Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-02-27

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came in and delivered himself into the
hands of justice. He was fined 81 and
costs. which he paid, and is once more
free of the law.
Last Sunday morning Robert Blanks,
colored, mot the mail carrier), hitch.
ed Que of Collins teams to a double
buggy aud took it up to Knob Creek,
drove in, and began to give the We.
hicle good washing. He had just
gotten well to work when a freight
train came along and frightened the
| horses, who started and ran down to
the stable, leaving the driver on the
creek bank. They ran down the
street into the stable, one front wheel
of the buggy striking the door. One
horse fell under a wagon near the
door. and the other gracefully slid un-
der the wheels of a vehicle in the rear
end of the stable. The buggy sus-
tanned little or no damage, but one OF
the horses was considerably bruised
and skinned.
There exist in this town the same
conditions which call forth the follow
ing timely remarks from the Poplar
Bluff Citizen: s.For some reason the
express company has failed for some
months to deliver articles shipped ov-
er its lines to this city, in manifest
disregard of its duty to its patrons.
This failure causes delays in the deliv-
cry OF express matter, and additional
trouble and costs, to the consignee
which in year will aggregate no in
considerable sum. The Courts of the
land have declared that the obligation
of express carriers is different from,
and greater than that of railroads or
other common carriers. The duty of
a railroad company is discharged by
delivering goods at the stations along
its road. But in the case of an express
company, their duty extends farther,
and is not discharged until the article
shipped over its line is delivered to
the place of business of the consignee.
We call attention to this duty of ex-
press companies and ask merchants, and
other patrons of the Pacific Express
Company to cooperate in a demand
that the company re-establish its de-
livery system, and refuse to receive
consignments at places other than
their places of business, and if neces-
sary to accomplish this purpose. bring
suit against the company for failure to
deliver consignments."
Sheriff j. A. Baker, of Reynolds
county, brought in three prisoners last
Tuesday night from that county, to
serve term in our Jail. Robert Bar
ton and Calvin Warren, of Reynolds
county, were indicted, with others, by
the grand jury OF said county, at the
May Term of the circuit court, for
petit larceny. They had their trial at
the November term, 1895. Calvin
Warren pleaded guilty and was fined
IS and costs, while Robert Barton
pleaded not guilty, and had trial by
jury. The jury found him guilty and
assessed his fine at S. and costs. A
stay of execution was given to both
defendants to pay fine and costs until
February 20, 1896; but failing to pay,
they surrendered to the sheriff, and
are now in Jail. Their crime consist
ed in robbing a lonely widows bee
stand of its honey. The third prison
err was one VIM. Fox, who was con-
| victed before S. S. Morton, a justice of
the peace of Logan township, in said
county, on account of disturbing re-
ligious worship. He entered plea OF
guilty, and was fined $50 and costs, or,
in failure to pay it, to punishment OF
sixty days in Jail. 1t is but just to
say, that these disturbers of religious
worship, of schools and of families,
should be punished to the extent of the
law. There is no more vicious crime
against good order and good society
than such disturbance, and we are
glad to state that a conviction on those
grounds is satisfactory to all people in
this section.
Application was made to the Mayor
last week by the wooden mill people
for a franchise for an electric light
plant. In accordance with law, His
Honor called the council together, and
an order was made In compliance with
the following sections of the Laws Of
1895:
"SECTIoN 1. The public authorities
of every county, city, village or othe,
municipal or public corporation, tc
whom application may be made by any
private company, copartnership, cor
. poration, individual or individuals, fol-
consent to the construction, extension
maintenance. occupation or use of any
electric lighting plant, or plant fol-
the generating, transmission, sale OF
use of electricity; gas lighting plant
street railway, or railroad for the
transportation of either freight, pas
sengers Or mails; telephone or tele
graph plant, or plant for supplying
water. above, across, along, beneath
or through any highway, road, avenue
alley, park, square. street or other pub
lie lands, must provide, as a condition
precedent to the granting of such con
!. sent, that the franchise, privileg,
and right of such occupation and uss
! of any such public places for an,
such private purposes shall be sold a
public auction to the responsible bid
der who will give the largest per cent
age yearly of the gross receipts derived
from such occupation and use, with
adequate security, as hereinafter pro
vided, for the payment thereof and fol
the prompt construction and compile
ton of the proposed plant: Provided
that such payment shall in no case b.