Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-12-21
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Christmas.
Howard Underwood, colored, will be hung
at Charleston OH the 10Th for the murder of
Belle Lucas.
At Eminence corn is selling at from 25 to
IS cents per bushel, delivered, and corn meal
sells at 40 cents per bushel.
The Eminence Argus says a man on Upper
Big Greek, Shannon county, raised beet this
year which weighed 19K pounds.
The Argus says the whip-like crack Of the
rifle and the groan Of the "wild" hog are
heard in the forests Of Shannon county.
Corn is selling at IS cents per bushel in
Bloomfield, delivered. At the same place
pork ia selling at from six to eight cents per
pound.
Among the losses sustained in Pemiscot
county by the burning of the Court House
were school bonds and mortgages to the
value of $4,000.
Alton has Debating Society, which seems
quite popular with the citizens down there.
The Society's next meeting will be on the first
Tuesday in January next.
The new steam furniture factory in Poplar
Bluff will be ready for operation January 1.
The machinery is on3the ground, and there
is nothing to be done but to put It together.
Mrs. Riley Cline, of Stoddard county, who
died recently at the advanced age of 80 years,
emigrated from North Carolina many years
ago, when Indians prawled the Stoddard
county woods.
A post of the Grand Army Of the Republic
b,e in Snfn and narnad
the Perry v. Fletcher Post, in honor of the
first volunteer from that section who was
killed in the service.i
Prof. W. T. Darlington, of Cape Girardeau,
has accepted the position of Chief Clerk in
| the Office of State Superintendent Of Public
Schools at jefferson City, and in consequence
| thereof he has rendered his resignation as
Principal of the public school at Cape Cir
| ardeau.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat says that
| hundreds of wild geese daily feed on wheat
fields of the lower College Farm; that they
| select the center of the field for their depre-
| dations, and, with an old patriarch for a sem
tincl, they are safe from the deadly missiles
| of the sportman.
The Eminence Argus Of last week says:
"James Burris has returned from Scotia
Iron Works in Dent county; he reports wag-
es very low ut the works-wood fifty cents
per cord. hauling ore two dollars per ton,
and TWENTY-FIVE hundred and sixty -eight
pounds required for a ton.
The New Madrid Record says: "Pcmiscot
county has only been In existence about 80
years, and the loss of its records will create
great confusion in land title. New Madrid
county has all the original titles of Pemiscot
THE deeds to lands down there having been
recorded here before Pemiscot county was
created"
A party of four Ohio gentlemen passed
through Eminence, the other day, ell route
to the northeastern part Of Shannon county.
They own q section off land in that section,
and came all the way from Ohio to see it.
They were provided with guns and cooking
utensils, and were mixing pleasure with
Ibusiness.
Pork hogs are reported scarce in Stoddard
lcounty, a great many of tho citizens having
ALLOWED their swine to stray from home
Some people have been going into the woods
and killing hogs that did not belong to them
and several law suits has been the result
iSome of these parties have been find and
lodged In Jail.
The Ste. Mary Mills in Ste. Genevieve
county has put in machinery for the manu-.
facture of ''new process' -four, and made
other great improvements, at the cost Of
t$16,OO0. The business manager OF the mills
says that, with the new Improvement, he
| L. ali a sho
of wheat and make rs large profit as here
, tofore.
!. The recently discovered medical springs In
Perry county are making things boom ovel
There. The Fair Play says Charlie Law
renee, an old citizen Of Ste. Gencvieve, who
is the proprietor of the springs, has laid out
|, a town, and sold several lots already. The
erection of big hotel will soon be com.
menced-"and Charlie will make Missouri
Eureka out Off the springs.
Ste. Genevieve Fair Play: "-At the enor.
nous outlay of $4.00, Frank Babh has bought
one of those beasts upon which the Savior i.
said to have made his memorable ride into
the city of Jerusalem, and the boys have had
as much fun out of it as out Of a whole cir
Gus. The animal is said to be the one ridder
by old George Crawford at the time Of hi
mysterious and violent death, several year,
lago."
Who said George Washington was dead
1t is mistake; he is still living, and is nov
acting Deputy Sheriff of Dunklin county
To prove the fact that he is still living, W,
copy the following from the Enterprise
Messenger. Itssys: "Deputy Sheriff Georg'
Washington, of Kennett, left here Monday
might with +. r. r. Ely, Prosecuting Attor'
ney elect, and Charles Turner and Thomas
Ferqusos, bound for the penitentiary. Th'
two latter 60 up for two years each, and FL!
goes up as Washington's assistant" 1t i
( quite distinguished honor for the Prose
cutting Attorney of Dunklin county to be ia
Ivored by having the pleasure of assisting tn
i..father of his country" to take prisoners t,
1prison,-BloomGeld FiRdicatoT.