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

| w eohc d poSlGlOn on the fOtOS 81 OrdnCf
is again on the main line-a man olde
in the service than Mr.. Blum havin
asked for and received the ..swap" o
the Potosi train.
The Standard Oil Company make
Oil retail here for twenty cents. Dow
in Poplar Bluff where there is compe
tition it is only fifteen cents. In man
OF the eastern cities this same oil re
tails at 81 cents a gallon. Monopol,
is fine thing for the monopolist.
Letactive steps at once be taken t.
accept Father Wernert's generous
proposition to give an entertainment
for the benefit of the fire sufferers
People from the town here and the
Quarry have volunteered to assist, an6
we have no doubt goodly sum can be
raised this way.
The following were installed as of.
ficers of indian r. A. Chapter, No. II
last Tuesday evening; F. P. AXE, H. P.
S. Z. Strong, S.; H. l.. Simmerman, G..
H.; w. L. Gay, P. S.; w. H. Byers,
r. A. c.; W. P. Wemp. NJ. Sd "; S.
II. NOoucSs N. "a w., L. w. w I'LL
worth, M. LIST. "; S. j. Tual, S.
Pilot Knob with its many empty
houses, dismantled furnaces, and I'M
operated mines, presents an especially
gloomy appearance during the present
hard times. Let US hope it will not
be for long. though, and that the place
will soon hustle with the activity and
prosperity that it has known in the
days of yore.
The new tower in the M. E. Church,
South, Arcadia, has greatly improved
the tone of the big bell that belongs to
that sanctuary. Where the sound
used to be broken and harsh, since the
new tower has been built and the bell
swung therein, it is now clear and
harmonious, and its peals can be plain
ly heard in the uttermost parts of the
Valley.
The REGISTER has just heard of a
novel way to Illustrate train robbers.
A certain citizen of this place before
starting on a recent trip to the South,
went to the post-office and secured a
money order, payable to himself at
the Office at the end of his trip, and
carried only a few dollars in change
with him. Such practice would sure
knock the robber out.
Jno. Mullins, of the West End, who
had a preliminary examination before
Commissioner Fox here several weeks
since on the charge of violating the
h homestead law, was found guilty in the
U. S. District Court, st. Louis, last
Friday, and the minimum punishment
assessed against him. Mr.. Mullins
hardly intended to violate the law
and did not deserve a severe
sentence.
DIR. Goulding tells of singular cir
In connection with his prac-
tee during the past twelve months.
In that time, he has been present at
The birth of twenty-four children. and
IF that number twenty were girls; only
'our being boys. This is almost unpre
out of proportion, and the
DR.. says if such a state of affairs con-
,irues, he does not know what the
world will come to.
Last Fridays Globe Democrat con-
-. telegram from Chester, Ills,
annous cling the arrest of one Louis
Hurdle. at that place, for beating sew
,ral persons out of small sums of
money by representing that he had
arge interests in St. Louis. From the
accounts we are confident
hat it IS the person of the same name,
Who was placed in Jail here a couple
If NOR tbs since for working the same
,ame.
Sore eastern capitalists are making
to erect a large smelter
It some point in Southeast Missouri.
The exact location has not yet been de-
ermined, but the situation is being |
arefully canvassed and a decision will |
,e made in the near future. This i'm
Mediate vicinity has many requisites |
or such an industry and should it be |
,laced here would almost certainly be a |
uccess. Just at present more partic- |
liars cannot be given.
One of our friends tells of an act of
extreme politeness and unusual sOlic-
ude that he saw on the street one day |
asst week. A couple, who who haven't |
'een married more than three or four
ears, were passing along, when they
anne to high step directly in front OF
hem. He was all attention, stopped
own, kindly and tenderly picked up
ne of her feet and placed it on the
tep above. 1t was a novel and tender
7ay of overcoming the obstacle.
The children of the Valley have no
ause to find fault with Old Santa.
lis gifts were liberal and general, and
nanny pair of bright eyes were the
Fighter for his coming. Then, too,
he Sunday School entertainments at /
be various churches added to the /
oyousness of the time, and the older
eople were pleasantly entertained by
he exercises of the little ones. 1t
7as "a Merry Christmas, to be follow
d, we hope, by Happy New Year for
verybody.
A commercial traveller who happened
nto the office one day last week, Incl
entally remarked that he had visited
very printing office on the Iron Noun
ain road between st. Louis and Little
Jock, and that there wasn't one of them