Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-11-07

- DOk4sC 1IttcSs Nv PtOS0ub uu kuOWI
Tuesday night cut the ropes attache
to Jno. Newman's awning. turned 81
Vaughn's horse out of his pasture, an
i removed the barber-pole from th
trout of the shop. and placed it in from
of the printing Office. II was no doub
La piece of delightful sport in the eye
ofth perpetrators, but the outcom
may not be quite so amusing to them
A general suspicion points to three o
four parties as the guilty ones, an.
| the truth may come out before the oil
fence is barred by the statute of limi
tations.
| A serious accident occurred on tn,
/ Iron Mountain Railroad near Littl,
Rock last Monday morning about ST,
O'Clock. 1t was head-end collision
between the Texas Limited and a stool
| train. The trains came together witt
great force on curve just north o
Argeuta. Both engines were demol
ished and the express messengers and
mail clerks were pinned in the debri:
for over an hour, and were taken out
seriously injured. Both engineers and
fremen jumped, escaping with a shak-
ing up. None of the passengers were
hurt. The limited was delayed four
hours.
Lafayette Sutton, charged with as
sault with intent to kill Jos. Kinch, an
account of which was given in the REG
IsrER at the time, was tried by jury
Tuesday. and found guilty of common
assault and sentenced to six months in
Jail. In sentencing him Judge Green
gave him wholesome lecture, warn
ing him upon the danger of the course
he has taken. Sutton is about nine
teen years old, and the Judge held
that his age was one thing that caused
the jury to be merciful ana give him a
light punishment eff they had given
you a penitentiary sentence" said his
Honor. 1.-The court would not have in
terfered." The prisoner, it is hoped,
will profit by his experience.
We acknowledge the receipt of a
copy of the official map. just issued by
Labor Commissioner Lee Meriwether.
It contains several striking as well as
valuable showings relative to the va
ried products of Missouri. People
are aware, in general way, that Mis-
souri, is one of the greatest States in
the Union, but there will be many per-
sons, even among the best informed,
who will be surprised on examining
Commissioner Meriwether's map to
learn that Missouri excels not only in
her own specialties. but also in several
side products, which are the specialties
of other States. For example, although
making no claim to being q Lumber"
State. like Michigan and Wisconsin.
Missouri marketed 296, $50, 430 feet of
lumber in 1894, in addition to 2,1S6,-
144 cross ties and some forty million
feet of logs. On the other hand, the
falling off in in iron is enormous and
unpleasantly Indicative of the stagna
ton in the iron industry in Missouri in
particular and in the United States in
general Tho shipment in 1899
amounted to 326, 232 tons of iron; in
1891 the figures fell TO 1851 tons.
and in 1894 to only 1882 tons. This
tremendous, decrease is due not only
to stagnation in the trade, but proba-
Sly also in part to the intense compe-
Northern Minnesota with their cheap
freight outlet via the boats of Lake
Superior. The huge steam shovels
used in the Vermillion Range, north of
Duluth. scoop up six to ten tons of
iron ore at a time-a process at once
so colossal and SO inexpensive that
there is small cause to wonder at the
inability of competition on the part Of
the old style mines wherein the ore
can be extracted only by digging deep
shafts and using expensive machinery.
Credit is due Mr.. j. w. Marsteller. OF
the Labor Bureau, who drew the map
and attended to the collection OF facts
and figures it contains. By sending
five cents in stamps to the Labor Bu-
reau. Jefferson City, copy of the map
may be had by any citizen in Missouri.