Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-10-05
LOCAL BREVITIES.

Everybody, with his family, has gone to
see the Yelled Prophets.
Three births in the Valley during the past
week-and still they come!
Local Brevities are scarce and hard to find
this week. The town is absent-gone to the
Fair.
Mr.. Thompson, station agent at this place,
sold sixty round-trip tickets to the Fair
yesterday.
We devote considerable space to the
celebration on the 9th ult., bat the subject
deserves every line it gets.
We told you there was going to be we'd
ding. Next week we shall give you all the
particulars, and you can get OF the anxious
seat.
els dat banjo you got dab, Sam?'' No,
you fool niggah. Gittah, Eli" This is the
origin Of the popular exclamation, 'Git dab,
Ehn
G. w. Lashley last Saturday presented us
with some as fine apples as ever were grown
of Romantic and King of Tomkin county
varieties.
The "Greason Farm" is shipping several
carloads Of apples from this depot to New
Orleans. We hope Bonanza may be found
In the venture.
A pleasant party was given at Judge Dim
gers residence Monday evening, and the
young folks enjoyed themselves dancing I'M
til after twelve.
To Nelson Campbell we are indebted for
some very fine apples of the best varieties.
They are good enough to be credit to any
fruit-growing country.
A license was issued Tuesday for the mar
rage of Baxter Broadwell, Esq, to Mrs. En-
ana Morley, of Wayne county. 'Samivel,
beware Of the vidAers-"
Our visitors last Wednesday united in
praising the Academy of Music. The hall
was much finer than they had expected TO
see here ~ia the 'backwoeds."
IT'S the ides of October, but COMPOUNDED
warm and sultry for all that. Monday
would have made a respectable competitor
for the doggedest days of August
Tom Harvey is the boss deor-keeper.
lust ask the ladies whs engineered the re-
freshment room at the ball last Wednesday
evening, II you won't take our werd for it.
Some perssz last week destroyed the I'm
ger-bosrds at the forks of the road near Hol-
domains. The sffeader is liable to a fine of
$50 for fer his fun, and We hope he may be
found out.
j. W. Lashley, Of Belleriew, has in his
possession an InAtAn Ak or tomahawk made
of iron ore 1t was found on Buford Noun
tain, and is the only one of that sort of nla-
terial we have ever seea-
An engine off the track at or near Annapo-
lis made trains late last Saturday. One of
the passenger trains went to st. Louis by way
of the .Cat" road, but next day everything
was running en- time again.
J.H. Deiano, ESQ.,, is the happy father of
another boy, and he's in As good health as
ono in his circumstances can be expected to
he. The boy came on Tuesday, Oct. 3d., 1852,
and makes the fourth of those who have
strayed iats our happy Valley during the
past week.
The comet has not been seen in this yiein-
ity for three or four days, on account of the
fegs that have prevailed I'm early morning.
We know of one or two persons who are
thoroughly Disguised and swear they won't
get I'D before the sun for the balance of their
natural lives.
rumor is current that large number Of
men has been discharged by the St Louis
Ore and Steel Co., and that work in the Shut
In and on Shepherd Mountain is about to he
suspended, while the force on the Knob it
self will be greatly reduced. We trust it is
only "scare."
Our old aud respected friend, DIR. NJ. Thorn
as. of Belleview, desiring to retire entirely
from active business, will dispose of his farm
stock and personal property at public a'ic-
ton. ON Friday, Oct. 18th. All his household
goods and farming implements, horses, mules,
hay, corn, etc., will be sold.
Buck Martin and another colored brother
had disagreement last Wednesday, which
eliminated in knock down. Buck came
ont best in the scrimmage, but the final adj
Indication was had ut Justice Dinger's office,
where the usual correction was applied to
the darkskinned belligerents.
In our notice of parties going to the Far
mington Fair, the names of Messrs. NJ. Pat
ton and j. w. Speck were unaccountably
omitted. The omission was the more mex
cusabie since these gentlemen are two of
Ironton's most prominent citizens. We,
therefore, tender our ameade.