Iron County register., 1899-12-14

| 0s oAOh oItST Vi Lid L lace, Ills.
was in town Wednesday making in
quiry as to his uncle, the late Dan.
Stiner who was found dead in a cabin
at Fisk. Mo-, last summer. Mr.. Sho-
walter knew nothing of his uncles'
death until he reached here Showal-
ter lived here twenty years ago.
Hon. Eli d. AXE, editor OF the Iron
ton (Mo.) REGISTER, made US a pleas
ant call yesterday. Sixteen years ago
the editor of The NetCS taught school
at Graniteville, a town of some 1000
people about five miles from Ironton,
and enjoyed the friendship of Mr. AXE.
We bad a great admiration for him
then, which has never grown cold. He
is visiting his nephew, H. b. AXE
Newport (Ark. Ne1OS.
! The editor OF the NelCS is E. c. Wa
terman, who will be remembered by
| older residents at Grauiteville as their
school teacher in the early eighties.
One day last week a caravan consist
ing of three or four wagons, drawn by
old and WORKOUT looking mules and
| horses, slowly wended it's way north
ward along Main street. The outfit
turned into town from the Frederick
town road and was bound for the north
east. One or two of the wagons were
| in good condition and were of the pat
tern generally used by gypsy and
camping parties. Tied to the rear of
| the wagons were two or three horses
or mules-none of the stock giving
evidence of tender age nor best of care
T.
number of men women aud children
in appearance like that OF the average
mover. The outfit complete much re-
sembled that of gang of horse traders,
with this notable exception however,
that. placarded on several of the wag-
ons. in large and legible letters, were
such sentences as "He that cOnsealeth
his sin shall not prosper" but the gift
of God is Eternal Life" etc. etc. just
who the parties were, what they were,
their intention or destination, no one
seemed to know. They left as they
came-peacefully, quietly, leisurely.
K. Foster Stone, the celebrated lee
turer, will come to the Academy of
Music December 26, under the auspices
of the Christian Endeavor Society of
the Presbyterian church. The subject
of the lecture will be The Yellow
stone Park" Mr.. Stone is no ordinary
dry lecturer. His productions are full
of fine fun, charming descriptions,
choicest anecdote and eloquent pas
sages. His delivery is magnificent.
He pleases every audience. We have
been told that Ironton people will not
60 to a lecture. We do not blame
them if they boycott the bone-yard
kind, but we believe they will go to
hear one of this kind where they may
expect genuine enjoyment as well as
intellectual benefit. 1t will be the
next thing to trip to our great Ma
tional Park to hear Mr.. Stones vivid
description of the grand scenery and
to hear the story of his experience
while there. He has many laughable
experiences as we'll as thrilling ones.
He draws practical lessons from every
thing he lees. He tells it all in such
a charming way that he can not fail to
please anyone who hears him. The |
price of admission will De % cents for |
everybody. No reserved seats.
The following is reproduced from
the last issue of the Pennington Her |
aid: Thursday morning the boys of |
the Baptist College journeyed to Iron
ton to have friendly contest on the
gridiron with the Ironton boys. 1t |
was the first game ever played in |
Ironton and all the town turned out to |
see the game. In order for the boys
to get back to town in time for the en-
tertainment, the game was called at
two o'clock and halves of 20 minutes
each were played. 1t was evident |
after the first down that Ironton had |
no chance to win. The first half end
ed with the score 10 to in favor of
the Baptist boys. The final score was |
80 to 0. The Ironton boys played a |
good game. The entire game was |
marked by the gentlemanly conduct of |
the players. If fact l never saw a |
game with so little wrangling. If the |
Ironton boys had been more familiar |
With the game it would have been |
hard work for our boys. As to the |
playing of the Baptist boys, each and |
every one played a most excellent |
game. Space forbids mentioning all |
the brilliant plays. Is would be un-
Just to fail to mention the courteous |
treatment received by the boys. 1t
has never been my lot to meet more
courteous gentlemen than Profs. Wilk |
inson and Dougherty. Their treat |
ment of us could not have been better.
The officials of the game were, referee,
Rev. Marshall of the first Presbyterian
church of Ironton; umpire, MIR. E. V.
Conway, of Pennington.
The adjourned term of Circuit Court
convened Monday. After disposing of
few minor matters Judge Dearing
vacated the bench and Judge Wood
side of Salem took charge to try the
cases against w. ID. Sullens, ex-Cir-
cult Clerk of jefferson county. There
were seven indictments against Sullens
two for embezzlement, three for OBJ
tanning money under false pretenses,
and two for charging extortionate
fees. The defense at once filed de-
murrer in each case. Most of the day
was consumed in arguing the demur
rers, the court sustaining same as to
the indictments charging false pre-
tense, but overruling the demurrers as
to the embezzlement cases, and reserv-
ing decision as to the indictments for
extortionate fees. When court con-
vened Tuesday the jury was selected
and the trial began on one of the in
dictments charging embezzlement.
The States evidence disclosed that the