Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-10-20
LOCAL BREVITIES.

The hoop business is booming.
The corn crop this year promises to
be above the average.
Messrs. Baldwin have Geo. Marks
new residence under way.
Most all of our summer visitors have
returned to their city homes.
Circuit court convenes next Monday.
The docket is published in full else
where.
Jno. Blemel has just completed the
erection of fine large barn on his
premises.
The pay car arrived in the Valley
the railroad boys.
The first venison of the season was
shipped last week. 1t is said that the
meat is going to be fairly plentiful this
year.
Rev. O. NJ. Martin, presiding elder,
delivered a sermon to a large congre-
CATION in the Nj. E. church Sunday
night.
IT. p. R." furnishes the readers of
the REGISTER very interesting account
of a late visit to the st. Louis Fair and
Exposition.
One of our Perry county exchanges
says that candidate Whitledge insists
that Judge Fyan will not beat him
more than 5000 votes this year.
Miss Hill of ST. Louis, an experience
ed trimmer. will have charge of Lopez S
Millinery Department this season.
Ladies wishing stylish trimmed hat
VIII do well to call.
Our friend, NJ. Seitz, of Middlebrook.
last week presented us with the largest
sweet potato of the season. Its weight
was five pounds; a splendid specimen
of the vegetable throughout.
1t has been generally noticed that
the ..gray colt" bears the appearance
of being extraordinarily sleek and
well-fed during the past few days.
Who took that basket of corn?
The derailing of several cars of a
freight train near Wickes delayed No.
50 seven hours Monday night and that
train did not pass through here until
nearly nine o'clock Tuesday morning.
G. w. Scoggins' saw mill, situated
about three miles from Hogan, was de-
stroyed by fire last Tuesday night, re-
sulting in loss of nearly 81 900. The
fire is thought to have been the work
of an incendiary.
Rev. o. NJ. Martin delivered a lecture
at the NJ. E. church Monday evening,
taking for his subject: '.Gumptlon."
All present, we learn, were highly edl-
fed with the gentleman's wit and pow
er of entertaining.
The first rain in five weeks visited
this section last Friday night The
dust was laid but the ground is still
hard and dry. The cisterns and wells
were but little benefited, notwithstand-
considerable water fell.
Mrs. P. c. Halter has an advertise
ment in this weeks REGISTER offering
her large and well-selected stock of
goods ut cost and less. This is done to
make room for a new and elegant as
sortment. Call early and get your
choice at prices truly astonishing.
Some Democratic friends in Pilot
Knob inform us that the Republican
Club up there has no little difficulty in
getting sufficient number of voters out
at each meeting to transact routine
business. The masses remember too
years ago.
The announcement of j. L. Baldwin
as a candidate for Constable appears in
this weeks REGISTER. Mr.. B. has held
this Office for two years and the voters
are we'll informed as to his qualiica-
tions. The fact that he is not likely to
have any opponent would signify that
he has given satisfaction to all.
Mr.. Bohachek. the st. Louis musician
who led the orchestra at the ball last
Thursday evening, says he travels
around considerable in towns adjacent
to St. Louis, and he finds more pretty
and lovely girls in attendance on our
dances than any place he goes. Mr..
b. is man of good taste and rare
judgment.
The sad intelligence was received
here last. week that Herb Smith, we'll
known here as a former miner on Pilot
Knob, was killed October 9Th, by a
mass of rock falling on him, in a mine
= in Montana where he was employed.
The deceased was quite popular among
his fellow laborers, and the news of his
death will be received with general
sorrow.
A Columbian Church Festival under
the auspices of the c. K. of A. ARCADIA
Branch No. 640) will be given in the
New Hall House. Pilot Knob, Thanks
giving eve, November 23d. at
O'Clock. 1t is well-known fact that
in this line of entertainments our
friends of the Catholic church have NO
superiors, and all who attend are GER
tain of glorious good time.
Our correspondent at Pilot Knob has
seen a man who has found forty Warn
err Democrats. That is always the
way with these Warner Democrats,
YOU can always hear of the man who
has seen them, but you never get to
put your eyes on them yourself. These
drummers tales on politics are very
often not too reliable anyway. AS an
instance: We all remember how they
talked of Poplar Bluff as a Republican
town and when an election was held it
proved Democratic way yonder. No.