Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-06-28
SOutheasterings.


Raspberries are being shipped to st. Louis
by Bollinger county fruit growers.
The St.,Joe Lead Co.'s new mill at Bonne
Terre commenced operations the latter part
Of last week.
The Salem Democrat says stock hogs are
mand high prices.
A mineral spring, said to possess some
medicinal virtues, has been discovered Tor
brought into prominent notice) about five
miles north of Pennington.
A Grand Rapids, Michigan, man has been
whether it was suitable locality for goat
raising on an extensive scale.
Wheat is now being harvested in Wayne
county, and from present indications, says
the Piedmont Leader, the crop in that coun-
ty this year will not fall short of the average
yield of other years.
About twenty reapers have been sold by
the business men of Marble Hill and Lutes-
vile this season. The Herald thinks this is
good evidence that the wheat crop in Boil
niger county Will not be SO light as has been
predicted.
The HillsbOro Democrat says the farmers
Of Jefferson county complain of the wheat
crop, and yet the machine men are doing
better business there now than ever before, I'm
the way of selling self-binders, reapers and
mowers, etc.
Mr.. Isaac G. Whitworth, an old and pros
porous merchant of JrOnton, Mo-, passed
through town last Sunday, on his way to visit
his aged mother, who resides with her young
est son, Mr.. CIV. K.WhitwOrth, on the Cas-
tor river, below Hahn's .-Fseae.ickto,cn
Plaindealer.
The following were appointed teachers in
the Piedmont public school for the next
school year: Mr.. OFT, of Cincinnati, Princi-
pal; Miss Jennie Petit, of Piedmont, in the
intermediate Department; Miss Zella Hay
den, of Pilot Knob, in the First Primary, and
Miss Lille Lee, of Piedmont, in the Second
Primary.
The water used in the Desloge lead works
ut Bonne Terrc Is brought from Big river,
two and half miles distant. The water is
raised by powerful steam pump located at
the river and forced through a 1O-inch pipe
to Il large reservoir near the works. A rail-
way will soon be completed from the works
to the pump.
The other morning, old Mr.. Richard Mars
den went to the Hiusboro Jail to see John
Marsden, who is awaiting trial for murder.
The old man was admitted by the Sheriff, and
as he stepped in he offered his hand to John,
when the latter struck out and gave him il
hnYT low =, a. -.
since been kept in his cell, and is not allowed
so much liberty.
A talk with several of our farmers con-
vinces lis that the opinion expressed by them
several months ago, or longer, in regard to
the wheat crop, has undergone change.
These gentlemen are now satisfied that the
wheat crop of Madison county will be not
far from an average yield. Last years yield
was twenty or twenty per cent. larger
than the usual production, and is not fair
year to make comparisons with. We ven-
ture the prediction that wheat will be an
average crop, and our statement is made on
the opinion Of good farmers.-Pl0indealer.
The bond Of Luther McVey, the man who
forced boy into taking little mule in ex-
change for fine mare, in Jefferson county, a
few weeks ago, for that transaction, ,lwas fixed
at $3.50; and he was also put under bond of
$500 for another offence. Mcvey's partner,
Allen Taylor, who had already given bail for
his own appearance, and Mcvey's wife start
ed from Hillsboro for DeSoto, with their
wagon and two horses and the money which
they got for their other horses, for the pur-
pose ESQ they alleged) of getting bondsmen
for McVey; but when last seen they were
outside of the county and still travelling.
McVey is still in Jail, and his wife, partner
and property are gone.