Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-10-16
LOCAL BREVITIEs.

people in November next.
LOCAL BREvITIEs.
FIRE on subscriptions,
at this office. Early responses desired.
The pleaides Of the candidats-October and
November.
Jerusha! What weddings and rumors OF
weddings!
See Lopez's announcement in our adver-
Using columns.
Capt. Bradley's new dwelling is rapidly
approaching completion.
Temperance meeting at the Baptist Church
next Friday night at 1880 o'clock. All are
invited.
The Williams "Little Duchess" Combina-
ton will probably play here some time in
November.
The NcHenry Combination at the Acade-
my Of Music Thursday night. Go and see
and hear them.
The walls of 'Jim" Clark's new building
are finished, and the carpenters and plaster
CTS have taken hold.
It's q cold, wearisome duty, this writing up
big-fruit puts while waiting in agonizing
suspense for the returns from Ohio.
The wagon-bridge project fell through last
Saturday. We trust the foot-bridge now
swinging over the creek will not follow suit.
We have received several communications
unaeeompanied by the names of the writer's.
Boys, you can't get in under the canvass,
there's no use trying.
The cireus men say that they sold ten bar
rels Of lemonade within the tent at Pied
mont. They had the Piedmontese corraled,
DO to speak, and for two short hours Prohi-
bition ruled.
Col. T. B. Grigsby has again secured the
contract for carrying the mails between the
post-ofice and the depot. This makes the
second time he has ''struck for higher wages"
and got them.
After this week, we presume, the eye Of
the county politician will be taken from
Ohio, and home affairs receive closer atten-
ton. Things VII warm little in the next
three weeks.
MARRIED-At the residence of the brides
parents, OH Saturday evening, Oct. 18th,
1884, by Judge Dinger, Mr.. FRANK NOGGLE
to Miss MoLLIE SIGNoR-all Of Ironton, Mo.
Our best wishes attend them.
The old post-office building is now vacant,
and, by contrast with what it used to be, is
about the loreliest-looking house in town.
All that remains of It's former greatness is
the slit for the letter box in the door.
Bro. Hotson Is putting up a stone curbing
in front of his premises-and in substan-
tial manner, too. Solid masonry, that will
last two generations, Is replacing the old
wooden two-by-four scantling. Good for
you, Bro. H.!
The st. Louis Ore and Steel Company have
not yet resumed operations in this vicinity,
II we except the employment Of q small force
on Cedar Hill. 1t Is the opinion of those In
position to understand matters, that the
work will not be resumed before next spring.
Sheriff Fletcher will sell at public auction,
st the old Patton storehouse, on the south
side of the courthouse square, all the re-
manning stock Of the Wiesner drug store.
Sale will commence on Wednesday, 22d inst,
and continue from day to day until all is
closed out.
To the small boy:
The saddest scene e'er yet portrayed by brush
or pen
Ia heay'n beside the place the circus tent has
been.
Out of date-the circus bills that Jet doth
sickly DER the walls.
Jos. b. Walker. ESQ, went to Bismark
last Saturday, aud, by request, addressed the
people of that vicinity on the political issues
now agitating the American citizen. Joe.
nave them good talk and expounded square
democratic doctrine-for all Of which he Is
mighty well qualified.
We acknowledge that stone curbing on
the sidewalk fronting the REGISTER build
ing 70 something needed to finish up and
decorate the confines Of our possessions on
the Garner. But there's musty adage about
emitting ones coat according to his cloth
and we are scouting It mighty ine."
They come too rapidly for US, and we can't
teep track Of them alive mean the babies.
Here's Fred. Kindell q happy father again
for ak weeks, or more, and Bro Hotson also
$ re,oices in a ten days old son, and there's
not lady in town but had seen and kissed
the little atomies long before we were sppris-
ed OF their coming.
what with chaperoning newly married
.orples. and furnishing outfits for the male
uopulation yenturing in matrimory, and 9TH
er,visc. the busiest man we know Of Is VIM.
Tranernicht, Of Middlebrook. With bran
new stock OF fall and winter goods, and all
the trimmings to suit, he has no time to spare
In talking politics. II, however, you want
.nvthipg In his lire, you will be we'll treated
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