Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-10-01
LOCAL BREVITIES,
Fairchild's ad. is on this page.


meeting in Belleview.
Tony Faust's best oysters for sale by FL
Davis. Leave your orders.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Brooks, Ar
cadfa, Monday, Sept. IS, 1891, at 6 O'Clock
A NJ, a daughter.
indian K. a. Chapter will hold its regular
meeting next Tuesday evening, and full
attendance is desired.
4 culvert was built last week on Wayne
Street west of the American Hotel. 1t wasn'
: put there before it was needed.
On the Goth INST, Rev. f. VI. Shoush ad-
ministered the baptismal rite to two candi.
dates for admission into the membership OF
the Ironton Baptist Church.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Sizemore OF
Reynolds county, on the 18th Of September,
1891, a son. All are doing we'll, and we ten
der "Bob" our heartiest congratulations.
We see that Judge Emerson is cutting out
some of the trees and bushes growing about
the Sylvan Lake. This will add to health as
well as the comely appearance of the prem
ises.
The Granitevilles and the Ironton colored
nine played game of base ball last Sunday
over in Arcadia. The score stood 81 to 10 in
favor Of the Ironton nine, who did some very
good playing.
DIR. l.. Hull, late of Marquand, has decided
to locate in Bellevew. He is a good man as
well as a skilled physician, and worthy the
confidence and esteem of those with whom
he has determil ed to cast his lot.
.I. nit hn
porkerS in this section. IL il were to strike
the ever present rooters which infest the
streets of this town, we know of one or two
persons who would not be beyond consOla-
ton.
Our young and hustling friend, Geo. Lo-
PEI, Esq, was at home a few days the past
week, resting and recuperating after rath-
er severe Illness. But he returned to the
city. Tuesday, rehabilitated, and renewed in
vim and vigor.
Will our correspondents please have pa
thence with us? We have number of arti-
cles which we want to print and will print,
but they are uuavoidably crowded out by
purely news matter. After this week, we
promise to do better.
On the goth inst. Mrs. III. c. Clifton lost
her gold watch and chain somewhere be-
tween Des Are and Mr.. j. Miller's place on
Crane Pond. If the finder will deliver same
to her or bring to this office, he will receive
n reward of ten dollars.
Judge Russell has taken advantage of the
dry weather and consequent low water to
greatly enlarge and improve his fish pond.
The breast of the pond has been strength
ened and elevated so that when the rains
come the body of water will be perhaps
twice its former extent.
Bro. Hotson went to st. Louis yesterday
ON business connected with his excellent
granitoid pavement. He has contracted TO
put down quite a lot of it in Poplar Bluff,
and, judging from the specimen of his work
here, we are sure his paving will give salts
faction to our neighbors on the Black.
Rev. Olin Ward Rose, Dahlgreen, H., ar
rived in Ironton last Friday, and will prob
ably-with Mrs. Rose, who has been spend
ing some weeks here-leave for home to-
morrow. Mr.. Rose has just been reap
pointed pastor of the church at Dahlgreen
for another year, to the qualification of his
congregation there.
Mr. Azariah Martin took the train on
Tuesday, September 10Th, for Northwestern
Texas. for the purpose of visiting his broth
ers, who have been there for over twenty
years. He will also look for Texas home,
and will visit Eastland, Brown, and Conan
che counties. He expects to be gone some
three or four weeks. His brothers, H. III.
ana James ID. Martin, are boys raised here
in the Valley, and will be remembered by
many of the older residents.
Our old-time friend, Wallace OLIVER,
Esq, accompanied by Mrs. o. formerly
Mrs. Taylor, daughter of w. A. Ryan, ESq),
cime to Ironton last Thursday, and are stop
ping ut the Kesling House. They received
many cordial greetings from old friends,
many of whom had become possessed of the
notion that Mr.. Oliver had year or two ago
winged his flight to Spirit Land. That story
is, however, now generally discredited, and
we are all happy to see him and greet him
as OF this earth earthy-full of life and joyial
as of yore The REGISTER hopes he and
his may live many year yet in happiness
and prosperity.
The following appointments were made by
the recent st. Louis Methodist Conference
which convened at SikestOn and concluded
its laborers last Monday: De Soto, j. Steph-
ans; Potosi, J. Il. Eddlemsn; Bonnie Terre,
F. NJ. TOtten; Caledonia Circuit, G. w.
Nolluer; Libertyville, a. NJ. Robinson; Ar
cadia, III. Whitehead; Belleyiew, +. W.
Smith; Pennington Circuit, G. FL. Adams
Rev. 4. I. Tidwell was "superannuated" on
account of recent continued ill-health. and
will in consequence take greatly needed
rest None of his congregation but hopes
that by next Conference time he may be
physically fitted for any station in the gift
of his church.
A dastardly mode of revenge upon the
Democrat was resorted to last week, by
some party in Pennington, at present I'M
known. In Mr.. Cundiff's absence, some one
went to the colored roller-boy and suggest
ed that he ought to wash and "air" the types.
The boy replied, "Cundiff pays me for roll
lin, and don't have nothin' to do with
washin' and airin' the type" 80, well''
said the other party, Ego ahead and wash
them and take them apart and give them air.
/ know John wants it done, and L will pay
YOU a dollar for the job, and when John re-
turns he will give me back my dollar"
Then the bow washed the forms, unlocked
them, "aired" the types by throwing them
up into the atmosphere-miNing plea, long
primer, brewer and nonpareil into one COM
mon maS.l He then, by direction of j Johns