Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-10-09
LOCAL BREVITIEs.

LOCAL BREVITIEs.
FIREWOOD.-Receive on subscriptions,
at this Office. Early responses desired.
Bro. Hotson will have ice-cream all this
justifes.
House, cleaning is over, and the stoves are
all in position for another winter-thank for
tune! We extend greeting to all afflicted
mankind.
The circus which shows here to day passed
down the road to Piedmont yesterday, and
several youthful citizens were early risers
for one day.
s. H. Barrett & Co.'s bill-car No. was in
town last Thursday sticking up bills and
posters where an available place could be
found not already covered.
Judge Clarkson has disposed of his two
legged calf to Messrs. Walton & Clark, Of
De Soto, NO., for the purpose of exhibition.
He Is said to have received $3.50 for the cow
and calf.
The usual exodus to the st. Louis Fair
crowded the north bound trains yesterday.
Many of Ironton's citizens are in the city
now seeing the elephant and painting the
corporation.
Collector Fletcher yesterday paid into the
treasury of Iron county two thousand dol
lars-the collections for September. There
Is now in our county treasury nearly six
thousand dollars.
Rev. j. Worsnop will fill the pulpit at Fort
Hill Church the coming year, to the great
satisfaction of this community. He is an
able, faithful minister, and his excellent adj
ministration for the year just past has won
him golden opinions from all sources.
Con. O'Shea was in Piedmont last week,
with his eyes turned northward. Look out
for him! You may know him by his neat,
well fitting clothes-spick and span new and
clean as If they had just been taken ont of
the wardrobe. Also by his being an out
and out Prohibitionist.
In addition to those noted i'm our last issue,
we have two more burglaries to record. Mr..
McFarlaHd's house at Pilot Knob was enter
ed, and watch taken, on Tuesday night last
week; and two evenings later, some person
burglarized Mrs. S. 7. Gays residence in
Ironton, but luckily he captured nothing.
Jackson and L. III. Kemp at the court house
last Saturday was failure-we presume for
the want of an audience. Their success at
Pilot Knob the same evening was about the
same. Evidently the RAIDS of this section do
not take kindly to Prohibition and Fusion.
The county court met Monday to pass
upon the bids received for the construction
of the wagon bridge across StOut's Greek,
but as all the judges were not present an adj
iournment was had until next Saturday.
Then, like the darkey's appointment for
preaching, action will be taken "wedder or
no."
The post -office is now in the GARNER
building, lately occupied as a barber-shop
The transfer was made Monday night, after
the mails for the day were all closed and sent
out. Next morning the old building was
beset by numerous parties who found the
doors closed, with silence reigning there SUI
preme. 'Twon't take long to turn the cur
rent into the new channel, however.
CONSISTS or scuffasszz
STYLE and rounded on the basque. The
front opens to below the breast, ana
then AGAIN near the left hip, and IS
trimmed with piece of velvet coming
from underneath. This last is at least
Two inches deep. The apron OF Inc
tuniaue is plated and fastened to the
lower part of the waist. with the point
inclir .ng toward the left side. ne
hack of the unique is plated double
and has. 1t IS very short on the right
eide and on the left side it forms long,
shelI-shaped end.
handsome walking and ylsitlnr
tn children attending the public school
here. came near reaching perfect happiness
last Friday afternoon. They were given
ouarter. holiday for good lessons and merito-
rtons deportment, collection was taken and
tbe,proceeds invested In about. forty chills
and fever, malaria giving, watermelons'
All the larger boys were delegated to trans
mort the melons from Barnhouse's to the
schoolhouse. There the 160 students soon
hid the edible part of the succulent fruit
from view. When the boys went hopping
aovn the street our citizens were not right
.ort.;n whether it was q band of Apache In
d;ans or the circus parade arriving five days
to soon.
The colored citizens of Ironton and vicini-
80 had n kind of sslove fcast'' in room over
Rishop,s Hardware store last Thursday ev-
ou;ro A colored gentleman by the name OF
q. q. Harlan, we believe, of Cape Girardeau,
delivered stirring CD address. Told the as
sembled people of color that the Republican
party had net them free, had Knocked OIL
their fettsfs and allowed them the privilege
of walking forth free men. Great Scott, what
barefaced untruths Republican orator can
tello and II they did not vote for the Repub-
lican party they would prove themselves in