Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-06-23

church endorses the REGISTERS
position relative to the COW. A
COW broke into his garden Sunday
night and completely demolished
it. Henry Kendall also has a tale
of woe. One of the horned brutes
ruined a row of shade trees for him
the past week.
Chas. Russell, eldest son of the
late I. P. Russell, died at the home
of his brother, A. G. Russell in
Russellville, last Saturday even
ing. The deceased spent many
years of his early life in the Valley
but has been living in st. Louis up
to a few months ago. He leaves a
wife and one son who make their
home in st. Louis. Peace to his
ashes.
Some time ago the railroad COM
pany adopted the practice of num-
bering all the bridges and paint
ing on the structure the name of
the stream it spanned. The bridge
across Stout's creek is numbered
10 and the words "Slant Creek"
hereunder. We suppose some
one wrote it not altogether too leg
IDLY "Stout'' and the intelligent
painter interpreted it "Slant."
A great many of Judge Din
ning's friends in this county are
inclined to push him into the a C
for circuit judge. Judge Dining
filled this position for twelve years
and made as good an official as the
state ever had. 1t is understood
that the Judge has contracts now
that will prevent his accepting the
appointment but he says if the
people of the di strict want him to
run he will accept the nomination.
DR.. w. c. Patton, of Cape Cir
ardeau, visited old-time friends in
the Valley the past week. This is
the Dr.'s first visit to his old home
in nine years and, of course, he
found many changes. The DR..
has prospered during his absence
and is nov we'll OFF in this worlds
goods. He probably enjoys the
most extensive and lucrative prac-
tice of any physician in Southeast
Missouri, and his standing in the
profession is very high. Few of
the young men hat have left the
Valley have been as successful as
he has.
A telephone message was re-
ceived here from De Soto last
Thursday morning announcing
the death of Judge Frank R. Dear
ing at his home in Hillsboro
Wednesday afternoon. Judge
bearing had been in very poor
health for several months past,
and for some time no hopes have
been entertained for his recovery.
The announcement of his death,
therefore, occasioned no surprise,
but was learned with profound
sorrow by his many friends and
admirers throughout the entire
State, but more particularly in
Southeast Missouri. Judge Dear
ing was a splendid man-honest,
noble and true. Long will he be
mourned by those who knew him
best and loved him most. He was
forty-one years of age. The
funeral occurred. in De Soto Friday
afternoon and was largely at
tended.
Hon. E. T. Eversole, of Wash
ington county, was a visitor to
Ironton Monday evening. Mr..
Eversole will be a candidate for
the Democratic nomination for
Circuit Judge, to fill the vacancy
o~ccasioned by the death of Judge
bearing. Mr.. Eversole will not,
however, be an applicant for the
appointment to be made by the
Governor to fill the Office until the
election in November. The fact
that Mr.. Eversole was'a member
of the last Legislature constitu-
tionally bars him from the APP
pointment. Hons. e. j. Bean and
j. G. Berkeley, of Jefferson county,
are after the appointment, and it
is also stated that Judge bearings
brother, E. M. bearing, iof. WASH
ington county, is also after sthe1
place. Should Mr.. Deating he APP
pointed, it is understood>that he
will not be a candidate for. the
nomination, but would'Ehola until
the election AS he>is a; candidate
for Prosecuting Attorney Of Wash
ington county, he, of course, would
not be in the race for the nomina-
ton.
Sixty-four orphans from the
Episcopal Orphans Home, st.
Louis, arrived in the Valley last
Friday evening and are now quart
cred at Goulding's.. There are
girls and boys, both, and their
ages range from less than one
year to fourteen. Their supplies
miscarriel, and on the night of
their arrival they had no blankets
to sleep on, and some moving
around had to be done to get them
something to eat. The next day,
however, everything arrived and
they have been doing nicely. The
show folk Monday kindly invited
them to the circus, and that night
in a body they went to the show.
Poor little unfortunates! They
seem just as happy as anybody
and evidently enjoy life. Let us
arrange some sort of an enter
tainment for them during their
stay here and make their s~ojourn
as pleasant as possible. 1t would
not require much effort and. the
little folk will remember it as long
as they live. Miss Freeman, Of
St. Louis, is the matron in'charge.