Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-03-28
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Spring at last!

LOCAL BREV1TIES.
Spring at last.
See City Collectors notice in this
paper.
The Dealer is hedge-fixing and gar
dening.
The green of the meadow Will soon
delight the eye.
Sunday was a perfect day in March
or Whereabouts.
Why is it that horses are permitted
to run at large in this town?
Preaching at the NJ. f. Church next
Sunday evening at 1880, by D. w.
Crow, 2. Z.
Last month is said by the weather
statisticians to have been the driest
February on record.
From and after this date all the ev
ening services at Fort Hill Church will
begin at 1870 o'clock.
An electrical display at the court
house last night drew "a crowd OF citi-
zens Scientific explanation next
week.
Born TO Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. p.
Wemp, Ironton. Mo-, on Tuesday,
March goth. 1895, at 80 P. NJ,
daughter. All are doing well.
Roselle Is the name OF the new post
Office about eight miles southeast of
Irouton. One of its patrons is a well
come addition to the REGISTERS corps
OF correspondents.
Again We proffer to publish. free of
Charge. a list of delinquent city tax
payers. The public has right to
know who are shirking their obliga-
lions to the municipality.
The repairing of sidewalks in this
city seems to be attended with the
same conditions as affected the mend
ing Of the roof of the dwelling of an old
time resident in Arkansas: "Can's do
it when it's rainin', and no need of it
in dry weather.
Five-year-old Jamie Edgar has been
having time of it these past two weeks.
He was vaccinated, and a few days
afterwards fell and broke his collar
bone. The doctor fixed it up, but for
week GndG SucuiucF dS Iuii vi paul.
not only from the fractured bone, but
the vaccination as well, which ''took'
to the queens taste. He's all right
now. but he'll never forget the time
when he was vacclnated.
On the second page of this paper
will be found an address Ito the Peo-
ple of Missouri" issued by Governor
Stone, relative to the unhappy condi-
ton of the people of the States OF Kan
sas and Nebraska. The suggestion he
makes will be approved by all, and in
accordance Herewith immediate steps
should everywhere be taken to con-
tribute to the relief demanded by the
necessities of our less fortunate wes-
tern neighbors.
Stark Bros. of Louisiana. Mo-. made
their first spring delivery OF nursery
stock at this place last Saturday.
Every order was delivered for its face
value. to the signer of the order. Their
salesman, &. S. Russell, has faith in
Arcadia Valley as fruit-growing To-
calitv. He shows his faith by his
works, having ordered about 5000
straw berry plants for this springs set
ting on his own grounds. and oUO APP
ple trees of standard sorts: Ben Davis
Mo. Pipp1n, Minkler. etc.. and newer
Observation-Disclosures, Paragon, Shackel-
ford. etc. The bulk of the order goes
into his own orchard.
A resident of this town who recent
" visited our neighbor on the north
has this good word for that bailiwick:
..Hayiup business in Washington coun-
tvI recently had occasion to spend
several hours in POtOsi. L found that
community in fairly prosperous con
d;tion. Their lead mines put fair
amount of cash into circulation, and
the tiff trade disposes of a large guam
tity of goods in the course OF the year.
The municipality is out OF debt, the
streets are clean and well drained, and
there is not a vacant house in the
town At the last municipal election
tho town treated itself to an outfit OF
CITY officials from the younger business
men. irrespective of parry lines. Inc
result seems to have been excel lent.
They put down thing at the street
crossings, and made the drainage OF
tho town perfect. They inaugurated
fire Notwithstanding badly
needed by Ironton-secured a good
hand engine hooks, and ladders, anu
other appliances with which to ngnt
fire. and as result have cneapeneo
Insurance rates. Potosi is to be con-
oratulated upon its appearance OF
thrift and the excellent judgment with
which its affairs have been managed. "