Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-05-17

1t is rnmored that the windows at tb,
Ironton station house will be washed.
The wolves are doing considerable sheep
killing in various parts OF the county. In
the West End farmers have lost considerabI,
In that way, and down near Hogan Mr.. T.
Z. Holloman, within three weeks has had
seven head killed and eaten by the pests. II
occurs to us that a wolf hunt or two, gener-
aled by some experienced hand like Mr.. a.
j. Carly, might be productive of excellent
results.
| Seymour's Dramatic Company will be
mere all next week, beginning their series OF
entertainments at the Academy of Music
Monday evening with "My Partner" new
play of great interest. or course it will be
well presented: our people know the Com
pany and its capabilities. Reserved seats
for sale at Crisp's Drug Store. Call early
and take your choice for 80 cents. General
admission, ordinary prices.
| According to McGrath's Missouri Direc-
tory, the lower house last Legislature was
composed of sc farmers, SO lawyers, ID mer-
chants, II physicians, six mechanics, four
editors, two preachers, one hotel keeper, one
manufacturer, one book-keeper, one miller,
and one real estate dealer. The senate was
composed of % lawyers, five farmers, two
merchants, one engineer, one manufacturer,
one mechanic and one hotel keeper.
Hotel Peck has added the row of cottages
Immediately south and adjoining the hotel,
which are fitted up nicely, enabling them to
entertain large parties, and especially adapt
ed for the comfort of summer boarders. The
prospects now are that they will have de-
mand for much more room. All the build
ings are being reprinted and generally nm
dergoing the needed repairs. We hear the
house favorably spoken of by all its patrons.
Some fifty pupils of the Toensfeldt Educa-
tional Institute, of st. Louis, came to Iron
ton Friday evening on the Accommodation,
and remained until Sunday afternoon.
While here they went out to the base ball
grounds and game was made up between
a school nine and some IrOntonians. Five
innings were all they had time to play, when
the score stood 20 to 10 in favor of the latter.
The boys apparently enjoyed themselyes
while here, and we hope went back to their
books relnvigorated.
Messrs. Frizzell and Simpson, the cured
meat connoisseurs. last Monday, when ar
raIgned before Judge Dinger, plead guilty
to grand larceny. The Judge asked bond
for $500 for their appearance at circuit court,
and, as they were unable to put up, they
were shut up in the county BastiIe, where
they will repine until Justices leaden heel
comes shutting along. We fear they may
learn that while that female isn't high
kicker, she is heavy stopper. No slight
hare-bell raises its head after her solid tread.
About fifty student and professors of the
Toensfeldt Educational Institute, of ST.
Louis, were at Hotel PECK for two days dur |
ing the last week, and visited all the places |
of interest around Ironton and Pilot Knob,
returning Sunday highly pleased with their
trip and treatment while here. The profess |
sors deserve great credit for the perfect dis |
cipline of the school, which numbers about |
300 pupils, and is considered one of the best |
educational Institutes in the State. Our
young friend, VIM. Schwab, graduated at
this institute, and Willie Halter will soon
finish his course there.
Zion's Hill last Monday was the scene of a
colored feminine "scrap" totally at variance |
with the peaceful, sacred character of the |
locallty's pseudonym. The boys have a say
ing that ''two on one is niggers' fun" and
according to that proyerb there must have
been wagon-load of the article on hand on
this occasion. Two of the femnines joined |
forces and the third experienced vertical
ton of Napoleon's maxim that providence
is always on the side of the heaviest battal-
IONS" The vanquished flew to Judge Ding
for redress, but when he wanted to rule all
parties to give bond for costs, they thought
better of it, and concluded to not call in the
ayenging arm of the law.
The Novelist, Alden's new weekly Maya
zine, which is devoted entirely to american
fiction, is a remarkably attractive and popu-
lar enterprise. Every reader interested in
high-class fiction should send to the publish
er for a free specimen copy. The first COM
pleted story is Robert Timsol's, "a Pessim-
ist," an uncommonly bright, readable story,
making about 200 pages, which is sold ia
paper for 10 cents, or in cloth, a6 cents,
postpaid. 1t wonld not be easy to name
novel in which the conversation has so much
wit, humor and clever badinage, sustained |
throughout with such unfagging vivae;ty.
There is not a single dull page in the book.
Moreover, it has-what was so much desid
Grated by Charles Darwin-a good ending.
The hero is thoroughly cured of his pessim
ism. John B. Alden, Publisher, New York
and Chicago.
W. S. Wheatley, representing the Good
speed Publishing Co., has been in town the
past week gathering data for a history of
Southeast Missouri. The work is to be an
elaborate one, covering the ground from the
earliest settlement to the present, and en-
bracing, among others, the following topics:
Natural Features and Resources, Indians.
Settlements Under the French, Spanish and
American Governments, Organization of
Counties, Bench and Bar, Towns and VIII
lagos, Military Record IN the War of 1872,
Mexican War and Civil War; Churches,
Educational Institutions, etc. There will
also be department devoted to biographical
sketches of pioneer families and prominent
citizens. Every portion of the county will
be visited, and our citizens should be pre-
pared to furnished all the assistance posi-
BILE to make the work success and credit
to this portion of the State.
Among the names of those received into
tba Ironton Cleveland Climb last Saturday