Iron County register., 1890-10-16
LOCAL BREVITIES,


Pay-car is due to-day
- a day and roast beef.
Lopez's present IA new lad" this week.
PersimmOns plenty, but oh how green,
\ new platform is being built to the depot
in Arcadia.
The coons are preparing for another
'h0me talent" show.
Service. at Baptist Church next Sunday
morning and evening.
y wedding IN town tomorrow evening.
Another week from day.
About sixty people boarded the trains at
Ironton last week bound for ST. Louis
The Quarterly Meeting Services at Fort
Hill last Sunday were largely attended.
The finest potatoes We have seen this year
come from the farm of S. G. Saular, Esq,
on Marble Greek.
The sale of personal effects belonging 10
the estate of Mrs. CrocKer last Saturday
was fairly attended and the articles brought
very good prices.
The Hyers Sisters Comedy Company is
billed to appear at the Academy of Music
next Monday evening. Reserved seats on
sale at Crisp's Drug Store.
The home of Mr.. and Mrs. J. G. Clarkson
in arcadia was enlivened by the arrival OF q
baby boy on Tuesday morning of last week.
All parties are doing nicely.
We learn that ''de ole man" FiIley will be
down to deliver address to the FAITHFUL
during the campaign. Wonder if the ''siIks"
will give Chauncey cordial reception
LOsT-SOmewhere in Ironton, black UNI
brela with gold knob on handle. The find
er of same will do me great kindness by
leaving it at post-otfice. +. NJ. SHoUsH
Mrs. L. S. Lopez has purchased an elegant
home on Westminster Place, west of Grand
Avenue, in st. Louis, and intends making her
home in the city during the winter months.
The movers are passing Southward and
scarcely Il day but what one or more OF the
''prairie schoouers" are seen vending their
way through our streets headed for the
warmer cimes.
The extensive hunting of the past two
weeks has frightened all the duails into the
woods and bird shooting will not be very
good until the winters snow drives them
back to the fields.
SThe REGISTER is sorry to hear of the
somewhat serious Illness of Mr.. Chas. Seitz
at Middebrook, Mo-, and trusts that de-
cided improvement in the gentleman's con-
dition will soon be reported.
But one poor lonesome "sik" from Iron
ton went up to ST. Louis last Saturday to
see Grand PAS Hat. The President will
doubtless be rutfied at this slight on the
part of the Iron county statesmen"
The mention of Sam. Byrns name by Judge
krum at the Democratic meeting yesterday
afternoon was greeted with round OF APP
plause. sam's all right and his popularity
increases as the election approaches.
Louis Miller has commenced the erection
OF a brick dwelling on the lot just south OF
hi. business house and shop in ARCADIA. The
new structure, we learn, promises to be u
beauty in architecture and structure.
Will not all exchanges read and publish
the notice of $500 Reward" in another
column, also this note: and let Us see who
can ind the parties and get the SO. HIS
name may be on an old subscription book.
Rev. J. W. Worsnop will likely enter into
the active work of the ministry IN Alabama
in the near future. The reverend gentle
man leaves the first of next month to attend
ehe conference of that state, which c0nYenes
at birmingham,
Miss Della Lopez was the holder of the
winning ticket in q rattle for fine riding
horse at Pilot Knob Monday. We eongrat-
ulate Miss Della, on her good fortune, and
+lo -, hA r1lly
draw as useful prize in the lottery OF ife
The REGISTER IS very anxious to secure
the names of all labOrers in this vicinity
whose wages have been increased by reason
of the Mckinley bill, which went into effect
last week We have employed an extra
hand lust to compile these statistics as they
come rushing in.
Mrs Lopez desires to inform the pubic
that she has secured first-class milliuer
from st. Louis who will have charge OF that
branch of the business during Mrs. LIS ao-
sence from Irouton this winter. All the
latest novelties and styles always on hand,
and no lady will lind it necessary to go away
from hcme to find anything she may want In
this line.
Msi q. F.. Pearce, of st. Louis, Is billed TO
address the "faithful'' at the courthouse
next Saturday evening. Maj. T. may oeeN-
pected to discourse on the war, ana 'he
other old issues, but he'll hardly have any
thing special to say for Harrison because OF
the slight he received at the hands OF Hrahd
Pas Hat on not being appointed postmaster
at st. Louis last winter.
We learn that some individual represent
iuc himself to be the travelling salesman OF
St. Louis dry goods house bas heeceo tue
citizens of Graniteville and vicinity out oi
quite large sum. The individual in q'ies-
ton put in appearance about two weeks ago
with TWO large sample eases aud onereo
goods at prices fabulously low. The pur-
chaser was asked to pay half down IN ao-
vance and the goods would arrive by express
a few days later. No goods have arrived
and the stranger has gone with his sample
eases and the advance money. His CUSTOM
ers are growing uneasy and the lady VINO
had set her heart on such nice dress at so
little cost for the winter is making UP her
mind that she'll have to do without.