Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-07-06
LOCAL BREVITIES.


not sell tor So next winter.
DIR. Hull has removed part of his goods
to Fredericktown; he will complete the
job this week.
The wagon bridge across Stout's creek
has been reprinted and is much i'm
proved in consequence.
1t is not likely thatth rain fall will be
rs plentiful in the two months TO come
as it has been in May and June.
BoRS-To Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Baird,
SArcadia, Mo-, Saturday, July !, 1898,
y girl. All parties are doing nicely.
4 The home of Mr. and Mrs. j. T.
4 Lindsay in Piedmont, was recently
made happy by the arrival OF little
girl.
The band boys took advantage of the
moonlight nights during the past two
weeks. and did considerable serenad-
ing throughout the Valley.
DR.. Smith, the st Louis Dentist"
is coming prepared to 60 all classes of
Dentistry, including Crown and Bridge
work, or teeth without plates.
About two hundred men we're Laid
Off at Iron Mountain Saturday and
only about seventy men are now en-
ployed there. Stagnation in the iron
market is the reason assigned.
The sweet girl teachers ha. ali left
for their homes, and the REGISTER
corner misses them greatly, morning,
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The peaches on the trees are rot
ting before they ripen; so at least, a
number of fruit growers have informed
us lately. Probably the result of the
late frosts.
The entire force-about fifty men
employed in washing ore at Pilot
Knob was laid off last Saturday. No
demand for the ore was the cause of
the shutting down.
In future the Irontou X p Lodge
will meet on the second ana fourth
Fridays in each month instead of
weekly as in the past. The date of
the next meeting is July 18th.
The Institute finished its labors last
Friday morning, and the certificates
were issued Saturday, when all of the
teachers departed for home. A num-
Der of them spent Friday afternoon
driving.
The commencement exercises of the
ARCADIA days chOol occurred last Thurs
day evening. There was a good at
tendance and we are told that the lit
tie ones all acquitted themselves most |
creditably.
ID. Hurley who has held the position
of trainmaster on the road for years |
past, resigned last week. His suces- |
sor has not yet been named, but it is
tohught that it will be some one from
the Big Four.
Six work trains were put on the
Division last week, and large |
numbers of men are being put at work
all along the line. 1t Is the intention
to get the track in first-class shape as
soon as possible.
Saturday was the day the hog ordi-
nance went into effect, and the marshal
had a gang out running the animals
into the pound. Twenty-Five vera
captured; it is good ordinance and
should be strictly enforced.
D. F. Reese & Bro. present an adj
yertisem emit to the REGISTER readers
this week. These gentleman have a
most excellent selection of goods which
they are offering at extremely low
prices Call and secure bargains.
The sale of personal property be-
longing to H. HI. Riddle was iuaugu-
rated last Thursday and continued for
three days. The attendance was fair
and the total receipts will foot up
about 300. The real estate will be
sold at the October term ofthe circuit
court.
Emma Hunt and Tistie Stout of Pilot.
Knob were arrested last Wednesday on
the charge of stealing clothes from the
line OF Fannie TullocS, colored wash
er woman in the northern part of
town. Both pleaded guilty; the Stout
girl was given thirty and Hunt sixty
days in Jail.
MAKRIEp-At the residence of the
brides parents in lronton, Mo-, Mon
day evening. July Sd. 1898, Mr..
GEO. d. p. HILL and Miss IDA
D1SGER, J. T. AXE, j. P, officiating.
There was a large attendance and an
elegant spread, followed by dance, |
made the time pass speedily by.
List of letters remaining in the Iron |
ION. post-office for the month ending |
June, 30th, 1898:
Bons Albert HUNT MISS annie
Hawk Miss Martha Hansel s
Holmes Rev CIV johnson Mrs Alice |
II not called for within thirty days. |
they will be sent to the dead letter Of
fee THOMAS BEARD l. W.
An employee of the bridge and build
inc deDartment of the railroad was /
here last week to investigate into the
probable cost of moving the depot at
Pilot Knob to Ironton. The present
depot here is inadequate to The busi-
ness, and the idea is to remove the
building from Pilot Knob, use it as
station and Office, and occu-
DIV the old depot here as a freight
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