Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-11-12
LOCAL BREvITIEs.

LOCAL BREvITIES.
Corn and oats received on subscription a
this office.
Mr.. Sam Perry was made happy last Mon
day through the advent into his family Of !
little girl. 1t gives US pleasure 20 state tina
all are doing well.
DR.. j. II. Foy will hold services in st
Paul's Church, Ironton, ON Wednesday ant
Thursday nights this week. The public gen.
orally is invited to attend.
The man with the rings and the canes and
the kerosene torches held forth here last
Monday night. And he made money, too
thanks to the fool and his Doodle, who are
quickly divorced.
The o. d. ii. S. Ball at the Pilot Knob Ho-
tel Friday evening will be a pleasant affair
and, from indications, the attendance will
be large. We commend it to every foyer OF
the Terpsicherean art.
Henry Schleuter, late of Pilot Knob, is now
in'sfurrin parts, "haying skedaddled couple
OF weeks ago, to avoid arrest for beating his
wife ani threatening to shoot her. When
he returns the warrant will greet him with
hospitable arms to Justices fair embrace.
We suggest to the City Fathers that they
either have the street lamps taken down and
sold for what they will bring as old junk, or
get some one to attend to them. 1t is re-
markable fact that the darker the night the
fewer the lamps trimmed and lighted. The
whole thing is . disgrace to the city,
The festival at the Academy of Music last
Monday night was very largely attended, and
we have no doubt was financially success,
as we knofc it was in every other particular.
Everybody is Dragging on the supper, es-
peeially, and our great regret Is that doub-
le-breasted headache preyeated our partak-s
ing OF it as well as the other pleasures of the
evening.
The first entertainment ofthe season, for
the benefit of the Presbyterian church, will
be given Thursday, November 18th. 1t will.
consist of music and Thomas & Co.'s Stereo5I
Panoptican views Of the most beautiful and
interesting places in the world. No lover q
the beautiful and the comic should fail 70
attend. Seats are now being sold at w. ii.
Delano's.
Last Tuesday, Mrs. A. A. Butts, late ares
ident of Ironton, but for some months living
at De Soto, was knocked off the railroad
track at the latter place, by a Buckingham,
and received such injury that she diedwithin
twenty hours. Her funeral took plase Sum
day, and was attended by large cdncourse
of sympathizing citizens. We exterd to he
bereayed husband our coincidence, In which
we are Joined by all who know aid esteem
the family.
The ieweler, baker,
And photograph taker,
These three and no moref
A bet, dispute, and a dction,-
How straight and how dose the deduc-
toni
Twixt jewsler and baker,
But not picture makerJ
Charged the surrounding atmosphere with
electricity,
And made fun for jackson galore.
Our young friends at 6rsniteville will give
q grand Masquerade Ball on Thanksgiving
Eve, Wednesday, November 25th,. The
names on the committee give assurance that
1t will be one of the biggest affairs occurring
In this section for years. The music will be
of the finest, and WI need only say that the
supper will be prepared under the supervis-
ion of Mrs. VIM. Nilsson, TO settle that por-
ton of the prograAme to everybody's satis-
faction. Masquesand costumes may be had
by applying to CyB. Reno, Esq, Granitevilie,
ON or before thek0th inst, or at this Office.
Tickets, per coJple, including supper, Y %.
The taxes on about Is 900 acres Of delin-
.quent lands we're paid up last Monday. and
the county reasury is good many hundred
dollars fuller than It was. Wild lands in
Iron count are good enough property to
paw taxesbn, at least. In this connection it
nav not be .amiss to state that under the
present yeyenue law, enacted in 1867. the
taxes aJe regularly paid on not less than
5000 Eresiof lands which had gone delin-
auentfor ffteen years. The law Is good
Sne. And fratght with benefit to the honest
taxpayer, notwithstanding damphool SUI
preme Court has done all in its power to
render II nngatory.
Last Monday morning at about 8 O'Clock,
the citizens living near the cut east of town
were reused from their slumbers by crash
that sounded much like q thunder-clap. A
freight train. 1t appears, had cut In two
somewhere this side of Tip Top, leaving only
four box-cars attached 10 the engine. The
separations was not discovered by the en-
gineer until he got to the 1ronton depot.
Then he reversed his engine and ran back to
pick up the stragylers. The rear end of the
train had, Ia consequence Of the heavy grade
south Of the cat, come along nearly as fast
as the forward portion, and unexpectedly met
the other hall IN the cut, with jam that
broke nine draw heads aud killed two Of the
,.ttla 9TH usblrh the ears svcy@a foadad The