Iron County register., 1883-08-23
LOCAL BREVITIES,


AS a washing day Monday was no. sue
cess.
Mr.. Salsbery won the mule case. Costs t
date, about 500. Mule worth $40.
Yet another week Of vacation, and the,
the boys will creep unwillingly TO school.
During the past week trains haye beer
regularly irregular. Collisions and smash
ups.
Our thanks are due and rendered to DIR. T
X. Goulding for that box of grapes he hasn'
sent us.
IrontOn now boasts q Herdic, and mighty
convenient thing it is, too. The time-card
therefor il published in this paper.
The following was received from Ton,
Moore Tuesday: awe have an ht-pound
girl, born yesterday. All doing WE'LL"
Physicians, surgeons, and accouchers, can
now get blanks on which to make reports OF
deaths and births. by spplyidg to the Coun-
ty Clerk.
from nervous prostration, caused by over
work, is now recovering, and will no doubt
be able to get about In a few days.
The heayiest fog we ever saw in these parts
enveloped everything in shadowy drapery
last Monday night. Even fair Luna's beau
ties were veiled from human gaze.
Mrs. Kesling, wife Of Mr.. H. L. Kesling, is,
We regret to learn, very sick. 1t is hoped,
however, that In due time the doctor will
have her ON the way to convalescence.
The little darkies who were blown up with
gunpowder last Saturday week are recover
ing. Even the little fellow whose eyes were
thought to have been destroyed is getting
better and will not lose his "peepers."
At last Ironton possesses a base ball club
what there Is left of it since Saturdays play.
Four broken fingers, 3 broken palm, and q
damaged lip are to be deducted from the
able-bodied nine that went gaily out Satur-
day afternoon.
The Southeast Missouri Teachers Associa-
ton will meet ut Ironton next year, and hold
its sessions In the Academy of Music, the
main hall of that building having been do
mated to the use Of the Association by the
Board of Directors.
August Rieke has Just finished and fur
nished his pool room, and he invites his
friends to call and try his new table. He has
everything comfortably arranged, and will
take pains to make it pleasant for all who
may come to sec him.
The editor Of this paper acknowledges
with thanks the courtesy OF serenade to
the REGISTER Office last Saturday by the Po-
tosi COlored Brass Band. The music was
well rendered, and good enough to be cred
It TO any country organization. white or
black. The "boys" have our best wishes for
long continuance and prosperity.
One of Ironton's bellies came near drown
ing while bathing in Langdon's pond last
Saturday. A half-dozen bathing suits had
arrived that morning, and the folks at the
farm and visitors concluded to try them.
The young lady in question got into deep
water, and but for the timely assistance of
Mr.. Bert. Langdon, she would have passed
to the other shore. Be careful, hereafter,
Miss Rosie. and remember you are not
diving-belle.
BENJAMIN Franklin Ramey and John
Phoebe Smith Anthony were "pulled" bV
Marshal Patton last Monday for firing their
revolvers on the public highway. The Of
fence was committed on Saturday, and when
the "boys" came before the Mayor Monday
they pleaded guilty. They were assessed
S7.3S each. fine and costs. j. P. S. Anthony
came down with the cash, but B. F. Ramey
had to put in pawn his gold chronometer
and his beloved "gun" to avoid going to the
"jug."
Saturday was gala day for the colored
denizens Of the Valley. The long-expected
picnic was largely attended, the neighborIng
counties contributing many seekers after
pleasure. Several lodges were here in force,
and the parade WAS ereditable In appearance
and respectable in length. That the colored
folks enjoyed themselves need not be attest
ed to. They always do that on such occa-
sions; and it Is cr edltable to them that their
proceedings were decorous and their con-
duct, in the main, excellent
The Cuizen wants the U. S. Land Office
removed from Ironton to Poplar Bluff, ,on the
score of accessibility! Well, Poplar Bluff is
very sccessible--to mosquitoes, .chills and
Arkansas swamps- The impudenee OF those
Bluffites is amusing: it piezses them and
doesn't hurt anybody. But, boys. We'll tell
you-stxaighten out your county rotten IL
nanees, and learn to govern yourselves prop
srIy before you seek outside official manage
nent and emolument. That will look more
properly consecutive, as it were.
The knights of Honor Entertainment this
wednesday, evening promises to be quite!a
nice affair, the programme containing three
parts. Part 1st, addresses, music, ETC.
Part I'd, dancing; Part Sd, supper,eic. To
Part list Of the programme there will be no
admission fee charged, and persons not de-
string to participate in sthe dance viii be at
liberty to retire. Everybody is cordially in
yited to attend Part Of the entertainment,
but only those who have received invitations
will be admitted to the dance. Entertain
ment begins at $50 sharp.
Arkansas is great place for chiils and fe- |
yer, hut with tho help OF Providence and
Smith,s Chill and Fever Tonic, that plague |