Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-01-15

in the real estate business for over a
year, and is recognized by all as a
hustler" The junior partner is the
newly elected Prosecuting Attorney,
and is know as a young man of probity
and business qualification.
Judge bearing is 10 St. Louis this
week with his brother, L. j., who was
taker to the Alexiau Bros. hospital last
week. John, who had been working
in the railroad shops at De Soto for
several years and who was a very
quiet, sober and industrious man, sud-
denly developed a case of acute insanity
on the 30th ult., and is now in such a
serious condition that it is not thought
he will recover.-Jeferson Democrat.
Thos. A. Cleage, who recently made
$500, 900 In corn on the St. Louis Ex-
change, is remembered in Bismarck
| by Mayor Goeltz and other old resi-
dents, he having lived here along in
the early 70's. At that time Mr..
Cleage was a dashing bandmaster and
composed ''Six Months More IN Bis
marck," which the old band members
take a delight in whistling at this late
date in honor of their distinguished in
structor Bismarck San.
Our BuGweiser friend, August Rieke,
went down to the creek Wednesday to
superintend the storing of ice in the
johnson ice house. He hadn't been
on the scene more than fifteen minutes
before he fell in the water up to his
waist. Forthwith he became dis
gusted with the ice business and
hurried back to the depot where he
spent the remainder of the day trying
to get warm and drying his clothes.
And he took a drink of something
more stimulating than water.
The travelling mendicants this winter
are unusually numerous. 1t seems
that every one of them in passing
through the country make Ironton
their headquarters for a length of time.
Among them, of course, there are
many worthy and deserving. On the
other hand, perhaps, there are some
not so deserving, and unfortunately
they are the ones that get the most
assistance. Rare, genuine worth can't
compete successfully with fraud and
imposition when it comes to soliciting
aid and assistance.
The following is taken from the
Bismarck correspondence to the Farm
ington Progress: TUESDAY evening
quite a company assembled at the
Norrid Hotel. The demonstration was
in honor Of Mr.. and Mrs. H. j. Harker,
who arrived from st. Louis where they
had recently been married. MIR.
Harker is an architect and has Deer
boarding at the Hotel and has many
friends here and at Arcadia, The COM
pany was kindly received by Mr.. and
Mrs. Harker, as well as by Mr.. and
Mrs. Norrid of the hotel. An hour was
delightfully."- spent at the parlor when
music and social festivities formed an
interesting feature. Refreshments
we're served and after singing Nearer
My God to Thee" aud a few pleasant
words from the groom, to which re-
spouse was made by Rev. Mr.. Davis.
the benediction was pronounced and
the company went to their homes with
only pleasant memories and kind
wishes to Mr.. and Mrs. Harker.
A corps of engineers were surveying
q route for some railroad, in this
county this week. They are supposed
to be Iron Mountain railroad engineers.
They were surveying on Jesse Inman's
land where the gravel road crosses Big
river, about II miles from Frederick
town and were going south down the
river. They are said to be putting in
their grade stakes as they go. They
have passed over the land of VIM. Sin
clair. These engineers are very mum
as to where they come from or where
they are going, but they are supposed
to have started at Plattin, a station on
the Bonnie Terre road. The general
opinion is that the Iron Mountain,
which has recently bought the Bonnie
Terre road, are surveying a route for
their main line &c as to get around the
heavy grades between Bismarck and
Poplar Bluff. This would be a mighty
good time for our citizens to make an
effort to secure the passage of this rail
road through Fredericktown and il
this line could not be secured a propo-
sition might be submitted to the Frisco
which is now building up the river tc
St. Louis, looking towards securing 9
branch of that road to this city.-Fred
ericktoDn Democrat-NeWs
The story of folk lore has attained
the dignity of a science. Some OF the
most noted scholars OF Europe and
America have of late years given their
best efforts to preserving, In enduring
volumes, the traditions of tribes and
nations, and from these traditions have
arrived at a true estimate of the state
OF civilization obtaining 1T various
periods of the worlds history. The
public at large has never taken the in.
terest In the subject which its impor.
lance merits, but this neglect Is large.
ly due to the fact that most of the
books dealing with photographic and
kindred topics are written 'above the
heads Of the people," Hezekiah But
terworth and his associates in the
American Folk Lore society haye done
much toward popularizing their favor
lite pursuit, but even they have fallen
far short of their ambitious mark.
There has, however. lately been pub.
lished a little book, entitled .'Legend
of Sunset Mountain" which should ap.
peal with peculiar force to every
American who believes, as we all
should belieye, that the American In
dian and hia traditinna y doaaruinn