Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-12-04
Read Sim. Buckman's ad.

Judge to succeed Jno. L. Thomas. NJ. Y.
would, beyond question, make q capable
official.
1t has been years and years since this end
of the judicial circuit has had the judgship.
In all fairness, we ask our brethren of the
northern counties if they do not think our
plea for representation is a just and right
eous one:
The committees of the late Grand Ball
7 expended the surplus" in a candy pulling
at the residence of Mrs. F. Z. Moser on
Thursday night last. The candy proved
delicious and and the evening 10 less sue
cess than The ball.
Prof Vance, for Thanks giving dinner, KILL
ed Plymouth Rock rooster, duly fattened
for the occasion, which, when dressed, ready
for stuffng, weighed fifteen pounds. IT. 4
pretty large Thanksgiving story, but the
Profe ssor is reliable.
DIR. Hull has moved his drug store from
the brick building south Of the courthouse
to his newly acquired property across the
street from Alberts Messrs. Patton and
Hill will open pool and billiard hall in the
building vacated by DR.. Hull.
Mr.. ]. c. Cartv, one of the editors of the
Van Buren, Local, spent few days in Iron
ton last week on his way home from court
at Centreville. Mr.. c. is very jubiant over
the success of the entire Democratic ticket
in his county by good majorities.
Miss Mamie Byers, like all young ladies,
doesn't want people to think that she is older
than she really is and asks the REGISTER to
state that she is but eleven years of age, in
stead of fourteen, as was stated in the ac-
count of the accident which befell her last
week.
James Doty has taken the agency for the
st. Louis Post Dis patch and EUening ChrOn-
icIe, and will deliver those papers to all sub
scribers on the arrival of the Arcadia train
every evening. Dispatch, 10 cents a
week. Chronicle, 10 cents. Leave orders at
this office.
Mr.. Chas. Seitz, of Middlebrook, died in
St. Louis Monday evening at the residence
of his wife's parents. Deceased has been in
bad health for some time past, and was in
the city for medical treatment. The re-
mains will be inferred at Middebrook at > P.
VI. Thursday.
J. Nelson's family moved out on Black
River Monday, and the Ironton House is
now vacant. Mrs. H. B. Robertson swore
out a search warrant as the effects were be-
ing removed and with the assistance of Con-
stable Baldwin recovered one half dozen
chairs and various articles of minor value.
John German, who once lived in this city
and worked at Pilot Knob, was shot and
killed in st. LOUIS by his step-son one day
last week. The man and boy had quarrel
in the morning which eliminated in the boy
shooting him in the evening. The deceased
has been absent from here for four or five
years.
Yes the tariff helps the farmer. The Me-
Kiney Bill places - cents bushel on pota-
toes. The potato crop is short in the United
States this year and we are importing them
from Canada. The farmer is buying just as
many of those imported potatoes any one
else is. When our crop is 4 good one there
is no call for foreign potatoes. a beautiful
thing the tariff is for the farmer.
AT the regular meeting of indian r. A.
Chapter, held last evening, the following Of
ficers were chosen for the ensuing year:
w. r. Edgar, NJ. +. II. p; p. Il. Crisp,
King; DR.. S f. Strong, Scribe; +. d. AXE,
c. H.; Alex Leith. p. s.; w. A. Fletcher,
K. a. c.; \. Ferguson, Sd v; +. z. AXE.
I'd v; r. W. Smith, LIST v; y. Roehry,
Treasurer, and III. b, Jones, Secretary.
The "young hopefuls" of Christian Oes-
terle and John Gassman of Middlebrook,
had "scrap" last Saturday over some rab-
bits. The elder Gassman took hand and
threw a rock at young Oesrerle. Oesterle,
senior, went down to Pilot Knob and swoIe
out n warrant against GasSman. Constable
Baldwin arrested q. who pleaded guilty and
paid fine and costs to the amount of 5000.
Jas. Denny. the individual who Is charged
with stealing a Reynolds county school war
rant, had his trial over II Centreville last
week and was found guilty, and sentenced
TO ten years in the penetentiary. The de-
fendent's attorney then quashed the indict-
ment and Denny was brought back to Iron
ton for safe keeping, to await the action
Of the grand jury at the next term of the
Reynolds Court.
Mrs. DIR. johnson and her little boy, of
Collinsviile, HIS, were guests of Judge and
Mrs. Emerson during ksgiving week.
VI
beautiful sketches of our Valley that have
appeared in the magazines and other illus
traled papers the last few years; also of
number of beautiful paintings that have re-
ceived high praise from art critics. They
returned home on Monday.
List of letters remaining in the 1ronton
post office for the month ending November
! 30th, 1890:
! Alexander Luke Jones VIM
| Abeuatha Charlotte Jones Miss Mary
| Allen William KletZler II A
| Able Mrs MoIie Morris Miss MOria
Berrvman Mrs VI 4 Orney James
! ConSigney Peery Miss Nellie
| Clark Ed Smith j o
/ Golden Ii Stone Charles
! Huffman Alkaline Weston Frank ?
If not called for within thirty days, they
! will be sent to the Dead Letter Office.
THOS. BEARD, z. NJ.
Acting on he OetftiOn of n majority of the