Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-01-26

DC QUILL IL Is SAD that q good grade
10 the east of both Hogan and Cad:
Hill can be constructed at tribe a:
compared with the cost of this fifty
mile cutoff However. We will simply
have to wait and see. and then we will
all know.-PEedns0sst Banner.
On Invitation extended ny Miss Ma
ME half-dozeu guests repaired to the
home of Capt. W. Fl. Byers last Satur-
day evening about supper time. The
host himself had not been advised and
was thoroughly surprised on coming
home TO find the parlor filed with men
folk For once the s.old man" was so
completely outdone he couldn't say a
word Miss Mamie had prepared q
delightful spread to which the assem-
bled company did full justice. The
event was planned In celebration of
the Captains forty-frst % birthday.
Prosecuting Attorney Edgar last Sat-
urday issued an Information against
| Henry Arnett and J. II. Brown of An
napolis on the charge of selling liquor
without license. Sheriff Gregory went
to Annapolis the same day and arrest
u al ACLA " 40 1E OHSC gave DOuu lOT
his appearance al the next term of
| Circuit Court, but Brown was out of
town and could not be located. He
was taken in custody a couple of DAYS
later, however, and also gave bond for
his appearance. For several years
there has been more or less complaint
of illegal whiskey selling at Annapolis
and the Prosecuting Attorney has re-
solved TO put a stop 10 it.
Edward ". Killalee of this county
last Saturday enlisted IN St. Louis with
the Sixth New York Heavy Artillery.
regular Z 5. army-..Coast Defense"
and left the same evening for New
York where he will be stationed. Mr.
Killalee writes the REGISTER as fol-
lows: TO my many friends l will say
good by, especially those OF dear old
Iron county. 60 to New York har-
Dor. coast defence But | hope Iron |
county has sent a soldier, one that is |
brave AID true. Ny one aim shall be |
to get charge of the Il mile gun, and |
if / do. / shall promise no nation under |
the canopy OF heaven shall be able to |
land within 16 miles of New York bar
Dor. Mr. VIM. Retonanz of Farming |
tou,~ Mo-, will be my companion. We /
shall stand side by side, we shall wipe /
Der out and sponge her clean, and she
will carry bali to the place We aim"
Mary Armstrong. a notorious char
acter, who made her home in Ironton
up to a short time ago, shot and seri
ously wounded man in Salem Satur-
day night. The following account of
the shooting telegraphed from Salem
in Mondays Globe Democrat:
james Martin, of this city, was shot
and probably fatally wounded about 2
o'clock this morning, at the house of
Mary Armstrong. where. it is Claimed
by the woman, he was trying to forci-
bly, enter. The Armstrong family con-
sists of Mary and two children. one of
which was very sick. About o'clock
this morning the family was disturbed
by two men who attempted to gain ad
mission: two shots were fred. the first
one, after passing through the door.
struck Martin in the right breast The
other shot was fred after the door was
opened. and went wild. Martin has
suffered intensely all day, and tonight
.wo physicians operated on him sur
yically, without finding the bullet. and
his chance for recovery is doubtful"
Many of the REGISTER readers will
Joseph Atterbury, who
some time ago lived in Ironton. Sew
sral years since, however, Atterbury
moved his family to St. Louis. where
hey have since made their home. |
rhe following is taken from last Satur-
lays Globe Democrat: Theodore At
,erbury, of 2221 College avenue.
weak, crippled boy, Is years old, shot
ais father yesterday morning behind
he right ear, the bullet passing under
he scalp and coming out at the back :
IF his head The skull bones were 1
broken, but at the City Hospital it is |
bought the elder Atterbury will re-
:over. Yesterday morning about s 6
o'clock, Immediately after breakfast I
Ind while the wife was in the back I
7ard. Joseph A. Atterbury began to s
punish his l1-year-old child, Mansfield, /
or some trif1ing thing. just as the l
mother stepped in the door the father :
struck the boy in the face with his '
ist. The boy fell to the floor, and t
drs. Atterbury Immediately stepped {
n front of the father, between him =
md the boy. With an oath, the
husband turned on his wife, and
truck her on the breast with his fist.
She reeled and fell against the wall
bout 6 feet away. The children be- 1
.au crying. and crowded under the
able to get out of the way Of the in /
uriated father. As Mrs. Atterbury | '
-aised herself 10 a standing position,
Atterbury doubled his fist again, and +
vas about to hit her in the face
when q pistol shot rang out, and he C
ell to the floor. A stream of blood r
puried from behind his ear, showing
3 here the ball from the eldest sons q
pistol had struck. Despite the fact
hat he was shot and rapidly getting s
weaker. the father managed 10 get up
nd grab at the revolver. The boy t
vas too quick for him. He threw the /
-un to bis mother. who in turn, ran {
ut Of the door and tossed it over the O
ence. The father rushed out of the b
Iouse. past the mother, and climbed q
yer the fence. But be was too late
neigh Dor named Setback reached Y
be revolver before Atterbury could
lick it up. When Atterhury saw that
Re could not get the revolver he fell
q a faint. An ambulance carried the
lder Atterbury 10 the City Hospital,
, hara II i th0nuht that althnnrh his :,