Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-02-03

S0utheasterlACs.
THE wheat crop In Perry county y
said to be injured. as
A STORM blew down much timber
recently In the northern part Of 6cott COON
ty.
AT least one-third of the cotton crop
raised In DunklIn county last year Il yseia IL
field.
FokrY per cent. Of the cotton 10 Pike
township. stoddard county, 10 still In the
field.
FROM 1870 to 1850 Southeast Mis-
souri, increased twenty-six per cent IN popa--
lation.
IT is said that James Reichard has
discovered pure gold IN the hills near Ham
burg, Scott county.
IT is announced that the widow az
the late Bishop T. M. Marvin viii locate In
Fredericktown shortly.
IN Washington county there were
l4o marriages last gear, and Ill In Perry coun-
ty, and % In Scott couty.
THERE Is large increase In the at
tendance at the Capc Girardeau Nornsi
School since the holidays.
MANY Of the farmers Of Mississippi
county contemplate putting in whooping crops
OF corr the coming spring. ,a..,
THE St. Louis, Iron Mountain and
Southern Railway Company paid taxes to Ne
amount OF e9,91S7 a In Butler county.
THE merchants Of Charleston are re-
ported to have sold 3is more pairs Of over
shoes this season than any pr,vious yssr.
THE population of the four largest
towns in Scott county 10 as follows: Benton.
200; Morley, sos; Commerce, 6sS; sikeston,
25I.
Two Cape Girardeau Normal School
bonds-for eve hundred dollars esch-wili b
sold at public auction at jackson on the llth
inst.
LAST year Cape Girardeau exported
81, 900 barrels OF -four, 53i1 barrels Of lime.
81, 900 bushels Of grain and 1,0c0. 900 packages
Of sstaves-
THE railway company have stored
away q large amount of Ice In their large and
commodious ice houses near the depot IN
Charleston.
THE ice-packers OF Jackson have
stored away in the several ice houses about
that town the enormous amount Of 2,1300o0
pounds Of Ice this winter.
THE Courier claims that not less than
six counties win give their entire business 70
Cape Girardeauif the Cape Girardeau railro,l
is pushed to points originally intended.
THERE are only two stations on the
Cape 0irsrdeau railroad between the city Of
Cape Girardeau and the Iron Mountain rail.
rosd-namely, Coranville and Cousinvllls.
On account Of not being able 10 get
coal the mills and factories in Cape Girardesu
Lave been standing still and Q great many
hands thereby thrown outof employment.
PERSONS who have examined claim
that the peach trees in Perry county arc ssri-
ously damaged, and that some Of them were sv-
en- killed by the recent very severe weather.
THE clock and bell that Charleston
proposes to put iu the new public school
house will cost over four hundred dollsrs-
which is over one hundred dollars more than.
was appropriated for Il.
THE tax books Of Perry county for
1880 show the aggregate amount Of State,
county and school funds 10 bc s2l. .5s7 so;
amount collected up to Jan. 4. 1881. Sl7, sSl sS:
balance to be collected, % o62 "a.
A COUPLE In Ripley county who
wanted to ger married stopped minister who
was on horseback and had him perform the
ceremony on the road. The Thermometer a.
zero was no drawback to their plaua
AT the Hazel Run Mines, which are
said to have always been noted - coptainiug
the best mineral for manufacturing purposes
In st. Francois county, q rich lead OF the best
| ou ~ S,fo ora AZ hv h. vio~ n-o~
recently.
AT a meeting Of the bar In Hlllsboro
Louis r. Dining, Of Washington county,
Thomas II. McMullin. OF Jefferson cousfy, J.
w. Emerson, OF Iron county; ana J. Q. yor-
don, Of Reynolds county. were app sintsd Q
committee TO revise the rules OF practics for
the o6th Judicial Circuit.
ANEW movements Is on foot In Wayne
county. A great many of the cltissns Of that
county desire TO have devision in theis court
-one term to be held at Greenv,lle, the coun-
ty-seat, and the other 10 be held ct Piedmont.
How they propose TO conduct this doubls-
geared machine We don't know.
OK January 18th Squire wsters, Of
Kimmswick, Jefferson county, paid over 10
the treaury Of that county the sum of e12 -,
A"u"u oH soo oouy oh ueho u8n rOuu0 uOat-
ing in the Mississippi river and over which hs
held an inquest There vas nothing on shs
body to indicate the name or residenes VI the
deceased. -----
THE Webb boys, Of Carter county,
killed over two hundred deer during TN fall
aud winter. besides several wild.ests and cais-
mounts: and they sold 4. .0oa rcunds Of vvuison
hams snd I 500 pounds OF peitry. The hsms
sold mostly at sisht cents . pound. and peltry
at u cents pound. During ths last works
bunting. three Of the boys killed - dsss-ous
killing ID another IS and smother IS.
The Cape Girsr,isau Dsnsocvoe has
this to say Of us and our business
men: "The IRox COUNTY RBoSs54R
Is one Of the best pspers thst ws -
ceive In exchange. It 10 always FUN
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