Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-08-23
LOCAL BREVITIES.

AR. Post No. 346 meets next Saturday
at P. NJ. All members be present who can.
Rev. w. j. Worsnop will preach at Fort
Hill on Wednesday night next, and also on
Sabbath next, morning and evening.
The "boarding- car niggers " were fright"
for Il day or two after payday last week.
As they part with their money they are
gradually becoming civilized again.
L.. s. Marshal Emerson has sent Deputies
w. W. Nall and Capt. Bracket to Richmond,
Va, this week with prisoner, who was I'M
der indictment there, and who fled to Mis-
souri, year ago.
Probably not for a decade have we had so
much rain during the month of August as In
the present month. Scarcely day so far
but that we have been blessed % with one
more heavy rams.
Mr.. C. B. Hill places us under obligations
for a large, luscious watermelon presented
last Monday. That 1t was duly appreciated
by orr force, no one who is acquainted with
their appetite for watermelon VIII doubt.
MARRIED-By Franz Dingcr, Justice OF
the Peace, at the courthouse at lrontoD, NO.,
on August 9th, 1888, Edward Weltner to
Martha Weile; also, at the residence OF Ed
ward Dugal, in Ironton, Iron county, NO.
John Kitchell to Mollie Hensley.
The Ironton Cleveland Club will meet at
the courthouse next Saturday at one O'Clock,
sharp. After club business, the meeting
will be addressed by Mann Ringo. Esq, can
didate for Representative. and other speak
ers. A cordial invitation Is extended to all.
Judge Emerson has leave of absence from
the Department of Justice for month, ana
will start to Boston this week to join party
on a fishing and shooting expedition up In
the pine woods of Maine. He expects to be
home by the Goth of September in time for
the U. S. Courts.
We last week advertised Cleveland Ciuo
meeting at Annapolis when it should nave
read Des Arc. A club was organized at the
latter place last Friday night with some
eighty or more members and new additions
will be made weekly. Isaac" furnishes us
with the proceedings which are published
elsewhere.
The residents of west Main street were
started by strange and unearthiy noise
about 10 O'Clock last Thursday night. An
Investigation proved that the report was
csused by the sudden swapping of hammock
rope, leaving a couple Wallerting) in the
dewy grass as result. No serious damage
is reported.
Last Friday, as Mr.. Vance Squires, OF Ar
cadia, stepped into the room where MS
youngest child was asleep, he was SURPRISED
to find large blacksnake on the GRID OF the
sleeping child. On his entering the room the
snake crawled from the crib to bed ahd
cooled itself on a pillow. After severe flshl
Mr.. Sauires finally succeeded in killing MS
snakeship He cannot account for the snakes
getting into the room. The baby was not
hurt.
Mr.. VIM. I'll. Reese has sufficiently recov :
cred from his recent illness to be apie 10 ne
ont and around once more, but 1t VIII proo-
ably be some time before he Is fully hmseiI
again. 1t is Mr.. RS intention to leave ABOUT
the Ist of September for Las vegas, Ne"
Mexico, where he expects to remain ior
wear i'm the hopes that the change OF Climate
will prove beneficial and bring Dack MS
wonted health. The wishes OF regions oi
friends for his complete restoration VIII go
with him.
Rause and Jack Merrill, cousins and color
ed, "shot craps" Tuesday afternoon IN the
lot in rear of Whitworth's store, away from
public gaze. A dispute; aquarrel; ascrap'
two trials; Ranse, 81 and costs; JACK, 20
and ten days board.
They crapped and crapped,
And then they scrapped-
Did these two Lonesome nisgersi
For twenty cents
They ragged intense,
And paid in bigger hsgers!
The Graniteville Cornet Band and a num-