Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-09-02
LOCAL BREVITIES.

LOCAL BREvITIES.
A wedding in town this week.
The work on the NJ. E. Church is progress.
ing finely.
County Court will convene for the Sep
TENDER term next Monday.
The post-ofice went into its new quarters,
opposite the Academy Of Music, yesterday.
Rev. J. w. Worsnop held services in Fort
Hill church last Sunday morning and even
ing.
Rev. A. o. Penniman preached in the Ply
mouth Congregational church, St.Louis, ilast
Sunday.
Rev. Ben. Deering IL meeting with great
success in his camp-meetings now being held
in various parts of Cape county.
Capt. p. r. Crisp has recently placed an
elegant show case in the drug store which
adds much to the appearance and conYeni-
ence thereof.
Is there any man in Iron county who can
tell the number of votes east at the late pri-
mary election? If so, will he please COM
municate with us?
We learn that the Catholic Festival at Iron
Mountain, on the 10Th ult., was grand sue
cess, both socially and financially. The net
proceeds were about 500.
Mr.. F. P. Adams has removed to the house
recently vacated by DIR. Sawyer. Mr.. Jas.
WEIGH having purchased from w. w. Nall
the residence Mr.. A. occupied.
Rev. Edward Benedict, Of Trinity church,
assisted by the Rev. Roberts of the Holy
Communion, held services in the Episcopal
church on Thursday evening and Friday
morning of last week.
Tickets will be sold at reduced rates on
the st. L. 1. NJ. & S. Ry. from the 18th to
the 23d of September to all persons wishing
to attend the knight Templars' conclave at
St. Louis. Tickets good until the 3Oth.
The festival at the Academy of Music last
Friday was not very largely attended, but
those present seemed to patronize the vari-
GUS tables rather literally, and we suppose
the net proceeds amounted to quite little
sum.
The Pennington Ne,os publishes from the
poll.books the name of every person who
voted at the recent primary election in that
county. Quite different from the way We
do the thing in Iron. Which looks the more
like sure fraud-preventive to the outside
world?
Public worship will be conducted next
Sunday at the Presbyterian church. Mr..
Penniman will preach morning and evening.
He expects to leaye Ironton next week.
81 <1a Eohh hat
therefore, his ministry in this community
will close.
Some democratic Voters" ask Mr..
Croker to define his position on the ques-
ton of submission. We presume he will
answer so soon as he can obtain the views Of
the Democracy of the county. He can
scarce be expected to do SO without consult
ing the wishes of his constituents.
The REGISTER of the 10th ult. printed the
list of U. s. grand jurors for the coming
term of court ut st. Louis. 1t will be OBJ.
seIved that good many persons embraced In
the list are good Democrats departure
from the old custom Of choosing "loil" Re.
publicans only. We greatly fear sour own
Phoebe " is developing into atime-serveress
DIR. Princes little boy. aged about three
years, has about recovered from his scalding
an accident that occurred some two weeks
ago. The. little fellow had come into the
kitchen-yery quietly, and unknown to his
mother, as boys can do when they take
notion. A girl at work putting up preserves
upset large pan filed with boiling fruit,
from the table, and the little boy received
the most of the contents on his person. The
burns were very severe and serious, but
prompt attention and careful, tender nurs.
ing pulled him through.
Last Thursday at Pilot Knob Jimmy Coad
kicked up a row with Henry Sch!euter, who
had been quite sick for some days. After a
little scrapping the men separated, and Coad
then came down and swore out a warrant
against Schleuter, who retorted by swearing
another out against Jimmy. Coad was tried
first, and fined $40 and costs-amounting to
about $25 in all. The prosecuting attorney,
after examining into it, dismissed the case
against Schleuter, it being clear that he was
the party aggrieved, and not responsible
for the breach Of the peace.
The late Democratic Executive Committee
for Iron county, Immediately upon counting
the vote and declaring the result OF the pr.
mary election, passed resolution to the
effect that the ballots and poll. books be given
in charge of the chairman of the committee
for thirty days, at the end Of which time both
poH.books and ballots were to be burned.
The chairman was also instructed to dlfOtc
no one to see the poli-6ooks! In accordance
with the resolution, DR.. Farrar last Monday
destroyed the poll-books and ballots. Nom
resident repeaters may now hold up their
heads without fear of detection.
The long extended drouth was broken last
Sunday afternoon by two-hours' heavy
rain. 1t was timely, for the waters had dried
up from the earth until cisterns and wells
and streams were emptied Of their contents.
At Graniteville it had been determined to
suspend operations because of lack of water
for the engines, while at Pilot Knob the
managers were sorely puzzled to keep the
machinery in motion, But the rain settled
oil that, and, with sigh Of relief the world
hereabouts, cooled by northwest wine, and
refreshed by the downpour, resumes its
normal way with old.time vigor and hope.
fulness.