Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-12-18

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more or less steadily, it began sleeting
about midnight Saturday u next
morning the ground was covered and
the trees and bushes weighted down
with a heavy coating Of ice. Ia many
instances the Ice on the trees was a
half inch thick and in CONSEQUENCE a
lot of trees were broken with the
weight.
When Arthur Huff steps down and
out of the Circuit Clerks Office in
January LIST the place will hardly seem
like the Circuit Clerks Office of Iron
County. for it will be the first time in
forty years that there hasn't been some
one by the name OF Huff IN the Office.
We trust that Mr.. Hawkins will make
"a good and efficient an officer as his
predecessor.
The many friends of Mr.. T. E
Moore will be sorry to hear that he
has been quite sick again the past
week. Mr.. Moore and family left
Monday for Coleman. Texas, where
they will spend the winter in the hope
that the change of climate will prove
beneficial. Mr.. Moore's brother, Sam,
will have charge of the screen factory
during the season.
D. Hardy, late general superintend-
ent of the Missouri Pacific, recently
superintendent OF the Denver & Rio
Grande, with headquarters at Saiida,
Colo, has asked to be relieved of his
job, as the climate does not agree with
him. Mr.. Hardy has a fine ranch in
New Mexico, and it lie understood that
he will take up his residence there.
His son, S. j. Hardy, has recently
been appointed chief dispatcher for
the D. & r. G. at Sedalia .-Sedalia
Capital.
Messrs. Alex. Thomas, VIM. Blue,
VIM. Steffens and John Murray. of
Graniteville, who were on a hunting
trip. returned from Mr., Chas. Miller's,
on Marble Creek, last Saturday even
ing, reporting a very fiue time, and
very good luck: one deer, seven tur-
keys, thirty-four squirrels, eighteen
rabbits, and one red fox. After sup
per in the evenings, the party was
highly entertained with music and
singing by Miss Ida Miller, daughter
of the host and hostess.
Edward T. Eversole, the Democratic
nominee for Representative in Wash
ington county, has filed notice of his
intention to contest on John j. DeClue,
the Republican nominee, who was
elected on the face of the returns.
Mr.. Eversole claims fraud in the cleo
ton count and says he will be able
prove it. DeClue is the fellow who
made the prosperity speech at the
depot here during the Republican Con-
gressional convention last summer and
then came down town and tried to get
a $12 suit of clothes for S.. They also
have another contest up their over the
Office of county judge.
She was just an ordinary woman,
without leisure or time for culture.
She did not know the difference be-
tween the Ionic and Doric column in
architecture, ard she was not cup" on
China painting or the Roman Emperors.
But she brought up three children to
tell the truth, to love God, to love
their brothers and to do their honest
labor with their hands and to not be
ashamed of it. When she died the
papers did not notice it, but the Record
ing Angel said, as be reached for a
fresh pen and turned ove~ a clean page:
"a queen is coming; get her throne
ready ."-Chas. M. Sheldon.
.sWho are your" the devil asked,
as a man raped at the gate. "Oh,
I'm a railroad man" he said. "Please
open, I cannot wait" why do you
want within this place OF signs and
groans and tearsP" The mans frame
shook with anguish and his ashen face
showed fear. He said, ''On earth [
had no place; my life was full Of jars.
| lied to all the saw mill men because
they wanted cars" The devil said,
go away, poor man. this is no fit
place for you. This hole is full of saw
mill men who are waiting to put you
through. They've got a cast iron
freight car, heated red-hot through
and through. They've held it now so
very long the 'demurrage is up to
you"
Mr.. AKE-Please allow me a little
space In your valuable paper. would
like to know how 1t Is that some peo-
pie can hardly turn around without
being talked aboutp 1t seems to me
that some people make other peoples
business their own. l hardly think it
is right; anyway, when one tries to
attend to his or her W business.
Then, how does it benefit a person by
doing SOP Can anyone tell me?
Trhe above was slipped under the
office door, and had no signature; but,
!; for once, | %transgress the well-known
rule and print it, for the reason that
the sentiment OF the article is mine. |
freely adopt it. Rubber-neckiug and
gossiping are the crying sins of this
community, and they are as despicable
as contemplate ED.
/ DR.. X. w. Gay Tuesday morning re-
ceived word that Col. j. N. Morrison
was lying at the point of death at San
Francisco, California, and that the end
was expected at any time Col. Morri-
son about fifteen years ago received an
appointment In the War Department
at Washington and was successfully
promoted until he was made Judge
Advocate General. Three or four
years ago he was sent to the Philli-
pines and remained there until a few
months ago when he was given charge
OF the Judge Advocates office in San
Francisco. Col. Morrison is suffering
from appendicitis.
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