Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-04-22

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VOLUME XIII. NuMRER q
1RONTON =: APRIL %. 1881
Local Department.
The IRON COUNTY REGIsTE1
Is Published very Thursday, by
ELI d. AXE,
At One Dollar and Fifty Cents year, In advances
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EFAddress REGISTER. Ironton. Missouri.
Reduction in wall paper at the Drug Store.
The seventh semi-annual meeting of the
Southeast Mo. Medical Association will be held
at Commerce Mo-, commencing Tuesday, Ma
9Th, 1880.
FoUND.-A pocketrb book containing some
money and other articles. Will be deliverd t.
owner upon his Identifying the purse and con
tents. Call at this office.
We are informed that the young men In
and around town are about to organize d
Literary and Debating Society, anu that
meeting for that purpose will be held this
week.
At Annapolis, on Monday morning of last
week, Mrs. Jones, while sitting by the fire.
place, had her dress catch fire, and before it
was put out, was so severely scorched that
she now lies in precartous condition. Hell
husband in attempting to put out the fire, had
his hands very badly burned.
FoR SALE.-Two mules-fve and six years
old-good size, and well broken; new MUIR
ply Wagon-has been run three months-har-
ness and whip. The outfit will be sold very
cheap for cash. Apply to
J.W. MORGAN,
a224t Pilot Knob.
Sylvester Hart furnishes the third news item
from Annapolis for this weeks paper. On
Tuesday of last week, while out hunting, his
shotgun bursted, splitting both barrels, wrap
ping them around each other like corkscrew,
and throwing the locks so far away that they
have not been seen since. Fortunately, Mr..
II. Was not hurt, although he had narrow es-
cape.
Last week we stated that some prominent
Radicals called the post-office at this place the
''Grant Club room" We presume the reason
no one has countercharged the land Off &c with
being a Sherman training school, is, there are
no scholars. The Grant boom has made
clean sweep OF Missouri Radicals. As we
have previously if not originally remarked
%'when you scratch Republican you find a
Grant man,
A serious accident occurred on the railroad
near Irondale last Wednesday. Belmont
freight train ran over cow, and the engine
and two cars were thrown from the track.
The engineer was killed and the fireman
slightly injured. No other persons were hurt.
Trains were delayed for several hours by rea-
son of the accident. No. 1. which was due
here at 1 40 P. did not arrive until the next
morning at 1880.
About ten days ago, near Annapolis, Mon
roe Slusher, accidentally shot a lady named
Graham. He was sitting beside her and pull
ed out a small pistol and fred at something
across the road. As he was returning it to
his pocket another barrel exploded, the ball
striking the lady under her left eye, passing
under her nose and lodging under the right
eye. The ball has not yet been extracted, but
the lady is up and about
The Chairman OF the County Democratic
Executive Committee has called that body to
meet at the courthouse on the 1st of May.
We trust every member will be present, for
there is important business to be transacted.
In addition to calling the meetings which
hal obo ao1o foc 70 fho 2toto
gressional Conventions, the question, How
shall we nominate the candidates for county
oficest will have to be debated and settled.
Iront0n needs Town Hall. There isn't q
man, woman, or child who possesses temerity |
to dispute this proposition. Then why not |
purchase the school building, remove it to
one of the lots fronting on Main street, and |
add enough to it to make it answer the pur-
posea It can be done without great cost.
Let US organize stock company and put the
project through at once. Twenty shares at
$50 each will be amply sufficient. Are there
not twenty live business men in Ironton.
The new uniforms for the band were re-
ceived last Tuesday and they are lawful
nice" so the young ladies say. They (the
aniforms) are of gray cloth, trimmed with
black and gilt, and all are perfect fits. The
boys are well pleased with them, and on the
7th Of next month will give picnic for the
double purpose of showing them to the public
md having good time generally. In the
evening grand ball and supper will follow,
1t the American Hotel. The picnic grounds
have not yet been chosen. but the location
will be determined upon and made known in
due time. t.es- se
SHEEP RAIsING.-We are glad to note the
fact that Messrs Langdonand Bollfnger intend
going extensively into the sheep business in
this county. On last Friday they drove into
his county from the southeast something ov-
sr 400, which, with those aready on Mr.. Lang
Ions farm, will make nea 600 sheep-proba-
bly, the largest flock ever owned by one firm
n this county. It is theif Intention to en-
,loy q herder, and, with all of shepherd dogs. /
o Craze them in the surrounding hills, and cor
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