Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-02-20
Among the Brethren.

Among the Brethren.
From last weeks De Soto Facts
| Samuel Niccolls and Mrs. Essie Kai
ser were married at the Presbyterian
church last Thursday evening by Rev
DIR. Niccolls, of st. Louis. The church
was beautifully decorated with flowers
and evergreens and host of friends o
the contracting parties witnessed the
ceremony which was very beautiful.
Charleston Democrat: ".Newt' Nor
rison is under renewed obligations te
Judge Wear for having driven him
from his practice in Judge Wears judi
cial circuit -
Eighteen hundred dollars worth oil
lard is still burning in the Dormeyer
building at Jackson, which building
was destroyed by fire last Wednesday
night.
New Madrid county's poor house has
ten inmates.
Kennett, Mo-, had destructive fire
on Wednesday of last week. 1t was
started by burglars who had broken
into the post Office and blown open the
safe. The buildings burned were
James Hazle's residence and restaur-
ant, merchant tailoring store of Il.
Reddingus, saloon and bowling alley
of j. W. Stephens, Halle Bros meat
shop. grocery store and restaurant of
West & Bailey, Offices and records of
Justice Barham, the Post-office aud
everything in it and Postmaster Jones'
stationary and cigars, private Office of
w. F. Shelton and r. F. Jones, the
Bank of Kennett building, Office and
library of T. r. r. Ely and offices of
Mccarthy & Co., over the bank, drug
store of j. w. Back & Co., jewelry
store of j. D. Furguson, grocery store
of Nolan Gattis, dry goods store of T.
j. Baird g. Co.. Ben Wells new brick
and block of frame buildings and a
complete stock of general merchandise.
All the buildings, except the bank and
Wells were frame, and the only insur-
ance was 50, 500, carried by We'll on
mis- building and stock, in the Hartford
and German-American companies.
His loss is not less than $4,000.
The Citizen makes vigorous kick at
the deplorable condition of Poplar
Bluffs sidewalks.
The Salem Leader is irreverent
enough to say: "Rev. Ben Deering
don't like to have nickels dropped into
the collection at his meetings. He
says the nickel is the invention of the
devil. Probably nothing makes the
modern evangelist smell birthstone as
quickly as small collection"
Congressman Mozely has written the
Poplar Bluff Republican that he would
like to be renominated by the Republi-
cans. Barkis is generally '.willin'."
From the Potosi Independent we
learn that "much of the personal prop
erty of the Irondale Farming and Min
ing Company was sold at public auc-
tion at Irondale on Tuesday, by the
Collector of the Revenue, to collect the
taxes due for the year 1895. The tax
bill was satisfied and good prices were
obtained.
The st. Francois county court Dem
ocratic) awards the public printing to
the Neaos Republican). but over in
Jefferson the county court (Republican)
gives the bids of Democratic papers
the cold shoulder. Republican officials
have one virtue, par excellence: they
stand by their friends.
Pennington Times: s.Hon. Jasper N.
Burks has been seriously ill for a week
or more, erysipelas having resulted
from the wound received in the back
of his head by fall, mention of which
was made last week. The erysipelas
has subsided somewhat, but he is very
weak and still in critical condition.
We heartily agree with the Bloom
field Tindscator that missouri ia not
for Morrison" Not this year; perhaps
smother time.
According to the Doniphan Prospect
Nesos another swindling scheme has