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


THEY have Ladies' Library Asso-
location In Pennington.
FREDKRICKTowN has an "Intellsct-
aal and Moral Association" ..t.
THE city Of Poplar Bluff IL out Of debt
apd has GAS in the Treasury.
THE saloon licenses at Benton, Scott
county, are one hundred dollars year.
THE prospects Of the building OF rail-
road machine shops at Charlsston are good.
DESoro has q Building and Loan
Association, which 10 In Q prosperous eondt-
tion.
EGGS are plentiful In the Charleston
market, and arc selling at 12x cents per
dozen.
THE town Of Ste. Genevisvs 10 out
of debt, and has several hundred dollars
on hand.
THE Fulenwider brothers, of Jackson,
recently shipped carload Of nne horses TO
st. Louis
THE total expenses Of the city Of
Charleston for the yen 1880 amounted to
S1,594.O4.
RuMoR has 1t that the st. L., L. M.&
.. 70. ~ kOhuk w SuA~ - SAs~A ~~P~s ~~~>
hotel at Bismarck.
The former Regents Of the Cape
Gira' deau Normal scnool were reappointed
by Gov. Crittenden.
WINE and beer saloons are taxed $50
for county and t25 Tor State purposes In
Wellington county.
On the 18th, there were about $4,000
sacks OF corn shipped from Wolf Island town.
ship, Mississippi county.
J.F. RUDY, of st. Francois county,
pulled from lamb tuft OF wool that meas
,ured ten inches In length.
ON the 7tb, seven carloads OF side
meat aud three car loads Of dour were shipped
from Cape Girardeau to Mobile, Ala
HON. THos. HoLLADAY, late State
Auditor, has returned to Fredericktown. his
old home. and resumed the practice OF law.
THE Cape Girardeau Woolen Mills.
after having been thoroughly overhauled and
repaired, resumed operations one day last
week.
AMERCHANT at Poplar Bluff, on the
2ad ult bought three hundred dozen OF eggs
from one man. They came from Ripley
county. ~
THE property Of the st. L., I. M. d s.
R'y Co. in Jefferson couaty 10 assessed - fol-
lows: SO.0s miles, at $4,000 per mile. ssO9,-
800; buildings of all kinds, t33,225
THERE were, ON the 18th ult., four
hundred barrels Of hnt and twenty-five cssks
OF clay (tor pottery use), awaiting shipment
to Cincinnati, on the leves at Cape Grsrdeau.
THE Charleston Ente,prise says there
are now FIVE saloons in that city, in full blast.
and that each saloon has to pay e1,2.5 for
Government, State, county and city license.
Desides sd yslorem tar.
THE Benton Record, Of the 10th ult.,
says: "Messre. Louis and N. l.. Cook have
been busy the last two or three days packing
their furs, preparatory to taking them to New
York City, where they VII dispose Of them.
They have ut present about 10000 skins"
The Alton Democrdt, Of the 10th
ult., says: ar. @. Jolliff, of Highland town
ship, called on us this week and described
remarkable freak of nature. He says one OK
his sons recently killed . hog that had two
hearts. two livers and two melts. They wsre
not twiu-like, but were separate and distinct,
and perfectly formed"
THE levee at Cape Girardeau on the
17sh ult. showed . large accumulation Of
freight awaiting shipment. Among the heav-
Ter lots were 100 feet of choice seasoned
yellow poplar, the fret shipment Of 100000
feet consigned to the st. Louis market, BY
the Messrs. Carroll Brothers. Also, 10000
pounds OF side-meat and about eighty tierces
of lard, for the same market.
Mr.. DAN NORRIS Ii making arrange
ments to erect . building in Poplar Blum,
which will be built of brick on stone founda-
tion Its size viii be sixty BY eighty fset-two
stories high. The front will be on Main street,
and the lower story will be divided BY solid
brick wall, making two store rooms twenty
seven by eighty feet. while the upper story
will be fitted up for . city hall. "A Atwenty-foot
stage will be erected In the rear Of the hall,
with necessary dressing rooms, ETC., for
the benefit of theatrical and other entertain
ments, leaving Q hall sixty BY sixty feet in
front of the etsge.
The Ste. Genevieve Fair Play, in
i.s issue OF Feb. 10th. says: "Enerzy, backed
by brains and good management, viii succeed
ia almost any undertaking. No better Illus
tratiou can be given of this than the copper
furnace at this place. Mr.. Harris started this
enterprise with previous nat failure Of an
other party staring him In the face. Under
| standin xy and mcthodically. Mr.. Harris went
to work. and the happy result 10 shown I'm tho
entire success Of his venture. The last run
Of the furnace WAS over twenty thoussud
pounds, assaving about o. per cent OF copper.
The run would have been much larger; but.
owing TO the burning out Of the tuysrs the
furnses was blown out When psvieation y
resumed there will b over % 900 pounds OF
mat for shipment It il the inssntson Of Mr..
| Harris 10 erect . new and larger furosse. 10 .
short tune for the reduction of poor ore. with
. capacity Of ten tons day."
| One Repeater In the recent PhIla-
delphia charter election voted "a times
for S25. .rt 1e-s. a.. .4tl