Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-07-16

The City Council held a meeting Monday,
but no important business was transacted.
Word has just been received from De Soto
| stating that the Railroad Brakemen have de-
| cided to hold their Annual Picnic in Could
ing's Park, this city, on Monday, July Goth.
A special train carrying the excursionists
will arrive here from De Soto about nine
O'Clock in the morning and thence proceed
in hacks to the grounds. There will be
| dancing, music, refreshments, and games
Of all kinds. cordial invitation is eX-
tended to the people of the Valley and
vicinity who are friendly to the order to at
tend. The best of order will be maintained,
and everybody can rest assured of a royal
good time.
As Will be seen by reference to the adver-
| Using columns of this weeks paper the Sye
mite Granite Company intends closing out its
stock of goods at Granitevile. This doesn't
exactly mean that the Syenite Company is
going to leave this county at once, but we
fear that is what it will amount to in the
end. The difficulty is that the Syenlte Com
pany, the lessee, can get no definite under
| standing from the Iron Mountain Company,
the owners of the quarries. The former
company's lease soon expires and unless
terms are reached in the meantime the Sye-
mite people will remove all their machinery
and apparatus over to their quavries near
Syenite, in St. Francois county. Whether
the members of the Iron Mountain Company
are holding back for more money or wantto
operate the quarries themselves does not
seem to be known.
The merchants and mechanics OF Bellcview
are making preparations for q Grand Barbe-
cue and Picnic in that place on Saturday,
August Sth, 1891. a cordial invitations ex-
tended to the people of Iron and neighbour
ing counties to be present and participate in
the pleasures of the day. No pains or eX-
pense will be spared TO make the occasion
| one of the most enjoyable reunions ever held
in the county. In addition to the usual
| amusements at like events the ''Gentlemen's
Driving Club" of Beleyew will give
Matinee on the Russell Track, and in addi-
ton to the horses of the Club all the fast
Pacing and Trotting Horses of the neighbor-
ing towns will be entered. No entrance fee
| will be charged; Track free to all. The pro-
pramme is: 1st--k mile race for yearlings-
trotting; Id mile race for 2-year-old-
| trotting, heats; 3D. minute race-trOt or
pace, heats in 3; 4th-1 mile heats for B.
year olds-trotting; 5th-1 mile heats, free
| for all-trotting; 6th-1 mile heats, free for
all-pacing. Rev. W. E. Boggs, of Caledonia
Institute, will be the orator of the day.
On st. Valentines Day last, there were
dropped IN the pOst-Office in this city
| couple of valentines addressed to two young
| ladies of Ironton. In addition to the regular
address, however, were lot of scandalous
and scurrilous appellations on the back of
the envelopes. In fact, so near to the indie
cent were these superscriptions, that Post
master Beard promptly recognized the mat
ter as unavailable, and filed the two letters
| away, instead of sending them to their des-
tination. A few days later, Post-Ofhce
| Inspector made visit to the city, and when
Postmaster Beard showed him the envel-
opes in question, he promptly commended
| the Postmaster's action in the matter,
and said that steps would of course have to
be taken to apprehend the parties who had
mailed the letters in question. Now, II Is
| rule in the post office on st. Valentines Day
| to collect all mail from the boxes as soon as
| it is deposited, in order that there may be no
delay in delivery, as well as to keep up with
| the extra work. In this wav, the Postmaster
had, at the time, learned who the offenders
were, and he gave the names to the Inspector
at once That official returned to st. Louis
for consultation with his superiors, and in
the meantime informed Mr.. Beard that it
would be but a short time until the arrests
were made. The matter will probably come
to a head this morning in the arrest Of the
guilty parties, who will be taken before the
e S. authorities in st. Louis. We hope they
NAV come off with light punishment, and
are sure that the lesson will not be thrown
away.