Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-06-04

Chas. Lewis, Fred. e. kitchell and
Sim Douglas, three Annapolis boys.
boarded a fast freight train at Pied
mont Saturday evening. and 10 getting
of the train at Annapolis Lewis had
bis arm broker and Kitchell had his
head and face badly bruised. Douglas
thought discretion the better part OF
valor and kept on the train until ii
stopped at Hogan and then walked
OF freight trains is a dangerous prac-
tice, and the boys should stop 1t.
A gang Of painters have been at
work the past week repainting the
miserable structure that has for SO long
served as railroad station at this place.
This probably means that we are not GO
ing to have a new depot notwithstand-
ing the fact that the Superintendent as
sured US that we would have one in the
near future. The present structure is
wholly inadequate to the business done
at this point and it is nothing short Of
outrageous If the company does not
give us a new station house and that
without delay.
A. j. Sheahan was in town this
week arranging to get the charter for
the railroad he c~ontemplates building
from Middlebrook to Graniteville to
his quarry. Mr.. Sheahan says that in
the event he gets the road through, he
expects to employ a much larger force
at the quarry. He should be en-
couraged in his venture, and should
have little trouble in getting the
right.of way for his proposed road.
Mr.. Sheahan says that there is a pos
sibility of extending the road on from
the quarry to Belleview valley.
At Cape Girardeau, Mo, May 29th
inst, Ii. Clay Clifton, while working
in q railroad machine shop, was struck
on the stomach with u flying piece of
timber from a circular saw, knocking
him some ten feet. He lived until the
next morning $50 o'clock. IL. c. Cliff
ton was born and raised near Des Arc,
Mo where he had a host of friends.
He was the son of Milton and Leanah
Clifton. His wife, who survives him,
is the daughter of Jas. Buford, and
five small chlldren-three girls and
two boys-are left, with a large re-
lationship, TO mourn his sad demise.
DR.. j. r. Adams, who lives in the
west end of the county, recently dug
up a very peculiar coin while working
in his garden. 1t is about as large
as a nickel and very thin. On one
eide Of the coin appears ''lsland of
Sumatra, 1904" with two lions ram
pant, each holding a flag, and under
the lions is some tlne print which the
DR.. could not cipher. Ga the other
side are some bieroglyphics but no
English characters. The DR.. says he
thinks the coin is copper and he would
like to hear from any one who can
give him any information in regard to
it,.
Let a man die and he is suddenly
full of good qualities, his faults are
forgotten and only the good remem-
bered. That is all right, but 1t will
do him no good then. Why not pass
over the short comings of the living
while they are with you and you a
do them good. Being kind to the
daad means nothing-to them. Strew
their cof1ins with flowers if you will,
but the dead can not smell them. If
,,o, ,niyLr1l tho ouuootpoup prI Gun
shine of life from loved ones while
they live do not mock them after they
are gone by planting the rose owe
their tomb. Plant instead the thistle,
and over it the weeping willow, as an
emblem of your grief for the thorns
you permitted to pierce the silent
form that lies buried beneath the sod.
-EG.
The large saw mills at Grandin are
at a standstill, and according to re-
ports it may be some time before bust
ness is resumed, at least on an extern
sive scale. The report m from
Grandln that the laboring men of that
place decided on organization recently
and formed a union, after correspond
ing with the supreme lodge relative to
the matter. When the mill company
learned of this move it discharged
some Of the men who were active in
working the matter up. The men
went ahead, however, and perfected
the organization. The company then
posted notices that the union organ
ization must be dissolved at once, or
else the mills would close down. AT
this stage Of the game the Frisco
trainmen informed the company that
if it compelled the union to dissolve
they would not handle their lumber.
The company stood by the declaration
and when the mon refused to leave
the organization the mills were Or
dered closed. The organization at
Grandin consists OF about 175 men,
most of them having families, and the
shutdown will work quite a hardship
on them, while it will be a death-blow
to businessjinterests, as Grandin virtu-
ally relies on the timber workers for
its existence Poplar Bluff Ctizen.
The case of the State Va. Leslie
Dooley ct al, was called Monday morn
ing, and was passed to the foot OF the
docket. This means that the case will
be called again soon, possibly within
two weeks, as it is thought that the
criminal docket will be- finished by that
time. If anyone in the country knows
of the Whereabouts of the Dooley boys,
who left their home shortly after the
killing of viii Harris by Will Dooley
on the Bonnie Terre train at Rock
Springs, on July 9th, 1902, they. have
kept that knowledge to themselves,
Since the killing of Harris, Bill Dooley
has been een but once in this county.
shortly after the killing he was seen