Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-07-19
LOCAL BREVITIEs.

A .'g round soaker" would be rich,
welcome.
See the Probate Docket. It may be
calling for you.
The Ironton depot resumed business
last Monday.
Geewhiz, TIE ice supplv giving
out and the dog days yet a month
ahead.
Mrs. +. f. Moser will serve ice
cream on Thursday evening this week.
Also Friday afternoon and evening, as
usual.
Once more: We will not publish an
anonymous communication concerning
anything-from the birth of child to
the death of veteran.
Business has been very quiet in Iron
ton the past two weeks; but with the
full resumption of commerce and the
impetus good crops will give to trade,
times promise to shortly be fairly pros
porous.
At Gas o'clock this morning the res
idents of the Valley were startled by
two distinct earthquake shocks. Nov
able articles. such as dishes, tinware,
etc, were ratified in lively way. The
second vibration was much lighter than
the first.
Ice is ice here this summer. The
local supply is nearly given out, and
one of the dealers has ceased his
rounds. He imported carload last
week. but 1t didn't pay, and he quit.
Bro. Hotson, though, is supplying his
customers. as usual.
a neighboring contemporary-we
have displaced the paper and forgot
its name-intimates that our recent
primary election was settled by Repub-
can votes. Stuff and nonsense. Iron
~ a Democratic primary.
Saturday, July 18th, 1894. at
o'clock A. NJ, to DIR. and Mrs. T. w.
Lowry of Ironton, Mo-, a daughter.
Mother and daughter are getting along
nicely, and the father is reasonably
proud of the newcomer; but we don't
believe the town could have held him
if she had been a boy!
The festival and concert given for
benefit of Mrs. GlatZal at Graniteville
Thursday evening, July 18th. was
success-fnancially and otherwise.
The net poceeds were s29.1O: result
honorable to the citizens OF our neigh
boring village and gratifying to the
zine movers of the affair.
A small dwelling on the Giovanoni
>s.rm, about one mile east of Ironton,
was totally consumed by fire at IL
o'clock on Tuesday night of last week.
VIM. Hasty and wife were the occu
pants, and when the smoke and fire
awakened them they had barely time
to escape. Their clothes and all the
contents of the building were lost.
Little Ethel Duty-the child who
was severely bitten by dog some
three WEEKS ago-had another mishap
last Friday. She spilled the contents
of a keith, of boiling water upon her
self, and severe though not serious
scalds resulted. The usual remedies
were quickly applied. and the little
Miss is again able to enjoy her play,
as usual.
John Hayes and wife of Iron Noun
tain drove to Ironton in buggy last
Friday to do little shopping. Their
business concluded, they started on the
return trip in the afternoon. AS they
were passing Mr.. Collins residence In
the north end of town. the coupling
pin of the buggy came out and Mr. IL.
and wife were both precipitated to the
ground. Some unsightly scars and
bruises about the faces and heads re-
suited, but the doctor soon fixed them
ND so they could pursue their home
ward way. The accident might easily
have had a more serious ending, ard
both parties to 1t are we'll satisfied
that it was no worse.
They had a hOuse-warmlnS at Mr..
Constantine Kuhn's new residence,
about four miles south of IrontOn, last
Monday night. A party of eight or
ten. accompanied by string band,
went down to participate in the festivi-
ties. and a glorious good time they re-
port. An elegant supper and dancing
occupied the night, and it was not I'M
til four O'Clock in the morning that the
fddlers ceased from troubling and the
weary feet sought rest. Mr.. Kuhn is
a living proof against the assertion
that farming in this section cannot De
made r.munerative. He is well fixed
and in easy circumstances. and all that
he has he owes to his and his good
wife's exertiOns.
On Ezra Elgin's farm. near lronton.
they have a fifteen-pound bell elevated
on 4 platform about ten feet hlgn. IL
is of the dinner-bell genus so dear TO
the heart of the man in the field. Last
Monday evening its welcome tones rang
ont as usual, and the sound thereof at
tracted not only the attention OF the
bnsbapdmer in the cornfield and mead
ow but excited as well the interest OF
MIR. Elgin's three-year-old boy. He
concluded he would again awaken It's
now silent tongue, and catching the
rope pulled with all his little might
1t is inexp.icable that his childish
strength should have pulled the bell
from its place. but that is what hap
pened. The falling bell struck him on
the head, knee and foot. scalping the
one, fracturing the cap Of the other
and badly bruising the last. Fortunate
lv, the blow on the head was glancinS
one. or the little fellows days would
have been numbered. The doctor who
dressed the wounds reports that while