Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-04-26
LOCAL BREVITIES.

II it had cleared up Monday night, where
would the peaches be?
House-cleaning week is nice time-for
those who are away from home.
The skies are blue, and SO are the noses
which face the northern breezes these MORN
ings.
Miss Emma Griffith will open a private
school In Ironton, next Monday, April 3Oth,
In the public school house.
Judge Thomas was on hand bright and ear.
ay Monday morning, and he at once put the
machinery of the legal mill into operation.
The body Of the six-year old child drown
ed with the Razor family has not yet been
found, although extensive search has been
made.
Thermometer Tuesday morning, 81 de-
grees, and all the heating stoves stored away
for the summer! This proves it Is not we'll
to be too previous.
The work Of changing the odd schoolhouse
Into commodiOus, well appearing business
house Is being rapidly prosecuted under the
management Of Baldwin Bros.
August Rieke, Esq, will start for "Vater-
land" this week, to be gone a month or two.
We wish him good luck and fine time visit
ing the scenes of his childhood.
The railroad bridge across the st. Fran
co.'s, between Iron Mountain and Bismarck,
was destroyed by fire last Wednesday, and
trains were cut OF for about twenty-four
hours.
Rev. j. Donaldson will occupy the pulpit
of the Presbyterian Church next Sabbath
morning. His subject will be "Who are
Gods witnesses, and to what and how do
they testify"
To Mr.. and Mrs. John Newman we desire
to return thanks for a basket of vegetables
radishes, lettuce, etc.-Presented our bet
ter-haif last Monday. The vegetables were
excellent aud we enjoyed them.
A large concourse Of people witnessed the
baptizing of Miss Reagan, in Stout's icreek,
near the footbridge, last Sunday afternoon
Rev. L. II. Haggerty, p. E., OF the Metho-
dist Church, conducted the services.
7. b. Lowe, Esq, is still running his mill
near Des Are, and makes the best cornmeal
in Southeast Missouri. We know this, for
we have tried it; and if his flour is cores
pondingly good, he may safely challenge all
creation.
Chas. d. Glenn, Esq, successor to w. p.
1IcCarver, in the saddcry business, adver-
tises i'm the REGISTER. He will do first
class work and sell everything i'm his line at
reasonable rates. Try Mr.. Glenn, fellowci:-
liens; you may 20 farther and fare worse.
Piper, the last of the trio who escaped
from Jail here few weeks ago, was return
ed to the Bastile last Friday. He was cap
tured in Greene county, Ark, where he had
just got into steady job at $50 month.
But man proposes, and the law dispOses-
sometimes.
Paul GARNER, through the columns Of this
paper, directs the attention Of the public to
rs first-class stock of clothing and furnrs hing
goods. Mr.. G. is one of the Oldest residents
of Ironton, and well known rs master of his
business. II you try him once, you'll patro-
nize him again and again.
An incipient fire at Begley's old black
smith shop on Tuesday was put out by the
prompt action Of Judge Russell who hap
pened to be in it's vicinity at the time. A few
minutes more and the building would have
certainly been destroyed. 4 high wind pre-
vailed at the time, and there is telE ng
how extensive the damage that might have
resulted.
Three firms of the Valiey-Bonanza, Lo-
pez, and st. Louis Ore Is Steel Company
take eleven columns of the REGISTER this
week. This will explain the temporary re-
sstriction In reading matter. We have en-
.deavored to accommodate all correspond
.ents, notwithstanding, au&if any Of their ar
aicles have been cut down little, they must
nay It to the necessities of the occasion, and
not to the will of the editor.
The Young men of Granitevile will give a
ball at Graniteville on the Sth of May, the
proceeds of which will be given to the Cath
Ole Church at that place. The names OF the
managers assure that everything in con-
nection will be done decently and in order,
and pleasant and agreeable will be the ex-
perience of all who may attend. The object
is a good one, and ought to be heartily Sec
.onded by all. Tickets of admission, per
couple, one dollar.
We received q very pleasant call from W
f, Short, Sheriff and Collector of Carter
county, and his brother, last week. They
were on their way to St. Louis to get pris-
oner placed there for safe keaping, whose
oresence was desired in Van Buren, at the
late term of the Circuit Court. The Messrs.
Short are OF the right sort, and the people Of
Carter have testified their concurrence in
this view by putting one of them in one OF
the most responsible offices of the county.
An "extra" engine ran into the rear of the
LEGAL freight, at Middlebrook, Tuesday morn
ing. The eaboose was full of passengers
but they saw the engine coming and got
ost before it struck. The engineer
and fireman of the extra both jumped, the
latter without insu1r. but the former fell
eyer q eulyert and had his left leg broken in
two places. DIR. Farrar, Jr., was called and
dressed the wounds. after which the patient
was sent to the railroad hospital at Caronde-
let. The esboose WAS pretty badly smash
ed up.
Ns;ss Pmm, Peek WAS the recipient ut the