Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-03-26
thursday. MARCH 20. 1896.

hotels. professional men, business and
manufacturing enterprises do not be.
lieve in advertising. and many of them
Hannibal, Sedalia. and elsewhere.
This explains why S. Henry Smith. E.
P. Caruthers, o. X. Clardy. E. D. An
thony and others. have either sought
other fields or have engaged in other
business. We do not complain how
ever. We refuse to die and are not
easily killed, and shall go right on
saying good things about the county,
the town, their advantages and enter
prises, as if they paid US q bonus OF
$4,000 year for SO doing, instead OF
asking for a great deal and giving lit
tie in return. We like the newspaper
business. We like the newspaper fra
tern1.y, with some trifling expections.
We are our own boss and expect to re-
main so, and we shall make the Demo-
crat in the future as in the past, the
defender of the peoples rights, the
friend of every good cause, and the
organ of the editors convictions and
what his judgment approves and that
alone.
Electric light has not had clean
sailing in Kennett. For time it riv-
allied the sun in brightness, but alas!
it soon grew dim and the .'tickler" of
the dynamo lost its SAVIOR. The Demo
crat says:
Aud still the electric light plant is
dead and Kennel is in darkness. It is
understood that the franchise will be
declared forfeited and that other ar
lights. Other towns get a regular,
satisfactory and all-night service for
the same price Kennett has been pay
ing for its poor lights.
The Potosi Independent notes the
passing away of an able physician and
good citizen: The many friends of
DIR. Daniel Dunklin, of Bonne Terre
and formerly of this county. will be
panied to learn OF his death. DR..
Dunklin married Miss Rush of Min
eral Point. He studied medicine and
practiced his profession, successfully at
Bonne Terre and for some time was To-
Gated at Springfield, Mo-"
There is something in the following
item, published by the Potosi Journal,
which makes man to think better of
his species:
An ole soldier living near Potosi,
who draws pension from the govern
ment, contributes one dollar Of his
pension money every quarter to the
support of the Confederate Home at
Mo-, and says he intends
to continue doing SO as long as he is
able. Mr.. Edmund Casey, county
committeeman for the Home Associa-
tion, is the authority for the statement.
This old soldier sets good example
for other old soldiers to follow.
M. C. Faulkenbury, editor of the
Southwest City Leader, recently '.lost
his mind over religion, and has been
sent to the insane asylum" A most
statement, and singular II
true.
The editor of this paper records
with regret the recent destructive con-
fagration at Caledonia. He hopes
that the loss to the sufferers is not ir-
but that they will with re-
newed energy resume business, and in
the end attain success. We copy from
the Potosi Journal of last week:
The town of Caledonia in the south
end of this county experienced = SER
ious fire last Thursday afternoon. the
18th inst, which caused q loss of
amounting in the neigh bor-
hood of $4,000. The fire started in the
residence of Mr.. F. p. Marrow from a
defective flue and was soon beyond
control. From the Marrow house the
fire spread to the store of c. L. South
all, adjoining, and thence across the
street to the postoffice where it was ar
rested by hard work. The draft Great
ed by the flames carried blazing brands
to other parts of the town and it was
only by careful watching that more
general confagration was avoided.
The fire lasted about two hours, COM
pletely consuming the three buildings
and much of their contents.
From what information we can gather,
the losses occasioned by the fire are
about as follows: Mr.. Marrow, dwell
ing and contents, $1,000; insurance,
5000; Southall, store, building and
stock, $500; insurance, 1000; post
Office building, $500, insurance on the
latter not learned.
The Poplar Bluff Citizen grows sar-
castle:
There are more folks who are talk
ing of coming to this town and county
than you can shake a stick at! The
last one whose scent the Citizen has
discovered is U. Gault, of Kankakee,
Ill. He seeks a location for cream
cry. He wants the milk from 200 cows,
and if it can be gotten he's ready to
come soon. Mr.. Gault may move this
way at once. We haven't counted the
bossies in this locality for long. long
time but believe they could be cor
rallied. and if Mr.. Gault desires to
start a big dairy, and put 10 good
plant. and will conduct the business
on business principles he will find our
people ready to give him encourage
ment, and we are satisfied he will find
it remunerative business If properly
conducted. for we have a ready mar