Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-11-13
LOCAL BREVITIES.


FIRE on subscriptions,
at this Office. Early responses desired.
Bro. Hotson has the finest curbing in town.
The New York World calls Butler a
t-hog''-expressive, if not classical.
The "Llttle Duchess" Combination at the
Academy of Music tomorrow Thursday
night.
To Warren Harvey, Esq, Iron Mountain,
we return thanks for late copies of New
York papers.
Politics and delayed returns have knocked
the stufin' out'n another weeks business.
But it's all over now, thank fortune!
We publish in this issue the tabulated Off
cial returns of Iron county. 1t will be seen
that the Democracy of our little county is
s'solid" for the whole ticket.
Three hundred Democrats in Iron county
failed to put in an appearance on election
day. They simply fell that far short of per-
forming their duties as good citizens.
The Republicans are burning st. John in
efigy ali over the Union. And none so
charitable as to throw bucket of his favorite
Our young Hoosier friend, Jno BIemel, is
the happiest Democrat i'm town, under his
new hat, won off of Mr.. Chase, Register of
the Land Office. John knew Hoosierdom
better than his Republican friend.
Ut. AXE and family desire us to return
thanks to the people Of the town and Valley
for innumerable acts of kindness and ex-
pressions of sympathy, consequent upon the
death of A. T. AXE, their eldest son.
The people of Missouri don't like "burgoo
SOUP" but they shifted its odors with less
nausea than we had expected. In Other|
words, Nick Ford got measurably near the
tail-feathers of the Democratic rooster.
Thos. c. Leech, late of the Herald, is now
associated with Bro. Penny, on the Cape
Gfrarieau Ne,cs. atom" is, one of these
days, If he takes care of himself, going to be
one of the brightest lights on the country
press in the State Of Missouri.
One night last week, man, somewhat un-
der the influence of good cheer, fell off the
bridge spanning the creek between Ironton
and Pilot Knob. As he was intoxicated, he
was not much hurt, although the bridge
swings pretty well up in the air.
The workmen at Grasiteviie will give
Grand Masquerade Ball en- Thanksgiving
night. Tickets, for ball and supper, $3.50
per couple. Costumes can be had by apply
ing to Frank Morrison, Granitevile, or Mrs.
III. Davis, Ironton, on or before the 22d inst.
C. w. Tetwiler went out hunting last Mon
day morning, and returned about noon with
a fine, fat, three-tined buck. He made the
capture on the far side of Shepherd Noun
tain, near the Hayden farm, shooting the
deer running. A very fair mornings work
and a big chunk of choice steak were
donated We editor.
A pointer for Ironton folk The ladies OF
De Soto recently gave mush- and-milk and
pumpkin pie festival. We have not heard
the returns from it. but they could scarcely
be other than satisfactory, since the viands
are mush to be commended on the score of
digestion, to say nothing of the fact that
sssome pumpkins" must have taken promi-
nent part i'm the exercises.
The correspondent of the Globe Democrat
sneeringiy refers to the /. c. b. as an ''ama-
teur band" Does he. then, turn his nose
ND Mt any other than ''professlonals!" One
thing is certain, if the boys didn't blow truer
to the snotes" than said correspondent does
to the ineradicable line of yeracity, theif per-
Torrance would cOnjunct in bowling
wilderness of Chinese melody.
Who ever heard of so late and so dry
fall? About seven years ago snow fell and
covered the highways which were several
inches deep i'm dust, but summer didn't de-
Law his exit so long. Now, although the
mornings give taste of freshness to the
early riser, heavy clothing at noon becomes
burdensome; windows are opened, and the
fires banked for use after nightfall.
Inst Thursday night John Clare, of the
sspusher," assisted an officer from Ironton
to arrest about a dozen tramps at the s'sand- .
housen in Arcadia, and marched them thence
to Ironton, where they were lodged in Jail
until next morning. Then the prisoners
were put to work on the streets, and, after al
short probation, released and told to gotheirI
WAYS. They went, and stood not upon theI
order of their going.
We tell you, it's fun, getting up "copy'|
right after an election--but we can't say wei
have laundering after that sort of fun. The
change is too great, and the let-down from
patriotic effort too sudden: one sort o. loses
his grip on the pen, somehow, while hum
drum theme and poetic fancy alike hesitateI
before entering upon the domain till late oc-
c,,uied by affairs of state. And for dearth of
local news, the like has not been seen-no,
not since the time immediately succeeding
the 'tother big election four years agone.