Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-12-03
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IRoNToN Posr OFFIcE.
LOCAL BREvITIEs.


past few days.
The cold weather has made business
for the wood hauler.
County Court convenes in regular
session next Monday.
The holidays approacheth. Santa
Claus will soon be due.
Bonauza has opened a Grocery An
mex next door to Post-Office.
Icicles have been hanging from all
the caves the past few days.
New goods arriving daily at the
Racket Store-Reese's OLD stand.
The '.boss" writes letter from North
Carolina for the REGISTER readers.
Corn bought by Rockwell & Benson,
Arcadia. Highest market price paid.
Not many more days to pay your
city taxes before additional costs ensue.
The weddings that dian take place
ThauksgIvIng. IL is said, will surely
occur during the holidays.
Services at the Baptist church next
Sunday, morning and evening. cor
dial invitation Is extended TO all.
The Thanksgiving party at the Pres
byterian church was we'll attended and
proved successful and pleasant &C.
cosion.
A. P. Shriver, for many years editor
of the Reynolds county Outlook. died
at his home in Centreville on Tuesday
of last week. Peace to his ashes!
Tramps seem TO be growing more
numerous every day. The Mckinley
prosperity hasn't manifested itself, as
yet. In this section of the country.
The first number of the ST. Charles
Weekly Ne1CS, under the control OF II.
5. Rittenhouse, has been received. 1t
is a neat and newsy sheet and we wish
Bro. Rittenhouse every success in his
new field
Messrs. Geo. w. Clarkson and VIM.
Crommer have assumed charge OF the
Bismarck roller mills and will conduct
the business IL the future. The REG
lsTER wishes them the greatest posi-
BILE success.
Rt. Rev. d. S. futile, Bishop of the
eastern Diocese of Missouri, will hold
services at St. Paul's church next Mon
day evening, December 9TH. The rite
of baptism will be administered during
the services.
James E. DOty, formerly an attache
of the REGISTER Office, is now associate
editor of the Cotton, Cali Nescs. He
is preparing himself for the ministry
and expects to visit Ironton in the not
far distant future.
A travelling ''lead and slug
called at the REGISTER Office Tuesday
morning. He is the first of his trade
tramping through the country, that
has come under our observation. The
travellers are increasing.
F. P. Hilburn the newly appointed
postmaster at Annapolis. was in town
Thanksgiving day filling his bond.
He forwarded the same to Washington
last week and will probably be COM
missioned in few days.
The REGISTER this week produces
the prize compositions of three students
in the intermediate department OF the
public school. They are all worthy
efforts and the young authors are en-
titled to credit therefor.
Wednesdays st. Louis papers give
an account of an earthquake shock
that was felt at Cairo, Illinois, the day
before, q few minutes after one o'clock
In the afternoon. The shock was felt
.,a,<. he narannS
In future, Ironton Lodge. No. pa,
X. p, will meet every Friday night.
Next meeting Friday, December 4th.
Ali members urged TO attend. By or
der of the Lodge.
ARTHUR HUFF, K. r. & S.
For the first time since Sheriff
O'Neal assumed charge of the Jail two
years ago. he is now without an Iron
county prisoner. There are at pres
eus nine inmates, eight of them U. ).
prisoners. aud one from Reynolds
county.
Prof. d. Fox will likely assume
charge of Mountain View Seminary at
LesIerville the first of the year. The
Professor il competent and able in
structor and we wish him all manner
of success in the Kingdom of Rey
nolds."
Is Is rumored that an attempt was
made to wreck train on the Knob
grade near the doubling switch one
day last week. Distractions had been
placed on the rails but we're discovered
by tramp and removed before any
damage resulted.
The rain fell in torrents last Thurs
day. The water fairly came down in
sheets for few minutes, and cutters
and bitches were soon overlooking.
The water doesh Z often fall with the ra-
pidity in this section that it did for a
short while on that day.
Sheriff 0'Neal says that one of his
boarders. a violator OF the revenue
laws from Dunklin county, didn't uu-
derssand the Thanksgiving holiday.
he remarked, Down in Dunklin we
usaaiIy have Christmas about once n |
year. but never heard of Thauksgiv-
ing before!''