Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-06-21
LOCAL BREVITIES.

weighing s. pounds each.
The little folks had a pleasant time Mon.
day afternoon at party at the residence Of
Mr.. S. T. Gay In honor of little Miss Tetiey,
of Pennington.
The Ironton school board have employed
fer the coming year: j. B. Scott, Principal;
Miss -- Miller, Intermediate; and Miss
Fannie Markham. Primary.
About the only Fourth of July Ironton will
have this year will be Grandhomme's big flag
pole. That will be up, with the stars-and-
stripes a-noatiug atop of it. Hooray!
The folks at Granite Quarry are going to
have grand celebration of the Fourth.
Public speakers, games, music, fireworks,
etc., will be included in the programme.
A special term Of the Circuit Court for the
tris! Of C. A. Downs, charged with killing
Peter Prough, will be convened next
Monday. Judge Fox, of Frcdericktown, will
preside.
The ice-cream festival last Thursday even
ing, at the Academy of Music, Melted over
forty dollars. That sum will be appropriate
ed to the extinguishment of the debt on the
s'tower."
The heaviest thunderstorm Of the season
was that Of last Friday. The artillery Of
heaven for half an hour put to shame the
mightiest efforts of man in any Of the off
teen decisive battles"
An embryOtic male specimen of humanity,
about eight inches in length, was picked up
near the crossing north Of the IrontOn de-
pot, last Sunday morning. 1t is believed to
have been dropped from sleeping ear of
one Of the trains that passed during the
night. n
The fOotway on the railroad ridge between
Ironton and Arcadia is in bad condition
The planks rotten aud shaky, and IL
somebody doesn't fall through one of these
fine nights, We miss our guess. That is to
say, unless the bridge Is repaired within
the next year or two.
Billy Niles will give \ sparring exhibition
and variety entertainment at Graniteville
next Saturday evening. A prize will be Civ
en- to the man who can tumble Billy over in
three four minute rounds. The audience
will also be RECALLED with comic and senti-
mental songs, dancing, etc. Admission, 80
cents.
Emmett Hinchey, who lives near Arcadia,
about ten days ago turned ont from the pen
:. sow with nine pigs, letting them run at
large "fOr their health" After an absence
of three days they came up one morning
newly marked-the work of some considerable
nei.hbOr' II the proper marks had been
used, the owner would have not objected;
but the unknown marker-in fit of abstrac-
ton, no dOubt-put his own cut upon them
Mr.. Hinchey will prosecute the bungler il he
can discover him, and we hope he may. A
stop must be put to such practices. They Of
late have become rather frequent.
\ stranger called on the Masonic lodge at
this place, last SATURDAY., for help-c'aiming
TO be brother in good standing. He was
induced to give his name and the number,
designation and locality of bis lodge. Then
4 proposition was made to telegraph his
lodge, and if the applicant proved all right
to help him along. BEFORE this, to him, un-
expected move was concluded, he skipped
and has not been heard from since. Here is |
his descriptions: aye, 35 to 40 wears; weight, |
about 200 lbs; height, feet; complexion |
dark; hair brown; and brown mustaches |
and gostee. The name he gave is of no con- !
sequence, as 1t WAS In all probability an alias.
The Fraternity are are warned to be on the |
lookout for him.
Yesterday the only daily papar put OF at |
this station was the Globe Democrat. The |
Repa5licax, and nearly all the other paper |
mail was carried by. An occasional failure |
on the part of the mail agents is-humanity |
not being infallibie-perhapst to be expected, |
along with cyclones, washouts, and other |
disagreealAe things. But the remissness of |
the aforesaid agents Is of such frequent oc-
currence of late that it is getting to be mo-
notonus. Three times within three weeks
have they carried the IrontOn mails to points |
below, and left us stranded high and dry
without our daily supply of news. Accord
ing to the superintendent of mail messen-
gers Mt the Union Depot, we have no right to
inquire who the negligent and careless agents
are; but we can and do "kick, >" all the same.
One of the most pleasant affairs Of the sea-
son was the party at the residence Of Mrs. G.
". CRANE, in Pilot Knob, on Wednesday ev-
ening Of last week. Games, music. &C.. adj
ded to the evenings enjoyment, until eleven
O'Clock, when the guests were invited into
the dining room to do Justice to an elegant
repast. The tables were we'll weighted with
delicious edibles, and was beautifully decor
ated, rejecting great credit on the young Ia
dies of the house. The pleasures of the ev-
evening will linger long and pleasantly in the
memory of every one present, as delightful
episode I'm their life's history. Among those
present NAV be mentioned Misses Cora and
Jennie Craine, Misses Clara Jaquith, Della
Bebee. and Mrs. Tucker, of Pilot Knob; Miss
T nil, Ross of Jackson: Misses Henrietta Lo-
pez and Nettie AXE, of Ironton, and Messrs.
w. Craine, +. Schwaner, De Gonser, DR..
Patton, G. Lopez, and others. |:
"I would rather be right than President"
said Henry Clay. Thepreference now Is 10 be
possessed of Smiths Tar and Silkweed Syrup
when a cold sets In. In . and Soc. bottles. |.
For sale by DR.. G. w. Farrar, Jr., Pilot
Knob, No.
New Goods at the New Restaurant and I