are still
in the possession of it, and that this is
entirely another affair and disconnect-
ed with the loss OF Mr.. Reese. But
how could the party have known that
MT. Reese ulu uOG GuTu tuO hOuCs Abso |
the County Treasury. unless he was
very familiar with our county affairs?
The only explanation is that he de-
pended upon the public prints to make
some mention of it. and, seeing none.
concluded that his money had missed
connection, and, to make assurance
doubly sure, duplicated the amount.
Ordinarily a man would have content
ed himself with returning the money
to the proper official and rested con-
tent, leaving the matter to the con-
science of the official; but this party
deemed it his duty to see to it that the
money he imagined he had wronged
the county out of got back to its pro-
per place. Or. was the first 1919 on
ly one instalment of the money the
sender felt that he owed the county?
And may future instalments be looked
for?
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