Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-04-11
LOCAL BREViTIES.
Vas list los NIT st. Louis:

ing, the 18th.
The song of the day: "Hard times, come
again no more."
The City Council me: Monday No bust
ness of Importance
Inc proper arrangement: The "coons"
In the gallery, and the ''boys" down below
and don't you forget it,
The result of the deliberations of the Board
OF Equalizations and Appeals is made known
to our readers this week.
There's many slip twixt the cup and
the llp"-thinks the man who is an applicant
for the lronton post-office.
The martins arrived this week and their
chattering is another feature that reminds
one that the spring time approacheth.
Another wandering hand organer, accom-
panied by boy and monkey, wendell his
way northward through our city last Satur-
day.
WANTED-A first class girl to do general
housework. Good wages gwen. Apply
soon as possible, to Mrs. w. \. Paul, Area
dia.
The Farmers Alliance of Iron county
convened IN regular quarterly session at the
courthouse in Ironton, Tuesday afternoon,
and will continue in convention for two or
three days.
The engine and several cars of freight
train were ditched at Nliddleb-ook Monday
night; as the wreck occurred on a switch,
traffic was not delayed, but 1t was several
hours before the siding was cleared.
We have not yet received the tabulated
returns of last Tuesdays School Election,
but sufficient is known to warrant the an
nouncement that Brof J. L. Scott has been
reelected School Commissioner by large
majority.
A crowd of IrOntonans went to the Iron
Mountain dam on a fishing excursion Tues
day. Up to the time of going to press, they
had not returned, but the kilograms for
more liquid refreshments have been regular
and active.
The first match game of ball of the season
was played last Sunday, on the 'HaySeed's"
grounds east of town, between the Iron
Mountain club and pickup nine in the
Valley. The home club was victorious in
score of 10 to Is.
We hear that one or two families in this
to depart for that section sometime the COM
ing fall Friends, tits our opinion that
You'll regret such removal but once, and
that will be from the time you start until
you return.
Mr.. G. w. Bohannan, who has been en-
gagged In the lumber business near Sabula,
Iron county, has moved to Butler county,
and contracted with w. l. Hooper to cut the
timber on several hundred acres of land lying
east of Poplar Bluff and south Of kinzer.-
Poplar Bluff Citizen.
We hear that Editor Jno- A. Dillon, Of the
st. Louis Post Dispatch, is negotiating for
the Delano homestead in Russellyille. Mr..
ID, and family have spent several seasons in
the Valley and the announcement that this
will be their permanent summer home will
be welcome news to many folk.
In addition to the other work in that de-
.,artment the REGISTER job office last frl'
dax and Saturday turned out two Lawyers
Briefs of thirteen pages each. In this line
we DEFY competition and fatter ourselves
v, can lust a little bit "put it over" any
other establishment" in the Southeast.
Guun,s Ideal Company, after aweek in the
Academy of Music here, left Sunday 1or
Pennington, where they play all week. Inc
-troune is a good one and gave general salts
faction during their stay in our city. Owing
tn the Lenten Season and the dull times they
hardly received the patronage they other
wise would.
An omen switch caused the engine of a
freight train to leave the track near the fiiot
Knob depot Monday night aboutten ocioch'
Another engine, called to the rescue, py
some means or other got off the rails ana
the pushers worked till after daylight before
they restored the locomotives 10 their equli-
ibrium and sent them on their way reJolc-
ing.
Last Friday, April 9TH, was Arbor Day.
and the pupils of the principals department
OF the Ironton school, under the leadership
of Prof. Vance, spent Il greater part OF the
day in the woods selecting young shade trees
which they hauied to town and set out on
The school grounds. The result OF their Ia
Dor is about twenty fine maple trees that
will. in u few years, be of uncaleuaOle bene-
fit to our school property, and rising gener-
atfons will be moved to say "bless our
thoughtful predecessors"
Burglars attempted to force an entrance
into the residence VI AhiS. - NAoohS '''~N
Sunday morning about one O'Clock. George
happened to be awake at the time and'
hearing their noise around window, went
up stairs, got revolver and turned loose on
The. would-be hoase-breakers, who lost no
rime i'm taking their departure from that
vicinity before George had fired many shots.
We presume that it is hardly necessary to
add that no blood was spilt-George only
irving TO see how near he could come to the
fugitiyes without injuring them.
Prof. S. E. DefIaven, Principal OF the IL
lot Knob Public School, last Friday quietly
betook himself to his native town OF 'ranu
Tower. in the State OF Illinois, and there on
Sunday last was unired in marriage TO MISS
Nellie Evans, of that place. Mr.. ID. anu
bride arrived in Ironton Monday evening, on
the Accommodation, and the happiest lace
we've seen for many day was that OF the
Professors on the following morning. as he
received the congratulations of his Missouri
friends. who all wish him and his many
wears of happiness and pI osperity.