Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-12-20
LOCAL BREvITIEs,
d Lopez's Christmas ad.


Peace on earth. good will to men.
December more than half gone, and
no ice yet.
All parties not masked must enter
the gallery until II o'clock.
Hog-killing time is here again, and
with it the grinding of the sausage.
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbours
geese, nor prepare them for the market
S. w. Andrews is now running a
regular passenger train out of ST.
Louis.
Partie, wanting costumes for the
ball must leave orders not later than
Saturday.
Ironton boasts as neat and we'll kept
post-office as can be found in any town
In the State.
A present will be given to the best
costumed lady and gentleman at the
X. of P. ball.
Don't forget the lecture at the M. E.
church Tomorrow Thursday evening.
Admission, zoe.
A good many of the fair sex were
disappointed because that wedding
failed to transpire.
Rev. d. w. Crow. P. E., will preach
at the NJ. E. church next Sunday even
ing. All are invited.
Geese, it is said, once saved the an
cient capital of Rome; now it takes
capital to save the roamin' geese.
Ernest Nagel is agent for the Troy
Laundry, St. Louis. He sends every
Tuesday, the return being made Friday.
We understand that there are sever
al focks of geese in the upper part of
town. and that they command good
prices.
Monday morning, though bright and
Clear. was the nearest approach in
temperature to winter that we have
had this season.
By desire of the K. P. boys we state
that the supper for their ball will be
prepared by and served under the di-
rections of Mrs. j. L. AXE, and We
think their assumption is well justified
shat it will be all that can be desired.
W. T. Gay yesterday resigned his
position as Mayor. to take effect De-
cember IS. and special election was
ordered to be held on Monday, Decem-
Der 31st, 1894, to fill the vacancy
thereby occasioned. See notice in this
paper.
The City Council met last Monday
week and adjourned to meet a week
later. They met again Monday of this
week. and had another adjournment to
Tuesday, The cause of so much meet
ing in so limited a time we do not
know: the proceedings not being fur
nished for publication-''free, gratis,
aud for nothing"
The State Normal School at Cape
Girardeau, Mo-, is having prosper
GUS year, and about 250 young people
have already enrolled for this Session.
A large increase in attendance is ex-
pected after the holidays. The Third
Term will begin January goth, 1898.
Tuition Is free and other expenses are
light. For Catalogue, address w. d.
yandiver, Pres't.
The Guessing Milling Co. sends us
fine calender for 1895. ''Caught In
the act would be the proper title to
the elegant colored Autograph which
forms the base upon which rests the
diurnal structure of the coming year.
A dude is seen kissing presumably
pretty girl. behind a sheet pendant on
a clothes-line; but bright sunshine out
al, hn
then away.
The railroad bridge gang have near
" completed an iron structure at Mid
siiebrook, to replace the culvert there.
The dimensions of the outlet thus re-
placed were not great enough, and
considerable damage resulted from the
backing up Of the water. A suit at
law was instituted by Mr.. Seitz, and
one of it's results is this new bridge
with ample accommodations for the
largest flow of water.
Linn Elvins. the man charged with
shooting at two men on the road be-
tween Iron Mountain and Belleview
couple of weeks ago, was arrested at
Pennington last week and brought
over here. By agreement the charge
Of deadly assault was changed to COM
rnoa assault, to which the defendant
pleaded guilty and was fined $50 and
costs. The demand thus made upon
him was satisfied, and he departed for
home.
The Centreville Rsformer admits
thai quite lot of bitters is consumed
in that town in court week. but insists
that the Iron county lawyers do their
full share of the drinking. This may
be so. or it may not: be it as it may. it
doesn't impeach on original statement
that the bitters trade was good over
there during the late session OK circuit
court. We understand that even War
per's Safe Cure goes as beverage In
eae neighboring municipality upon
emergency.
At lensth our friends of the X. OF Z.
have completed all the arrangements
for the Masque on the 26th. The sup
per and the music have beed provided
for, aud the invitation committee have
Slso concluded their labOrs. These
last have had rather serious time OF
it. They frs. ordered six hundred in
witatio.s, and behold, when these
were exhausted. another hundred had
10 be ordered and printed. This took
several days, and the last of them
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