Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-03-29
LOCAL BREVITIES.

Good Friday services at st. Paul's Church
at 10 O'Clock A. NJ.
The County Board of Equalization will sit
at the courthouse next Monday.
G. A. r., Iron Post No. SAG, meets on the
ID and 4th Thursdays of each month.
New and complete stock of Spring Millin-
cry, Fancy Goods and Notions, at the Singer
Office.
Thos. B. Pruitt, Esq, announces himself
in this paper as a candidate for City Mar
shat. If elected, 'Tom" will no doubt make
good officer.
OF the ST., 1883 charged against him for
the year 1887, Collector Buford returned
only $323.95 delinquent-a collection of over
81 per cent. of the whole amount. This
beats Reynolds county s391 per cent.
W. r. Edgar, Esq, returned last Saturday
night, after q weeks sojourn in Springfield,
in attendance on Judge Krekel's court. The
government is 'socking it to'' the timber
thieves, contamination delightful to every
body on the outside.
We ask the Indulgence of friends and
patrons. Mr.. Chas. Maschmeyers's ad.
should have been changed this week, but it
of the paper were printed. 1t will be seen
that Sheriff Whitworth comes in for good
deal of space-over fifty sales in tax suits
and we have had our hands full of work.
Ample amends shall be made.
Richard Tangey, who has been working in
the Pilot Knob mine for six years, left last
Friday for Rocky Barren, Idaho. He will
work in one of the numerous gold mines of
that section, and, being miner of thirty
seven years. experience in various parts Of
the Old and New World, will no doubt give
satisfaction to his employees there, as he has
done here. His family will remain in the
Valley.
Collector Buford made his settlement
with the county court on Monday, from
which it appears that he has collected over
81 per cent. of the entire county revenue for
year 1887, and only returns $3.50 delinquent
county tax ON real and personal property for
that year. This establishes Mr.. Buford's
efficiency as a collector, especially when we
consider that the last year has been the
hardest for many years in consequence of the
failure of crops two seasons in succession.
Miss May Tong will open her New Milfi
merry Store, located in the Hughes building,
opposite the /. o. o. F. Hall, next Saturday.
The public is invited to call and see her
stock of Millinery, Notions, etc., which is
entirely ne,o, and in consequence of the latest
approved styles. Care has been exercised
in the selection of the Goods, and the pro-
prietress hopes to see many of the ladies of
the Valley at her store on the date named,
and to have her selections and prices meet
with their approval.
The Library Magazine for March comes
out in a new dress which is highly creditabe
to the high class literature which it embod-
les. 1t is certainly a very extraordinary
dollars worth of literature, the nearly $500
pages per anum which this Magazine gives
to its subscribers. Those who seee it are
not surprised at such very emphatic endorse
ments as given, for example, by Prof. Perry,
of Williams College, in a recent letter to the
publisher: 81 do not know when my sub
scription to the Library Magazine expires.
Please renew it. / do not intend it shall eX-
pire at all so long as 1 am able to read"
Columbus Carter, a cripple and half-wit-
ted boy, aged about twenty, was arrested at
the instance of Capt. w. III. Byers for dis
turbance of the peace, last Tuesday evening.
The trial succeeded Wednesday morning,
and, after hearing the evidence, the jury
brought in a verdict of "not guilty." at the
same time recommending that the county
court take charge of the defendant at once.
He is not responsible for his actions, per-
haps, but there is good deal of yindiictive
method in his madness. Yet, few weeks
ago, some of our people thought him suffi-
GENTLY compoS mentts to be competent to cast
a "dry" vote at the late election. But cir
cumstances alter cases, 'tis said.
At the Calico Ball to be given next Mon
day evening by the Knights of Honor, each
lady is requested to wear a calico apron or
a calico dress, or both if she prefers to do so.
Either one or both will do. She is also re-
quested to make gents neektie of the same
calico as that of which the dress or apron is
made. This necktie is to be wrapped in
paper and dropped into box when the lady
enters the hall. just before supper the
gentlemen will draw their ties, then proceed
to find their company fer supper. The COM
pany secured by the drawing of ties is for
supper and one quadrille only, after which
each gentlemen will return to the lady whom
he escorted to the ball. The invitation COM
mittee has been very careful in sending out
Invitations. This is not a money making
scheme. 1t is for the lodge members and
their intimate friends to have good time.