Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-10-07

Hawks version of the occurrence
is that Brooks uncorked a jug,
took a swig and then passed it to
him. Next morning the jugs were
gone, and, on the revelation of
Hawk, Brooks was arrested, taken
before Squire Rasche, and put
under 500 bond to answer at his
preliminary examination. He
denied all knowledge of the affair,
but Monday his mother appeared
and pleaded guilty for him and
paid about S14 fine and costs.
Willis thirst remains unquenched.
One evening last week members
of a certain sect met at a sisters
house to hold ''meetin'' There
were three preachers present and a
debate arose over some part of the
Bible about which neither of them
knew any too much. The discus
sion waxed warm and ended in a
rough-and stumble fight. The
cries of murder and the screams OF
frightened sisters rented the air
making the surroundings seem
hideous. The brethren were sep
arated and each went home. Such
occurrences as this are a disgrace
to civilization, much less to Chris
tianity. The trouble is too many
b~rainless asses are trying to in
terpret Gods word, when they do
not know enough to translate the
fly-leaf to an almanac. These
brethren were entirely tout of the
order of the Lord" Notwith-
standing they claim to be fully
Established" Oh, Rats!-De So
to Republican.
While plunging around a curve
at Annapolis, travelling a mile a
minute, fast mail train No. 7 of the
Iron Mountain was threatened with
destruction Sunday morning, a
tire of the engine wheel flying of
and disappearing. The engineer
Immediately tried to stop the train
but the mogul sped for half a mile.
crippled as it was, before it came
to a stop. The locomotive was
hopping along the rails at a tre-
mendous speed and the train crew
expected derailment and possible
death every instant. Messages Of
distress we're sent to Piedmont and
relief al forwarded from thai
place. The train did not arrive
here until almost noon and scores
of Poplar Bluff persons failed tc
receive their usual quota of mai
Sunday. A freight engine pulled
the delayed train into this city
This is said to be the second in
stance within about a year of q
tire slipping from a fast running
engine.-Poplar Bluff Citizen-D Demo
crdt.
Barton Way Sawyer, of Seattle
Wash, and Miss Blanche Fletcher
of Arcadia, Mo-, were married ii
the exposition city September 22d
Both are well-known in Poplar
Bluff, where they were engaged in
clerical work about two years ago.
Their wedding was a surprise tc
their friends. The marriage was
in the nature of an elopement in
somuch as none of the relatives
except the BRIDES sister anc
friends had been made aware O
the prospective ceremony. 1t il
said that Sawyer and Miss Fletchel
had been strangers until they me
in this city and developed a casual
friendship that soon became a
warmer passion. However, Saw
yer went to Seattle to live about g
year ago and the pair we're sepa-
rated. Miss Fletcher and he,
sister, Miss Lena Fletcher, went tx
the Alaska Yukon Exposition a
Seattle about two weeks ago ano
there was Sawyer. The former
sweethearts met, renewed thei.
troth and were married. The an
~nouncement was somewhat of
shock to their Arcadia friends ano
to several persons in this CITY,
Poplar Bluff Citizen Democrat.
An unknown man, possibly
thirty years of age, vas unloadet
off train No. % on a cot at the Ar
cadia station last Thursday after,
noon. He was in a dying condi'
ton at the time and in half an hou.
was dead. Inquiry revealed thar
the man had been loaded on the
train at Williamsyille and it il
said that the Constable at tina
|, place had provided him with
ticket to Arcadia. He had a couple
of dollars in his pocket but there
was nothing to indicate his identi'
t ty. Squire Rasche held an inques
t and the facts here stated was abou
all that could be learned. TIT
doctors stated he was suffering
!. from malaria. A medal in hi
possession indicated that he was {
> member of the Catholic churcl
and he was buried in the Catholi'
cemetery at Pilot Knob. Som
/. people at Hogan say they saw hin
going south over the road a few
days previous. If the facts here
, reported are true it was rather
. contemplate act on the part of thu
| Williamsville official to send
. dying man to Iron county, unde
the conditions, and in decency
Wayne county should reimburs,
Iron county for the expense at
tached to the inquest and burial
1t is probably true that the I'M
fortunate man did not belong tt
> Wayne county, but that did no
justify their officer in transportin,
, him over to Iron. There is en-
tirely too much Of that practice.