Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-08-20

HE ice cream festival given by the
Methodist people of GraniteviIle al
Workmanis Halt (as per change of no.
tice) was well attended, and was 10
every way success. Although the
afternoon was cloudy and threatened
rain, the people turned out in large
numbers. There was an abundance OF
everything in the way of refreshments
and the people did them ample Justice.
Sociabiiity and good feeling character
lied the occasion throughout. To saw
that all enjoyed themselves would be
putting it very mild indeed. The net
proceeds were $43.
1t seems that our clerical friend and
townsman, Rev. DIR. Morton, desires
to enter the political arena this fail.
We judge so from the following taken
from the last issue of the Madison
County Democrat giving an account OF
Republican Convention recently held
in that town: Ito kill time, Rev.
DIR. Morton, a nice old gentleman from
Iron county, who is a candidate for
Congress, was called in for a speech.
The Doctor is evidently still relying
on the old Wing party for the saliva
ton OF the country, though we believe
1t has been dead somewhere near forty
years."
A man somewhere in this goodly
land OF ours, says some anonymous
genius, dreamed the other night that
he was in city governed by women.
1t was scrupulously clean; and while
wandering around he saw three men
arrested for splitting on the pavements
A garbage box at the rear of each lot
was hand-painted and tied with blue
ribbon. Mail boxes were decorated
with drawn work, and fire plugs had
cushioned seats on top of them. Sweet
peas were climbing over the electric
light poles, and a hand-painted Gus
pidor occupied conspicuous place on
every corner. There was no business;
not team being allowed to pass up
and down the main streets for fear of
making dust. The town was deserted,
save by the policewomen, who marched
up aud down to see that the rugs on the
walks around public square were not
wrinkled, and that no one entered the
corporate limits with dirt on his feet.
Last Sundays Post Dispatch printed
the following short sketch of a gentle
man well known to and highly esteem
ed by many Irontonians. He has a
pleasant summer home here, and he
and his make the most of it during the
hot season: Hiram j. Grover was
born in the parish of West Feliciana,
Il l. iCrho
education at st. James College, Mary
land, and at Yale College. After a
course o. preparation as student at
law, he was admitted to the bar, and
opened an office in New Orleans. In
1876 he came % st. Louis and resumed
practice. Early in his career he was
married to Mary g., Semmes, of Cum
berland. Md, niece of the famous Adj
miral Semmes of the Confederate
Navy. Within a year she died, and
Mr.. Grover was married in 1872 TO his
present wife, Miss Charlotte T. Blow
daughter of Peter E. Blow, of this
CITY,"
Some one at jefferson Barracks is
devoting his time to assiduously
spreading the report that most of the
soldiers lately encamped here are now
in the hospital suffering from malaria
contracted in the Arcadia Valley. II
the intention is to create the impress
sion that the Arcadia Valley is a ma
laria breeding locality, it is too ridicu-
lous to merit refutation. Our pure air
and bealth-giving waters are famous
and the reputation of this beautiful
Valley as health resort is too we'll
established to suffer at the hands of
some envious individual at the Bar
racks who evidently fears that the adj
vantages of this section may eventual
ly cause the removal of the entire post
to this place and leave Jefferson Bar
racks deserted and forlorn. AS stated
heretofore, If there are any malaria
stricken soldiers at the Barracks it is
probably due to the Mississippi river
water and other baneful influences sur
rounding the Barracks and not to the
crystal springs and invigorating atmos-
phere of the Arcadia Valley.