Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-08-22

1t is thought by those who have
looked into the matter that slaves
when seasoned can be Hoated dowr
Black River to the railroad at a very
small cost. Millions of feet of pine
logs have been foated down thil
stream and we do not see why stave
could not be foated. II this water
way can be used to advantage biz
money can be made in the stave bust
ness in this county.-CentreviHe Re
former.
Last Monday evening a party o.
young people from this town went tc
Iron Mountain Lake. They rowed 9
little, talked q good deal. laughed and
sang in moderation, and had a good
time generally. They lunched under
the trees, and viewed the sunset from
the elevation at the head of the lake,
returning home betimes, not greatly
tired but very happy. They were:
Misses Messrs-
Edna Smith, Chester Prince,
Lottye Prince, Lewis Delano.
Leila O'Neal, VIII Brown
Jennie Snyder, Charlie Byers.
annet Brown, James Newman.
Mamie Remington. Warren Prince.
w. r. Edgar spent last week in
Wayne county assisting in the prose-
cution of one Brown charged with the
murder of a man named Richardson.
The crime was committed a year and
a half ago and the story is shocking in
its brutality. The murder was done
for the purpose of committing robbery,
and an attempt was made to cover up
the crime by putting the body in a
cabin and setting fire thereto. Mr..
Edgar Monday received a telegram
saying the jury had returned a veidict
of guilty of murder in the first degree
against Brown.
The railroad company have spent
several thousand dollars the last year
or two trying to get a supply of water
for the tank at Arcrdia. First an ar
tesian we'll was drilled to the depth of
several hundred feet, but that proved
a failure; then an engine was placed
at the springs ear the hotel but they
failed this summer and now a pipe has
been laid from Stout's Creek, q dis
lance of half a mile. 1t occurs to us
that the cheapest way for the company
to get a supply of water in the Valley
would be TO put a tank some where
near the Irontou station and pipe from
the shaft on Pilot Knob.
The young players in the drama
''Old Glory" Cooked at the Academy
of Music on the 29th of this month)
have shown great zeal in their prepar-
atoms for a good performance. The
whole cast has mastered the play with
surprising ease and intelligence. 1t
speaks well for the rising talent of our
little town, where, among the many
so-called shows, professional and 9th
erwise, our own s'home talent" has
made such an enviable record in the
past. The promise for the future is
equally bright. With all its short
comings a well rendered s'home talent
entertainment" can hold its W Tin
Ironton, al leas) against the barn
storming and snap company enterpris-
es which honor us occasionally and
solicit our patronage. Orchestral and
other selections, songs, etc.. will be
given s'between acts" in this instance,
and it is hoped TO make the evening
dwell long in the memory of our peo-
pie. Reserved seats, 35c; general ad-
mission, 25c. Programs will be issued
in a few days.
A correspondent in the Poplar Bluff
Citizen says: The writer hereof had
the pleasure" Of a trip on q recent
Sunday excursion train, and it were
putting it mildly to say that the affair
.r1. ,,KRo~1r 4i1~ronof,1 NC roonnNf-
fully submit that to receive a passen-
gers money and then permit him to be
subjected to violent and ~disgraceful
usage on the part of some beer hall
tough, Is nothing short of criminal.
On the aforesaid excursion, riotous
and drunken negroes were permitted
to blister the ears of decent men and
women by their vile and unspeakably
dirty language without any protest, so
far as we we're able to zee, on the part
of the railroad officials. Knives and
pistols were fourished in q n
that would have made q Texas COW
boy We had scarcely left
the depot here when walters began to
vend beer to the already drunken mob,
and il was beer and booze from that
time until the return. We would res
p~ectfully suggest to the prosecuting
attorney that such sale of liquor is not
within the pale of the law. As a rule,
the patronage is well treated by the
railroad management, but this custo-
mary thoughtfulness only places decent
people off their guards, as they fail to
o for such occurrences rs the
above. We call attention to this in
order that those in authority owe the
excursion trains may understand the
excuses often practiced unknown to
them and protest in the name of de-
cency and right against being SUBJ
iected to such treatment as on the
above occasion"
VIM. Finn of Lima, o., obtained ex-
cellent results from the use of Foley's
Kidney Cure. alt relieved my back