Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-01-21
LOCAL BREVITIES.

Brer Rabbit he stay in he hole.
Who says there's no market for arc
tics?
Nineteen degrees below zero this
morning.
Old Boreas knocked the stuffin' out
of the revival Monday night.
House plants are in the soup, and
the saddened faces of the housewives
are pitiful to behold.
The question: Whether would you
rather have this kind of weather and
lots of ice, or Uice Uersa?
Bro. Hotson and Tommy johnson are
packing their ice-houses from pit to
dome-to put it in classic language.
Mr.. Van Pierse. agent for the Re-
public, was in Ironton last week. He
reports business in his line f1ourishing.
Mrs. f. J. Langdon, Misses Ethel
Langdon and Nellie Wilson and Mrs.
Austin returned to Arcadia Tuesday
Kennett Clipper.
LosT-One heavy Black and Red Lap
Robe-reversible. Suitable reward will
be paid if returned to
j. A STAFFORD, Pilot Knob.
The billiards we are having are
tempered by the knowledge that the
price of ice next summer will seek a
lower level than it has held for years.
IF we say we have no sin, we de-
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us. If we say we have not
sinned, we make him liar, and his
word is not in us. John: $40.
Our friend, B. Fox of Centreville
has clear case of libel against the St.
Louis papers. They persistently call
the presiding officer in the Stevens
trial, Judge Fox of Reynolds county. "
Mr.. Lawrence C. Griffith, Bessville,
Mo-, son of DIR. Griffith, late of this
Valley, is now in the nursery business.
Mr.. Griffith is polite and Industrious.
His prospects are good, and it will be
a pleasure to watch his success.
Miss Lulu Fairchild, last Friday
night, while skating on EInerson's Syl-
van Lake, fell and severely sprained
her ankle. We earnestly counsel all
persons to do their skating at less
slippery season-say. in June or July.
The present cold snap extends north,
east, west and south, and from all sec
lions come reports of frigid climate,
deep SHOWS, delayed trains, and great
suffering. IT'S the coolest weather
this part of the State has known for
years.
The city dailies last Sunday an
nounced, mo more cold weather at pres
emit; the warm weather will continue
for some days, growing warmer.
Give, o give us the old fashioned al
manac. which solemnly maps out the
weather a year in advance.
Iron County has giant in the per-
son of VIM. Townsend of Belleview.
He was IS years old last July. His
height is feet inches, and he weighs
1877 pounds. He wears a No. 7-o hat
and a No. Is shoe. His trouser leg
measures SO 1-2 inches in length.
Mosaic Lodge, No. 351, A. F. & A.
NJ, will hold a special meeting Satur-
day night this week, when the Third
Degree will be conferred. A general
invitation is extended to the brethren,
and we understand several from Iron
ton will attend-wind and weather per-
hitting.
No. 2 was about five hours late yes
terday. The delay was caused by the
ditching of another train below Poplar
Bluff somewhere. This mornings mail
train (No. 56) was also late, passing
here at six o'clock this morning, de-
tanning the Accommodation about thirty
minutes.
Mr.. M. T. Chestnut of St. Louis is
now prospecting with big drill, on
some land near the Haywood farm
He proposes to develop a deposit OF
manganese iron ore said to exist III
that locality. Four men are employed
with the drill. They began operations
last week.
Constable Baldwin last Wednesday
went out to Ghermanville and arrested
John Sizemore, charged with disturb
ing the peace of j. b. McNall. Mr.
Sizemore acknowledged the corn,
pleaded guilty before Squire AXE, AND
atoned to the offended law to the ex
tent of about twelve dollars, fine ano
costs.
Uncle Toms Cabin" was played te
slim house at the Academy OF Music
last Fciday night. But the compan.
had the consolation of knowing tha
their play was as attenuated as the
audience. Metaphorically speaking
it was six of one and half-a-dozen OF
the other. Even the ''bloodhounds
We're false metal.
HID. Boughen, formerly resident o
Ironton. but now farmer living neal
Kirksville, Mo-, took his wife and wen
visiting, leaving his 13-year-old daugh
ter and s-year-old son at home TO takt
care of the house. A fire broke out a.
8 O'Clock Wednesday morning, ana the
little girl ran back into the house u
save her S-year-old brother. She fail
ed to get to the room where he was ane
had to retreat, leaving him to perlsf
in the flames. The little girl was ter
ribI1r burned in irving to rescue him.