Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-03-25
LOCAL BREVITIES.
City Election, Tuesday, April 9th.

City Election, Tuesday, April 9th.
Attend the Auction at Nal's Saturday.
E ection for Academy of Music Directors
on the 9Th proX.
Several communications and some editor
ial say-so are crowded out of this issue.
One week from Tuesday the Annual School
Meeting will be held. Let all good citizens
attend it.
w. W. Nall will shortly take up his resi-
dcnce in the dwelling lately occupied by Col.
Jas. Lindsay.
The garden making time is here, and hap
DIV the l1an who is too busy to attend to it.
We're always busy.
The strike is still on. Perhaps it may last
long enough to permit our Governor to again
humble himself before Jay Gould and his
myrmidons.
A Winkler is putting up fine clock In
his widow, so that everybody who passes can
have the correct railroad time from the WIN
dow. IT is a good thing, and a public con-
yenience.
The ball given by the ladies of Graniteviile
last Wednesday evening, for the benefit OF
Mrs. Martin, was success, financially ana
otherwise The music was furnished by the
brass band, and the ladies desire us to re-
turn to the members thereof their heartfelt
thanks.
The quickest trip on record: j. N BISHOP,
ESD, with his red wagon, passed our Office,
going north, Monday ut IL go A. NJ, and re-
turned ut go P. NJ, loaded with hardware
and furniture. He claimed to have brought
it from Ste. Genevieye. And his horse
hadn't turned a hair!
Some unknown party broke into Geo.
Schultz's saloon last Friday night-evidently
on the look out for money, principally. lie
failed to capture any, but took big plug OF
tobacco Entrance was gained through the
south window in the saloon, pane OF glass
being broken out for the purpose.
N.HrIEp.-At the residence of the brides
father i'm Ironton, Mo-, on Thursday evening,
March Is, 1856, by Rev. B. +. Thomas, Mi.
w: A FLOWERS to Miss ANNIE kINDELL-
sill of IrOnton.
Nav their path through life be strewn
with Flowers, their good fortune never for
sake them, and not spark of angry flame
be ever Kindled to mar their connubial bliss
Patent medicine almanacs are generally
reliable in everything outside the nostrums
thev advertise, but they get things mixed IA
little sometimes. There is one before us
nova St. Louis production-with amap OF
Missouri embelIshing its second page. 1t
places Ironton about two miles west of Iron
Mountain and fseven miles north of Pilot
Knob. This is an eXasperating translation
TO those boys who have ''affinities" over in
Arcadia.
The ball given at the Academy of Music
last Wednesday evening, under the aus
piees of the X of L., was the biggest ever
seen in the hall since the "Opening." 1t
was big i'm every way: in numbers, III enjoy
ment, and in all that makes such occasions
desirable. We understand that three hum
died tickets were sold, and that the affair
was a complete financial success. Ill. DAVIS,
ESQ, furnished the supper, and it was an
excellent spread.
Again we saw to the strikers, hands off
railroad property! When the Missouri Pa
cifie attempted to start a freight train out
of St. Louis yesterday morning, some men
u1.coupled the cars aud turned the switches.
This is all wrong, and if the State authori-
ties are worth curse they will see to Ii That
the oeendenders are duly and severely pun
sshed Aud don't the strikers know that
the railroad officials desire this very inter-
ference on the part of their late employees:
Let the railroad property alone, stand TO one
side and let them try to run their trans.
Re In, --abiding, for just as sure as you i've,
lawless lets will bring disgrace to you, par
alive vour friends, and defeat your cause
stand firm. 10 right, and you are bound to
win.
Two renievin suits have been imminent,
but one of them will probably he declared
.soff,u The first is for two mules, anu VIII
,,rohah,v stick rnto the end of a lawsuit, tri-
nj nv iurv. etc. Pat. Maddox and +. j. Ra-
ney, of Des Are, a few weeks ago. oe' 'hei'
respective spans of mules one against 'ne
other. on the distance from certain point In
the road to n certain bridge across certain
creek Each felt that he was certain 10 VIII
until the distance was measured Ny certain
tlisinterested parties. Then Pat had 10 give
in, and Raney took the mules, when hsa
been placed in the hands of a referee. Now
the loser asks to recover his property by
writ of repleyin.
The other case is this: John Edison, son
of Mr.. III. Edison, of Belleview, traded his
fathers horse TO Chas. Kendall, of this place,
last week. Monday Mr.. Edison came down
to Mr.. Kendall aud demanded a''rue back"
from the fact that his son was under age and
had no authority to dispose of the horse.
This demand, after consideration, Mr.. Ken
dial complied with, rStber than make trou-
bile, although the trade, SO f<r rs he was con-
serned, had been fair. He did Ass know
young Edison Mas o minor,