Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-09-17
LOCAL BREVITIES.

LOCAL BREtITlES.
See Carriers new ad.
No 604 was five hours late last Monday.
New School Books at Davis's Book Store.
Come to this Office and see how nicely
those shutter-openers work.
If any person desires a Canary Bird-s
good singer-let him or her apply at this
Office.
John Galutia has built himself qnite nea,
house in north lronten. 1t improves his
premises greatly.
County Court adjourned last Friday. The
Belleyiew road matter will come up again al
the December term.
Under the game law, it is now permitted
to kill deer and wild turkey. Quails will
come IN ON the fifteenth of next month.
People wanting to go to St. Louis on the
$3.50 a. NJ. train can have the herdic call for
day before.
All members of the Ironton Baptist church
are earnestly requested to be present on Sat
urday, 10Th inst, at P. NJ. to attend to the
election of pastor. IL. BROWN, Clerk.
The herdic is running again, and we hope
its patronage will grow until it becomes a
well-paying institution. 1t is great pnblio
convenience, and ought to be encouraged.
A heavy rainstorm deluged the earth here
abouts Saturday night, continuing until
about ten O'Clock Sunday. 1t was accom-.
panied by heavy thunder and sharp light
ming,
The Vulcan steel works at Carondelet
"blew inn last Sunday morning. May it be
many day before they "blow OUT" is the
prosperity.
A great many of the Valleys summer yis-
itors have returned to their homes, most of
them, we trust, to come again when next
years heated term shall have made country
air desirable.
If you want spanking good supper for a
hard-times fee, go to the Academy of Music
Thursday evening. The band boys, their
sisters, cousins, aunts and sweethearts, will
greet you with well-filled tables.
For box of the finest peaches we have
seen this year, we are indebted to Grant and
Lou Tetwiler, of Poplar Bluff. The gift was
most acceptable to the editor and his wife,
and the taste of the delicious fruit is still
sweet in our mouth.
Report of the Arcadia Public School for
first week of the present term:
No. of pupils enrolled.
No of days attendance by all pupils. .231
Average days attendance by EACH. A 1916
Average daily attendance. ............. ..46h
Branches taught: reading, photography, his
tory, geography, penmanship, arithmetic,
algebra, grammar. B. Fox, Teacher.
The I'd Quarterly Meeting of the Ironton
and Piedmont Circuit NJ. E. church, will be
held at Irondale, Mo-, September 1920.
Services as follows: Quarterly Conference at
P. NJ, and preaching at night during the
evening on the 10Th. Preaching, Sabbath
morning (2Oth) at 1890 O'Clock, followed by
the Sacrament of the Lords Supper; also
preaching Sabbath night.
If few parties here could choke off the
Standard, this place would have but one pa.
pei, and then there would be no more inves-
LEGATIONS published, no more expressions of
opinion against wrong, but it would all be
"MUM," MUM. Can't somebody give us
thousand dollars to quit?-FredericktOao
Standard.
From all which, doth it not appear, good
Brother, that it requires too able-bodied
men over in old Madison to be honest, and
to tell the truth?
The Accommodation was an hour late last
Thursday evening. The engineer, at Bis
marck, mistook the light from a passing lam
tern for the conductors signal to Ego
ahead" and pulled out. The conductor was
in the office receiving his orders, and when
he came out was astonished to find himself
minus a train. The mistake was discovered
when the train got to Iron Mountain, and
the engineer had to back up to Bismarck for
the cleft" conductor.
II you dislike the splitting Of kindling-
wood, or If you haven't the wood to split, or
your Ratchet is dull, or If you have no axe or
hatchet, we are sure you will heed our adj
vice to go to Whitworth & Sons and buy
Boss Fire Kinder. 1t is always ready, re-
quires no attention, makes no cost after the
purchase-and is in fact so handy and ex-
cellent that, no matter il you have cord OF
rich pine in your shed, ready split,it will still
paw yon to buy this little labor-sayer.
The citizens of Belleview will give basket
picnic near the Masonic hall on Friday OF
this week. A match game of base ball will
be PLAYED, q tournament run, and various
amusements provided. A good string band
will furnish music to the dance-loving young
folks, all day and night. Everybody is cor
daily invited to come, and we are sure all
who may go will enjoy themselves. The
baskets are requested to be well-filled for
dinner; the supper will be furnished by the
committee.
Ii, vofh nr ri
to driye-a little mare that scares at railroad
trains. He concluded that he would stake
that out of her." and last Thursday drove
her to the depot to await the coming OF the
down passenger. When the train came
laundering in, the little mare went wild,
plunged, jumped, and finally reared so that
she fell over and broke the shafts. She was
hastily cut out of the harness, and no serious
damage was done. This Is the sixth smash
up for Mr.. Winkler, and once more we eau
ton him to confine his outdoor exercise to
equestrianism or, better still, pedestrfanism.
This issue contains some correspondence
written to the Herald before its suspension
had been ascertained. We trust these cor
respondents will not cease their efforts with
the decease Of that paper, but grant the
REGISTER some Of their favors hereafter.
We shall endeavol to make our paper q well
come visitor to every home in Iron county,
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