Iron County register., 1883-04-19
LOCAL BREVITIES.

ION harvey, Esq, was grinding corn las
week. He probably got hungry for hoe.
cake.
The Valley is like unto Il flower-garden
and the air is laden with the perfume OF
fruit blooms.
Roadoverseer Begley is very busy on the
public hisways, and marked Improvement
follows his line of work.
u. Patton, Esq, has taken charge of the
City Hotel,at West Plains, and will open out
with grand ball on Friday night.
The pay-car went down the road Monday,
making the railroaders' pockets heavy and
their hearts light, bv the magic of its coming.
The Ironton public school closes this week,
and unless u ''pay school" catches them on Il
ny, the youngsters will have good, long
holiday.
Judge Russell has leased Mr.. Begley's
stone quarry for the summer, and will fur
nish good building stone to all who may re-
quire it.
j. y. Bishop has had his store repainted,
and it now flames out in all the glory of
alright salmon. (Nobie's girls favorite color
is Salmon.)
iiphtou uO" SctS louE iiilllS cacn u1N-tW0
north and two south-in addition to the in
7and pouches. Mail-cars were put OH Nos.
6o3-4 OH the 18th inst.
j. 4. Markham, just south of Judge EN-
-erSon's, advertises 4 No. article of sweet
potato, tomato and cabbage plants for sale,
at reasonable charges.
DOg-wood and wild cherry and lone fish
or,na it,1 h.lf Riuh-
Op has full assortment of tackle, to suit all
sizes, ages, sexes and conditions.
4. Roehry, Esq, in few days will start to
France to visit his parents and relatives.
We wish him bon ro,,age and a happy So
journ i'm the home of his childhood.
The old Patton property on the south side
C courthouse square was sold under mortgage
last Saturday. james Buford bid it in for
Mrs. c. y. Downs, the present occupant
The thermometer ut st. Louis registered
90 degrees in the shade last Saturday. \ few
more such days and the summer exodus will
begin. Arcadia Valley is summer resort.
Trains are not now running so regularly
irregular as they were during the winter
months. Thd steam horse evidently gathers
strength with the warm days and growing
grasses.
Fsrty eight hours of high winds culminat-
ed i'm Il terrific rain storm, with thunder and
lightning, last Saturday afternoon. No great
damage WAS done, but good many people
were unncrved.
At this writing-Tuesday A M-the ba-
rometer Indicates storm within the next
twenty -four hours. Time will soon deter
mine the reliability Of the instrument in the
Beautiful Valley.
\ Black river man is putting up building
near the depot, to be used as an eating
house. The pliers which support the cdi-
flee can not he commended for either
strength or beauty.
Nothing has been heard Of the third pris-
oner who escaped from the Ir0nton Jail Il few
weeks ago. As his offence was not heinous,
the State has got rid of him ut little cost.
Keep going, Mr.. Piper!
Circuit Court next week. \ light docket
and tolcrably peaccable community lndi-
cate short term, though there's no telling
how much hidden cissetlne>s the Grand Jury
may develop and bring to light.
The oyster trade for this section Is closed
until the beginning of the fall trade. Invent
out last Monday with Il cargo retailcd on the
streets, ut - cents can. The oysters were
all right when they were dredged from the
bottom of the sea, no doubt, but last Monday
they had lost all pretension to rcspectabiiity
The east side of Main street on the post
office block ought to be made to "po>tpOne"
with the west side i'm the matter of curbing.
Wen do our share, if the other property
owners will come to the scratch. What say
you:
w. III. Thomson, Cashier Boatm ems Saw
ing Bank, st. Louis, paid the Valley flying
visit last Saturday. He and his family will
go East for Il couple of weeks, after which |
his home for the summer will be on his farm
near Arcadia.
w, p. McCarver, Esq, has rented the |
room under the I. o. G. T. Hall, and in few |
Eays will open out IL family grocery store.
His goods have arrived but the fitting up of |
the room has been DELAYED owing to Il tenn
porary scarcity of carpenters.
Get ready your refrigerators and your
coolers, The consuming season is at
hand, and the cry of the vender of that arti-
cle will soon contend with the trumpet of
the butcher, the milkman's bell, and the
huckster's appeal. Also, spring bonnets are
ripening.
The Quarterly Conference for the first
quarter of the present conference year, of
Ironton and Webster circuit, will be held on
2sst inst, ut the VI. f. Church,
this place, ut 3 O'Clock p. NJ. Presiding Eld-
er Hagerty will preach on Saturday evening
and on Sunday.
The Greason Farm will be sold at parti-
ton sale on Wednesday of next week. 1t is
one of the finest farms in Southeast Missou-
ri, with ample acreage highly improved.
The terms of sale are: 10 per cent. cash. and
the remainder on II months time, with ap-
proved security.
Wagon bridges across the most dangerous
lords are needed, One bridge q year begin