Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-01-24

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as with the former company. that O
the department for furnishing logs fo
the mill. making contracts for then
and the like. just before becoming &
citizen of Doniphap, Mr.. Clarksor
| committed a deed that the ProsDec
hopes he will never regret should he
live one hundred years. He went uI
| to Ironton, Mo-. and while there was
! united in marriage to Miss Hattie Peck,
very charming and accomplished
young lady of that town, and brough,
her with him. They are now stopping
| at the Hotel Ireland, and their friends
here and at other points wish them a
long and prosperous life.-PrOspect
Nelcs.
On the 18th the case of the Z. S. VS..
Henry Asher came up for hearing be-
fore Commissioner Fox. Mr.. Asher is
a man of some seventy years of age,
and seems to have been the victim of
misplaced confidence in regard to the
sale of Empire Bitters and Blackberry
Ginger. The defendants own state
ments showed that he was technically
guilty of violation of the revenue
law, and he was held accordingly in
the sum OF $3.50 for his appearance be-
fore the L. S. District Court in May.
The deputy who made the pilgrimage
to Mr.. Asher's locality reports tough
time. He broke down going, his rig
upset in coming back, and he had to
ride into town in farm wagon. 1t is
needless to say that he was in no an
gelic frame of mind upon his arrival
here, and it took good, square meal
and a nights refreshing sleep to re-
store his equanimity and wonted gen.
iality.
There are now ten prisoners in the
Ironton Jail, as follows: George Swartz,
Z. s. prisoner. from Dunklin county,
for passing counterfeit money; six
months-out in March. Harold Bruce,
from St. Louis, convicted of assault
out in May. r. Weston, U. S. prisoner,
for raising bill-out in February.
Geo. Gray, w. c. Stone and George
Russell, from Reynolds; ..blind tiger;"
held for court VIM. Barnes, Iron coun-
ty, indicted for arson; held for court.
c. Brawley, Reynolds county; disturb
ing the peace-out in February.
Charles Corey and Postum Webb,
Iron county; larceny of timber-out in
February. Joe Malone, and Wesley
Kinnard of Carter-the latter held I'M
der conviction by U. S. court for sell
ing whiskey without license-were
discharged last week, having served
their time. Seymour and James Ran
dolph, taken upon suspicion of being |
Of the Salem jail-breakers, were dis
after days detention, it being |
q clearly proven case of mistaken iden-
tity. They went their way rejoicing. |
The boys remaining appear as well |
as could be expected with
their quarters, and Sheriff O'Neal does
all possible under the circumstances to
make them comfortable. May be be
as successful as was his Immediate pre-
decessor.
One day last week we took a stroll
TO the extreme south end of town, and
while in that vicinity concluded to see
what the Baldwin Hub Factory was do
ing. We had of late seen several wag-
)n-loads of hubs passing the office in
transit to the railway station. and had
to see for Ourself what ssthe
boys" were doing and how they were
1oing it. Upon crossing the threshold
IF the mill We for few minutes viewed
hs plant as whole: but the longer
We trisd to take it in that way the
more the confusion COMPOUNDED our
small modicum of understanding.
The engine pulled and clanked, the
saws ripped and buzzed, the augers
wirled and bored, the machine proper
shaved and shaped, and the mortiser
ut and squared-making, in all, an
harly-burly to the unini-
lated and uninstructed lo9ker-on. We
Ound, to get at the gist OF tho plant.
md to understand its whyfores and
we must descend to detail.
Ind we descended. To begin at the
beginning, We first visited the log
ard. There we found great piles of
ogs of all sizes and lsngths-suitable
or hubs for the heaviest iog-wagoH as
veil as the daintiest buggy. This tim
Ter is hauled in from the surrounding
ouhtry. the arc of the circle extending
fifteen miiss o. more from the centre.
White oak and elm ere principally US
d, the former for wagon sad the lat
er for buggy hubs. In this BUSINESS
imber unfit for ordinary lumber is US
d To advantage, and the owner of
ands cuilea 81 their finest growth is
made happy in the knowledge that the
esidue is of value. SO tbs logs are
auled in from all quarters, and the
ard daily presents a lively scene in
hese hard times. Forty-four wagon
Dads were put on that day: material
Or twenty-five hundred hubs. And
till they come and continue to coHe.
rom the yard we again entered the
lill. the first object attracting our att
ention definitely being the saw which
uts the timber into hub-lengths. Two
hen attend this machine, and it keeps
hem busy: it's whirl.a fash. biz-z!
and there's your wood, hub-long. 7,
en- seconds taken in the cutting.
hence the block is taken to the taper
ng auger which goes through it like
arnihg needle into a fresh cheese.
he block Is now ready for the lathe
large, heavy machine, whiah Psadues
s finished hubs-except the norris
ng-from the rough, at the rate OF
ne every minute: several hours work
nder the old hand process. Thence the
erfeet-shaped hub is taken to the NOR
ising mae:ai4e-ip our estimation, the
ooc+ ,>{aoa Of culinary in