Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-11-15
LOCAL BREVITIES.

The vote on Constable of Arcadia Town
ship was: Patton, 800; Hill. 273.
The Granitevile Brass Band is to partlci
pate in Mrs. Chamberin's concert this
week.
We are yet little behind-time, but hope
by next week to catch up with the work in
the Office.
Mr.. NJ. Foley was elected Constable of
Iron Township "by large majority
Good for Mike!
Mrs. Chas. F. Hanson and Miss Maggie
Broadie, of GranitevIlle, were visiting in
Ironton Saturday.
Boys, you'll all be happy soon: two dol
lars a day and roast beef! Well remind
you of this later on.
The young people gave a dance at the
Academy of Music last Monday night, with
the usual good time.
A Thanksgiving Sermon will be preached
at Fort Hill Church at the usual service
hour. All are invited to attend.
Presiding Elder, Rev. 0. NJ. Martin, of st.
Louis, will preach in the u. f. Church Sun
day at IL A. NJ. At Graniteylle P. NJ. All
are invited.
Union Township last week. The vote stood
as follows: Omohundro, 142; Wadlow, 122;
Kitchell, SO.
Some of the finest glassware we have seen
in the Valley is now displayed in Crisp's
Drug Store. The ladies are requested to
come and inspect it.
The results of the election are given in de-
tail on the inside pages of this paper. On
this page will be found the tabulated re-
turns of Iron county.
Mrs. Chamberlin will bring out her
youngest pupils in her concert, the object
of which is to train them to play before
others without embarrassment.
Mrs. Hartman and daughter, Miss Lousia.
were in Ironton Tuesday. Miss Lousia
left Saturday for st. Louis, where she will
remain few weeks visiting friends and rel
atives.
Louis Giovanoni, VIM. A. Fletcher, P. w.
whitworth, and others, are going on
hunting expedition sometime this month or
next. Farmers will take due notice and
safely house their domestic fowls.
Fred. Kindell has a novelty in the way OF
shoe dressing. 1t is called the Excelsior
and is put up in bottles enclosed In minla-
ture barrels, suitable for carrying in trunk
or satchel without danger of soiling the arti-
cles it may come in contact with.
A full attendance of the Harrison and
Morton club is desired next Friday at the
usual hour. All persons having bills against
said club will please present them at that
meeting for settlement.
w. b. NEWMAN, Secretary.
The election is over, and every body is
gradually settling down to business. DEM
ocrats and Republicans may hotiy dispute
for three or four months, but after all, they
can't get along without one another; and we
don't believe they would want to ii they
could.
We like to see the school children-God
bless their innocent hearts !-enloy them
selves: but whisper to the little girls that
the sidewalks are not the best locations Tor
play-houses. They are apt to be distm bed
by passersby, and of a dark night are some
times conducive to intemperance In express
ion. A corn-burdened toe has no affection
for en-pound bowlder.
Washington county, as usual,
eisuphterd the majority of the Demo-
cratic candidates on the county ticket.
That county is to-day one of the rot
tenest burroughs in the state, and boo
die buys her most important of1ces.
We are happy to state, however, that
she elects Democratic Representative.
John Sales, formerly resident OF this
place, was killed at Carterville. Mo-, on
election day. In the morning he had diffi-
Guilty with man named Williams, but
friends lnterfered and the trouble was
sspatched up" During the day Sales got
under the influence of liquor, and laid down
in secluded place to sleep off the effects OF
his dissipation. Williams discovered him
and, using stone, beat him to death. We
have no further particulars.
The Republicans had a ratification last
Saturday night. Cannons were fired In tue
eouxthouse yard, and the faithful paradea
from Pilot Knob to Irontop, and thence
back to "the Dump" where bonfre was
kindled. We noticed that four Dagos bore
transparency indicating that Free Trade"
was dead We trust it may be so. Inc
ouly Free Trade we know of is that which
pertains to labor, and it ought to have
ceased long ago; especially so, sines every
tbing else Is protected" Four Dagos, In,
ported to cheaper American labor, bearing
n Protective banners There's food for
sht upht in it, now that blind paritsanship
cannot shut out honest meditation