Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-05-14

| 5. 5. Vaughn is now Barber Genera
to this part Of the world: running tw.
shops in Ironton. one In Graniteville
and another in Arcadia. The latter
was fully instituted yesterday, and ii
now ready TOR business. 1t is situated
in the Arcadia House grounds. on tn.
site OF the old lunch-house. The shoI
at Graniteville is near the Syenite
Company's store. while those in Iron
ton are conveniently placed in the
Academy of Music and Grandhomme
buildings. All these shops are fitted
up with the latest appliances. and
first-class artists only are employed
Everything is neat, clean and comfort
able. Tie proprietor respectfully
asks the patronage of the public, and
will do his utmost to please everybody
1ronton promises an exodus mex,
Saturday. the cause being the A. U. U.
w. excursion from Bismarck to Mon.
tesano on that day. Our Bismarck
neighbors have made ample arrange
ments to accommodate all who may
wish to participate in the enjoyments
of the occasion. Special coaches will
leave that town at 6:45 A. NJ, and con-
Meeting with all passenger trains on
the Belmont Branch. Tie return will
be made in the evening in time to give
everybody chance to get home in
good season. At Montesano every
provision will be made for the enjoy
ment of the participants. Special
trains from De Soto and St. Louis will
join in the procession. 1t will be a
big day, and don't you forget it! Fare
for the round trip, Bland silver dol
lar or its equivalent.
The REGISTER editor is in receipt of
the following, and begs leave to return
hearty acknowledgment, expressing
his deep sense of the honor conferred
upon him. We trust the M. W., his
Lodge, his Order, and the Ladies of
the ID. of H., one and all, may live
long and prosper: my Dear Str
am instructed by the Committee OF
Arrangements and by the members of
Bismarck Lodge, No. $50, A. o. U. w.,
to present to yourself and wife compli-
mentary tickets for our annual excur-
sion from Bismarck to Montesano May
10th, 90, and would be pleased to
have the honor of your presence on the
occasion. We owe this to you in con-
sideration of yourself and for the many
favors shown us as an order, as we'll as
to the Ladies of the Degree of Honor.
Yours, Sincerely, j. j. NoRwINE, Mas
ter Workman"
The following special from Wash
ington to yesterdays Globe Democrat
is reproduced because of it's interest
local to this section, Col. Lindsay hav-
ing long been a resident of the Valley:
Representative Crowther to-day fav-
orably reported the bill to pension
James Lindsay. At the commence
ment of the war of the rebellion Col.
Lindsay took an active part 10 recruit
ing the 1st, 9th and other Missouri
Infantry volunteer regiments. and
early in 1862 recruited and organized
the 6Sth Enrolled Missouri Militia, of
which he was appointed Colonel, and
served as such during the years 1862
and 1868. He furnished this Tegi-
ment with a battery. which cost him
nearly 5000, and supplied the regi-
ment with other accouterments at his
own expense. For this outlay. how
ever, he was subsequently reimbursed
by the Government. Ia 1864, at
Ironton. Mo-, be was stripped of
nearly his entire earthly possessions
by the Confederates, under the COM
mand of Gen. Sterling Price. The
pension which Col. Lindsay is seeking
is small one, and based largely upon
the fact that 'he lost his property by
reason of his utilization with and sup
port Of the Union cause He is now
80 years of age and destitute. and Mr..
Crowthcr, in his report, recommends
that the Congress of the United States
grant this veteran commensurate
pension"
Unprecedented low prices for certain
farm commodities prevail in our local
markets. Butter is now selling at 10
cents per pound; eggs at from to 6
cents per dozen; corn at % cents per
bushel; and other farm products IN
the same proportion. On looking
over our files for the years 1871 and
1880, we find that on May 4th, 1871,
butter in the st. Louis market-always
lower than our local market-sold at
"a cents per pound, eggs at 124 cents
per dozen, No. 2 corn at 80 cents per
bushel. oats at 374 cents per bushel.
In 1880. on May 18th, butter sold at
20 cents, eggs at 10 cents, corn at 33
cents, and oats at 80 cents. While
the resident of the town may, for the
time, profit by the present low price
of farm products. he cannot but feel
apprehensive for the future. for he is
in the same boat with the farmer.
When the latter cannot earn sufficient
from his farm to pay his taxes and
properly provide for his family, he
will have no money to spend with the
merchant, the mechanic and the pro-
fessional man. These will in turn be
pinched, so that the misfortune of the
producer will be shared by all. II the
present low prices are to prevail, taxes
must be lowered, salaries reduced, and
materials which the producer must
use be cheapened all along the line.
We would be glad to see our farmers
get a dollar and half per bushel for
their wheat, twenty-five cents the year
round for their butter, and everything
else ia proportion. What benefits one
benefits all.
parenuoI