Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-02-16
LOCAL BREvITIEs.

Lent commences to-day.
Sufferers from bad colds are numer
Gus.
Washington's birthday a week from
to-day.
More pleasant weather the past weel
than during the entire winter.
The demand for wood has somewha
subsidized, but it is not yet drug in tn
market.
We are pleased to learn that tn,
Arcadia College has good attendanc,
this year.
The Valley has been infested will
tramps for a month past. They should
be instructed to ssmove on"
Regeneration" will be the subjec
of Rev. Shoush's sermon next SUNDAY
morning, at the Baptist Church. Al
are invited.
Remember that the Oyster and Boz
Supper tomorrow Thursday evening,
will De at the Academy of Music, in
stead of over Fairchild's store.
The streets and pavements in many
places are in a horrible condition, and
should be repaired before the spring
rains make them still more impossible.
MIR. /. G. Whitworth, Jr., lately
purchased from his father, the latter's
dwelling house and grounds in the
southern part of town, the considera-
ton being $1,000.
We learn that Messrs. Russell & Boag
to st. Louis parties for $4,000. The
farm is splendid one, and can be made
a most desirable property.
Rev. w. H. HORNED, having happily
recovered from a severe spell of the
grippe, will hold services in the M. E.
Church, next Sunday morning and
evening, at the usual hours
The country south of us had several
inches of snow last Friday night, and
cars on north-bound trains next day
were covered to the depth of several
inches with .sthe beautiful"
Lost-on the night of the masque ball
at the Academy of Music, a Brown
Beaver Overcoat. A reward will be
paid for its return to Jos. Kerchner,
Ghermanville, or to this Office.
There were a half dozen instances
last Saturday of stock roaming in the
streets, destroying articles of value in
wagons in front of the stores. Can the
city government afford no relief?
d. W. Kenny, the colored school
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chicken coop Sunday night, and opened
fire on the intruder. The thief escaped
but Kenney thinks he hit them in the
shoulder.
St. Valentines day seems to have
been but little observed in the Valley,
and. strange to relate, so far we haven't
heard of si- gle instance of somebody
getting mad o ser one of the little mis-
sives.
The REGISTER is indebted to Mr.. S.
E. DeHaven, of Washington, ID. c., for
a copy of the Washington Post, giving
an account of the late banquet of the
Gridiron Club. It's novel and inter-
esting paper.
How many parents in this district
know that, outside of the paragraphs
given to Missouri in Barnes History of
the. United States, no history of the State
is permitted to be used in the public
schools of Missouri?
Ten new engines have lately been
received at De Soto, and are now at
work on the Missouri division. The
Iron Mountain is doing fine business
and probably never had more freight
and passenger traffic than at present.
The we'll trouble between j. H. w.
Muma and A. Begley is again in the
courts-the former having commenced
suit against the latter for some amount
over 5000. Mr.. Begley claims the con-
tract was for $25 only. The case will
be tried later.
Yesterday mud was knee-deep in the |
fields and on the unpaved by-ways;
this morning the surface is solid as
granite. Yesterday the mercury in the
Thermometer marked So; to-day, it
snuggles down in the freezing corner |
of the crystalline tube.
Some of our citizens are advocating |
the building of reservoir on Shepherd
Mountain, to supply the city with water
in case of fire. The plan is to build a
reservoir, and then conduct the water
through pipes to various parts OF the
town; the cost would be light, and the
advantage resulting enormous.
The REGISTER hears a funny story of
a local pensioner now drawing $l2 a
month, who lately applied for an in
crease; the Department refused to re-
rate him, and he places all the blame
on Cleveland, and says when 1.-THE
Rebels get in power all the pensions
will be stopped, and then there will be
troubled"
Don't forget that the Ladies OF the
Baptist Sunday School will give an
Oyster and Box Supper at the Academy
of Music, Thursday evening, February
18th, to secure an additional amount to
purchase library. Supper and oysters
will be ready for serving at $50.
Oysters prepared to suit the various
tastes at the usual price; supper in box,
sufficient for two, So cents. ALI are
cordially invited to attend.
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