Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-10-20

Oh w SAutSQdy VI ldst week q maL
who said bis home was in Shannon
county. came into Annapolis with a
hundred head of steers which he
shipped to st. Louis that night. A
couple of days later an officer appeared
at Annapolis from Shannon county, on
the lookout for the man, saying the
cattle had all been stolen from a farm
near Eminence. The offender is GER
tainly man of nerve, else he never
could successfully make away with a
hundred head of cattle. The Sheriff
and Prosecuting Attorney of Shannon
went to st. Louis last night to try and
locate the cattle.
There have been exaggerated reports
of immense lead discoveries in the
| neigh bOrhood of Irondale, Washington
county. Following is what the last
issue of the Potosi Journal says in re-
gard thereto: "Mr. Richard Adams, a
leading citizen of Irondale, was in
Potosi the first of this week. Mr..
Adams states that all the reports about
the great lead discoveries in the neigh
borhood of Irondale are only rumors
without definite foundation. He says
drilling has been going on In that To-
cality for some time, but no positive
Information has been given out of any
great find. and up to date no land has
actually changed hands. Mr.. Adams
seems TO think, however, that good
lead has been found. and that there
may eventually be boom in that part
of the county"
Onward, roll onward, oh time in thy
flight, and make me a woman that's
clear out Of sight: give me boomers,
the pants and shirts and let me get out
of these horrible skirts A whisker-
producer invent if you can, give me
head that grows bald like man; grow
a tobacco that won't make me sick,
and teach me to chew, a la man, very
quick. Let me, oh let me drink whis-
key and swear; bet on the chickens
and back the fleet mare. Stay out at
night, hold office and vote, take in the
town and six-shooter tote; sit on the
buzzard roost if | choose, play base
ball and wear those spiked shoes.
Onward, roll onward, oh time quickly
fly; make me man or help me to die.
This world as il is fills me with woe,
but if | were a man 'twould be heay-
Ell below.-Ex.
A wedding feast was prepared at the
home of Solomon Lax, colored, last
Thursday night, and a number of
friends invited to attend the wedding
of Soils daughter, Nellie, and Will
Langford. The company assembled
and tho cOlorad porcop ubo woc ~ 4ia
the knot was on hand, but the bride
groom failed to put in appearance.
After waiting an hour or two the irate
father of the would-be bride started out
in search of the deserter, but no where
was he to be found, and the company
finally dispersed with the feast untasted
and the bride that wanted to be all but |
heart-broken. Next day however, the |
recreant lover showed up, and evident
ly vouch-safed satisfactory explana- |
ton for his delay, for the ceremony |
took place that night, and all was as
peaceful as a summer day!
The Krag-Joergensen with which |
Uncle Sans regular soldiers are arm
ed, and which have been used in the |
forded quite a surprise to the Indians
in the recent disturbances in Minneso-
IA. Said one of the blue coats who
took part in that scrap with the red
men: The Indians ran against some
hing in our bullets that surprised
hem. The steel bullet of the Krag-
Joergensen is searching thing, and
f there is an Indian concealed in the
grass in line with it Cor three miles it
will find him. When we caught a
couple of bucks, who, we could see
we're behind pine trees from the smoke
If their rifles, the others soon learned
o fall back. The steel bullet will go
through forty inches of pine and kill
my Indian who may thought he was
afe. They can't fight the way they
lsed to-"
The late legislature did away with
he blanket ballot, and has substituted
herefor a different ballot for each
ticket in the field. The provisions of
he new law, and with which every
'oter should familiarize himself, are as i
ollows: 'On any day of election of I
public officers in any election district
ach qualified elector shall be entitled 1
o receive from the judges of election
me ballot of each political party voted l
or at SAID election. 1t shall he the
luty of such judges of election to de-
iver such ballots to the elector. Be- l
ore delivering any ballots to the cleo I
ors the two judges of election having
barge of the ballots shall write their {
James or initials upon the back of the {
'allots, with ink or indeliole pencil, {
nd no other writing shall be on the l
'allot, except the number of the ballot
oted. On receipt of his ballots the
Hector shall forthwith and without I
eaving the polling place retire alone |
o one of the places, booths or com I
'artments provided to prepare his bal 1
OF. He shall prepare his ballot by {
electing the ballot he desires to vote. {
lie shall erase or strike out the name {
# any candidate he does not wish to |
ote for and write the name of his |
hoice underneath. After preparing
lis ballot the elector shall fold the
anne so that the face of the ballot