Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-05-02
LOCAL BREVlTIES.

Roast beef!
Why contest thou not?
The Goldens show tonight.
Probate Court next week. See docket
elsewhere.
Mr.. Nick Jay has our thanks for late copies
Of Ell Paso, Texas, papers.
We are having some fine rains, but they
are u little untimely-from picnic point OF
view.
A town clock, gentlemen, is thing Of
beauty and a Joy forever. Beside, it is use
full as we'll as ornamental.
Mr.. E. Davis, of Nevada, Mo-, has rented
the residence of Mr.. Crommer and vii
spend the summer in Ironton.
Rev. o. NJ. Martin, Presiding Elder of the
NJ. E. Church, held services at the Union
Church, Pilot Knob Sunday afternoon.
The strawberry season has arrived and the
passenger trains now carry two and three
fruit cars in addition to their usual load.
If old vox Populi had had say in tina,
divorce suit, the marriage tie would have
been sundered from Maine to California.
A rainy wash day and broken cistern
Nhp-WueTt'S Tue SuucWllc ttmpci thdt
wouldn't succumb to such combination?
1t is said that there will be Grand
Picnic and Excursion from st. Louis to the
Valley some time about the middle of next
month.
Prof. A. p. Vance requests us to state that
the pupils of the Principals department
may obtain their monthly reports by calling
therefor at his residence.
WANTED-To hear of the G. A. r. Post
that has made a single howl over Corporal
Tanners wholesale dismissal of Democratic
veterans in the pension bureau.
We understand that Mr.. James Buford is
in need of about six additional men at his
saw-mill on Crane Pond, twelve miles below
Ironton. A good opportunity for a man out
of work.
Tue grand jury falling to find true bill
against Professor Wilson, the tonsoriai
artist, that distinguished individual is once
more enjoying his ease as gentleman OF
freedom and leisure.
The poor old Knob is apparently 'in the
soups" yet, like the Grand Old Democratic
Party she'll come up smiling one OF these
days. There's to much metal in both of
them for permanent innocuous desuetude.
The REGISTET may not show up very
handsomely thi, week, but we have rush
of brief work TO alleg as the cause. And,
then, the boss was part of the court last
week, and that unsettled the usual calmness
of his ordinary life.
new time-card went into effect last Sum
day. The important changes are in the time
of No. Isl, which arrives ten minutes ca rlier,
No. 754, which now passes north at 2:3O,
and the south bound accommodation now
arrivesIfve minutes earlier than formerly.
We this week reproduce from the Kansas
City Times an interesting article on the
Southeast Missourian at Jefferson City. The
account there given shows that there are
few flies OH the boys from this section who
.congregate at the State Capitol during ses-
sion times.
Mr.. Grover the St. Louis attorney who,
with his family has spent several past sum-
mers in the Valley, this week purchased the
Metcaife homestead on Shepherd street and
will make Ironton his permanent summer
home. Mr.. G. and family take possession
about the Jst of June.
This is Buck Beer Day and Ironton's bars
are all ready to supply the thirsty with all
they may desire of that tempting beverage.
Like the 4th of July Buck Beer comes but
once a year and none of the lovers of that
best of Grambinus' refreshing drink can let
it 90 by untasted and unheeded.
It's. Lopez & Sons have closed out their
Business in Piedmont. A new firm under the
name of T. S. Lopez & Bergman will open
up At the old stand about the middle OF next
week. We congratulate our neigbbor1ng
town of Piedmont on being able to retain
such live business folk as the Lopez's.
House. cleaning this season brings Its
usual mishaps. The old step-ladder has
NOT corrected its faults nor the carpet tack
lost its cunning. BY the way, they say
Oklahoma Is filled from. centre to clrcum-
ference with bedbugs indigenous to the soil.
What a perfect heaven for thrifty mousse
wives ct this season of the year it must be!
4 couple of carrier pigeons belonging 10
Nh L. Ainsworth, of Crystal CITY, NO. VIII
he liberated from this office this afternoon
about three O'Clock. These same pigeons
have made The trip from Bismarck anu
Charleston to Crystal City in three hours ana
three hours and fifteen minutes, respective
Nv. We will advise our readers of the time
they make from here in our next issue.
aArcadia is a nice place." but the railroad
refuses to see it-more's athe pity. If the
coed people of this section could have seen
a wear or two in the future at the time the
Arcadia House property was sold, we as
sumo the bidding would have been more
spirited, and the result, we believe, differ
ent. The empty buildings and idle grounds
are a reproach to the company, il not wit
mess to broken promises.
8. Marsh, of Bismarck, No., on the 18th
of April, consummated an exchange OF
Matthew Darmody's farm of ,124 acres, sit
usted three miles west Of Iron Mountain, In
Iron county, Mo-, formerly owned by and
known as the ex.Gov. Brown fanny for ST.
Louis city property owned BY J. c. Roehrs.
The farm and personal property was valued
It $1,000 and the city property at S19,2oo.
Roehrs intends to makes several farms out
of it. Iron county loses q good citizen in
Mr.. Dsruody and gains good one in Mr..
Roehrs, as No. b. comes highly reconnssad-
ed as an honorsbie. Christian gentleman.