Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-06-23

: Friends and patrons of the Ursuline
: in Arcadia are hereby most cordial,
invited TO attend the Commencement
Exercises at the Arcadia College, Tues
day, the 2Sth inst. al 2:30 p. NJ n,
: invitation cards will be issued.
URsULINE SISTERS
Miss Annie Byero entertained "a mum
Der of her little friends last Friday af
ternoon: the occasion. the young LADY,
fifth birthday. They had games. plen
y OF refreshments and a splendid time
generally. The day and its pleasure:
will long be remembered by the happy
little band present.
Mr.. Ed. {. Thomas OF Fayette. How.
ard county. Is visiting friends in the
Valley. Ed. is an old Irouton boy. but
now mas charge of the mechanical work
on the Howard County Democrat and i
achieving great success. He Is most
promising young man and his old-tiae
friends are all happy to learn of MS
prosperity.
! The coming primary election prom
ises IL be the least interesting, in point
Thus IA" there are but two contests, for
the Office Of assessor and county Judge
i-sOuthcru district \ the election *
now bs.t little more than 4 month away.
1t Is not expected that there will De q
great many more candidates.
| CHARLES J. Hunt. second son OF \.
| y. Hunt and wife, departed this life
June "a, 1892, aged - years. l month
and s days. He leaves mother, broth
er. sisters and many friends to mourn
his loss. Funeral took place from
! home. No. Is South 22d St, ST. Louis.
June Sd. and was Inferred in Victoria
| Cemetery. Jefferson county, Mo.
The REGISTER this week contains the
announcement OF K. j. Hill a. a candi-
date for County Judge OF the Western
district. Judge Hill has filed this
Office for number OF years, and has
made a most excellent record i'll every
respect He : = sound Democrat and
if nominated and elected will beyond
question maintain his past good name.
Ri Rev. J. J. Hennessy. Bishop of
Wichita. spent several days OF last
week in The Valley as the guest of Rev.
L. c. Wernert. and visiting old-time
friends and &cquaintaEces. Bishop
Hennes-ey is a most entertaining and
pleasing gentleman. and his visits to
the scenes Of mis- early Iabors, are al
way heartily welcomed by his legion
Of friends and well-wishers:
The advertisement of Messers.
Il. .r.y.rsls1 mud l-af-
and funeral directors of Pilot Knob. /
appears in this issue of the REGISTER.
In addition TO a fuI line o. undertaking
goods. these gentlemen have just pur-
chased q fine new hearse. which they
are ready 70 furnish on application. If
you ara 80 unfortunate a. 20 need their |
services, sou Will find them prompt !
and reliable.
The Southeast Mining Company held !
a meeting at MiddlebroOk last Thurs |
day. and agreed to expend $4,000 in
purchasing some new lead lands and |
erecting furnaces. etc. The new
smeltec IS expected to be ready for |
work by fall. The affairs OF the com |
pany are in a most promising condition, |
and the best authorities say they I'M |
dOubtedly have one of the richest mines |
in the country
Miss r. l.. MARITIME, who was |
who was visiting in Ironton few days |
since. attended the graduating eXer- |
cises OF the Manual Training School, |
St Louis on the night Of the Sth inst !
To the great delight OF ali concerned. |
she saw our mutual friend, Charles |
Mcfarland. carry Oft the hOnors OF the |
graduating class OF 80. OF the 90 in |
his class he was the one who carried |
off the gold medal. In addition to his |
honOrs. his parents. upon whom he has |
for some time been urging to come to |
the city. have at last consented and |
: supreme happy
The indications are that the free
barbecue and picnic at GOulding's
Park on July 18th will be one OF the
grandc>t and most successful events OF |
the kind ever attempted IN this section.
Word ma. Uceu received stating that
large crowds from all over the county
will be present and. the attendance
will undoubtedly be immense. The
4OtiS toii4iAl-ltCto eliC 5OAA4S ~ IL
ahead with their work. and say every
thing i moving spIendidly. Among
the attractions Of the day will be two
large thirty feet balloons sent up from
the grounds. Another feature will be
two foot races; one between boys six
and eight years of age, 81 yards, prem
ium. -: another for boys between
eight and twelve. premium 81. a sack
race free 70 all. W II. Reese and
Jas. Dixon. Judges.
Grand Keeper Of Records and Seals.
John II Holmes. Of the Grand Lodge
Knights OF Pythias. arrived in Ironton
yesterday and instituted 4 Lodge of
Knights % Pythias in Ironton. There
were twenty cnarter members and the
exercises commenced in the afternoon
lasting until dawn the the next morn
ing. \ supper was served IN the Acad
emy of Music at night. and the occasion
i said to have been a most pleasant
one IN every respect. There were pres
ent large visiting delegations from Dc
Soto. Piedmont. Poplar Bluff and other
points. ana they all took occasion to
pass special compliment on the delic-
i0us repast furnished by Mrs. W. A.
Fletcher II composed all the delica-
cies and suD-tantials. both in and out
OF season. and was indeed a feast for