Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-10-18
CLOSING OF MAILS
LOCAL BREVITIES.

LOCAL BREVITIES.
Burglars are again prawling about town at
night.
Circuit Court convenes at Ironton next
Monday.
Bro. Hotson is at work finishing the addi-
ton to his store building.
The "boss" of this establishment is ex-
pected home next Friday.
S. G. & W. G. Fairchild are preparing to
lay the foundation for a new warehouse.
The st. Louis Ore Steel Company is hav-
ing twelve more houses erected at Pilot
Knob.
Quail can now be lawfully killed, and they
seem to be quite plentiful in this neighbour
hood, too.
Mr.. August Winkler has opened jewelry
store In Mr.. J. A. Hughes building on West
Main street.
and times were pretty lively up there in the
evening, We are told.
Arcadia turned out numerously last Mon
day evening to the free open air. Wizard Oil
entertainment in Ironton.
Six or seven deers were killed and brought
to town for disposal, during the past week,
by party Of hunters camping few miles
west of town.
A deer was chased into Arcadia by dogs,
last Monday, and was SO tagged out that it
allowed Henry Speers, colored, to end it's
life with a stone.
A good many of our people are "enjoy-
ing" bad colds at present. Attending free
OPEN night-air entertainments is no doubt
the cause of their happy condition.
Monday morning last the passenger train
going north, No. 2, collided with a freight
train at Iron Mountain. Haven't learned
full particulars, but understand that 4 great
deal of damage was done to both trains.
While Mr.. A. Stemme was at work on one
of the new Company houses at Pilot Knob,
last Saturday, the scatfolding on which he
was standing gave way and he fell with it.
He was pretty badly injured, not so much
from the fall, however, as by two heavy
boards falling across him.
Mr.. II. L. Simmerman, Esq, is "deco-
rating" the interior of the county Jail at
this place with chilled cast iron. That is, he
is ceiling the inner roof with that material.
1t remains to be seen whether this will pre-
vent prisoners from escaping through the
roof, as some have been doing during the
past year or so.
Not satisfied with erecting three or four of
the most beautiful buildings i'm Ironton this
summer, Judge Emerson is now employing
mechanics to improve his Piedmont proper
ty. We warn the citizens of that smart lit
tie city against the facinating genius Of the
Judge for identifying. Don't get excited if
he should build a castle or turn some for
bidding spot into a fairy land.
Two young N. DPS, with fast horse and
sulky each, were brought before his Honor
the Mayor, the other day, for fast driving
through the city. DIR. F. said he was on his
way to see patient, and DIR. P. said it was
impossible for him to hold his horse when he
saw anything ahead of him. They were let
OF with a small fine each, on condition that
they travel through the city in contrary d.
rections hereafter, and with the question by
his Honor Of Switch beat"!
The party Of hunters who left our town a
couple of weeks ago, after going as far south
as Carter county, and only staying there a
day or two, made their way back to Reynolds
county the latter part Of last week, and are
now camping on Turkey creek, near Lester
willie. While i'm Carter county they camped
on Mill creek, several miles north Of Van
Buren,, which is described as being "a pref
~ stream formed by a spring that comes out
Of Mill mountain five miles above its mouth"
Here they found large game scarce, and so
concluded to move nOrthward.
Last Saturday night freight train con-
sisting of locomotive and seventeen cars
came down the grade ut Tip-Top, about three
miles south Of Arcadia, ut a "two-forty- on
the sidewalk" rate of speed, all the brakes
being either "off'' or broken; and when the
engineer attempted to reverse his engine, the
cylinder burst, and he could not control his
iron steed. After passing through Arcadia
and Ironton on q terrible run, the train
gradually slowed up as it went up the grade
this side of Pilot Knob, and almost stopped,
when 1t commenced to move back to IrOntOn,
and after passing the depot finally stopped
near the cut east of town. Luckily the train
had clear track, and no damage to amount
TO ANYTHING was done; nor wasIthere any one
hurt.
II Patrick Henry had said "Give me liber-
ty or give me chills and fever" his speech
would not have been as elegant as it would
have been forcible, for all know that death
is not so horrible as chills and fever. Smiths
Chill and Fever Tonic has robbed that sick
ness of its terror. however, as one bottle Will
cure SURE. Price 81. Sold at Pilot Knob