Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-02-15
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The city Of Cape Girardeau claims to hav
1873 separate business establishments.
Rev. c. o. Jones, pastor Of the Souther,
Methodist Church ut Charleston, is havin,
the chills.
The Baptist Church at Charleston had 81
persons added to its membership during TIT
past two weeks.
AT Bonnie Terre last week porch In from
DR.. Parkhurst's house came down with
crash, it not being able to bear the weight Of
the sleet that was on it.
| A suit over an old sow and five pigs ter.
minated In the Common Pleas Court ut Cape
Girardeau, the other day, with cost of over
$16O, exclusive of lawyers fees.
The Bonnie Terre correspondent of the
Pennington Times says that "Mr. Tetwiler,
who is manager of DR.. Neith's drug store,
contemplates starting a newspaper" at that
place.
At Cape Girardeau last week Miss Laura
Waller brought suit against John Durham
for $3.50. The Justice gave the plaintiff a
judgment for IS cents and decided that she
must pay the costs.
The Maiden Clipper says that an old lady
living in the western part of Dunklin county
has sold from % hens $51 worth of eggs since
the first of last October, and she has plenty
of eggs for family use besides.
The Benton Record says Sikeston has a
citizen by the name r. b. Hollywood, who is
81 years old, A inches in height and weighs
45 pounds. He was born i'm Tennessee, and
has been citizen of Scott county about one
year.
The fire which consumed the depot at
Summit on the I'd inst. is supposed to have
originated in \ room used rs q restaurant.
Miss Bailey, the night operator stationed at
that place, says all she saved from the burn
ing depot was her red mittens.
The Centrevile Outlook says: "We learn
that our friend, Joe Lindsay, of Ironton, has
purchased the tin store at Piedmont, and
will henceforth be a citizen of that town.
BY his removal, Ironton has lost and Pied
mont has gained live and energetic business
man and an exemplary citizen. We wish Joe
the success which he certainly merits"
"When young lady complains that she
has lost her escort through a crack in the
sidewalk" says the Bluff Citizen, sit is SUI
ficient evidence that the sidewalks were In
very bad repair or the escort was exceeding
ly small. Anyway, we heard such COM
plant made, coupled with regrets that so
many matches had to be burned in search
ing for the missing escort"
The Potosi Independent says "the ground |
hog saw his shadow, and no doubt skipped |
for his hole, and we are to suf- !
er the consequences" Gentlemen, you must
lave lost your spectacles. 1t was cloudy the
whole Of "Ground- Hog Day." and the sky
vas covered with clouds several days before
md several days after the I'd inst; so we're
atisfed that the ground hog didn't see his
hadow.
A man called ut n Charleston store a short
line ago and asked the proprietor If he
wanted to buy some fresh butter. The mer.
liant said he did, and weighed the butter,
aid for it andput it away. Shortly after the
purchase was made Il regular customer of the
Merchant sent for some butter, and the two
alls just bought were sent to him. When
he purchaser cut into the butter he found
urge piece of dress goods inside of each roll,
I which were wrapped up broken whiskey =,
lass and a mashed up cooked egg. The mer-
hant was busy when the butter was bought
nd does not know whom he got it from.