Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-07-17

toWn the past week trying to arrange
for a course Of entertainments here
during the coming winter. Mr.. Hay
wanted to furnish Ave entertainments
provided he could get q guarantee of
1915. He was not successful in this
but succeeded in making arrangements
for the appearance OF Rev. Sam. Jones
and the Chicago Glee Club. The
dates will be announced later.
John Fortner, James Fortner, Henry
Fortner and Ed. Canaday of st. Fran
co.'s county we're given a hearing be-
fore the U. S. Commissioner last Sat-
urday Charged with passing a "raised'
bill on Sam Alper a merchant near
Flat River. The bill was a two and
had been raised to a twenty. James
and John we're held for the grand jury
and the other two defendants dis
charged.
About twenty-five troops from the
range came in town Sunday night for
the express purpose Of making trouble.
One Of their number had been arrested
the night before, and was still in Jail,
and they made their boasts about town
that they were going 20 liberate him
A crowd of them went so far as to pay
a visit to the jail and talked rather
significantly to the sheriff, but made
no to violence. In the mean
time several citizens had been notified
and arrived on the scene, and the
soldiers, after looking over the stu
alton, quietly took their leave. The
troops we're armed and behaved as If
they meant trouble. If they can be
identified they should be punished.
This town is amply able and compe-
lent to take care of its own affairs and
will do 30, and the sooner the soldiers
find this out the better it will be for
them.
The members of the Baptist Sunday
School, with a few invited guests, had
a genuine, good old-time picnic at Iron
Mountain lake last Thursday. Moth
ing daunted by the threatening ele-
ments, the picnic crowd, the majority
of whom were young people abound
ing in exuberant spirits, left Irorton
at 1880 A. M. Time sped upon wings
while en- route, and the older ones,
imblbing the innocent merriment of
the young, expressed by their actions
the sentiment of Holmes, ''Old Time
is a liar, we r twenty tonight"
Sol, too, seeing the determined looks
of all to have a good time, beamed
upon them his brightest smiles, thus
making an ideal summer day. Though
occupied with their varied amuse-
ments, the call for luncheon at pre-
cisely the noon hour, found the pic
%nicers, numbering ninety-six in all,
thickly lined on each side of the table
spread. The woods fairly reverber-
ated with their ''Praise God from
whom all blessings fow," which was
followed by a short prayer from Rev.
Steele. Ample justice was shown the
tempting viands, after which was a
scampering in all directions, until a
call for the evening meal, at 5 p. NJ,
brought them in happy but tired and
sunburned. When the whistles blew
for 6 P. NJ, all were in vehicles ready
for the return home, declaring this the
most successful of their annual out
ings.
The following, telegraphed from
Flat River to the Republic, under date
of July 10th, tells of the latest tragedy
in the famous Dooly-Harris feud in
St. Francois county: "Will Dooly shot
and killed Will Harris on the Missis-
sippi River and Bonnie Terre north
bound passenger train, ear Doe Run,
Mo. Harris entered the train at Doe
Run and sat down near a window.
Dooly entered the a at his back and
stood until the engine whistled for
Rock Spring. He then walked over
to Harris and shot him three times in
the back of the head, saying: You
killed nv father, and now I've got
you.' When the train slowed up for
Rock Sprigs he leaped off and ran into
the woods, keeping other passengers
off with a revolver. He was seen
several hours later in the woods near
his home. Harris died instantly.
This killing is the result of an old
feud, which originated several years
ago over a Dooly girl whom n Of the
Harris boys Tilted. Both families are
determined in exterminating the other.
Outsiders have nothing to do with the
feud, and are content to let them fight
it out. 1t is thought that Dooly will
surrender himself to the authorities.
Both families are prominent aud re-
spected here. A revolver was found
on Harris. The Doolys came from
Eastern Kentucky, and we're fighting
mountaineers. They have always con-
Quoted themselves honorably here and
are hard working men. Adjoining the
Dooly farm is that Of the Harrises.
One moonlight night after some diff.
Guilty the Doolys lay in wait for the
f1&FTlb6S anu SuOt tno oluoT IldTrlS'
He lived a few days and died. When
he was buried the matter was forgot
ten by the outside world for a while,
but not by the Doolys and the Har.
rises. They met at a picnic at Flat
River in July. 1900, fought with fists
and brass knucks, the Harrises getting
the better OF the Doolys, but they all
promised to meet at Doe Run August
4th. When they met at the Doe Run
picnic the fight was renewed. Old
man Dooly was shot dead on the spot
by Yves Harris. John Dooly then shot
and killed Yves Harris and Jim Harris
shot John Dooly through the back.
He was a helpless invalid more than Q
year, when he died. On his deathbed
he asked to be forgiven for killing the
man that killed his father. In thit
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