Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-08-10
LOCAL BREVITIES.

Apples have never been so scarce i,
the lronton market as at present.
The applications for places to boar,
are numerous, but the accommodation
few.
The REGISTER Office acknowledges a
serenade from the S. c. Band of Poplar
Bluff.
Before Justice Schwaner next Friday
the validity of the hog ordinance viii
be tested.
Oats, wheat and hay are more plen.
tiful. and the prices lower. than for
years past.
The Ironton team goes over to
Pennington Saturday. to play ball with
the nine there.
The quail shooting, it is said, will be
fine this fall. The young birds are
very numerous.
Walter Fisher made the banner
record at the shooting contest last
Friday and broke Is out of 90 pigeons.
1t is fact there is three times as
much agricultural machinery sold in
this town now as there was five years
ago.
The regular meeting of the X. P.
lodge occurs next Friday week in the
rank of page; a full attendance is de-
sired.
Jas. H. Clark has disposed of con-
siderable of his stock of merchandise
to VIM. Crommer, who has shipped the
same to his store in Elsinore.
Judge I. P. Russell has our thanks
for a basket of as fine onions as we ever
saw. He informs us that he has as
many as one hundred bushels of them
for sale.
BORN-To Mr.. and Mrs Mann Ringo,
Ironton, Mo-, on Wednesday, August
9th, 1898, at o'clock A. NJ, daugh-
ter. The REGISTER tenders its con-
CALCULATIONS.
The derailment of two cars just north
OF Bismarck, Monday evening, knocked
the Arcadia Accommodated two hours
out of time. The weary passengers
and crew didn't get in here until 1880
o'clock.
We are informed that couple of the
big lumber companies in Wayne county
have an understanding with their men
not to pay wages for ninety days. This
is necessitated by the stringency in the
money market.
Isaac NJ. Learned of Boston, Mass,
recently purchased the ID. j. Hancock
land liz the eastern part of the city
across from the railroad. There are
about twelve acres in the tract; the
price paid was $4,000.
Orders were received at Arcadia on
July LIST, laying off one of the pushers.
At present there is only one engine to
help the trains over the Knob and
Hogan hills. In consequence, many of
the trains are delayed.
Mr.. Jas. Hurlburt of Bismarck, came
very near having runaway at Pilot
Knob last Sunday. 1t was narrow
-sseape-5ut outsiders came to the rescue
and prevented anything serious. A
broken shaft was the cause.
..Mr." Malone, the big niger. COM
plains at the REGISTER saying he filled
up on ..cheap whiskey." He main
tains that he never drinks anything
but the ..15 cents straight. we
cheerfully make the correction.
The State and county tax books were
received by Collector Whitworth. from
the County Clerk August 1st, and the
first named official is now ready to
wait on YOU. The sooner you call, the
sooner you'll have the matter off your
mind.
General Manager Doddrldge has
issued an order requiring all DIVISION
Superiutendents to make trip over
their respective sections of the road on
a hand car. Superintendent Hardy
passed through here on the first trip
last week.
Prof. Vance and his assistant, Con
Whitworth, seem to have ''caught rlght
on to the intricacies of the postal
system, and the patrons OF the lron'oh
office have experienced no inconVehi-
ence whatever so frequently consequent
at a change of heads.
The Young Peoples Missionary So
cietv of Fort Hill Church will have
ice cream,and cake to sell Thursday al
ternoou and evening, at the room soulh
of Crisp's drug store. Fine apple,
Vanilla and Banana cream at the usual
prices. All are invited.
The REGISTER acknowledges pleas
ant call from Mr. j. ID. Barth, secre-
tarv of the Electric Light Company
De Soto. Mr.. Barth came down u
see how the ladies were getting along
without their liege lords; he expects
to visit the Valley often during 'ne
next month.
An old we'll. very insecurity covered
with loose, rotten planks-and tney
placed there by a casual passer-E sl,
uated on the lot east OF Mrs. riley
residence. The lot has no fence arouno
it. aud the danger is open to the world
The we'll ought to be filled up or Sc
curely covered.
To our Republican friends: no. these
are not Democratic times, put tne
rather what are left over from kepuo-
lican rule. Wait until the Democratic
Congress meets. passes some tarin anu
money laws, and, then if the strlngeh.
CIV continues, blame Democracy. But
not before then.