Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-12-28

LOCAL BREVITIES.
Did man ever see such weather i,
December?
Trains over the road are numerou.
these days.
Pilot Knob. Sunday schools all had
Christmas trees.
The public schools closed Friday
noon and will reopen January I'd.
There will be preaching at the Bap.
fist Church uext Sunday morning and
evening.
All preparations for the Masque Ball
tonight are completed, and splendid
time is assured.
Mr.. Arnoldy has built little butch
= IT shop on the site of his former dwell
ing destroyed by fire.
Judge and Mrs. Emerson are enjoy
ing their Christmas and the Patti Con-
cert in st. Louis this week.
The high price for pork seems to be
at an end. 1t was freely offered on the
street last week at 4! cents.
Mr.. Blemel offers to sell the Blue
Store house, stock and good will.
1t is very desirable business opening.
The first of the year the time to pay
all bills, is just about here. The hour
for swearing off, has almost moved,
too.
Sam Jones will have a shooting
match (for turkeys) at Arcadia next
Saturday and Monday, at the usual
hour.
Shooting matches, as usual, were the
order of the day on Christmas, but
numbers of the sportsmen kicked at the
distance.
Turkeys never were so numerous
here as last week. One firm alone
shipped a carload to st. Louis in a
single day.
Christmas is always hard time to
keep printers at work. Our readers,
we feel sure, will be lenient with the
shortcomings of this issue.
DR.. Strong has our thanks for nice
bunch of mistletoe which some friend
from the South presented him. just
in time for Christmas it arrived.
La grippe and pneumonia are pre-
valent and lucky he who escapes these
DAYS. The sufferers are numerous
very numerous-and the doctors are
busy.
Shortly after the New Year H. H.
K:ddle expects to go on the road as a
representative of several eastern man
ufacturers. Arkansas will be his ter
ritory.
Potosi is to again have cOmmunica-
ton with the outer world, telegraph
line having been run into that place
last week. The accommodation was
badly needed.
The express comEapy had more bus,
mess ala attend to rsr Few
ykys preE9 to Christmas. Every
s -Ay thew were slow and short on deliv-
cries at this place.
Messrs. Jordan & Huff have pur-
chased an interest in a patent horse
shoe for the States of Arkansas and
Missouri. May they make a fortune
out of their venture.
Louis J. Giovanoni is home for
few days from his hunting camp in the
swamps of New Madrid. They have
moved further north and out of the
duck country for deer.
The road-bed of the Iron Mountain
is said to be in fi-st-class condition
these days, decided improvements hav-
ing been made since the present man
agement assumed control.
On complaint of Prof. Marbury the
two Persons boys in Arcadia were ar
rested last Saturday for defacing the
public schoo, property. They pleaded
guilty and paid nominal fine.
It is stated that with a united effort
control could be secured of the Arcadia
Hotel property, and the railcoad COM
pany would stop both day trains there
for dinner The effort should be made.
BoRN-To Mr.. and Mrs. W. B. New
man, Wednesday. December goth,
1898, girl. MIR. Newman, advertised
for a girl in the REGISTER a couple OF
weeks since. and, of course. it came to
hand.
1t isn't often that it is necessary to |
open the doors and windows during |
Christmas week in order to have the |
air comfortably cool. That's what we |
had to do in the Office last week, |
though.
DR.. A. B. Marbury, of the firm OF
Marburv & Bliss, of Potosi, will be IL
Belleview, this county, from the LIST to |
the 9th of January. and tenders his
professional services to all who may |
need them.
OA,of our local weather prophets Is
saynE that we are going to have but
twmj IA this winter. As we have
aIrs3 Had one visit of the ''heecy,
if Il orophet proves true, we may ex-
pc, Etls sleighing.
citizens have raised ~ . n;gbt
Z the purpose of ha4 the property
~ to look aften and BURGLARS
~ n; nod nj IN