Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-08-13
LOCAL BREVITIES.

LOCAL BREVITIES.
See Baldwin & Pierce's new I'D. Also, W.
z. McCaryeI's.
Probate Court adjourned Tuesday, after a
session of nine days.
Those Dolla--a-Dozen Photographs at
Jackson's for only ten days longer.
Rev. White, of Caledonia, will preach in
the NJ. f. Church, of Ironton, next Sabbath
evening at O'Clock.
Thirty or forty st. Louis bicyclists will be
in the Valley next Saturday. Keep the chill
dren out of the way
The valuations for Iron county for this
year, are: Real estate, 81 1860, S25; personal
property, 1923, $40. Total, 81, 1891
Bro. Hotson gets carload of melons to-
day, fresh from Scott county, where he
bought them direct from the growers.
Last Sunday was scorcher, and we put in
all day keeping cool as possible and long
ing for the advent of "Sweet September"
E. G. Merriam and wife and Mrs. w. II.
Adams and daughter, of st. Louis are
quartered at the Arcadia House for the
summer.
The average rate of school tax levied in
Iron county for 1885 is Az cents on the one
hundred dollars valuation. Every school
district in the county leyies a tax, except
one.
Mrs. Rev. T. Ii. Hagerty, of st. Louis,
Sec'v Of the W. F. NJ. S. of the NJ. E. Church,
will meet the children of Ironton at the
Methodist church, Wednesday of this week
at $50 p. NJ.
The ladies of the Presbyterian Church
Section No. 2-will give 4 Lawn Party at
Sylvan Lake, next Tuesday evening. For
particulars see bills pasted all over the VAL
ley. 1t will be a pleasant affair.
The following marriage licenses have been
issued since our last report:
Alex. b. Young and Emily F. HOuk.
Jos. Dwyer and Laura d. Holloway.
James Willoughby and Susie Richards.
Memorial Services were held in the Method
list church, Ironton, and an appropriate SER
mon was preached by Rev. Thomas, pastor.
He is an accomplished gentlemen, and his
remarks on this occasion are said to have
shown exceptional ability.
Mr.. Emerson has returned from court in
Wayne, and has gone again to court in st.
Francois. He speaks in terms of highest
praise of Judge Wear on the bench at Green
ville-say he is rapidly winning the good
opinion of both bar and people.
The Graniteville Sunday School had pic
mic at n. c. Wallis farm last Saturday. Adults |
and children to the number of one hundred
participated. and, though we have been fur
nished with none of the particulars, they no
doubt observed the day with fitting exer-
cises.
s'The thanks of the School Of Philosophy,
(Concord) were extended to Judge Emer-
son, of Missouri, for bust of his kins;nan,
the late r. w. Emerson, presented to the
School. 1t was placed between those of
Schiller and Goethe in the Hillside Chapel"
Boston Transcript.
The Ironton band boys paid their respects
on Tuesday evening of last week to Mr.. and
Mrs. James Willoughby, married a day or
two before. Lots of good things were "set
upo to the boys, who heartily toasted the
host and his fair bride, wishing them long
life and unalloyed happiness.
Judge f. A. Noonan and wife left the Ar
cadia House Tuesday morning last week for
the East to attend the Grant obsequies, he
having been selected by Mayor Francis as
one of the St. Louis delegation on that occa-
sion. The Judge is a very brilliant and gen.
ial gentleman, and no better selection could
have been made.
Collector Fletcher, under the new law,
which provides that the Collector need not
visit the various townships unless the Coun-
tv Court so directs, will not make his usual
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having taxes to pay, will therefore have to
come to Ironton and interview the Collector
at the courthouse.
Miss Ada Byers celebrated the ninth ami
yersary of her birth last Wednesday. She
didn't forget the EDITORS wife, at any rate,
rs 4 plate of cake nice enough for an eIgh
teenth birthday, testified. May she live to
celebrate lots of such occasions, is the prayer
of the REGISTER man, and may he be alive
to help eat the cake.
'Behold what great CONGREGATION little
fire kindleth," is very well illustrated in the
publication in another paper of an ineonsid-
crate sauib about the ST. Louis Cavalry.
That has been followed by the publication
of other matter i'm which the public is not
in ANYWAY Interested, and which ought never
to have appeared in print. For the credit
of our town we hope that will be the last of
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The Ironton Mfg Company's mills are
running day and night with full head of
steam, and even then find it difficult to keep
ND with orders for their fine patent flour.
The Arcadia Valley Mill Company has also
all it can attend to, and the question with it
is not the selling of -four, but the procuring
of A sufiiciency of wheat. These two mills,
with all the latest appliances, add not 4 little
TO the prosperity of the Valley, and are
source of just pride te the people who dwell
therein.