Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-05-28
LOCAL BREVITIES.

Ice-Cream at Mrs. Lindsay's next Satur
day.
Strawberries are selling in this vicinity a
fifteen cents box.
Some unknown party or parties tried t
break into Davis Book Store last Saturda
night. They damaged one of the shutters
but failed to gain an entrance.
We dropped into Bro. Hotson's establish
ment last Saturday evening, and he set u,
to us glass of mighty fine soda-just as fin
as you can obtain at any of the Arctic Foun
tains in the city. Try glass for yourself.
Next Sunday John Blemel, at the Bakery
will have on hand a plentiful supply o
Marischino Ice Cream and Orange Sherbet
The public Is invited to call and give thos.
delicacies trial. They will be fit to set be
fore king.
The following officers for "Star of the
West" Lodge, No. 1873, A. +. & A. NJ, fol
the ensuing year, were elected last Saturday
evening: w. r. Edgar, w. NJ; w. A
Fletcher, S. W.; w. e. Patton, j. W.; f,
Dinger, Treas; c. r. Peck, Sec'y.
The strawberry season was inaugurated
here last week, and from this on, until the
narrow span of this delicious fruit shall have
been accomplished, we will all revel in its
sweets-at from fifteen to eight cents quart,
according to the stage of its development.
The city council will meet ON the second
Monday Of June, and will sit as a board of
equalization. The assessors book will be
examined, and all persons who may feel ag-
grieved at the valuation set upon their prop
erty by that official, will be given a hearing.
The Arcadia Valley Mill Company yester-
day made their awards of premiums for
wheat, as per notice given last fall. James
w. Tong, of Iron county, received the first
premium of $40, and George Seburn, Of
Washington county, raked in the second-so.
How about the 4th ofJuy? Breathes there
man with soul so dead, who to himself
hath not said, "Despite the crooked shafts of
fate, this day Pm bound to celebrate"?
According to Indications there are about a
thousand of 'em in the beautiful Arcadia
Valley.
Prof. Riley, entomologist, says this year
we will be visited by the seventeen-year and
thirteen-y year locusts-the first conjunction of
the two species in 221 wears. They will do
little or no damage, except to fruit trees.
They will put in an appearance at an early
date, and leave about the first of July.
Last Thursday night flock of sheep be-
longing to w. II. Whitman, who resides on
his farm, about two miles south of Ironton,
was set upon by dogs-"from town." the
farmers say; though 'town dogs" sometimes
get credit for what their "cOunty cousins"
do. The result of the onslaught was four
dead sheep, and two badly hurt.
The branch penitentiary award has not yet
been made, and will not, until early in June.
Our Fredercktown neighbors are still labor
ing with the commissioners with a persist
ence and zeal worthy better cause. st.
Louis and Kansas City object to having the
pen. located in their vicinity because of its
bringing convict in competition with honest
labor.
Last wears crop of hay was extraordinarily
large, but the long winter that followed con-
sumed it, so that before grass came, 1t was
difficult matter to find farmer with more
than he needed for his own stock. On top
of this scarcity, are the indications that this
years crop will be exceedingly short. CO.
pious showers, if they fall soon, may charge
this, but we predict that twenty dollars 4
ing winter is over.
Several deposits of granite have lately been
discovered i'm the south end OF the county,
and they will be worked within short time.
Messrs. Grandhomme and Dinger have
promising deposit on their lands, and, we
understand, are taking steps to have 1t open
ed up. The demand-eonstantly growing
for granite, makes a quarry more valuable
than an iron mine. The capital required to
operate Is Insignificant, while there is no
danger of r-production-thatb ane of the
iron and steel industries.
There is sblood on the moon" over in Rey-
nolds county, on account Of back-taXes and
the determination of the collector to gather
them in The Outlook says: "Many of the
tax payers of the county are engendering be-
tween themselves and the collector very bit
ter feelings and all because he is compelling
them to pay their taxes. The collector when
he went into office receipted for over $4,000
back-taxes, and he proposes as he is sworn
to collect the taxes to do SO or make them
out of the lands"
The Arcadia Valley Mills are again running
at full blast. Owing to some defect in, or
disarrangement of, the machinery, they were
shut down about two weeks ago, and an eN-
pert was brought down from st. Louis to in
ouire into the cause of the trouble. A day
or two under his care put everything to
rights, and, as stated above, the rollers are
revolving again, turning out tirst-class ar
ticle of flour. The company have goodly
supply of wheat on hand, and from now on
will I'LL orders with despatch.
ks9artyn, of the Lutesville Ptdette, paid
Ikk.5n short visit last Friday evening. 1t
md been his intention to return next day,
sbSk.he couldn't tear himself away quite so
soon, and so remained until Monday MORN
ing. The last we saw of him, however, was
about four o'clock Sunday afternoon, when
he passed by the REGISTER building mount
ed ON a spirited charger, bound northward
at a two forty gait. From certain indications,
we Judge Bro. NJ. may not long abide in the
world of single blessedness, but will at COM
paratively early date make a full man of HIM
self. We tender him our congratulations in
advance, and wish him all the good the future
can have in store for him.