Iron County register., 1905-03-16

Two troops of negro soldiers, i
is announced, will arrive at tn,
rifle range from Jefferson Barrack:
about the tst of May. There arr
now but four troops, all colored, a
the Barracks at the present time
and they will probably be all the
soldiers that will visit the range
during the coming summer.
The following is reproduced from
the st. Louis Globe Democrat OF
March 9Th: "For account of L. E.
Newman to Joseph A. Reyburn, a
farm of 100 acres in Iron county,
Mo-, for S750O. This farm is
known as the Socrates Newman
farm, and was purchased by Mr..
Reyb as an investment"
Judge G. T. Tullock, who is at
tending county court here this
week, says he does contemplate
selling his property at Bismarck
and taking a trip, possibly to
California for rest. He has suf-
fered considerably the past two
years from lagrippe, and thinks a
rest would do him good.-Farm-
ington Eagle.
Mr.. j. Lopez returned home
Tuesday from an absence of six
weeks in Florida and Cuba. Mr..
Lopez enjoyed his trip immensely,
was greatly benefited thereby, and
returns home the picture of health.
During his absence Mr.. Lopez
spent several days with Rev. and
Mrs. Richey, who are most pleas
antly situated at Palatka, Florida.
Charles Herman Tolleson, aged
3 years and 4 months, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas R. Tolleson, of
Owl Creek, died at their home last
Saturday of pneumonia. The lit
tie body was laid to rest Sunday
at Bonne Terre. Rev. Velvick
preached the funeral sermon. The
bereaved family have the SYM
pathy of the News and host of
other friends in their great sorrow.
-Furmington Ne,Us.
In the court martial of Lieut..
Mohn at Jefferson Barracks last
week the defendant, because of
the exclusion of certain of his
witnesses, offered no defense. It is
understood that the finding OF the
court martial will be against Lieut..
Mohn and he will be discharged
from the army. Lieut.. Mohn is a
fine young fellow, and many
friends in the Valley hear of his
misfortune with sorrow.
The personal assessment list
published in the REGISTER few
weeks ago will pay no taxes until
after August next, Therefore, if
any person pretends to have a tax
receipt paid on said assessment he
is simply exploiting his own men,
dacity and playing upon the other
fellows Ignorance. The pin-head-
ed insinuation that the figures
given were influenced politically
is too puerile to call for refutation.
Only nine times in two and
quarter centuries has Easter fallen
as late as it does this year. Only
five times in this period has it
come later in the spring than it
does in 1905, and it is not possible
for it to fall more than two days
later. In all OF the time from 1886
to 20l3 there is not one occasion
when it falls later than April 25,
and only twice does it come on
this day of the month. During
that period it comes three times on
April "A and four times on the 23d.
-Er.
There is a place on the road lead
ing from Arcadia to "The Naples"
that needs looking after, and I am
sure the overseer will give it early
attention. 1t is about one hun
dred yards east of "Valley Home" +"
A few days ago saw wagon ov-
erturned and the body broken
from the running-gear, at that
place. The left front wheel had
struck the soft spot and suddenly
sunk to the hub, and the lurch up
set and broke the vehicle as above
noted. A couple loads of stone
and gravel would make the road
good and secure.
We are informed that Stoddard
county's warrants are being sold
at a discount, or in other words,
"The State of Stoddard" is burst
ed, \and likely to remain so for
four years to come. So much for
local option. Other towns, aided
by boot-leggers and blind tigers,
furnish Stoddard county their
booze, and the decrease is in rev.
enue, not in drunks. Local option
is success as a depleter of treas
uries, but as a moralizer it is a
failure; it is a beautiful theory on
paper or heard from a pulpit, but
in practice it is an evane scent
uICdul. l.-DtbeotoH DoHtoCTuts
A petition extensively signed by
the leading business men and citi-
zens of Potosi has been forwarded
to the State Board of Railroad
and Warehouse Commissioners
appealing to that body to use it's
powers to require the Iron Noun
tain railroad to build a new depot
in Potosi. Such action has been
deemed imperative on the ground
that a new depot is crying pub
lie necessity, which the railroad
company has so far only attempted
to alleviate with promises it has
no disposition to fulfill. We hope
new depot may soon be the out
l. Il. 49, L. L III