Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-06-15

Troop .'K". Third Cavalry, Capt.
Hunter in command, arrived here from
Jefferson Barracks about ten o'clock
Tuesday morning, on their way to the
rifle range, where they will spend q
month or six weeks in target practice.
The troops left Jefferson Barracks Sat
urday morning, making the trip oyer
land in easy stages, travelling about
twenty miles each day. About an
hours after the troops arrived thirty
or more pack mules passed through
town, carrying the baggage of the
company. There are, all told, about
one hundred men at the range, the
troop at present having its full COM
plement of men. As stated, they will
remain here a month or more, when
they will return to the Barracks and
another troop of the Third Cavalry
now stationed there will come here for
practice.
The team that pulls Johnson's ice
wagon got frightened in front OF Lo-
pez's last Saturday morning and. jerk
ing the driver out of his seat and onto
the ground, started on a run down
Main street. A horse belonging to
Herman Roger of the Silver Mines was
hitched to the rack at the store, and
quite badly hurt by the runaways, the
tongue of the ice wagon running into
the horses hip, and infiicting serious
wound. The runaways preceded down
the street but were stopped by running
into tree in front of Mr.. O'Neal's
! residence, and fortunately but little
damage resulted to the wagon while
the team escaped without a scratch.
Rogers horse, however, was quite bad
ly hurt, and Mr.. johnson, wishing to
avoid any unpleasantness, paid him $50
for the animal. The horse is now in
the pasture and seems to be getting
along all right.
Young Arthur Spaugh was endeav-
oring to create a disturbance last Sat-
urday night, and the City Marshal
started to take him in custody. This
aroused the ire of Spaugh's big broth
er Bill who made for the Marshal with
a knife. Then the Marshal drew a
gun, with assistance corraled the two,
and placed them in Jail. Monday
morning they were arraigned before
Mayor Edgar on the charge of dis
turbing the peace and quiet of the city.
The defendants asked for jury trial,
and the case was continued until Tues
day morning, the Mayor releasing the
prisoners on their personal recognlz-
ance until that time. The Spaughs,
however, failed to show up Tuesday
morning, and, little inquiry revealed
that they had left for parts unknown.
Both of them have figured in the
courts heretofore, and if we may judge
the future by the past, neither of them
give promise Of becoming useful citi-
zens. Unless they resolve to reform
and .'turn over a new leaf" it will
probably be as we'll for the community
if they continue to travel.
With this week the Institute for 1899
closes. and the REGISTER selfishly re-
grets it. For two weeks the attendant
school teachers have lent an air of &C
tivity to the town grateful alike to the
sense and the eye of the resident. The
beauty, grace and cheerfulness of the
young ladies, the strident, self-confi-
dent air of aspiring manhood manifest
in the strength and hopefulness of
youth-all this is pleasant to the con-
temptation of us whose years are in the
tenth, eleventh or twelfth luster. But
the pleasure is tinged-just a little
with innocuous envy that the fair faces
and loving hearts, destined to adorn,
bless and sanctify many a future home,
belong to a generation of which we are
not-in which we can have nor lot nor
parcel. 1t takes all the philosophy
which should come with the lights of
increasing age to step down and out
with benediction to our successors
whose advancing presence is crowding
us to the uncertain confines of another
world, notw outstanding the preacher
assures us it shall be full recompense
for all we leave behind. Yet, young
friends, one and all. bensdicite! May
your every hope end in fruition, your
every aspiration be realized, and your
ends be glorified in the "Well done,
good and faithful servants" of Him for
whose service you are now equipping
yourselves.
The citizens of this community have
been more or less alarmed and dis
turber during the past week by re-
ports that small pox was prevalent in
Flat River in ST. Francois county. As
usual in such cases all sorts of stories
and rumors have been in circulation
and the true state of affairs greatly
exaggerated. 1t is true, however, that
a number of people in the Flat River
vicinity have been suffering from some
peculiar disorder or disease of the skin
which the local physicians could not
satisfactorily diagnose. Some contend
ed the symptoms were those of small
pox, while others declared otherwise.
They could not agree and appealed to
the State Board of Health, and Monday
the Board sent a couple of experts from
st. Louis to st. Francois county to
make thorough investigation and re-
port the result of their findings. What
the experts found and incidents con-
nected with thier trip, was told as fol-
lows in Tuesdays Republic: 1.-The lit
tie town of Elvins in St. Francois coun-
ty, Missouri, which has for the last few
days been in a state bordering on
panic, is once more restored to quiet.
The cause of the disquietude was q
supposed epidemic OF smallpox, which
it was thought had attacked large num-
bers of the most prominent people in
the town. 1t was not until yesterday
when experts from st. Louis visited
the village that the disease was found
to be not smallpox, but merely pecu-
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