Iron County register., 1900-02-01

Messrs. +. ROdach and VIM. Trauer
: nicht of Middlebrook, F. Kaths an,
Val Effiuger of Pilot Knob, W. E. Bel
and j. Nj. Logan of Belleview, w. T
Gay and Anton Roehry of Ironton
were here yesterday "wednesday at
tending the annual meeting of tn,
stockholders of the Leadiugton Leat
Company.-Farmington Times
queer world this aud a queer peo
pie that abide therein. Some folk will
be awfully sighted if they make a lit
tie trip somewhere and you fail tc
notice the fact in the personals, ,
while others get .'red-hot" If you
''catch on" to their movements and
print 1t. Now, how, we ask you. is a
man tell whom to print and whom not
to print?
The REGISTER this week begins the
publication OF the personal assessment
OF Iron county for the year 1899-on
which is collected the taxes for 1900
The list is worthy the readers careful
study and attention. II discloses that
the people who are repu,ed to have
the wealth are not paying the taxes.
The present mode of assessing personal
property is little more than farce.
1t is perhaps not generally known
that all of the quills and feathers
which come from the turkey may be
sold and that they bring good price,
such, however is the case and we ad-
wise our readers to save their stock.
"Quills and Feathers" is the title of a
booklet printed by The Warren Feath-
erborne Co., of Three Oaks, Mich.
offering to buy all the quills and feath-
ers from the turkey.
Mr.. d. E. King, general travelling
freight agent of the Missouri Pacific
railway, writes US that he has an in
quiry from large concern in Chicago,
who are looking for iron pyrites in
large quantities, which will run about
AZ to so per cent. of sulphur. ANY
one having information of anything up
to these requirements, located any
where in this community, will kindly
communicate with this Office.
In reference to the story about the
De Soto young ladies and the photo
grepher, copied in this paper last week
of the De Soto Press says: "Some of
our county papers are trying to get
spicy at the expense of truth. There
was an article in last weeks Facts un-
fit to be printed in the Police Gazette.
based solely upon runor, which is a
reflection on the fair name of our town
and its people. The article is uuwar-
ranted and without foundation, and
yet the editor of the Facts poses as
a Christian gentleman. The damage
is done and never can be recalled. The
article is being copied in all the South
east papers, with comments that tend
to blur the fair name of our CITY,"
Bill Spaugh happened into town
again last Thursday night. and made
his advent known in his own inimitable
way. He proceeded to Baldwin's hub
factory where he raised a row with
Jno. M. Reel, the night watchman,
Spaugh left, and as he departed, threw
rock at Reel, which, if it had hit
him. would probably have cost him
his life. The watchman fired his re-
volver at Spaugh, but did not touch |
him. In little while Spaugh returned |
to the factory again, evidently in |
search of more trouble, but the watch |
man was by this time thoroughly |
aroused. Spaugh evidently realized |
the fact and concluded it would be best |
to leave which he did. He then went |
to the depot where he started a row |
with the night operator, but finding |
the railroad man couldn't be ..bluffed,"
moved out, and no one was hurt.
Spaugh has become an intolerable
nuisance in this community. If he
can't and won't mend his ways, he
should emigrate.
The ststionhouse at Arcadia was COM
pletely demolished by the wreck of a
north bound freight train Tuesday ev
ening about eight thirty o'clock. The
wreck was occasioned by the breaking
of a wheel on a freight car; the train
broke in two about fifty yards south of
rear end jumped the rails and ploughed
their way through the depot leveling
the structure as thoroughly as if it had
been struck by a cyclone. In the de-
pot at the time were W Curry, night
operator. and r. l.. Wylie. engineer,
r Stroup. conductor, and Joe. Aus tin,
fireman, on one of the pushers. The
men were all caught under the wreck
and were all more or less hurt, but
Messrs. Curry and Wylie sustained in
iuries more severe than the other two.
They were pretty generally scratched
DIP and considerably bruised. In tact
the engineers injuries were such that
Dr. Marshall, the local surgeon, sent
him to the hospital the following day. |
All in all, though everybody escaped
luckily 1t was indeed a singular mis-
hap and not once in thousand times
would all four men have escaped with
their lives. The wreck was not cleared
up until the next day but the road was
not blocked. the trains using the pass
ing track to get around. A box-car has
been fitted up for temporary use as a
statIonhouse.
The Ironton School District seems to
be, financially, in superior condition.
By examination we find that there was
in the treasury on July II, 1899.
$3192, and that the taxes collected
since that time have yielded S1260-
making a sum total of $4452. Out of
this has been paid since said July II,
for teachers salaries. $1,000; all other
$764-a total expenditure of
$l964. After paying these there re-
mains in the treasury at this writing
S24SS. The teachers salaries for the
remaining three months of the school