Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-11-25
LOCAL BREVITIES.


A good dinner and pleasant Thanks
giving to all our readers!
The Thanksgiving turkey has been
conspicuous the past week.
Bird hunters say the quail have left
the fields and are among the bushes.
What has become of the scheme to
light the city with electricity?
Lopez's shipped a car of apples to
the St. Louis market this week
Both of the Ironton hub factories
are shipping logs here from points
down the road.
The railroad tank at Arcadia is dry
again aud the engines have to go to
Hogan for water.
Three pushers are now employed to
help the trains over the Pilot Knob
and Hogan grades.
Wanted-A thousand able bodied
men aud women with their children to
attend the Library Entertainment Nov.
25th, 1897.
Wit, humOr, pathOs. music, delight
fully blended, make Old Farmer Hop
kins'' the success it is. See It next
Friday evening.
Rev. J. E. Watson OF Tennessee will
hold services at the Baptist church
next Sunday morning and evening.
All are cordially invited.
Judge Green and party of friends
from Jefferson spent several days Of
last week and the week before hunting
in the western part of this county.
Fred. Hunt of Reynolds county will
hold union services at Fort Hill church
Sunday night. Subject: ''Sanctitica-
tion." Everybody invited to come.
The dance at the Academy of Music
last night proved a very enjoyable af-
fair and attracted a fair attendance of
those who delight in terpsichorean
pleasures.
DR.. Cureall paid $500 to secure
seats for himself and family, to the
Public School Library Entertainment
Nov. 25th, 1897. Program begins 8
P. NJ. sharp.
Newton Borders, of Phelps county,
was arrested on the street Saturday
charged with carrying concealed weap-
ons. He pleaded guilty and was sent
to Jail for thirty days.
Does your wife know that you are
going to attend a rare Musical and
Literary Entertainment in the Acad-
envy of Music Nov. 25th, 1897? Don't
fail to take her along.
Oar old friend S. J. Jordan, of Des
Arc, last week shipped carload OF
hub timber to the Clark Manufacturing
Company here. and out of ia, he was
culled of just four hubs.
Work is still progressing in the well
on the courthouse square. The well
is now about thirty-one feet deep
over half of which distance has been
made through the solid rock.
The first cold snap of the winter will
not prevent the Academy of Music on
the night of Nov. 18th, from being
crowded with the patrons and friens OF
education Have you reserved seat?
City Collector Fisher wishes to i'm
press the fact on the minds of the tax
payers that city taxes go delinquent
December 1st. II not paid before that
date penalty of ten per cent. will be
added.
Judge Green was a passenger on the
train Sunday bound for Centreville to
hold the Reynolds circuit court. 1t is
understood that the docket is a small
one and the term OF court will not
likely be prolonged.
The service at the Fort Hill church
was conducted by the Epworth League
on last Sunday evening. An interest
ing literary programme was rendered
by the members of the League aud
thorou Chilly enjoyed by the large au-
dience.
j. W. Stevenson, the railroad agent
at Middlebrook. is highly elated over
the arrival of boy at his house last
Saturday, November goth. 1897. The
mother and child are getting along
nicely while the happy dad smiles
all day long.
Following are the signal service
readings at this point for the week
ending Nov. 23d, showing the highest
and lowest temperature recorded each
day: Nov. 18th. 50, Is; 18th, 50. 10;
18th. 90. SO; 10th, "A. 81; 21st. "a.
45; 22ud. As. 40; 23d. 40, %.
although some people may think we
are having hard times, | for one do
not propose to miss the Musical and
Literary Entertainment given by the
citizens and public school children of
Ironton Nov. 25th, 1897"
FARMER MEANS.
II was first intended to give the
school entertainment Friday night but
&c was afterwards ascertained that the
Farmer Hopkins Company had the
Academy of Music rented for that
night, so the date of the school enter
taiumeut was changed to Thursday.
II. l.. Kesling is building dam on
the site of the old Greasou mill dam
west of town. Mr.. Kesling expects to
utilize the water power TO operate a
prist mill which is now under course
of construction. 1t will be the only
water mill within possibly ten or
twelve miles OF Ironton.
Last Friday, November 18th. Mr..
I. G. Wbitworth, Sr., celebrated the
eighty-frst anniversary of his birth.
The old gentleman, Notwithstanding
his four score years and more. is still