Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-03-26
Among tho Brothron.
The Perryville Sun:

"W. C. Yount, a young merchant al
ruffian named Mullineaux, at the for.
mer's store some six weeks ago, died
from the effect of the shot at his home
at Patton on the 14th. He leaves a
wife and young baby. The murderer
is confined in the Fredericktown jail
for safe keeping"
j. C. Carly. Esq. of Piedmont. last
week contributed very interesting ar
ticle to his county papers. on the poll
tical situation. He is clear, logical
and forcible, and the REGISTER wishes
it had the space to give his letter in
full.
How exasperating it is to read, this
wintry. snowy Monday morning, the
following paragraph in the Van Buren,
Local. We fear the birds, as we'll as
the candidates, know the bitter pangs
of keen disappointment: ..Spring is
here, the little birds are singing, and
candidates are talking nice. The birds
are happier than are the candidates,
for it don't cost anything to be bird,
and the birds are sure to get what they
want
The canning factories which were
established in Southeast Missouri dur
ing the prevalence of the fad, If we
may SO call it. year or so ago, have
nearly all run their short course of de-
1usion and disaster. The melancholy
end of that at New Madrid is thus
briefly chronicled by the South Missou-
rian: 1.-The assignee o: the New Mad
rid Canning Factory sold the plant at
public auction last Wednesday. The
factory building. including all the ma
chinery, was sold to Murray Philips
for $501; the storage warehouse to L.
A. Lewis for $3.50. .25."
Bro. Adams evidently doesn't have
a longing tooth for pork. Hear him:
..The Democrat is Republican paper
but there is no known rule by which
we can be compelled to support a Re-
publican hog. The man who wants
the earth for nothing need not expect
our support. We give this to the boys
as fair warning. We have been in
politicssa long time and we are not a
sucker"
This is how Dame Nature evens
things up in Arkansas, according to
the Corning Courier. We have long
heard she ..abhors a vacuum"
About two weeks ago two of Mr..
Shade Stewards handsome daughters
were married, and on last Tuesday his
wife presented him two beautiful. an
gelic little twin girls. Hurrah for
Brother Stewart!
The Houston Herald:
Deputy U. S. Marshal Quayle and
others, of St. Louis, were again in Tex
as county, a few miles south of town.
last Tuesday and two or three more
parties charged with converting corn
into lunar rays. We did not learn the
names of the ones captured except that
one of them was Simmons. Another
astride fleet-footed broncho eluded
his pursuers.
Through the Marshfield Chronicle we
learn ''that a negro will be a candidate
for county Office on the Republican
ticket of Wright county at their pri-
mary election. As the negro vote of
that county cuts quite a figure in that
county the Republican bosses are in a
dilemma as to how to sidetrack the
brother and still control the vote in
the general election"
Mrs. Charles Brenneke, a widow
residing near Kelso in Scott county,
was instantly killed by a falling tree
on Tuesday, 10th inst.
The Jackson post-office was robbed
last Thursday night. Amount Of spoil
not stated.
A wholesale swap-lock, stock and
barrels recorded by the Dexter
Messenger:
A. j. Nelson, of near Norris City,
ILL.,, and Jasper Miller, of near Acorn
Ridge, this county. snapped farms a
week Or two ago and each is now set
tied down in the place formerly occu-
pied by the other. The trade not only
includes farms, but stock, wagons.
farming implements and even house
hold furniture excepting bedding. The
trade in stock and farming implements
was largely Influenced by desire to
save in freights as shipping was avoid
ed.
Bonne Terre Register:
The residence lately occupied by
J. E. Dover and wife was completely
ddstoyed by fire last Friday night
about eight o'clock. Mr.. Dover and
family had left for Pennington in the
morning of the same day. but all of
their household furniture was in the
house and was consequently destroyed.
The building was the property of the
B. T. F. & C. Co.
The Alton South Missourian of last
week says. There was slight trem-
bling from an earthquake felt here
about II Wednesday night