Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-10-23
LOCAL BREVITIES.

LOCAL BREvITIEs.
IRE-WooD.-Received on subscriptions,
ct this Office. Early responses desired.
The pay-car went down last Wednesday.
FoUND-A bunch Of keys. Call at this
Office.
A fine selection of Primrose Plants for sale
ut Mrs. Whelehon's, Arcadia.
The Williams Dramatic Company will be
here on the 18th, 14th and 18th Of November.
Senator VEST and Congressman cLARDY
At ironton. Tuesday. October aeth.
Mr.. Begley is prospecting his iron mine
east Of town, with = diamond drill. Work
began yesterday, we believe.
Bro. Hotson will receive, to-day or to-
morrow. consignment of lake fish of yari-
ous kinds, fresh from Chicago, by express.
Jno. NJ. Moore is receiving very large
and full line OF Boots and Shoes this week,
which he will place at low figures. Call and
examine.
Circuit court next Monday. The docket
is publ shed In this issue OF the REGISTER.
Tt Is not a long one, but no doubt Interesting
to those more Immediately concerned.
Honors to Ironton's foremost citizens.
Our fellow townsmen, Geo. Schultz and Au-
gust Rieke, visited st. Louis last week, and
In honor of their coming the city was illu-
minated.
Marshal Patton gave us an onion, last Mon
day, weighing one and a-haf pounds, and
measuring over seventeen inches in circum-
ference. He says he never raised bigger
one, and we believe him.
Rev. A. o. Penniman will take charge Of
the Presbyterian congregation for the COM
ing year. After considerable effort, his SAL
airy has been raised, to the great satisfaction
Of the members generally.
Jas. g. ,Donnell, Democratic candidate for
Representative from Madison county, will
address the people at the new schoolhouse
near j. q. Downs, on Saturday, LIST of No.
vember. All who desire to hear the issues
of the day intelligently discussed will do well
to 60 and hear him.
An educational Column" Is instituted in
this paper this week. Prof. Scott has charge
Of 1t, and will make it interesting to all-fill-
fng Il with matter essentially different from
the usual dry, lengthy disquisitions which
nobody reads. After this week we shall give
his column stated position-the first place
on the eighth page.
A new time-card went into effect on the
st. L., I. n. & s. Ry. last Sunday. Under it,
the Arcadia Accommodation ceases to run
on Sunday, while its time north is about one
hour earlier, and south an hour later, than
TN -
Goa, Is not changed. No. 64 now arrives
here at $40 p. NJ.
Jos. A. Reyburn, of Belleview, has bought
the VIM. Russell place from the county and
Mrs. r. Guild. Mrs. G. owned that portion
upon which the buildings were erected,
while the county had purchased the major
part of the ground under mortgage sale, it
having been pledged for money borrowed
from the school fund.
The teachers and pupils Of the st. Louis
University came down last Saturday, and re.
NAMED until Sunday afternoon. They climb
ed Pilot Knob, went through the tunnels,
and viewed the Valley from the pinnacle
rock which crowns the mountain-top. The
boys appeared to enjoy their excursion, and
made the deserted mines lively for q time.
Sheriff Short, Of Carter county, came up
last Saturday TO get and take back with him
John Belk with half dozen aliases-too
numerous TO mention), who has been confin-
ed In jail here, charged with demonstrating.
Carter county circuit court convened last
Monday, and In all probability by this time
Mr.. Be!k has found out whether he is guilty;
and, II the charge is affirmed, hsw long he
win serve the State.
Judge Dinger was last Monday called up
on to adjudicate between Africa and Cau-
casia. The rising generations had had q
fracas, with the usual attendants-scratched
faces and bloody noses-the Saturday pre-
vious.. The jury found the whole outfit
9uilty Of assault, and assessed their fines at
one dollar and costs, each. The darkeys
paid their fines, while the whites went to
tail In lieu of the ready cash.
We could, IL we wanted to, recount an ex-
pcrience to youth hereabouts, similar to
the following from last weeks Plaiaiedler:
s.W. A. Richardson went TO st. Louis Sum
slay night and returning took IN Marquand
Tuesday morning. He was asleep when the
train reached this place and did not wake
until Marquand was reached. He counted
the ties from there home and got here at sew
en- O'Clock Tuesday morning."