Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-10-24

About two months ago a stranger
happened in town, leased a room in
the Academy of Music building and
announced ne was going to open 8
news and stationery store. He left in
a couple of days for St. LOUIS TO buy
his opening stock. Since then not q
word has been heard from him. and
last Friday the superintendent of the
building took charge of his stock,
which consisted Of a couple OF paper.
back novels and a comic paper. He
has probably gone to wider and more
exciting fields.
There was a head-end collision be-
tween No. 81 and q south-bound freight
just north of the Vineland tunnel last
Friday evening about eight O'Clock.
The freight engineer discovered the
passenger train in time to bring his
engine to q stop but the passenger was
running at a very great speed and the
collision could not be averted. A
tramp riding on the tender of the pas
senger engine was fatally injured and
the engineer and fireman and several
mail clerks were seriously hurt. The
mail car was badly demolished and sew
eral freight airs broken up. In con
sequence OF the wreck the track was
blocked for fifteen hours and the night
trains did not go south until afternoon
the next day. Responsibility for the
accident rests on the freight crew who
left De Soto without orders against the
passenger train.
John is q little colored boy. probably
six years old. John doesn't go to
school like most boys of his age but is
kept at home to run errands up and
down the street. The other day We
were standing out on the pavement eat
ing peanuts when John came sloLg
with 8 mighty wistful look in his eye.
'SWould you like to have some pea
nuts, John?" ''Yas. sah," he replied.
and his ayes fairly danced in eager an
ticipation. Johns pocket was filled
with peanuts and he gaily went his way,
gratitude in evidence in every feature
of his face. a day or two afterwards
we saw John coming down the street.
He was eating an apple with the relish
that only a hungry boy an. AS he
met us he reached DOWN in his pocket
and pulling forth an apple said:
Would you like to have an apple,
sah?" That was gratitude. The ap-
pie was probably about the only posses
ion John had in all the world, all that
he could call his own, and yet he was
willing to part with il, to give it up,
in order TO show his appreciation of
what he considered a kindness extend
ed to him.
Prof. John B. Scott was many years
ago principal of the Ironton public
schools. He has a son named Dennis
who will be remembered by many of
our citizens. The following in refer
ence to Dennis is taken from the De
Soto Press: dennis Scott. formerly |
lived in this city, where his father was
principal of the public schools. DEN
mis- was an adventurous lad and it
seems that he has fulfilled the promise
of his youth and has seen a great deal
of the world. He enlisted in the army
and vas SEM to the Philippines, but
the following extract from a private
shows that he has had an expert
ence that does not fall to the lot of
ordinary soldier in Uncle Sans
i
army: Dennis, on his way from the
Islands, stopped at Japan,
he witnessed a riot between
sailors of an English war vessel
and those Of a French man-of-war,
which seven or eight men were
This occurred about the first
of last April. He was held by the
government as a witness in the
case. The government allows him
800 per month for board and SIS per
additional. He left Japan on
II for M~arseilles, France,
there is to be some proceeds in
the trial. From there he will go to
where | suppose the trial will
end. From there he will return to the
States, landing in New York.
When he reaches St. Louis he will
have made a complete circuit of the
globe.'"