Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-08-31

THURSDAY. AUGUST 81. 1898
LOCAL BRKvITIEs.
Read the circus ad.
Circus. Friday. September 9Th.
The Ironton schools open next Mon
day.
A delightful and refreshing rain FRI
day.
Watermelons and cantaloupes are in
abundance.
Regular session of the county court
next Monday.
The Pilot Knob public school com
menced Monday.
Tickets to st. Louis one fare for the
round trip tomorrow.
The peaches are ripening; some OF
the fruit is delicious, too.
Quite number of summer visitors
are hieing to their city homes.
The Ironton base ball team will 60
over to Pennington Thursday to play
ball.
To accommodate some tax orders of
publication, the REGISTER issues q sup
plement.
A number of our farmers have been
shipping cattle to the st. Louis market
recently.
VIM. Crommer is..having an addition
built to his residence in the western
part Of town.
C. B. Hill Monday presented US with
a fine thirty-seven pound watermelon.
1t was daisy, you bet.
Anthony Blanks. one of the oldest
and best known cOlored men in the
Valley, died Sunday night.
The Ironton colored base ball club
beat the Pennington colored club at
the latter place last Friday.
It is feared that the rain of last week
was too late to help most Of the corn,
but it improved the meadows wonder
fully.
See '.Fashion and Folly" at Perkins
Gallery. They are worth going to
see. outside of the fact they are abso-
lutely new in photography.
The circus shows at Charleston,
Monday; Dexter, Tuesday; Morley,
Wednesday; Fredericktown, Thursday;
Ironton, Friday, and Piedmont, Satur-
day.
Sc fnfn fnt In
abundance these days, and folks are
preparing for winter. Prices range
from q to $2.75.
Reynolds Bros. Circus promises to
be the best show that has visited Iron
ton for many years. Remember the
date, September 9th.
The Ironton station will in future be
open for the sale of tickets to the Area
dia train in the morning; the agents
hours are now from $50 A. NJ. to $50
r. II.
The REGISTER is indebted to Rev. w.
n. HORNED for basket OF fine peaches
presented last Saturday. They were
largo and luscious, and Mr.. HORNED
has our thanks.
Services will be held at the Baptist
Church, Sunday morning and evening.
at the usual hours. The rite of bap-
tism will be administered after the
morning service.
CHEAP RATES Chicago, round trip,
S12.15, ticket good for thirty days;
Indianapolis, account of Grand Army
encampment, %. 40, for the round trip.
w. P. WEMP, Agent.
A couple of horse traders got into
difficulty in the north end last Friday
night, and one received q severe slug
ging. Beyond q badly bruised face.
however, he was not seriously injured.
The families of John Blemel. Jno.
Napel and Geo. Schultz spent Sunday
with C.. Kuhn and family near the
White school house. They remained
until late in the eve ding and report a
most pleasant day.
A number of people were delinquent
in their dog tax. and city attorney
Jordan last week instituted proceedings
AGAINST them. Most of the cases, how
ever. were compromised on the de-
PENDANTS paying the 81 tax.
The camp meeting near DeLassus
has proven q grand 81 ;cess, the at
tendance at times being up in the thou
sands. Hacks loaded with valley
people have gone over there severai
days during the past week.
The railroad company is preparing
for the erection of an iron bridge across
Stout,s Creek between Ironton ana
Arcadia. The old wooden structure Is
in a dilapidated condition, and q new
bridge will be very acceptable.
The death of J. 7. Axe creates q
vacancy in the Office OF Justice OF Inc
Peace for Arcadia Township. Inc
appointment will likely be made oy the
County Court next week. we under
stand there are several applicants.
Parents and guardians who wish to
send their children and wards to the
Ursuline Academy or Day School, are
hereby requested to send them Friday
September LIST, as the classes will then
r. resumed. URSULNE SISTERS.
Advertising Car No. / OF the keyn-
o,d,s Circus arrived in town last FRI
dav. and before evening every available
.y,nt mas posted with the flaming p1ct-