Iron County register., 1896-09-17
LOCAL BREVITIEs.

The Iron County Bank has settled
down to business.
Ninety-seven was the song the ther-
mometer sang last Saturday.
Several communications received too
late for this issue will appear next
week.
The Brevities are brief indeed this
week; but we make way for our excel
lent corps of correspondents.
Bonanza" makes his best bow and
offers rare opportunities to those in
search of bargains. Read his new ad.
Services at the Baptist church next
Sunday morning and evening, at the
usual hours. All are requested to at
tend.
County Court adjourned last Satur-
day, after a week of hard work. The
result of that work is set forth in this
paper.
All members of Ironton Lodge, No.
PA, X. p, are requested to meet at
the hall on Sunday morning, Sept. goth,
at 9 o'clock.
A Bryan Free Silver Club will be
organized at the courthouse next Sat-
urday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Boys,
let's get together.
Geo. Pinkley, living on Carver
Creek, has tomato vine-a volunteer
eleven feet long. 1t sprouted beside
his grape-arbor, climbed to the top.
and is coming down the other side.
The hour for the formation of the
Ironton Bryan and Sewall Free Silver
Club is 2 o'clock in the afternoon
next Saturday. All are cordially in
vited to come and join: the band-wagon
will hold you all.
By Mrs G. Kaesemacher we were
Tuesday presented with two of the big
gest and finest sweet potatoes we have
seen this year-one, Red Bermuda
weighing Z pounds, and Yellow Nam
semond of 6 pounds. The two just
filled half-peck basket. \
Mrs. C.. B. Hill desires us to state
that she is now prepared to do all
kinds of plain sewing, and also that
she receives orders for the De Soto
Steam Laundry. Clothes will be sent
promptly and returned without delay.
Mrs. Fl. is residing with her mother,
Mrs. F. Schmitz.
Born-To Mr.. and Mrs. /. 6. Whit
worth, Jr, Ironton, Mo-, on Saturday,
September 18th, 1896, at 1850 A NJ,
a son. The REGISTER is happy to an
nounce that mother and babe are do
ing we'll, while the father is about as
well pleased a man as you can find in
the Valley-or out of it.
A successful series of meetings was
closed at Roselle on the night of 11th
inst. Although farmers were busy
saving fodder and sowing wheat. and
considerable sickness prevailed in the
vicinity, there was a good interest
maintained in the meetings. Rev. L.
L. Braswell and G. w. Lanham were
the preachers.
The Ironton and Graniteville mines
crossed bats on the grounds OF the
former last Sunday. Only five innings
were played, when the Granitevillians
gave it up as a bad job, the score
standing at 90 to z, in favor of the
Valley nine. Quite a crowd witnessed
the game, and everything passed off
very pleasantly.
The C. d. Fields Artistic Company
played to good houses Monday. Tues
dav and Wednesday nights. 1t is an
excellent show. as will be attested by
all who have seen it. The Company
will be here through the week, giving
complete change of programme every
night. Admission, 10c for children
2Oc for adults; soc for reserved seats.
The Daughters of the Confederacy of
ST. Louis will serve dinners and lunch
es at the st. Louis Fair for the oenent
of the Confederate Home at higgins
willie. The needs of the Home are ur-
gent. and we earnestly request the
patronage of visitors from this section
Mt the Home tent, located between the
House of Public Comfort and the Grand
Avenue entrance.
During the past three or four weeks
the railroad company has been reduc-
ing its force of employees in various de-
partmeuts. At Bismarck the clerk
was relieved from duty. At Iron
Mountain. Middlebrook and Hendrick-
son the night clerks have been taken
of. At latter place the day man now
works from u midnight to II noon
At Tip-Top the day man has been re-
iieyed. and at Des Arc the telegraph
o(1ce closed. Three or four train
crews have been taken of. and at DE
Soto the shop force has been reduced
about forty, while the yards at Bis
marck and Poplar Bluff have been cur
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