Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-03-07
LOCAL DREVLTIES.

LCSttR4 DEAAI d IA4c.
'Tis the first day Of Lent.
Rev. f. NJ. Shoush breaches at the Baptist
Church in Fredercktown to- night.
County Court is in session with plenty of
work to monopolize weeks time anyway.
A lady missionary from Siam made a cou-
Pile of interesting talks at the Presbyterian
church Sunday.
Herren Schroeder, Schaeffer, Fink und
Mehrkems, zwei Thaler den Tag und ge-
bratenes Fleisch!
March did not exactly "come in as lamb"
but, all the same, it's dollars to doughnuts
that she'll ''go out like Il lion.''
For SALE.-An Al milch COW just fresh
with heifer calf. Perfectly gentle. Will be
sold at reasonable figures. Apply to c. T.
Sykes, Arcadia, Mo.
a communication replying to, and denying,
in part, the statements in an article entitled,
"Enoch Arden Outdone," has been received
and will be published next week.
The Financial Statement abridges our
reading matter for this issue, and many i'm
p0rtant communications are crowded out.
We trust to come up smiling next week,
however.
The Graniteville Brass Band will give
Grand Ball at the newly reftted Workmen's
Hall Gn Saturday evening, March 18th, the
aignt preceding st. patri:k's day. Come one
and all! a glorious time Is assured
The statement of the receipts and eypen-
titures OF Iron county for the last fiscal year
which we publish in this issue is the most
extended document that has ever graced our
columns. To the taxpayer it Will be of
interest.
Mr.. E. C. Messett, very pleasant and in
telligent young man of Pennington, called
to see US one day last week, Mr.. NJ. is in
ths marble business and we feel safe in
recommending hin to any Of our readers
who may have need of ANYTHING in biz line.
Tuesday was law day in his Honor's tha
Mavor's court. Some of the coons "got
right londay night and next day four OF
them were arraigned OH charges Of disturb
in. the peace. Three of them, Mace Simp-
son, Jack Merrell and Emma Grain, were
found guity and paid fines. The other,
Pussy Hunt, not an entire stranger to our
courts, was discharged. How Luter paid So
The sane dey for little horseback ride on
the sidewalk:
Mr.. C. s. Hart, of Annapolis, VINO was
brought up here some three or four
weeks ago and ladged in Jail, on the
complaint of some parties that he was de-
ranged and unsafe person to have his
freedom, had an examination before the
County Court last Monday. After listening
to a number of witnesses and consulting
medical authorities Mr.. Hart was discharged
and allowed TO depart for his home.
II our .frunnei D-itter'' was resident of
this section a.a3ing tle last ca...paIsn Ge
well knows what $50 day and roast beef"
means and where it originated. If he be a
stranger to this nation our friend may pos
sblv be in the dark as to the significance Of
the above quotation, and, in that event, at
his request we shall take pleasure in
future issue, in giving him full account OF
from whence sprung tne now famous 80 a
day, &C."
List of unclaimed letters remaining in the
post office at Pilot Knob, Mo-, February
ist, 1EStt;
Bodge James II . Hoiney b
Bessie Mary Johnson Mrs Mary
Bridges Dora Langley Miss Sartha
Duffy NJ J Lincoln Geo w
Gaidos Mike Lee Miss Annie
Graham Mrs Sarah Ladberg James r
| Girty a II Morton r l.
| Geromel Isaia Moody a w
| Howard II Taylor VIII
If not called for within thirty days they
will be sent TO the Dead Letter Office.
2. II. JAQUITH. =. NJ.
| A CIRCULATING IIBRARY.-Mr. 2. Ii.
Phelps is in Ironton for the purpose of or
ganising circulating library. His plan Is
good one. Rir. Phelps deposits % bound
volumes with some reliable business firm in
the town which acts as librarian. Forty
members are required for the first 60 books.
| then one additional volume for eacn membef
oyer forty. Bach member pays fee of 81
for term of one year. At the end of six
months these books are exchanged with
some o.nsr town, thus giving 100 members
the use of 200 volumes during tie year. he
has established libraries in De Soto, Potosi,
Festus. Pennington, Bismarck and other
towns in the Southeast. Mrs. III. O. Days
| will be librarian.
The Republicans made an attempt at
well we hardly know how to designate it
iglorifying" last Monday night Some three
or four dwellings and one or two business
houses had an extra candle placed in The
windows, which, we have since been reliably
informed, were intended to convey the i'm :
preston OF an iiinmlnatisn. 4 haif-doz y
negroes and quarters worth Of pogder
made the noise. Capdor, though, eompels
las to admit that it was avery tame affair.