Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-09-16
LOCAL BREVITIES,
Council met Monday.


The Collector is now ready and waiting fol
you to pay your taxes.
County Court concluded its labors and ad
1ourned Friday evening.
Triple-plated, "Boss" filled Gold watch
case with Elgin movement for $40 at T. S
Lopez & Sons.
All the schools of the Valley opened on
Monday of last week and are now i'm good
working order.
The railroad company have rebuilt plat
forms around the station at this place. A
much-needed improvement.
The resolutions of respect passed on the
death of Owen Marks were received too late
for this issue, but,w:l appear net week.
Our boss. Sena tor Vest and the rest of the
statesmen are in attendance on the Congress
sional Convention, which meets in st. Louis
to-day.
Mrs. Lopez is in st. Louis buying fall stock
of Millinery, Fancy Goods, etc. and parties
intending to make purchases will do well to
wait until she returns.
We have heard that DE Soto's prospects
for the future are brighter than they haye
been for some months past. We trust there
is some truth in the report.
We learn that an effort is being made 70
have the Accommodation run on its present
time all winter. 1t certainly would meet
with the hearty approval of travelling
public.
Mrs. Schilling, of Milwaukee, the great
Medium Electrical Clairvoyant, will shortly
visit the Valley. Her appearance will be
anXiously looked for by the young and the
old alike.
A good shower of rain Saturday night was
followed by cooler weather and Sunday night
was spent very comfortably under blanket
AT this writing (Monday) the indications are
that the hot weather is played"
A ball is advertised for the Goth, at the
Academy Of Music. AL. Henson and Joe.
Rapp are the managers. Everything will be
first-class and the public, generally, is invit-
ed. Admission, per couple, 75cts.
The festival at Workmen's Hall, Granite
willie, last Wednesday, given by the ladies of
the NJ. E. Church, here, was quite successful
in every respect and the net proceeds
amounted to the neat little sum Of $25.
Our legal friends over the Southeast will
please bear in mind, as the fall term of the
st. Louis court of appeals and Supreme
Court of the state draws near, that the REG
lister office is the brief printing establish
met of south Missouri.
Some eight or ten couples assembled at
the Academy of Music on Saturday night
and INDUCED in the pleasures of a dance,
passing very pleasant evening. Our in
formaut asserts that what the crowd lacked
in numbers was more than made up in
quality.
A broken wheel derailed the fore trucks
of a box car on north bound freight on the
fill Just east of town last Sunday evening
about seven O'Clock. Four hours were con-
sumed in getting the wrecked car in condi-
ton to be moved to the side-track, where it,
at this writing, awaits the car repairer.
Some of the Prohibition people were be-
fore the County Court last week endeavor-
ing to prevent the re-issuing of licenses to
the various dramshops in this city. Their
efforts awaited nothing, however, as it was
clearly shown the petitioners had several
over a majority of the taxpayers of the
town.
through us to thank the people of Ironton
and vicinity for their kind help and assist
ance in his unfortunate loss lately by fire.
The whole community, even to Washington
county, friends, have contributed and assist
ed and for which he takes this method of
thanking them.
The Mutual Life Insurance Company have
furnished their agent here, Mr.. +. Dinger,
with a subscription book for the purpose of
raising funds for the Charleston sufferers.
All amounts collected will be Immediately
forwarded to the company's office in New
York, and from there sent direct to the
stricken city. A worthy cause.
Rev, Cole, the Prohibitionist from De
Soto. who lectured at the PRESBYTERIAN
church in this place on Thursday and Friday
nights of last week, was not greeted with
very large audiences and, we are informed,
made some rather singing remarks in regard
to the lack of interest in the cause, that
seemed to prevail in this vicinity.
Sam. Middleton, of Beleview, lost his
building and contents by fire on Sunday OF
last week. Mr.. NJ. and family were away
from home at the time and the flames were
not ulScONeTtu uulli WAS W IatO W Se'S
anything. This was rather serious blow
but thanks to kind and generous neighbors,
Mr.. NJ. had new house ready for occupan-
cy the first of the present week.
Jackson, the old reliable requests us to
state that he is still in the photograph bust
ness in Ironton, and, what is more, proposes
to stay. He says hehas been too busy turning
out first-class work to pay any attention to
the .'blowing" of the competition, but in
yites everybody to come and see him at his
gallery, where he is confident he can con-
vince all that he is the artist of the south
east.