Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-07-27
LOCAL BREVITIES.


Inc new wheat is selling at so cents.
The threshers are busy in the vicin-
ity.
The Merry-Go-Round has come to
town.
Some repairs are being made at the
schOOlhOuse this week.
Teeth extracted without PAIN by
DIR. Smith at the Oliver House.
The young folks had pleasant time
dancing at the Oliver House last Fri
day evening.
Not for many years has the ice cream
festival been as seldom in Ironton as
this summer.
DR.. Blanks from Graniteville has
rented an Office in the Academy of
Music building.
The financial statement of the Iron
ton school district appears in this
weeks REGISTER.
The bell at Fort Hill church has been
out of fix for some time past; it will be
repaired this week.
Prof Vance expects to furnish the
pOst-Office with new set of letter
boxes and other furniture.
Presiding Elder Hanesworth held
quarterly meeting services at Fort Hill
last Saturday and Sunday.
Business is very quiet these days
with everybody but the livery men.
They seem to have all they can do.
Roadoverseer Dixon has the roads
adjacent to IrontOn in much better
condition than they have been for some
time.
Lawn Fete Thursday evening on the
Presbyterian Church lawn. by the Y.
Z. S. G. f. Ice Cream and Cake will
be served.
Now it is said that on account of a
threatened strike by the quarrymen all
work at the granite Quarries will cease
August 1st-
The negroes from Poplar Bluff will
have an excursion and picnic to this
place August 4th. 1t is said that their
band is a good one.
Ironton has no bank, as yet But
when the ssfiurry" passes the question
of the establishment of one will come
up again in earnest.
The Hog Ordinance is a success, and
every citizen who has patch Of pota-
toes and garden truck, blesses the man
who invented the law.
We understand that in a number of
cases in this county pensions have
been suspended. pending investigation
under special examiner.
Messrs. Mounce & Trappe. with their
Steam Riding Gallery. are in lronton
for one week only. They began run
ming yesterday. All who want to ride
must not delay.
The Y. p S. c. f. will give Lawn
Fete next Thursday evening, on the
Presbyterian Church lawn. The best
of Ice Cream and Cake will be served.
Everybody cordially invited.
Rev. f. ID. Walker, of St. Louis,
Synodical Missionary of this State, will
preach in the Presbyterian Church
next Sunday morning and evening.
Everybody cordially invited to attend.
They draw the line on Sunday base
ball in Poplar Bluff. The poker game.
the crap dive, and the temperance drug
store, may be overlooked, but the SIN
begetting, soul-besetting game has got
to go!
The Ironton and Arcadia base ball
teams played a very interesting game
in Arcadia on Sunday last. The score
was Is to 9 in favor of the Ironton
nine. A good many spectators were
on hand.
The REGISTER regrets to learn that
Mrs. f. F. May and her daughters OF
Annapolis leave next week for Oberlln,
Ohio. whore they will in future reside.
Nav happiness and good fortune at
tend them.
It is reported that all the employees
at Schneider's quarry were laid OIL
Monday. and that the Syenite Company
will close down August 1st. This lat
ter owing to the jtrike among the
quarrymen.
Almost all the employees at Iron
Mountain have been discharged anc
many men who have lived their al
their lives are compelled to seek en-
nlovment elsewhere. In short time
none will be left but the watchmen.
The absence of night man at the
Irouton depot, works great inconven
fence with the travelling public an6
numerous are the complaints there
from. The company is certainly losing
much more than it gains In conse
quence.
A special going north colllded WIFI
a cow on the crossing above the depo
Monday evening. The animals RICH
hind leg was broken and her nose Gu
off. She was alive late In the nlght
hut in merciful deliverance ought e
have been killed.
The railroad company has recently Is
su.d strict orders to all train employs
against carrying passengers on any
the through freights. The penalty for
violation of this order is discharge
and the indications are that the run
will be obeyed to the letter.
The following were installed 0.