Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-04-28
Closing Of Mails.

Regular Naii-Iorth, daily. NJ.
-south, daily, IAN.
JIonton to Goodwater, via. Sand Bluff,
ncNail, Edge Hill and Edithburs-
Ironton to Rinst.in silver Mines.Taes- =
day, Thursday and Saturday........1P P. NJ.
C. r. PECK, p M.
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The Domestic Sewing Machine is the best.
Farmers in the south end Of the county all
go to Clarksons', at Annapolis, for their pillow
and pillow castings. Il
The Ladies of the Presbyterian Church are
around soliciting donations for the purpose Of
purchasing bell.
DIED-At Pilot Knob, Mo-, April 22d, 1881,
Mrs. MAGGIE HARRISON, wife Of J. B. Mar
risson-aged SO years.
You CAN SAVE s2O--By buying your Sew.
ing Machine from H. Davis, lronton-and gel
the Genuine, guaranteed.
The Public School at this place closed last
friday-with the exception of the Primary
Department, which will continue two weeks
longer.
The following is the total vote for School
Commissioners at the late school elections: N
G. Griffith, 273; j. w. Ragland, lO4; Jno. s.
Bell, 81.
DIED.-Near the Silver Mines. Of Consump
ton, at 8 O'Clock Friday morning, April 2ad..
Mr.. HIRAM JOHNSON, aged 26 years. He
leaves . wife and one child.
Mrs. Lopez is confident of securing good
IT, T foI,
and experience will do it. Await her arrival
before buying spring goods.
]. A. Hughes, ESQ.,, will sell at public auc-
ton, next Saturday, a lot o: Ladies' Furnish
ing Goods, Notions, ETC., commencing at nine
O'Clock A. N. An excellent chance for bar
gains.
The ice broken at last! Spring has come,
and Mrs. Lopez is in st. Louis buying her
stock OF Millinery, Spring and Summer Dry
Goods. ETC., etc. Due notice of opening will
be given.
The City Street Committee Is having Main
street plowed up. Would it be impertinent
to inquire which Il is proposed to raise-earIy
potatoes or late onions, or either or neither,
and If SO why soa
The Paving Cutters of Granitcville will give
grand ball on Friday evening Of this week.
Any lover of dancing who desires to enjoy a
good time, cannot find better chance than
this afforded him. All will ind the boys full
of life.
FRESH FIsH.-Dr. B. H. Zwart, and Messrs.
E. and A. Aubuchon, will return from fish
~ he 40
ties desiring fry will leave their orders at
the depots in Ironton, Pilot Knob and Area
dia at once.
Some two weeks ago the sign-painter was
abroad in the land, and now our streets are
all designated by neatly lettered boards at
each alternate corner. It is the correct thing,
but would be still better IL every corner were
similarly designated.
A large eagle was seen some two weeks ago,
lowering oyer our valley. admiring our.beauti-
full scenery, no doubt. Occasionally, he was
observed to dart down to the creek and fly up
with fish in his beak-beak-ause he want
ed his dinner, we presume.
Bro. Kesling Is busy as bee and happy as
big sunfiower, over In his new brickyard. 1t
is centrally located, one square east OF the
Odd-Fellows Hall, and he proposes to furnish
all the brick necessary for the various build
ings to go mp in the city this summer.
Our enterprisins fellow-citizen, Bro. Hotson.
has bought the Haywood property on Main
street, and viii at once proceed to put new
building up suited to his business. This
proceeding was rendered necessary BY the
purchase Of his present stand by Mr.. Hill
from Judge Emerson.
Our snake man, OF whom mention was made
in the issue of the 18th, came in last Saturday
to tell us that the. Sunday previous Q7th) he
and another man, went to the den, and killed
i've more rattlesnakes, measuring from four
to ak feet. The alarmed reptiles are rapidly
leaving for more congenial locality.
The Street Commissioners IL busfly engaged
ON Main street It is proposed TO take OIL
IS inches from the hump just beyond the post
Office and put It in the hollow down about
the American Hotel. The work Of grading
the streets according to the Pulls survey will
be pushed Is rapidly a. the city's finances
win permit.
The Exhibition OF the Public School Of this
Mace came OF Monday night. The room
was crowded to su1focation, and we therefore
remained on the outside. But the programme
wasa good one. and the little folks gave their
audience An excellent entertainment.
III the teachers and the manner in which
thew performed their rather dinacult tasks
1nrinu the school term, il is enough to say
that parents and children alike agree In Civ.
[pc them just need Of praise. Mr. Greason
has proved himself an able and capable Prin-
cipaL