Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-12-03
Gran,tev,lle Items.

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Mrs. 81. ]. Mcleod on Friday. last, i
bouncing boy baby. Mother and littI,
one arc reported as doing fairly well.
The whooping cough is raging
among the children of our town prets,
hard at present. Some of whom arr
considered quite sick with the malady
Apropos of the recent ball and fes
tivaI given by the Catholic ladies. ",
want to say in the way of terpsichorear
events. that this eclipsed anything o
the kind in this line and, financially
surpassed all past entertainments il
the history of Graniteville. Ard i
shows what a wonderful interest wa:
taken in helping out a cause that had
by reason of it's effect-educational
purposes. Under the instructions and
supervision of Father L. c. Wernert o.
Arcadia. the Catholic Church here i.
being arranged in the most advantag
eous way preparatory 10 commencing
school to-day. Miss Viola Stone a re
fined, progressing and highly edu-
Gated lady, of st. Louis has been en-.
gagged and will assume charge at once
The Syenite Granite Co. have Sc.
cured several mouths job for Cali
fornia parties, and everything is now
in readiness to begin as soon as the
weather will permit.
Prof. c. F. Hanson furnished the
music for the D. of r. ball at Ironton
Thanksgiving eve.
Our K. of P. boys did not attend
lodge on Friday night last owing to
the inclement weather.
Game seems to be very plentiful in
this section at present.
Mr.. Orleans, a granite contractor,
of New Orleans, was in town last week
on business.
Mr.. William Martin. general mana
ger of the S. G. Co., spent Thanksgiv-
ing here, returning to his city home
Friday.
Mrs George Collier spent Thanks
giving with Bismarck friends.
Messrs. Lat and Harvey Mathews.
of Greenville. Mo-, were in town a few
hours on Thursday on their return
from attending the wedding of their
sister, that occurred IN Belleview on
that day.
Mr.. Edward Andrews eff Texas, and
agent for an Austin school furniture
was in town on business last
week.
Mr.. ard Mrs. George Marlin have a
very sick little child at present.
Townsman William Brown spent
in the city on business.
j. ID. Greason spent Friday and Sat-
urday at the Bluff. on legal business.
Miss Josie Hume of Syenite, Mo-, is
visiting in town the guest Of her sister,
Mrs. c. B. Reno.
Mr.. Alex Graham and family, took
dinner with the family
of Judge Hancock near Pilot Knob.
The present cold snap has created
quite demand for wood. and the
wood haulers are seen coming in from
every direction, which indicates lively
times among that class of workmen.
The financial standing of Workmen's
Hall for the last half of the present
year under the management of the
new Hall Board Committee as furnish
I'd by Secretary Reno. is as follows:
Total collections from May Is, to Nov.
Is, 1896. from all sources, $29. Ex-
oenses for the same period. $14, go,
eaving balance of $14.40; total cash
for the year, and which is now
n the hands of treasurer, D. A. Archie,
Jr-, $32.85. A pretty good showing
these hard times, and now
hat 1--we have the confidence" and the
'eturn of prosperity" that is assured
is after March 4th, we have every
'eason to look forward for brighter and
better times.
Mr.. Editor, we don't claim TO have
IN overabundance of intelligence,
leither do we claim to be par excel
ence in making our communications
IS interesting as your correspondent
rom Hades, or perhaps as read
bile as your fellow editor up the street.
But we aim, in our weak way, as cor
from our respective local
ties. to write up the items for the
REGISTER, the best edited. the clean
st published and the brightest paper
q Southeast Missouri. and will con-
inue to do so, so long as acceptable. |
We fancy that the REGISTERS staff of
correspondents will compare favorably |
nth the stats of its exchanges, add |
specially, its rural exchanges, that
re of such great caliber. CAP.
Nov. 80, 1896.