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-y f " 1 - ' ', JOB-WORK, subscription: 0n5 Fear, $1.50. Six Months, $0.75. TAree Months, 0.50. SATZ3 OV A.DTKKTI8IHO : Furnished on Application, Special Terms to Home Patrons. Yearly adwtiBera have the privilege of four ihmges without additional charge. Address Rsoistxx, Ironton. Misfouri. Official Directory. MEMBER OF CONGSESS: Ho. II. VV. Fvas, Thirteenth District, IJ. S. Livd Officr Jas. II. Clark, Register; .Manx Iiixgo, Receiver Iron Ion. Mo. J. Fkixk Gseej, Judge Twenty-First Tjircuir, us aoio, .no. CFFIGI.VL DIRECTORY IRON COUNTY COURTS: Circuit Court la held on fourth Monday in April and October. the County Court convenes on the 7irst Monday of March, June, September inu ueceinoer. Probate Court is held on the First Monday in February, May, August and 2o- remuer. OFFICERS: A. W. Hollom an, Presiding Judge coun ty Court. Ohakles Hart, county Judge, South srn District. It. J. Hill, county Judge, Western Dis trict. , J. S. Jordav, Prosecutiu? Attorney. P. W. Whitworth, collector. W. A. Fletcher, county clerk. Jos. Huff, circuit clerk. Jos. A. Zwart. Probate Judge. D. F. Kek.se, Treasurer. W. II. Fishkr, Sheriff. S. P. Reyburx, Assessor. Augl'lt Hieke, coroner. A. W. Holloman, Surveyor. D. il. JIcKsnzik, School commissioner. CITY OFFICERS: Manor, W. T. Gay. Marshal, J. L. B itdwin. City Attorney, J. S. Jordan. City Clerk, W. G. FatrchiSd. City Treasurer, V. F. Reese. Collector, J. L. Baldwin. City Councibnenh. J. Giovamni, J. N. BUHop. M. Claytaurh, Juo. Baldwin, Geo. D. Marks and Henry Kendal. Street Committee J no. Baldwin, M. Clay baiigh and L. J, Giovanoni. Fire Committee L. J. Giovanoni, G. D. Marks and II. Kendal. Ilealt Committee J. N. Bishop, G. D. Marks and II. Kendal. CHURCHES: C 4-thoi.ic Church, Arcadia College and Pilot Knob. L. . Werxert Rector. High Mass and Sermon at Arcadia College every Sunday at S o'clock a. m. Yespers and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament at 4 o'clock p. M. Hi?h Mass and Sermon and Benediction at Pilot Knob Catholic Church at 10:30 o'clock a. m. Sunday School for cniioren at i:3U o'ciock p. u. M. E. Church, Cor" Reynolds and Mountain Streets, J. H. Huklky, Pastor. Residence: Ironton. Services tue i ejood and fourth Sunday of cash month at 11 a. m. and 7 P. M. Sunday School 3:30 a. m. Class Mestius Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock Prayer Meeting Thursday evening. All are invited. M. E. Church, 8outh, Fort Hill, between Ironton and Arcadia. Rev. J. M. ExfiLiSD, Pastor. Services every Sun day, an 11 a. M. and 7 P. M. Prayer meeting every Wednesday evening, 1 o'clock. Sab bath School at 9:30 A. M. B A.PTI3T Church, Madison street, near Knob street, F. M. Shoush, Pastor. Residence Ironton. Preaching on every Saturday before the first Sunday of each month at 2 :30 p. h. and on the first and third Sundays at 11 a. m. Sunday School every Sunday at 9:3d A. M. and Prayer Meeting every Tuesday evening at 7 :30 p. M. Presby terian Church, cor. Reynolds and Kant streets, Ironton. Services at 11 a. M. and 7:30 P. M. Sunday School at 9:30 a. M. Y. P. S. C. K., 6:30 p. M. Prayer Meet ing Wednesday ,9 p. M. G. II. DCTY.Pastor. sst. Taui's Church, Episcopal, Ironton, the Rev. Dr. James, pastor, servtees every Sun div, at 10-.3J a. M. and 7:30 p. M. Sunday School 9:3;) a. M. Lutheran Church, Pilot Knob. Rev. Otto Pfaffk, Pastor. M. E. Church, Corner Shepherd and Washington streets. Ironton. H. A. IIexley. pastor. Preaching every Sun day at 11 a. M. and 7:3J p. M. Sunday School at 9:30 A. M. and Select Reading at 4 P. M. Literary every Tuesday night at 8. SOCIETIES: Mfitof P., Ironton, Mo., meets every 2d i ind 4th v ridav evening ox eacn month 'at Odd-Fellows Hall. F. P. Akk. C. C. Arthur Huff, K. of R. & S. Iron IjODaE, No. 107. I. O. O. F., asets every Monday at Its hail, corner Main ind Madison streets. G. D. Marks, N. 3. J. T. Baldwin, Secretary. Iroxton Encampment, No. 29, 1 O. O. F., meet? on the first and third Thurs lav evenings of every month in Odd-FeL lows' Hall, corner Main and Madison streets. G. D. Marks, C. P. I. T. Baldwix, Scribe. elm . sY-m W ecu T.t w 1 Q 5 A. F. & A. M., meets in Masonic Hall, comer Main and Madison streets, on baturday of or oreceding full moon. F. P. Ake, W. M. A. P. Vance, Secretary. meets at the Masonic Hall on the first and khird Tuesdays of each month, at 7 p.m. F. P. Ake, M. E. H. P. W. R. Edgar, Secre tary. VAIjI-EY IiOOOE, No. 870, ?i KxionTS op Hoxor. meets in lOdd-Fellows' Hall every alternate Wednesday eves, w m. t. Gay. D. Ira A. Marshall, Reporter. "Rastt!rm Star TaODOE. No. 62. A P. & A. M. (colored), meets on the second Saturday or eacn monin. "IRON POST, No. 346, G. A. R meets tne 2a ana tn Saturdays of each monthat 2 p. m. FRANZ DINGER, P. C. C. R. Peck, Adt. Iroston Camp, Jo. 60, Sons of Veterans, meets every 1st and 3d Saturday evaain?, each month, and every Tuesday evening for drill. C. c. ijixger, C. R. Peck, ' Camp Commander. First Sergeant. PILOT KNOB. P11.OT Knob TjODOe, No. 2S3, A. O. U. W. meets every 2d and 4th Friday evenines. 7:30 P. M. upstairs in Union Church. Pilot Knob Lodge, No. 56, 1. 0. O F., meets every Tuesday evening at their ball. Cuas. Maschmeyer, secretary. Iron LiOoob. No. 30. Sons of Her max, meets on the second and last Sunday of each raontn. v m. steffexb, xrresiueni Val. Effixqer, Secretary. IRON MOUNTAIN. Iron Mountain ILoDaE, No. 293, A. O. IT. W., meets on the first and third Friday of each month. BELLE VIEW. Mosaic Lodge No. 35, A. F. & A. M., meets on Saturdav night of or after the full moon. E. M. Logan, W. M. R. J. Hill, Secretary. BY ELI D. AEE. VOLUME XXVIII. Castoria Is Dr. Samuel Pitcher's prescription for Infants and Children. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. It is a harmless substitute for Paregoric, Drops, Soothing Syrups, and Castor Oil. It is Pleasant. Its guarantee is thirty years' use by Millions of Mothers. 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Old Times. Ed. Eegisier Will you please let me tell you some of the thoughts that passed through my mind as I sat. Thanksgiving day, waiting for the young folks who were to be married on that day to make their appearance? As the hour drew near for the couple to appear, how many eyes were turned towards the door they were to pass for the last time as single, independent beings or individuals. For when a couple have taken upon themselves the bows of matrimony, they are no longer their own, bnt belong to each other. And when ot last the stillness is brok en by their appearance and the parties' take their places, how hushed as the minister comes forward and addresses the couple, and asks the proper ques tions and they take the vows of matri mony, and he talks to them of the du ties and responsibilities of married life. How silent, how hushed, as we hear him pronounce them husband and wife. And then the greeting. How, as I sat silently looking on, the scenes of my early life came trooping up so fast. One scene I shall never forget. I was justice of the peace, and the only justice for miles around. So, of course, I got most of the marrying to do. One day I was ploughing my corn away down in the bottom field, with Old Hickory for that was the name of my first horse. As we were just making the dirt fly, I saw a man com ing by leisurely towards the field. As he seemed in no hurry, we kept on ploughing. I thought if be had any business with me he could make it known. I saw him get over the fence and seat himself on a log at some dis tance from us,and there he sat and took out his knife and went to whittling. Af ter a while I said to Old Hickory, "Let's go and see what that fellow wants. I'll bet a chicken he wants to sret married!" So I walked to where the fellow was sitting. I said, "Do you want anything of me?" "Yes, after you have done work for to-day." "Well, what do you want?" "Oh, go ahead and finish your day's work. I am in no hurry." "Well, what do you want anyway?" "He said. "There a couple over at the Knob that wants to get married." I told him I would quit and go and get ready and go with him. He said, "There's no hurry; finish up your day's ploughing." "No, I don't care about ploughing any more to-day." He said, "Do you know any way to get to the Knob without going through the town?" I said, "Look here! is it a runaway couple?" "Yes, sorter, and sorter not." 'Well, how much of a sorter?" He said, "I'll tell you. The feller and his mother and brothers and sis ters started from old Tennessee for Missouri, and this young feller wa9 engaged to a girl to be married and her folks objected to her going so far away. If he would stay in Tennessee they had no objections. So after the feller's folks had gone two days, this girl tied up her things and took her foot in her hand and put out after them on the fourth day. She over took the family and came on to Pilot Knob with them, and now the feller has got a job in the furnace and is get ting good wages and they want to get married." I said, "Ain't you the chap that wants to get married?" He said, "Yes, I am. But, you see, I hain't been to work very long, so I don't want to have to make any fuss or git-up for the boys. So, if you know any way to get to the house where we are going to live I want to go that way." I told him we would go as soon as I could go home and slick up a little. "Oh, you need not mind slicking up any." "Well, I must go home and get my saddle and ride oyer." So we took right over the low divide east of the Knob, which brought us right to the cabin they were going to live in. When we got to the cabin, I saw the floor had been scrubbed clean as water would make it. In the cabin was a table with a few dishes. By the side of tbe fireplace were some cooking uten sils. Then there were three new split bottom chairs, and on a chest a pile of clothes clean, just washed. But we saw no one there, so this fellow said. I guess Sarah has gone down to Mam's." So he brought out two chairs for us to sit in. We had hardly got seated, when here came a large, ro bust, healthy looking girl, I should say about twenty years old. The girl was barefooted and her sleeves rolled up to her shoulders, carrying piggin of water on her hip. (A piggin is a bucket with one stave left long on one side of the vessel, and no bail.) As she passed us, he said, "Sarah, ain't you going to fix up a little?" She said, "No! what's the use it's just us; but I'll run down to Mam's and have them come up." So the fellow and I sat and talked until, after a short spell, here she came with a troop of folks following. As she passed in she said to the fel low, "I'm ready!" He said, "So am I!" Well, we all went in and I married that couple she with her dress sleeves rolled up to her shoulders and bare foot. Well, sir, I just thought to my self, "That's comfortable, and no fus9 or feathers." When I got home I said to my wife, "That couple will make a living," and they did. They owned a large farm in after years, and had all the comforts they wanted. . And then again my thoughts went from one to another some of high life: men and women who have made their mark in the world, raised up large families of boys and girls, of good, respectable citizens. Oh, how fast our thoughts will go over the past scenes of life! No, it's not the abun dance of the things of this life that makes the men or women, or that brings happiness to us. Happiness does not consist in the amount of this world's goods that we possess, but in right living. How often does that passage come to my mind as I look over the world "a good home is to be prof erred to great riches; a good name is the best passport." After all, what good does immense riches do to a man or the world, if it is kept hidden away? We can't always stay here to enjoy it, and we certainly can't carry any of it over the dark waters not one cent of it. So, why not use it for the good that it is capable of doing, while we haye the chance to use it? T. P. R. A Trip to Court. Centreville, the County Seat of Red nolds County, is an old-fashioned fron tier town, built amidst the fast disap pearing forests of the Ozarks. Court is held there in May and November of each year, and consequently the Judge and most of the lawyers of the southern part of this jucicial district are under the necessity of making a semi-annual visit to that point. Be tween the railroad station and Centre ville lie the Three Forks of Black rirer, and that stream has to be forded nine times by the traveler who makes the journey between the two points, which is rather a pokerish busiuess when the waters are up. Tbe writer of tYiia nttandail AniLf ntrAl tTlAA A Vi limn Aim. nnd thinks it worth whilo tn' use liesure a hour in giving soms ac count of his trip, and of the country, which we think has been very much underrated. We reached Sabula without incident worthy of note, where we found a farm wagon with a seating capacty for eight persons: but there were nine of us. One of our members procured a buggy and driver and the transporta tion problem was solved. There was a deal of weight and dignity about that wagon-load of humanity; quite enough indeed to make the mules feel very so ber. There was the Judge, an ex Judge, a member of Congress, and an ex-Attorney General, not to mention the lesser lights of the legal profession, the driver, and the stenographer. After we had adjusted ourselves the best we could to our rather crowded condition, and were well on our jour ney, the M. C. began to exhibit indi cations that he suspected he could sing. The ex-Judge seemed to be af flicted with tbe same idea in fact the wagon rattled so loud, and we were so jolted, that conversation was im possible, and the fine animal spirits of tbe party found yent in sacred songs and songs not so sacred. When we reached the big hill that forms the watersheed between Black River and the St. Francis river, we climed out to walk over the hill. The day was one of these bright, sunshiny days that we have in this latitude near the close of November, with just a trace of frast in the air, so that the walk was not unwelcome, for it started the circula tion and warmed us up. After we got over the hill and had climbed aboard of the wagon, it did not take us long to reach Lesterville, a hamlet about eight miles from the place of our des tination, where, as the shadows of evening were gathering, we concluded to stop for the night. What influence a report that a panther was prowling in the Black river bottoms had in help ing us so unanimously reach the same conclusion will never be known. At all events, we stopped and had a good square meal, discussed an excellent basket of apples, and, after telling stories until bed time, (when did a par ty of lawyers ever get together with out telling stories?) retired to sleep in comfortable feather-beds of the kind that our grandmothers used to make in ye olden time. We can recommecd Mr. Goggins' hostelry to tbe weary and hungry traveling public, for he and his excellent lady kuow how to care for their customers. After a good breakfast, we resumed our journey. The forests we passed through were remnants of those amidst which "T. P. E." used to hunt a half a century ago. Deer and turkey are still to be found in their thickets, but not in the quantities of forty years ago. While at Lesterville we beard that Mr. Charles Gunter of St. Louis had killed a fine deer the day before, and we would be likely to meet him TEEMS-1.60 a Tear, in Adrance NUMBER 24. as he was expected in town that day. Accordingly, when that gentleman came in sight the party with one ac cord began to vociferate, "What did you pay for him.Charley? Who killed him? I'll bet he has been dead a week!" and other remarks derogatory to Mr. Gunter's prowess as a Nimrod, which that gentleman took in good part. He bad killed a really fine buck, and was returning to the city with a large bag of game; so he was right in not permitting our chanffing to disturb him. Oa our arrival, the Judge opened court, the grand jury was charged, and the usual business was proceeded with. Reynolds county being nearly as large as the State of Rhode Island, and covered with primitive forest, with limited means of communication there being no grown-up railroad in it its citizens assemble themselves to gether at court time quite as much for social as business purposes. They are genuine Americans, there being very few persons of foreign birth among them. They are hospitable and have all the independence of the mountain eer a community of the kind famil iar to our grandfathers before the flood of immigration set to our shores. In tbe thrones about the courthouse I noticed several recently elected coun ty officials filling their bonds, which they seemed to have little difficulty in doing. I thought this remarkable, in view of the experience of that county with defaulting officials, but at tbe last election men were selected on account of fitness, and not merely because they were good fellows. Reynolds county furniehes a good field for the investor of good judgment, which has been and is now being util ized. It has vast forests of oak and pine. It has vast quantities of iron ore, and the Dobbins lead mine on Tom Sauk presents as fine a prospect of disseminated ore as shown at Bonne Terre when first capital sought it out. There are, also, large bodies of fine farming land in the county. The hard times has caused many of its farmers to rely more upon themselves and less upon the outside world. They, in many instances, raise and manufacture almost everything they eat and wear. If their example was to be followed in other parts of our country, we would be more prosperous. While there, as means of amusement were not plentiful, one of the Attor neys went coon-hunting with the boys, and killed one of the largest coons I ever saw. it weienea twenty-iour pounds, so the Attorney said. The party claimed that it took the dog ov er an hour to kill that coon. They did him dirt; they doubled-teamed on him, or his tail would never have been the trophy of that hunting party. At the conclusion of court our fine weather disappeared, and we came the sixteen miles to the railway station through the rain. All the cheerful ness of the trip out was gone. The ex-Judge endeavored to 6ing a little, but it was like the chirp of the belated grasshopper in October. We patient ly endured our wetting until we got to the station, where we found no fire. In bright weather the journey; would be pleasant enough, but it is dismal and dreary when one has to make it in the rain, and it always rains at some time while court is in session over there. Murderous Turks. Meagre facts are at last being ob tained concerning the horrible massa cre of some 10,000 Armenians by Turks. The Moslem government has done ev erything in its power to prevent the h orrible truth from being known, be cause the Armenians are christians and naturally the civilized world will not permit such a wholesale slaughter to escape attention. It seems that the prime object of the horrible massacre was robbery. None were spared, and the brutality of the Turks would shame a North 'American Indian. England, Germany, and even Russia are aroused and promise an investiga tion. If it was not for the jealousy existing between the Enropean coun tries, the sultan would be made to p Jy dearly for every murdered Christina, but for over 100 years the Turkish government has been allowed to exist simplv because England, France, Rus sia and Germany all want to acquire the territory. Russia would long ago have overthrown the Turkish govern ment had it not been for the hostility of Engand and France. There are very few redeeming traits about the Turks. They are robbers by nature, and they look upon all chris tians as lawful prey, and it is only through fear that massacres are not more common. They are ignorant and arrogant cowardly in the face of real danger and beggara and thieves by in stinct. Whatever protection a chris tian may receive from Turks is largely due to fea.. Such a government ought not to exist. It is a blot on the face of the earth. No race of people are more overbearing than the follow ers of Mohomet. They refer to all christians as dogs and they treat them with contempt and cruelty whenever they feel safe in doing so. Rivalry and jealousy between Eu ropean countries is alone responsible for misrule by tbe Sultan. Either Eng land, Russia, Germany, or France, could demolish the Turkish govern ment in a very short time, and it Is not to be doubted that any one of these countries would like to do so, but; if one undertook the task the others The BxaisTXa's f seilltles for dol&f H work are unsurpassed in SoutheaatXIiaoo i and we turn out the best of work jjheb aa POSTERS BILL HEADS LETTERHEADS STAT&MJENTS,: Envelopes, Cards, Dodgers FHISFS,PA3fPHLS7B,STC AT LOW PRICED. would help the Turks, just as England and France did during the Crimean war. As long as this feeling exists, the Turks will continue to commit out rages. -Jefferson City Tribune. ; One More Chance. Fortunately for the democracy, the congress that assembles today has three months in which to convince the voters of the country that tbe representa tives of the party still stand-by tbe principles set forth in the Chicago platform. These three months can be devoted to a continuous effort to re deem the pledges of the platform, or they can be devoted to convincing the people that the Democrats have de serted their principles, and are so over awed by patronage and the hope of favors yet to come that they have no will or wi?h of their own. We presume no sensible man fails to see that the stampede of the Democra tic party in the recent elections was due to the failure of congress to redeem the platform pledges. Else why should Democrats rejoice, as they did in the south and in all parts of the country, at the defeat of tbeir party? We are sure that no sensible person believes that the democrats will be restored to power in 1896 unless the Democratic congress, in ihe few weeks of life that are left to it, takes the bit in its teeth and enacts such legislation as will con vince the voters of the country that the Democratic congressmen have not embraced the financial views of John Sherman. The only salvation of the party ts for congress to take the responsibility. Its bills may be vetoed, but the people will see that the party itself is true to pledges, and they will be willing to endorse it again. But if congress sits with thumb in its month awaiting or ders, or undertakes to shoulder by im pication the repudiation of the party's principles, it will be many a long year before the people of the country will renew their confidence in the party' profession. It May Do as Much for You. Mr. Fred Miller, of Irving. 111., writes that he had a severe Kidney trouble for many years, with severe pains in his back and also that his bladder was affected. He tried many so called Kidney cures but without any good result. About a year ago he be gan use of Electric Bitters and found relief at once. Electric Bitters is es pecially adapted to cure of all Kidney and Liver troubles and often gives al most instant relief. One trial will prove our statement. Price only 50c. for large bottle. 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