Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-05-12
LOCAL BREVITIES.

The city assessor will begin his la
bors next week.
\ revival meeting will be in progress
at Fort Hill Church all week.
DrED-Near Granitevillc. Nav Sth.
1N92, Mrs. \. Cline, aged - years.
Services on Fort Hill. each day of
present week, at , z. NJ. and 7:45 P. NJ.
1t Is said that n diamond drill will
soon be put at work on Marble Creek.
DIED-On Crane Pond. May 9th,
1872. Mrs. Patsy Counahan, aged 50
years.
The passenger trains are now carry
ing fruit cars loaded with Arkansas
strawberries.
The gathering of the clans and
promises of - day and roast beef
Will soon begin.
The school board holds a meeting
this afternoon and viii transact bust
ness of Importance.
The lumber men report business
good. and most OF the mills have all
the orders they can fill.
There IL some talk of putting the
Arcadia Valley mill in operation a.
soon a. the new wheat comes in
Services will be held AT the Ironton
N. f. Church Sunday, May 10Th, morn
ing and evening, at the usual hours.
TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS Will buy Il
Brand New Sewing Machine at II.
Davis. All kind OF repairing done.
\ gentleman was here last week
with view To establishing Il WOODEN
mill in the city. He should be en-
cOuraged.
The weather of the past week has
been very changeabie and hot days
have been succeeded by nights OF de-
cidcd chill.
The attendance at the institute this
week shows quite an increase over last
and the students are getting down to
hard work.
The interior Of the Baptist church
has just been reprinted and repapered
and the appearance of that sanctuary
is greatly improved.
The habit of driving across the side
walk in front of the vacant lots near
the depot has ruined that pavement.
The practice should be stopped.
Several couples. students at Bellevue
Collegiate Institute. Caledonia. attend
ed the conference meeting M Arcadia
last Friday. making the journey in bug
gies.
LosT-Between Jno. Newman's and
Fort Hill Church. "A pair of silver-bowed
spectacles. Right bow broken. Find
er Will please return to Newman store,
IrontOn.
The mass meeting last Saturday did
not draw quite as large crowd IL was
expected. The meeting next month
will probably be attended in greater
numbers.
The steps leading to the footpath on
the railroad bridge across Stout : creek
are In bad condition and should be
repaired. and that At once. or some one
will suffer Il broken limb in conse-
qUence.
Star of the West Lodge. No. 1873. \.
+. Il \. NJ. will hold a special meet
ing Saturday evening this week. Work
in the Third Degree. y full attendance
Is desired. and visiting brethren will
be welcomed.
The City Council met in regular ses-
sion last Monday and determined on
the tax levy for the ensuing year y
L. Vance was appointed assessor. and
it was agreed to spend some money
gravcIing the streets.
Rev. Jno. VI. Grove. quite a noted
revivali-t and preacher. of Louisville,
XIV. i advertised to deliver lecture
al the Academy of Music tomorrow
Thursday evening. Admission. D
cent: children. - cents
The literary and dramatic club or
ganized last week. and will hold re%u-
lar meetings in future The officers
are: Arthur Hun. president. Mrs.
Katie Deiano. vice president and Miss
Ella Halter. secretary and treasurer
Hon. Jno. w Bergman. we'll known
to the REGISTFR readers, i now en-
CARED in the wholesale lumber bust
ness in ~. Louis. and has an office IN
the Commercial building. 9th and OllVe
streets. Mr. Is. has our best wishes
for success in his new field.
The sale Of the -. Louis Ore X Steel
Company properties occurs to-day
There l.. OF course. considerable inter
est in this section as to who purchases
Pilot Knob and the other property here.
but thus far nothing has been learned
of the arrangements intended.
The Y. p. :. c. +. will hold a bust
ness meeting this "Wednesday evening
n 6:i5 for the purpose of electing dele
gates to the District Convention to be
held in Poplar Bluff June Sd to June
9th. Other important business on
hand. 4 full attendance Is desired
In making mention last week OF the
action of the citizens in securing
home for Frank Murphy, who had his
le- broken at Vulcan, we said that
room had been rented from Mr.. Hotson.
Tai was not the case: Mr.. Hotson very
kindly rendered the use of the room
free of charge