Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-02-06
LOCAL BREVITIES.

We are happy to state Hon. J. f. I. Ed
wards Is recovering from his late severe ILL
ness.
Probate Court is in session this week with
about the usual quarterly volume OF bust
ness before it.
H. VI. Collins, the livery man, i going to
ship a car load Of horses 70 1t. Louis the
latter part of this week.
Special communication of Star of the West
Lodge, No. I33, y. F. Il y. NJ. next Satur-
DAY evening. Work in the L. y. Degree.
We learn that Mr.. Z. F. Blomeyer has
lately been promoted to superintendent Of
the Cape Girarieau Southwestern Railway
post-ofice has recently been established
at GhermanviIle with Jos. Rant a. post
master The new office opened for business
on the 1>t inst.
We learn that arrangements are being
perfected for washing the ore at Pilot Knob.
II this i, done some additional men will be
given employment.
The Ground Hog saw his shadow last sun
day and the ''oldest inhabitant" now looks
for six weeks Of winter before the final adj
vent of gentle Annie.
The young folks participated in dance at
the Academy of Music last Friday night.
The attendance was small, but good time
was had all the same.
The prophets are saying thai the present
winter i indicative of a cold summer, with
sun and frost inJuly and August. Prophets
do principally love to talk though.
We learn that a couple of young men from
Pilot Knob had Z runaway in the North
End Of Irouton one evening last week. Our
informant says the horse escaped uninjured
but that the buggy was badly demolished.
La Grippe Is closing the schools in some of
the Southeast towns. All the newspaper
men seem to have contracted the disease,
and tine paper issued on the week following
The a,iac6 has little than ''iufiuenza" in its
Saca. columns.
Rev. .. w. Rose has resigned his pa>tnrate
at CRYSTAL City and will ia future devote his
time to secular pursuits. 1t j his intention
we benevs to enter the services OF the Pull
man Car Company conductor. We
wish Nj. L. success and fortune.
The attention Of our readers i called to
svnops:. Of Labor Commissioner Neriweth-
er's annual Report which i published in
thi- sue. The review is full of interes Ting
statistics and especially worthy the consid-
Grafton of ali who "in the sweat of their
brow eat Dread"
II is with genuine pleasu we learn that
Mr.. Geo. II. Benton, the attorney, OF Pop
lar Bluff, will shortly remove 10 lrontoA ana
make this place his future home. Mr.. l.. i
: cultured and educated gentleman, aud
will add weight and dignity to .he Iron
County bar. We trust that he NAV be long
with u, have success supreme, and happl-
ness divine.
We are in receipt OF the Program Of the
second Annual Reunion Business College OF
the University OF Denver, January 2itb, le'"
We notice that Mrs. Clara Po@ue'> name oc-
ours quite often in the musical selections
furnished for the occasion, and we have no
doubt that >he acquitted herself in man
ner that sustained her enyiab!e reputation
as q pianist.
\ new-tIme card went into effect last sun
day. The principal change Is in the tine OF
No. 35l which now arrives At % p. VI. The
other trains arrive about the same time, but
all the changes can be found on consulting
she timetable at the head Of these column
No. 7M and 754 no longer stop at Iron
Mountain for dinner, but now take meals a
Bismarck again.
List of letters remaining in the IrontOn
,ost-office for the month ending January
3Ist, 1890:
Crawford II Jackson Henry
Davidson Mr. T Lyman Mrs
Denter Miss MiIburn -il>> >afal
FfnIey Mr. " -IcNichul> Elizabeth
hi.
HicS> Chancey idtkin> MIS- bti'ua
Henson Joseph il Ruddock J {
Ifnot called for within thirty days, they
will be sent to the Dead Letter Office.
THos. BEARD, 7. NJ.
We copy from the Fulton (Mo-} S'a', jan
nary 18th: Ex-Congressman Ciardy, oil
DaIas>us. Mo, purchased "Sam JONES'
four-vear- trottin@ stallion, by Aaron
Pennington. out of Galloway Maid, from Dr.
Howard. price. II 900. This horse is 4 full
brother TO Gypsy Girl, 2.21 l-2, also Lulu ~
for whom the Doctor has an offer OF - 2to'
The people of Southeast Missouri now nave
\ chance to improve their horse stock and
Mr., CIardv IS TO be congratulated 81 >ecur-
in- 4 Pennington. DR.. Howard has soid'
within the past three months. $3.50 worth
Of this stock and the demand i Increasing
The Halfway MAI t4'ANS Hs'0 1890 -
more demoral,zed condition than at present.
and 'tis easy TO see that many OF the 'blocNs-
of-fye', incompetents are engaged IN that
branch Of public service. Twice during the
,,as+ week we have had packages OF REGIS
JFR'S. that had been On the road TWO weeks
retnrned TO Us stamped "Misdirected"
The stamn is A lie on the face of it, for, with
the mailer. such "a is used IN TINS ONCE II
! innos.ihIe 10 make a mistake in the ad-
dress If = paper, but what does the gang
that at present holds the upper hano care
for being caught in little faisehood. VI
course, 10 blame attaches to the postmaster
here.