Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-03-10

s~Hsi pioP~fy IN Ss0. oeusVevo county, 30
eordinR to the recent assessment 10 oAl9A-
SIS.
Two Of the candidates for Comuls-
sioner Of Public schools In Madison county
are Rev. v. T. Settle and JoAa IA =.
EdwardA
TIE total assessed valuation In %.
Francois county Of real and psrsosai proper.
ty. a. returned BY the Assessor. for he ysAs
1850. is u, ,o5l, 900.
The taxable wealth Of Scott county,
- set out in the Assessor's book Tor the yssr
1881. is-personai property. es7e. e.s2B real
estate, FL 116o.2l7-si.T3e.7s1
THE Greenville Journal Of the 18th
ult., says: IS. z. Csrlston took barge ss
walnut lumber down the river last wesk.
Starting from Cutler's mill, he made it 20
within one mile OF Ash Aili-s distance OF leS
miles BY wster-in three daya He inssAds
taking another down this week"
THE editor Of the Poplar Blur Otissn
was shown last week . specimen OF 1re-cisy
tsksn from 'he farm Of Chss. y. Hendricks q
0illis Blum. that had shs appearance of, and
was pronounced BY those who know. TO - The
finest quality OF Are proof clay. Mr.. Hendricks
says he has any amount of this clay % hlA
land, and that hs viii establish Q pottery %
Poplar Blu3 for its consumption. Toe clay
will DO taken MP tho river on bosts.
AJAcKsoN Cdsh. Boek kcorresPsudent
says thar Dexter, Stoddard county. has sAs
moet ty-like appearance Of any sown 10
southeast Missouri that hs has ssso. He
learned from tie merchants that business ia
Dexter had not been % good the past fall sna
winter ss formerly, owing. it 10 said, 10 shs
Duuklin county, from vhencs most all of shs
cotton rA.sed 10 the latter county 10 nee
shipped.
IT was rather . surprise to the friends
and relatives OF the happy cosple whsn tAsy
learned, on the Ssh ult , q the marriage se
Misc Willie Petit (daurhter Of Hon. I. n.
Pettit) to Mr.. w. Z. Bsrustt-both Of Pied
mont. And IL was still greater surpsiss 70
them to learn that they had bsen spjoying
married life for two or thrss weeks, asd 70
one had knowledFs Of IL sxesptiae themselves
and Rev. J. w. Myrick, who psrfoensd shs
at Rarveill, where they he'd repaired
10 have the hymsneal kuot tied. Nf
The Bonne Terre Peoples Friend
that there were nineteen carloads Of merehaa-
disc hauled over the narrow-grsgs railroad
from Summit to st. Joe, one day rscsntiy.
Mr.. Naramore slso gives the informsfion that
another new engine has bssn completed for
that road by the Baldwin Locomotivs works,
which will be ON the track IN few days.
The increase IN the amount Of freight shipped
and received st 81. Joe. it 10 said, will furn-
Ish constant work for four Locomotives, and
e 10 the intention Of the TWO lead companies
70 have fourth one on the road early in she
'prine.
ACCORDING to the Democrat, q col.
'red man who wss engaged in grubblpg NJ
I'D stump, on the College FERN. south OF the
;ity OF Cape 0irsrdeau, recently turned over
! large and almost deeayed cypress stump.
shen be noticed . small bright object roll ous
II It on the ground, which on examIustioa
'roved 70 DO gold dollar. He split open the
tump and found inside Of Il about quart Of
he same kind OF money. A gentleman who
sw the money and examined Il. says Il d gem
line. Every piece ia . one dolIarof California
OF old and different dasea Each
iece has two small holes in it near The edge
nd directly opposite each other. The gsotls-
nan's idea Ia that she money has st come time
cen linked In . chain, or Q number Of chsins
he latest d ,te on any of the coins Il l6aO, suJ
,any OF them are worn OF 90 smooth thss
ates cannot be seen, fact indicating that
hey ere very old. How long they have hem
q the stump, and by whom placed thsrs, are
y steres that cannot easily Be solved. Ali