Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-02-18

/ Through the efforts of Congressman
Cobb the appropriation made a year
ago for the purchase of the rifle range
Will be available year hence. This
will save the necessity of another ap.
preparation should the range be bought
within the coming year.
Mrs. r. F. Wingate desires to in
form her old friends and patrons in
this section of the State that she has
assumed charge of a frst-class board
Ing house at 1418 Lucas Place, St.
Louis, and will be glad to have them
stop with her when in the city. The
fare and rooms will be found first-class
and charges reasonable.
Miss Bessie Morse of De Soto will
give an entertainment under the aus
pices of the Christian Endeavor Socie-
ty on February oath. Miss Morse is a
young lady of very superior talents
and to miss this entertainment is to
miss the best that is going. Come out
everybody. Look for hand bills next
week. The entertainment will be in
the Academy of Music.
Geo. R. Jacobs and family of St.
Louis last week moved into one of
Judge Emerson's cottages and will
make Ironton their future home. Mr..
Jacobs will engage in the drug bust
ness just as soon as a house can be
built for him on the vacant lot across
the street. Mr.. j. tells US that he will
keep frst-class stock in every partic-
ular and use his best endeavors to
merit and secure the patronage ot the
public.
The members of the w. c. I. .. de-
sire to thank the public for the inter-
est manifested in the Gospel Temper
ance meeting held at the Ironton
Presbyterian Church, Sunday night.
February II, 1897. We extend our
sincerest thanks to Bro. Duty and con-
gregation for their kindness, and to
Bro. Aspley for Diminishing his church
to enable US to make the service a
Union" meeting.
DAISY L. WAMsLEY, President
18th Dist. Mo. W. G. L. L.
An exchange publishes the following
tribute to deceased patron of the pa
per: Poor Jim Brown hung his
earthly garments on a limb and swan
the river yesterday. He didn't stand
back because the water was cold but
plunged right in, rose smiling and
struck out for the other shore, where
the angels were waiting for him with
finer suit than he had ever worn be-
fore in his life. Jim was poor man
but he had his subscription to his
home paper paid up and he got there
in great shape"
The following taken from last weeks |
issue of the PotOsi Journal will be of
interest to the applicants for federal
positions who are relying on Rev. |
Steel to carry them through: ''Hon.
George Steel, of jefferson county, late |
candidate for Congress in
the thirteenth district, was in Potosi |
to meet and confer with the
members of the Republican Central
Committee with regard to the distribu- |
ton of Federal patronage in Washing |
ton county by the incoming Admins
tration. A majority of the committee
was present. Mr.. Steel will go to
about March LIST, in time |
to witness the Inauguration of McKin-
ley, and will remain until he has ad-
justed matters concerning this district
The 'boys" are telling a pretty
good joke on Register of the land Office,
James Ii. Clark. Monday night Of
last week Mr.. Clark made a trip to
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board the cars. The first south-bound
passenger train at night is No. So, the
Texas fast express. 1t reaches Area
dia about 1870. 1t was promptly on
time on the night in question and
stopped at Arcadia to secure a pusher
to go over Tip Top. When the train
stopped Mr.. Clark attempted to board,
but was met ny the conductor who
told him that it was a through train
and did no local work; that he would
have to wait for the second train, due
twenty minutes later, which made all
the local stops. Mr.. Clark went back
to the depot, waited for the second
train which came along in due time,
boarded it and rode to Williamsville
where he changed cars to go to Green
vlIi6- lie nDlSueQ MS BUSINESS IN |
that day and was back in
by night ready to take
the Iron Mountain train home. The
night north-bound, trains reach Will
Evansville at an early hour in the
aud Mr.. Clark concluded not
10 retire but to wait for his train.
The first train came along about 1888
but Mr.. c. bearing in mind his ex-
Derience of the night before, knew(9 |,
hat the first train was through train
and didn't make local stops, so he
lidn't attempt to board but waited by
The fire. True he saw several other
people who had been waiting for the
'snorth- bound train" leave the hotel
md go to the depot on the arrival of
he first train, but ne felt that if they
hadn't travelled enough TO know that
he first train was a through train let
hem find it out as he had done. The
irst train came and departed, and
about forty minutes later the second
rain pulled in. Mr.. G. was on hand
and hadn't more than got aboard be-
ore the train was in motion again.
The conductor came in collecting tick
sts and on taking up Mr.. C's ticket
promptly told him that ''this train
doesn't stop at Ironton; why didn't
7ou take the local train that went north
about three quarters of an hour ago?"
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