Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-10-28


: accident last Tuesday morning Mr..
| Brown was coming TO town with a load
: of lumber. In coming down Grassy
Mountain, about four miles from town,
the breast yoke broke letting the wag-
J on tongue fall to the ground. This
frightened the horses and the team
started down the hill on a run. Mr.
B. seeing he could not stop them.
jumped from the wagon. but in doing
so he got his feet tangled IN the lines,
and was dragged to the foot Of the
hill where the horses stopped. The
old gentleman was suffering great pain
but managed to make his way to the
house of John Brewers nearby. A
physician was sent for and an exam
ination revealed that the right shoulder
IN addition to a number of bruises lad
been thrown out of place The inIu-
ries are not serious, however. and with
due care Mr. Brown will soon be all
right. He is extremely fortunate. I'M
der the circumstances, in escaping so
lightly
John s. Benson pleaded guilty in the
Circuit Court Monday to two indict-
ments for selling liquor without license
and was fined $40 in each case. d. A.
johnson was fined SIS on the same
charge. The case of State VS.. Jos
Kinch, assault with deadly weapon, was
nolle pressed. The case Of State Us.
John Swearingim and Monroe Sutton.
charged with disturbing religious wor-
ship, was tried by jury Tuesday. The
| defendants were indicted at the last
term of court for disturbing a Christ
mas gathering at Jordan. The jury
found them guilty and assessed fine
of 81. so each and costs. The case OF
/ Lon Burnham against the Royal lnsur-
ance Company, action on insurance
| policy, on change of venue from Butler
county, came up the same day but was
thrown out of court because the plain
| tiff had failed to make proof of loss in
time provided in policy. The case of
State VS.. Geo. Blanks and NJ. HOllo-
| man, cOlored, indicted at the April
term for illegal cohabitation, was tried
| by jury Wednesday and defendants
each fined $50. A jury was empaneled
Wednesday afternoon to try the case
of Jay Ray vs.. the city of Poplar Bluff.
| This Is a suit on change of venue from
| Butler county and was tried here about
two years ago, when plaintiff received
verdict for $1,000. The case was
taken to the court OF appeals, secured
and sent back here for trial.
Tuesdays Globe Democrat contains
the following in reference to the Area
dia rifle range: The report on the
Arcadia rife range is now pending be-
fore Gen. Miles and Secretary Alger at
Washington. Gen Miles said yester-
day that there was no doubt that tar
get range would be purchased for JET !
ferson Barracks, but he was unable to |
say whether or not the ground on !
which the range is at present located |
would be selected. The report now in |
the hands of the commanding general |
does not say anything about the health |
of the men who were encamped on the /
range during the past six months, and |
Gen. Miles ordered yesterday a sup
Elementary report to ascertain wheth- |
er any sickness had been experienced |
by the troops. Last year there was
considerable fever. By some of the |
officers it was attributed to bad water |
and by others to the location OF the |
camp. Inasmuch as no mention is /
made in the report now at the depart |
ment of sickness among the troops Gen. |
Miles iufers that there was none. but |
he wishes to make sure before recon- |
mendiug the purchase of the site on |
which the range is now located. The /
appropriation made by Congress for |
the purchase of a rifle range for Jeffer- |
son Barracks was $1S, 900. This ap-
preparation will be available up to |
next June, so there is no especial rea-
son for haste in the matter"
The following is taken from the last
issue OF the Bonnie Terre Democrat |
Register: 1--WE have been shown a
copy of the Ironton ReUiew. dated May
10. 1866. tit is an eight column paper,
well printed and contains a good sup
ply of both local aud general news of /
the day. Some of the news items read |
oddly enough at this time. For in
stance a paragraph from a Nashville,
Tenn, paper notes the appointmet by |
the general conference of the NJ. E |
Church, South, of four new bishops, |
viz: Weightman, Dozzett, McTwiere
and Marvin. The fact that not one of
the distinguished gentlemen then APP
pointed to the highest official position
in their church. is now living. forcibly
impressed upon our mind the long per-
iod that has elapsed and the great
changes that have taken place since
that time-stained sheet first came from
the press. Among the legal ads. is
notice by Gov. Fletcher of the sale of
the /. NJ. railroad on the 9th of Sep
TENDER, succeeding. to foreclose the
States lien. thereon. Perhaps few per-
sons of the present generation are
aware that the State of Missouri loan
ed its credit to the amount of $S,500,-
600 10 aid in building the Iron Noun
tain railroad, and upon the failure of
the railroad company to pay the iu-
terest seized and sold the entire prop
erty for 100000, or about oue-seventh
of its claim. 1t is TO this sale that
the above advertisement refers. In
the market report we note: Flour at
So per 100 lbs; Bacon, 1S4 to 20 cents
per pound; Crushed sugar, lbs for
81; Salt, "a per barrel; Calico, is to
20 cents per yard; Check shifting. 80
to 40c. etc."
VIM s. Worley. well known in this
and adjoining counties as land deal
err and preacher, still continues his
tent meetings in St. Louis, where he