Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-01-23

Gays tue Saiem LedteT OF the Ln
''Charles E. Crosse left yesterday fol
Ironton, to interview his client, Mrs
Russell, of Reynolds county, who il
confined in the Iron county Jail, under
Indictment for the murder of her hus
band"
The Salem Monitor comes to us with
new head this week.
The Meramec Iron Works property.
comprising 10000 acres OF valuable
mineral and farming land, is about te
be sold to an Eastern syndicate.
The Citizen congratulates the people
of Poplar Bluff upon the rebuilding ol
the Alfrey Heading Factory. recently
destroyed by fire at that place.
Says the De Soto Press: '.An acci.
dent occurred on South Second street
Thursday evening which resulted in
slightly injuring two of De Soto's ac.
complished young ladies. Misses
Gertrude Farrar and Mae Bremen
were out driving DR.. Farrar's shetland
pony, when upon turning corner the
cart upset precipitating the young Ia
dies to the ground.
We have no objection to the Steel
Vile Democrats pitching into the row.
dies who frequent disreputable saloons
and make night hideous with their
swearing and racketing; but we can
not refrain from vigorously objecting
to spelling it ..tuff." There's no need
of discounting Noah Webster in de-
nouncing wrougdoing.
The New Madrid Southeast Missouri
an gives this gratis advice to young
err brother:
The Maiden Register and Scott Coun-
ty Ncacsboy are enjoying an old-fash-
ioned ''back-capping' session, just
now, all to themselves. Take care,
Brother Henderson, Phil is an cold
timer" at the business you have en-
gagged in, and sings a caustic quill oc-
casionally. Look out!
Last Saturdays New Madrid Record
contained this item:
Judge Riley will leave tomorrow
for Poplar Bluff to take up the case of
Chas. Wear which is set for hearing
the following day, Monday. at the
Bluff. Sheriff Tlckell will, also, leave
with the prisoner who is confined in
Jail here, and who does not seem to be
respondent, but on the contrary, COM
paratively cheerful, over his pending
trial for murder.
From the Ste. Genevieve Herald we
learn that diptheria is still prevalent
in some portions of that county. The
14year-old daughter of VIM Kayser of
New Offenburg died of the disease last
Wednesday, and another child OF the
same family is afflicted with it.
Marble Hill Press: ''Some of our
Southeast contemporaries are wrang-
ing over the Wear case. now celebrat-
I'd. We see but one question in the
troversy-whether or not Judge
Wear should have resigned before in
erfering in behalf of his son? No one
'an conscientiously blame him for
hielding his boy at any hazard.''
The Richmond Democrat puts down
he situation thusly:
II the Democrats nominate an avow-
d gold standard man for president
hey wont be in the fight this fall, but
he managers of the party are too wise
o do anything of that kind. The
Ominee will be western man On a |
latform favorable to free silver.
The Pennington Times: "Rev. Je-
ONE c. Bergman, a superannuated |
1inister of the ST. Louis Conference of
he NJ. E. Church, South. preached at
he Methodist Church, South, of this |
ity Monday night, January 18th. |
ne service will not be forgotten soon |
Y the audience. 1t was as though the |
ged Samuel, or another of the vener-
BILE prophets, was speaking to the
hurch. Mr.. Bergman is S6 years |
Id. Sixty-seven years ago, when but
boy in years, he preached in this
lace, then not even a village, known |
t that time as Murphy's Settle !
1ent.'"
The Potosi Independent says that
Ion. John w. Bergman, who for the |
asst eighteen months has been con-
ected with the firm of Long s. Berry
nan in the general merchandise busl-
ess at Potosi, has disposed of his in
crest in the business to Mr.. Hugh Nc
iregor, Superintendent of the Near
hur Bros. lands at that place.
According to the Jackson Cdsh-B0ok |
he late grand-iury in their report de-
Jared the basement of the courthouse |
"a public nuisance, nauseating, dis
ase incubator" and asked the court to |
make .'an order to have said nuisance
bated" Let the abatement begin |
7ithout delay.
This week comes to us the arkansas |
farmer, published at Little Rock, |