Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-12-07

half of last week was so mild that
doors and windows stood oper
without discomfort to the house
hold; but, whew! with Wednes.
day there came a chilling change
and the Frost King took charge.
His reign was vigorous for three OIL
four days to the detriment of the
wood pile and the discomfort OF
his subjects. His clutch has loos.
ened now, and we still hope for q
mild Christmas.
United States Senator Burton
was again convicted in the United
States Court in st. Louis last week
on the charge of using his influ-
ence as a United States Senator
and receiving pay therefor. He
was sentenced to six months in the
Iron county Jail and fined S250(
and costs. Senator Burton had a
similar sentence passed on him a
year or more ago but the iudg
mentwas set aside by the higher
court. The present case has also
been appealed so that it will be
some time yet before the Iron
county Jail harbors a United
States Senator. T. N. Mari OF
Belleview was a member of the
jury that found Senator Burton
guilty on his recent trial.
A fellow, calling himself a print
er blew into this town last Satur-
day. He wanted a job and want.
ed a job and wanted it very much.
The two offices here agreed to give
him a weeks type-sticking, be-
tween them, just to help him out,
We stood good for his board and
lodging over Sunday, and are still
standing for it; but, early Monday
morning, after a good, hearty, fill
ing breakfast, our "printer'' hasti-
ly skipped the town without COM
ing in to say "good-bye." l am
reluctantly led to the conclusion
that he is a fraud clean through;
is no printer, but a dead-beat
pure and simple, living off people
with less brain and more con-
science than he possesses.
The report in the POST Dispatch,
from Ironton, relative to the death
of four employees in the Iron
Mountain collision, was erroneous.
We are informed by a railroad
man that. Engineers Loda and
Snowman and Fireman Phillips
were only slightly injured in jump
ing before the engines collided. A
relief crew was sent at once from
Bismarck, as it was known there
six or eight minutes before it hap
pend that a wreck was inevitable.
DR.. j. L. Eaton was notified, an
engine appropriated, section men
called and all ready to go to the
scene of the collision before they
collided. Five cars were demol-
ished and the two engines badly
damaged. The road was blocked
about four hours.
Piety is no bar to a bitter tongue.
The devotee too often doffs his or
her charity on rising from suppl
cation for mercy and forgiveness
and goes forth teeming with scam
dial and falsehood. Nc one, &C
cording to the Scriptures, is per-
mitted to sit in judgment against
another, but how few, in their dali
ly inter course, regard this text OF
inhibition? How they like to
perch themselves high above their
neighbor, magnify his shortcom-
ings, and enter verdict of condem-
nation! Truth is a non-essential
to Judgment, and the offense
charged need have no surer base
than the invention of a spiteful
heart. I thank God that an eter-
nal appeal lies ready and waiting
from such a court! If 'twere not
so, the future could not equal in
misery and Indebtedness the
Hades so established by the pious
gossiper upon earth. 0 woman
TITS pity that SO fair a creature
should ever possess so foul a mind
and sharp a tongue!
Never were the elements more
turbulent than on last Friday aft
ernoon and night. The wind blew
in furious gusts and the rain came
down in torrents, with just enough
let-up between showers to spring
a hope destined to be knocked out
within the next quarter hour. ]
went to sleep lullabied by the ten
or of the patter upon the roof, and
it's running bass accompaniment
the gurgling Of the water in the
cutters and pipes. Awakened al
intervals by a superstrenuous how
of the blast / was halt-consciously
thankful that there was a tight
roof overhead and no broken
panes in the windows. In strange
juxtaposition to the reality, my
dreams were of sunny climes and
peaceful wales, famed by breeZes
as gentle and sweet as the song
with which the mother lulls hel
babe to rest. The gray Of the
cloudy morning dispersed my
slumber and merged my dreams
into a vain longing, but the clouds
and the wind and the rain hele
their own until the sun had passed
his meridian line.
A new time card went into effecr
last Sunday morning on the Iror
Mountain railroad and we dom
suppose there was a dozen people
on the line of the road, outside The
railroad men, that knew anything
about a new passenger train OF
the Belmont branch starting or
that day and here is where the diff
ference in the Iron Mountain ant
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