Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-02-28

night OF last week and stole some Hour.
How much they secured is moi known.
Deputy u. S. Marshal Straszer was.
here Saturday with Jesse Raper and
Will Esves-both of Dent county. The
former was charged with im~personat-
ing q u. S. officer, and the latter &C
cused of selling liquor without paying
federal tax. They we're held for Dis
trict Court, st. Louis.
Quite a surprise vas sprung on the
Charleston people this morning when
it was announced that Rev. &. L. Rus
sell had united in marriage Mr.. Will
liam Fl. Halter. of Ironton, and Miss
Marguerite L. Vernon, of this city. at
the home of DIR. w. Fl. Lusk. One
young man was more than surprised
he was disappointed, so much so that
the camphor bottle had to be applied(O
The happy young couple were married
at IL A NJ, and took the train at once
for Ironton, their future home. Mr..
Halter is a prosperous business man of
good habits, with fattering prospects
before him. Miss Maggie, as she was
known, was one of the teachers in our
public school and will be greatly missed
in that position. The Enterprise joins
their many friends in wishing them a
happy and successful life Who will
be next-another teacher?-ChdrteSt0n
Enterprise.
The Wright Dalton : Bell Anchor
Company of Poplar Bluff. Mo-, is the
largest mercantile establishment in the
State, south of St. Louis. Its store
buildings are immense, and the stock
comprises a complete and thoroughly
up-to-date department store The in
stitution is indeed a credit to Poplar
Bluff and all southeast Missouri. On
March 1st that firm will ship from St.
Louis a solid train load of thirty cars
general merchandise. This is probab-
ly the largest single shipment OF mer-
chandise aver consigned to any one
firm west of the Mississippi river.
This merchandise is all intended for
the store at Poplar Bluff, and is in ad-
ditiou 10 the stock already carried.
The proprietors insist hat because OF
their faculties for buying and trans
porting from first hands they are able
to compete with the department stores
In large cities. Look out for the big
train. March 1st.
Last Monday morning Mr.. Farmer,
residing near Annapolis, while hunting
for a horse hat had strayed from his
farm, discovered a human body about
one and a-half miles north of the said
town, and one hundred yards east OF
the railroad. He at once notified the
authorities, and Squire McGlothlin held
an inquest. The deceased was about
35 years old, weighed about 145
pounds, and was five and a-half feet
high; Dark hair and reddish mus
tache. Had probably been dead ten
days. When found he had on only
trousers and shoes. He was lying on
his face and his pockets were turned
inside out. His neck had been broken
and his skull crushed in. His left
shoulder was d~islocated. His coat was
found on the ground about fifty yards
distant. and in n of the pockets was
a notebook bearing the name, "W-
Caruthers." 1t had been used partly
as a time-book, and showed that he
had been working somewhere at $1.7
a day. The jury, after hearing all the
evidence, returned a verdict to the ef-
feet that his death had been caused by
violent and unknown hands.
1.-The average American husband
does not seem to be able to get it
through his well-meaning but hating
mind hat nothing on Gods earth hui
initiates a wife more than to be com
PEELED 20 ask her husband for money"
writes Edward Box of The Wife and
Her Money, " in the March Ladies Home
Journal. She ~instinctiyely h~esitates
to do it, and oftentimes she goes with
out rather than ask. Every wife should
be given all that it is possible for the
husband to allow for household ex-
penses, and it should not be doled out
to her in driblets nor given to her as
a favor: but as her right, and without
question. Over such a share she should
have independent sway to do with as
she sees 1T for the wisest interests of
her home and children. That is one
rightful step. But there is still another.
She should have an allowance of her
own apart from the family share of
the income. / have no hesitation in
saying that If the truth were known
it is just this humilisting dependence
upon q nan for every little trife that
a woman needs that is making thou
sands of women restless and anxious
for outside areer This is the only
fair excuse I have aver been able to
see for the hysterical rantings of the
modern advanced woman. In that
particular she is right and is absolutely
justified in fling q protest. a wife is
too great and important a factor in
the life of her husband to be mad a
financial dependent"
Last fall an individual giving his
as d. C. Lanceford, representing
the Excelsior Collecting Company OF
St. Louis, called on a number OF our
business men soliciting their "bad
debtsn for collection. Mr.. Lsnceford's
plan was, to take q note for $25 from
each one of the parties giving him &C
counts to collect-the distinct under
standing being that the note was no
to be paid until an amount sufficient
To liouidste the same had been col
lected on the accounts so transferred
10 him. It's an old game but it worked.
and Mr.. Lanceford found a number OF
innocent victims ready to join his as
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