Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-07-30
LOCAL BREVITIES.

The dog-days are upon US, and there
nothing else in connection with them that W
shall hail with the satisfaction that will mar
their day of exit.
The new postmaster will hold forth at tn
old stand, just north of the REGISTER office
one instance where the putting of new win
in an old bottle is commendable.
The biggest potato we have seen this seaso
comes from the Arcadia FL ouse gardens. 1
grew in the form of a tripod, and was yer,
appropriately presented the editor.
The reunion of the sold Guard" of tn
Arcadia High School is an accomplished fact
but our reader must wait week for the de
tails. The ''boys" are in session rs We go t,
press.
DR.. Foy will be in Ironton from Thursda,
this week to the Monday following. Thurs
day and Friday nights he will lecture at st
Paul's church, and will hold services Sunda,
morning and evening. The lectures will b,
religious in tone and tendency, and will b,
well worthy attentive hearing.
The hot weather breeds beligerency. F'iv,
cases of assault and disturbance of the peace
occupied the time and services of Judge
Dinger and Prosecuting Attorney Walker
and two or three other lawyers, last Monday
and two additional cases-One of them in
volving shooting-were up for adjudication
Tuesday. Our "Court Notes" give the par
ticulars.
The 18th District Sunday School Associa-
ton meets in convention in Cape Girardeau,
Aug. 4th and 9Th. The Address of Welcome
is delivered by B. f. Davis, Esq, of the
Cape, and the Annual Address by Rev. t.
W. Spanswick, of Bonnie Terre. Interesting
topics will be discussed and efforts are being
made to have this session the most profitable
one yet held.
The youngest child (aged about nine
months) of W. FL. Thomson, 1T Arcadia, has
been very sick for nearly week. Satur-
day the malignant character of the complaint
developed, and Mrs. Thomson, then at Bed
ford Springs, Pa, was telegraphed. She
left Huntingdon at O'Clock that afternoon,
and at 7:SO P. NJ. next day was in Arcadia ,
She found the babe very ill indeed, but its
mothers care, experimenting the doctors
skill, has brought it through all right.
\ writer in the Republican, lately, giving
some incidents in the early military history
of Gen. Grant, states that Grant was at JEFF
ferson City with his regiment when ordered
to take command at Cairo. That is mis-
take. Grant was then in command here ut
Ironton. He and his regiment-the old 2lst
IllinOis-were eneamped on the grounds then
owned by Col. Lindsay, and his headquarters
were at Col. Lindsay's old house. When he
was appointed General, he left his regiment
here and went to Cairo, and assumed COM
mand there IN 1861.
IrORton will soon have new postmaster
in the person of Hon. Jno. F. 7. Edwards.
His appointment was made on the 21st inst,
and his bond has been filed and forwarded
to Washington. His commission will arrive
here this week, no doubt, and he will take
charge rs soon as matters can be arranged.
He has rented the old post-office building
adjoining the Academy of Music, and will
deal out letters and papers to the deserving,
from that location. Mr.. Z. was the only APP
plicant, and his appointment gives general
atisfaction-uniyersal, so far as Democrats
are concerned.
Saws the Piedmont Lender: "Bro. AXE
seems to be the most popular editor in the
State. Only last week he was presented two
pair of fine fowls, the week before II pound
cabbage, and so on. We believe to our soul,
the only thing that he hasn't been presented
with, is baby elephant and we look for
P T. Barnum to send him one soon." The
good people of Iron county are not stinted
in their tokens of good will; and we have no
doubt if it once enters their heads that an
elephant stew is necessary to the proper
relish of the cabbage, they will procure it
for "ye editor" In the event of so extra
ordinary dish being set before us, We'll
ask you to dinner, Bro. Harris.
The following are the arrivals ut the
American Hotel for the past week:
Arnold Guerthler, John Oldham, E. Ii.
Mailman, L. r. Roberts, Jacob Christen, T.
I'll. Ellis, Ed. Greenberg, 7. F. Wiliek, Will
Shaw, j. NJ. Thomas, s. d. McGready, III. B.
Wagner, NJ. Spencer, Geo. III. Wood, Rev. J.
W. Buchanan, Theo. Geas, Alex p. Whitley,
Adolph Werner, d. c. Chambers, and G.. A.
Stein, all of st. Louis: J. G.. George, Iron
county; t. FL. Murphy, Moberly, Mo-; viii
e.. Jones, Potosl, No.; B. Fox, Mineral
Point: Joseph L. Stephens, Belleview, No.;
j. W. Emerson and wife, Ironton; Jesse
Reynold, Poplar Bluff; Joe. W. and FL. C.
Jones, Potosi, No., and Wallace Oliver,
Hartford, Conn.
The big umbrella which over-shadows
Bishops express wagon is disfgured with
circular hole about six inches i'm diameter.
This opening is attended by 4 satellite about
one-half-Inch in diameter. And thereby
hangs tale. Last Friday was one of the
hottest days of the season. The express
wagon was standing in front of the owners
storex waiting its load of express matter,
when some one observed that the umbrella
cloth was sUe&<e. Mr.. Bishop sprang into
the wagon to put the fire out, and just as he
succeeded in doing so, 10 and behold, it
broke out in another place few inches dis
tant. Now when the fire was first discover
ed, it was thought TO have caught from a
cigar or other lighted object thrown care
lessiy against it, but this new outbreak prov
ed another source On Investigation bright,
new tin pan was found in the bottom of the
wagon, and the rays of the sun reflected
from that had caused the fire. The bottom
of the pan was slightly concave, and it acted
as ssburning glass" The pan was fully
six feet distant from the umbrella cloth.