Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-05-10
Closing of Mails.
LOCAL BREVITIES.

Straw hats are budding on craniums
green.
Weather foe and summer-like. Frui,
crop "solid."
"Viola -" closes with this issue,
new serial will begin with the next.
"Fate" at the Academy of Music to might
Fine Grassland and orchestra. Everything
A 1. Popular prices Of admission.
Geo. p. Blomeyer, now at Hendrickson,
Will take the place Of Mr.. Thompson at this
station. He's coming into Gods country.
We like sunshine and clear skies, but JUS,
now fine shower of rain is desired for the
good of garden truck and vegetation gen.
orally.
The School Board advertise In this issue for
teachers for the coming yoar. They will ex-
anime applications and make the award on
the 9Th Of June.
Probate Court IL in session this week.
Judge Dinger says business Is not very brisk,
but he sits ready to hear all cases that may
come before him.
Antoine Roehry, Esq, started to France
last Monday. His address while there will
Bon Voyage, Mons. Roehry!
The Golden Troupe-seventeen members
will amuse the citizens of the Valley on
Wednesday and Thursday nights this week.
Fate" will be played tonight.
G. WsThompson, agent at the Ironton de-
pot, has rendered his resignation, and will
depart to Kentucky within the next two
months. The railroad this loses an honest
and efficient employe.
Mr.. Foley at Granitevifle has just refftted
his saloon and added improvements thereto,
and now claims to have as neat and conRpo-
dious bar-room as any in the county. He
WAS in town last Saturday.
DIR. Sawyer has arrived and is now in
charge of the drug store He VITA ut once
ill 1t chock full Of fresh drugs, and will sell
at reasonable prices. His license for cigars
and tobacco will probably arrive by to days
mail.
If you want to view the beauties Of Nature
In their fullness, come to the Valley of val
1eys. Green forest and field, and pure,
sweet air, o'er-ca nopied with heavens own
blue, make \ reasonably permanent paradise
OF this favored spot.
Steffens will give big ball at the Pilot
Knob Hotel next Monday evening, and he
extends general invitation to the dancers of
the Valley. There's no need of commencing
Stetfens1 chops" they are all we'll condue
ed and pleasant for everybody who attends.
At the close Of the late term Of the Circuit
Court, Sheriff Fletcher took Henry Pierce to
Jefferson City and left him there, to remain
for i've years. Pierce plead guilty to the
hsinous charge preferred against him, and
got of with lighter sentence than he de-
served.
Mitch. McFadden lately in enforced at
tendance upon the u. S. Circuit Court at St.
Louis, was released 8 few days ago on his
own recogniZance. The charge against him
was selling liquors and cigars without Ii
censs. We may refer to this case again in
the near future.
Prof. Toensfeidt, with forty pupils, from
the College on Chouteau Ave. and 14th
street, st. Louis, will come down to Pilot
Knsb on Friday and stay three days viewing
the natural wonders Of this section. Mr.
Stenens, Of the Pilot Knob Hotel, will take
charge Of them during their stay.
Mr.. A. Gardner, an employee in the glass
works at Crystal City, last Monday presented
10 with specimens of glass representing all
the stages Of manufacture, from the rough
chunk from the furnace to the highly pol
tshed plate. The latter is as fine glass as we
have ever seen-k inch thick, clear as crys-
tai. and without wrinkle, seam or flaw.
A train ran through an open switch at the
Ironton depot last Friday, ditching the en-
CINE and tender. 1t made temporary
blockade, and several trains were delayed
abort time. A track was built around the
break, but it was rather insecure and caused
4 freight train to run of. The derailed train
ran on the ties for about one hundred feet,
knocking downIone of the posts which sup
port the crossing sign.
Parson Wright preached mighty GOOD
sermon on "Gossips and Gossiping" last Sun
dsy. Text-5th and 9Th verses Of Sd chapter OF
st. John, The application was so general that
no individual person but could look over his
shoulder to his neighbor and say, sit hits you
a. hard as it does me-" Gossiping is one OF
those aims for the commission OF which we
compound with our conscience by believing
that we are no worse than our neighbor.
Too often there is good ground for the oeiie1. |
Some parties have been fishing in Knob and
Stout,s Creeks with dynamite and with
seines. Don't they know that the law tor-
bids these methods? Every person who uses
either means is liable to fine and impris'
ment, and If our officers do their whole duty
and they will If they can get at the facts
the school fund will accumulate good many
dollars at the next term of court Nearly
everybody obeys the law which is trans
creased by few transient persons, and these
ought to be brought to grief. Some law
abiding citizens know the guilty parties: let
them do their duty by giving information to
the authorities.
WANTED-TEN THOUSAND POUNDS
OF WOOL, AT LOPEZ'S. q