Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-06-03
Among Our Nelghbors.

/ The Charleston NeNS vigorously dr.
CUES in favor of patronizing home in
dustry: 1--WE see Pillsbury flour on
| sale IN Charleston. So the dry goods
| stores and the printers are not the on
/ ly institutions that have kick coming
! because some people prefer not to pat
ronize home industries when they can
| place money elsewhere. There Is a
! difference of few cents a barrel in
| the cost to dealers in favor of the
Pillsbury goods; but how much capital
| has Pillsbury invested in Charleston?
| How many of Pillsbury's employees buy
goods from Charleston merchants?
Really, isn't it a town-killing policy to
go away from home for things that
ought to be bought here, merely be-
cause, at first blush, the foreign stuff
appears to be cheaper than the home
product"
They don't do things by halves over
in ole Ste. Genevieve. The Herald
says: ..In the night of Friday, May
18th, some slick chicken thieves en-
tered the poultry house of Tom Rozier
and stole IS fine white leghorn chick
ems. Tom feels really bad about his
loss; he had taken such pride in his
pets"
We extend greetings to Bro Adams
of the Cape Democrat, and felicitate
ourself upon the fact that we are not
the only person who has been caught
in the wiles of the grass widow: 1.-The
next time lady asks us to publish
divorce advertisement we will demand
ten per cent. of the fee in advance,
just as an evidence of good faith. This
thing of having the publication made
and then running away with the truant
husband is played out; that is, so far
as we are concerned.
Fredericktown Democrat: ' The
night accommodation train undertook
to run over COW at Cornwall, on last
Sunday night, which resulted in de-
railing the engine and smashing up
five cars. Head Brakeman Lee Will
liams was climbing into the tender at
the time and was caught in between
the tender and the boiler and had to
be sawed out. He was in this position
for about an hour, but was not serious
ly hurt, however. One of his shoul-
ders was pretty badly scalded and both
hands considerably bruised. In talking
to Democrat reporter Tuesday morn
ing, Brakeman Williams said: While
l was pinned down against that boiler,
thinking that every minute would be
the last one. if I had possessed the
keys of the world, l would have glad
ly handed them over to any one who
would have relieved me-; Williams
was the only person injured"
jackson Cash-Boob: The governor
did well in reappoiutlng Hon. Moses
| Why bark a member of the board of
/ Normal school regents. Mr.. Why
| bark has served six years on the board
and has proved to be the right man for
the place. Although a Republican,
he refused to be party to the plot
during the last campaign to have the
board of regents remove Prof. Vaudi-
yer from the presidency of the Normal
faculty because he was candidate for
congress-"
Bro. Flynn of the Southeast Gazette
insists that the age of miracles has not
passed, and advances an argument of
fact not easily refuted. Although it
crowds the space of this column, we
give-omitting ntroduction-the text
of his article:
Last fall there was an election in
jefferson county and a number of
prominent citizens-some of whom
were Democrats and some of whom
were Republicans-weree elected to Of
fee. This satisfied neither side. The
| Democrats did not think that the Re-
publicans were fairly elected and the
Republicans held the same opinion
with regard to the successful Demo
Gratis. The upshot of this conflict of
opinion was that red-hOt, all-arouud
Gr8co-Turkish contest was Inaugural
ted. Sam Byrus and Frank Dearing
were appointed as legal seconds for
the Democratic Greeks, while Joe Will
liams and Charley kleinschmidt were
retained in a similar capacity for the
Republican Turks. Judge Frank
Green was the referee. A recount of
the ballots was ordered. This it was
that brought to light the astounding
miraculous interposition of baneful Tor
beuefcenD spiritual agencies which had
silently, but effectively, taken place in
the meanwhile since the election. The
ballots had been tampered with!
1t was proved in open court that the
Republican county clerk and his depu-
ty. who had charge of the ballots.
were both good men who would rather
cut their necks than do such vile
deed. They even certified to this
themselves. /: was also shown that
neither they nor any other mortal
could have done so. for the ballots had
been securely kept in sealed canvas
sacks and the seals were inviolate
when the bags were reopeued. Yet
the ballots had been tampered with.