Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-01-30
LOCAL BREVITIES.

Gu OScT W TIE HeAt issue.
Baldwin Bros. have orders for H.
600 sets of hubs, instead of II, 900, as
stated last week.
Bro. Fisher-he of the revenue de-
partment-means business. Read his
notice in this paper.
Repairs on the sidewalks are slowly
progressing. Hurry 'em up, Messrs.
Street Commissioners
Jack Frost is an able tester of side
walks. He goes in all right, but when
he comes out he tears up the ground.
That sand-pile on the burnt district
is assuming proportions commensurate
with the demands of a big brick build
ing. Let FER go!
The Brevity Column is. perforce cut
short this week; but in lieu of it we
offer five columns of local matter on
the first page.
Wood-piles are being nightly raided
by party in this town, he in this way,
it is said, paying his board to a land
lord more exacting than particular.
DR.. R. W. Gay. of Leeper. was in
town this week, holding his head
pretty high. The second son is now
about ten days old, and all are doing
we'll.
The jackson Students will hold this
years Reunion at Ironton, Tuesday,
February 18th. The programme and
invitation will be printed in a few
days.
The REGISTER prints on its first page
The Beautiful Arcadia Valley" writ
ten by J. w. Corley, staff correspond
emit Of the Republic, and published by
that paper last Thursday.
Whom can the Cape Girardeau DEM
ocrat mean in this: Another Cape
doctor is soon to lead to the altar one
of Ironton's best and prettiest. We
are not permitted to mention names"
Our thanks are returned to Miss
Baird for copy of "Analytical Notes
on Nj. Paderewskis Programmes"
She had the happiness of hearing the
distinguished artist while in St. Louis.
The Christian Endeavor Society of
the Presbyterian church will observe
Christian Endeavor Day. An appro-
pirate program has been prepared
which will be rendered next Sabbath
evening.
DIED-At his residence in Irontou,
Mo. Tuesday. January 2Sth. 1896. at
$50 p. NJ. Henry Rasche. aged 81
years, IL months and 26 days. Fun
eral from residence to-day, at o'clock
P. NJ. Interment in Pilot Knob Gene
terry.
Services at the Baptist church.
Preaching on next Sunday by Rev. DR..
Morton. Subject for morning: Our
mystical Union with Christ" Sub
ject for the evening: '.Christ the Light
of the World" Everybody is cordial
ly invited to attend.
A force of twelve or fourteen tele-
graph linemen passed through the
Valley, southwark bound, last Tuesday
afternoon. They are putting in new
copper wire for the Western Union
people, said wire to extend. when COM
pleted, from St. Louis to Galveston.
Subjects and texts for the services
of the Presbyterian church for Feb. I'd,
1896. Morning service; .'Plain doc
trines and duties for Christians" For
Graniteville 8 P. NJ: Repentance"
The evening service will be under the
direction of the Y. P. S. c. E.
GEO. II. DUTY. Pastor.
The Business Meeting of the South
east Missouri /. o. o. F. Association
will be held at Bismarck, on Tuesday,
February 4th. At the same time and
place a school of Instruction will also
be held. H. S. Carnes, Grand Master,
Z. P. Rixey. Grand Lecturer, and Mrs.
CARPENTER, President of the Daughters
of Rebekah Convention, will be pres
ent. 1t is hoped that all Lodges will
send delegates to this meeting, as it
will be a means of receiving instruc-
ton, as well as attending to business.
A scrap enlivened Arcadia last Tues
day. George Left and Chauncey Van
Wrinkle were the parties principal.
They were in Rockwell & Benson's
store when the quarrel began, and
went outside to settle it. In the scuf-
file for advantage Van Wrinkles finger
got into Leff's mouth, and when 1t
came out, it was minus the first joint,
which was bitten clean off. We I'M
derstand that the parties have COM
promised the matter, and that Left Is
to pay the doctors bill. Whether the
law will permit the matter to end that
way is another matter. Mayhem is a
rather serious matter, but we presume
under the>circumstances it was on the
part of the offender anything to get
out of precariOus condition. But
don't do it again!
Maud Jarret and Emma Grain, col
ored, had scrap Sunday afternoon,
in the region round about the IrontOn
House. En-. had heard that Maud
had been making fun of a cloak the
former highly priced and wore with
becoming pride. When they met, at
the time and place above referred to,
there consequently was trouble right
now. After display of pugilism the
combatants separated to the proper
distance to give due room for action,
and missiles for time darkened the
air. But nobody was greatly damaged,
and at length, after great expenditure
of wrath and fierce invective, the par
ties came to a truce. Explanations
followed. and ended in laying the
. r,,,t,,aI friend who had act