Iron County register., 1893-10-19

Sheriff Fisher now has even nine
boarders.
The band boys were out serenading
last week.
The boys are hunting grapes, nuts
and persimmons these days.
BORN--Monday. October 10th. 1898,
girl, to Mr.. and Mrs. M. A. Doty.
The Chicago rate is still 50. 10. .chea
riding and a chance to see the show of &
lifetime.
Circuit court convenes in regular
session next Monday. The docket is
published elsewhere.
The st. Louis exposition closes mex,
Saturday; If you want to attend the
time is growing short.
The hoop business has revived tc
some extent and some shipments are
now being made to the city.
All clocks and watches left at j. j.
Settles jewelry store for repairs will
be left at j. A. Segner's barber shop.
Sheriff Fisher and his deputies have
been busy the past few days serving
papers for the coming term of circuit
court.
The boys say that the squirrels are
plentiful if you only know where to
look for them; but knowing where,
that's the rub!
There was a nipping frost Sunday
night, and the house plants that hadn't t
been carefully .'taken i'm were droOp-
ing next morning.
The city council has employed Gen.
r. f. Wingate to assist j. S. Jordan in
the prosecution of the hog ordinance
in the circuit court.
The cheap rates to Chicago are still
on sale, and a number more OF our cit
izens will likely visit the White City
before the end of the month.
j. N. Bishop has sold his residence
on Russell street to DR.. A. S. Prince;
Mr. b. will at once build a new house
just west of the site of his old one.
To st. Louis any time during the
present month at one fare for the round
trip; the Iron Mountain is doing its
full share in making reasonable rates
to the fall festivities.
The semi-annual meeting of the
Southeast Missouri Missouri Medical
association WILDE held at Piedmont
on November 7th, Sth and 9th. An
interesting session is expected.
The city council at it's meeting last
week, ordered the street commission
er to put in two culverts at the inter-
section of Main and Reynolds streets.
Decided improvements and badly need
ed.
The rains of last week and the de-
cided change in the weather brought
numbers of ducks to the creeks. The
sportsmen were numerously out and
succeeded in securing some of the web
footed birds.
Judge Fox in the circuit east of here
has made an order that all jurors and
Witnesses not in the court room when
their names are called shall forfeit
their fees for the day. The object is
to 6reyent delay in the trial of cases.
Prof. l.. E. Wolfe has just addressed
a letter to Prof. Vance saying it will be
impossible for him to be here October
9th, and deliver an address as he had
previously said he would. He expects,
however, to be here some time during
the winter.
H. NJ. Collins, the livery man, will
have charge of a half dozen racing
horses at the Poplar Bluff Fair on We'd
nesday, Thursday and Friday OF this
week. Most of the horses are from
Iron county and Hartford hopes they
will make good showing.
Notary Public Jos. Zwart was called
TO SabuIa last week and heard deposit
tions in a case against the railroad
consequent on the delay in traffic dur
ing the big wash-outs in the spring OF
1892. The dispositions are to be used
in the federal court where the case
will be tried.
About a mouth since the railroad
company put train agents on the Bel
mont branch locals for fear the con-
ductors were not turning in all the re-
CENTS. After several weeks trial OF the
train agents and finding no increase In
receipts, the conductors have again
been left in charge.
Most of the visitors to the Worlds
Fair haye returned and are all OF one
mind that it is beyond question the
biggest show the world has ever seen.
He who can possibly attend and does
so. will never regret it, or at least that
is the opinion of every one you interro-
gate who has been there.
MIR. A. Winkler desires to inform the
party who took that small package out
of his buggy in front OF the courthouse
Monday afternoon, that he is onto them; {;
II thew will return the same to this
Office at once there will be no trouble;
otherwise he intends to prosecute them
tn the full extent of the law.
The Iron county F. & L. o. will
meet in Ironton, Mo-, on Friday, Octo-
ber 27th, 1898, at 2:S0 P. NJ Every
Sub-Union will please send delegate,
as there will be business of Importance
before the Union.
J. B. HAMPTON, President
j. B. HoLLOMAN, Secretary.
Prof. Vance seems determined to
have the banner post-office of Southeast
Missouri, and scarcely a week goes by