Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-11-23
LOCAL BREvITuEs.

Go to the Academy of Music to-mor
row night.
The Thanksgiving turkeys are com.
ing into town.
Leave your orders for Thanksgiving
oysters at Bonanza.
The Reynolds county circuit cour,
convenes next Monday.
In butchering, the early bird catche:
the worm-in his pork.
The fruit tree men have left after
making unusually large deliveries.
The fast mail train, No. Sc, was sew
eral hours late last Saturday morning.
A protracted meeting will be inaug-
urated at the NJ. E. Church, North,
next week.
The Ironton Manufacturing Company
last week received a car of corn direct
from Kansas.
A number of people were in town
last Saturday and our merchants did a
good business.
These are the days when eggs and
the products of the dairy grow scarce
and increase in price.
There will be services at the Baptist
Church Thanksgiving morning. All
are invited to attend.
Our merchants are receiving large
consignments of freight these days,
preparing for the holiday trade.
The invitations have been issued to
the Thanksgiving Ball. The boys are
counting on a very pleasant time.
For SALE-One two-horse team, also
one bay mare and colt. Apply to w.
T. GAY. Ironton, Mo. eff
When an Irontonian goes away from
home he sees what elegant post-office
furniture the other towns don't have.
If a man works hard all his life and
has ..as much sense as anybody" how
long ought it take him to make a for
tune?
Collector Whitworth last Wednesday
received the railroad taxes for the cur
rent year. The amount paid was
$569O.S5.
Ice cream, cake and sandwiches will
be served after the entertainment at
the Academy of Music tomorrow
Thursday night.
Some pork is being brought into town.
As soon as the weather becomes little
cooler there will probably be quite
supply in the market.
Hog-killing times are drawing close
to hand, and sweet pork sausage. the
usufruct thereof, will bless good appe-
tite and cheerful digestion.
Rev. Shoush was called to Des Arc
Sunday afternoon to preach funeral.
lanSmith filled the pulpit at the
Baptist tn1fsd that evening.
The cold weather of the past few
weeks has lessened the number OF
movers, and not many OF the covered
wagons are to be seen these days.
Be sure and attend the entertain
ment at the Academy OF Music Thurs
dav night, admission ten cents. A
good time is certain for everybody.
When you are passing the REGISTER
Office drop in and give us news item
or two. The latch string is on the out
side and you are always doubly well
come.
A party of hunters from st. Louis !
who had spent a couple OF weeks in the
West End of the county arrived in town
last Friday with seven deer as the re-
suit of their efforts.
Assistant District Attorney johnson |
and Deputy Marshal Nall. of st. Louis, |
had business with U. S. Commissioner |
Fox last Friday couple of cases be-
ing up for preliminary examination.
Several gangs of men have been put
to work at the quarry within the past
few weeks. We trust the number may
continually increase until all the quar-
ries will be running their full capacity.
It is rumored now that it is the in
teution to extend the Bonnie Terre rail-
road from Doe Run to the Silver Mines
on the st. Francois river. The extern
sion, it is said, will be made in few
days.
VIM. Steffens. the genial proprietor
of the Pilot Knob Hotel, is thinking OF
opening saloon at Bismarck. He has
not determined, however, but ls wait
ing to see If he can secure the stand he
desires.
A man by the name of Walker. who
lives on the st. Francois river in Mad
ison county. couple of weeks since
trapped beaver. weighing 75lbs. j.
N. Bishop has received the tail as a
trophy.
O'possums have been playing havoc
in some of the chicken rOosts in the
outskirts of town. Several captures
have resulted, though. and the de-
nredations since are of much less fire.
quent occurrence
SorA OF the mornings during the
8nst week have been decidedly fresh
and breezy. Ice of considerable thick
meas was formed, too, but it has grown
farmer again aud the indications are
for a rainy season. /,
Ra<er Nemnich has made some i'm
on his recently acquired
,,ronertv on Main street. He will soon
mild an oven on the premises, but
does not expect to move down from the
Knob before next spring.