Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-05-27

the ladies of lrontou and vicinity tina
she Is prepared to do all kinds o
dress-making and. asks share of thu
public patronage. Leave orders a
residence over H. w. Adolph's Jewel
ry Store.
An iron fence has been placed south
! from the new drug store. Now if the
yard Is cleaned up, and the old brick
and other trash removed, the presence
will present greatly improved ap
pearance. Later-The brick have
been removed.
Miss Mary Millhouse, who has been
running the racket store here for the
past six months, left Tuesday for Min
CO, Indian Territory, where she will
engage il business. Mrs. Oliver has
purchased the racket store aud now
has charge thereof.
Mr.. Luther Todd, a section hand,
received quite a serious injury yester-
day. A spike being drove by a COM
paniOn, flew out and struck him, cut
ting large cash in his left limb. The
wound was dressed by DR.. CALDWELL
Poplar Bluff Herald.
st. Peul's (EpiscopaD Sunday School.
lronton, will have basket picnic at
the Arcadia Hotel grounds, on Satur-
day, May Goth. The children are re-
quested to meet at the church at 10
O'Clock A. NJ, so that all may start to-
gether. The parents are all cordially
invited.
j. w. Craven left Tuesday for st.
Louis to attend meeting of the Mis-
souri, Bankers Association. Mr.. Cra-
ven is thinking of taking a trip to
Memphis on the river before he re-
turns. His brother, NJ. Craven, will
have charge of the bank during his
absence.
The funeral of VIM. Hall. who died
in the Missouri Pacific Hospital, st.
Louis, Tuesday of last week, occurred
Thursday afternoon last and the re-
mains were inferred in the Masonic
Cemetery. About thirty members of
the order of railway breakmen came
down~from De Soto to attend the funer-
al.
Following are the signal service
readings at this point for the week
ending May 25th, showing the highest
and lowest temperature recorded each
day: 10th, IS, A; goth, 81, 50; 21st,
79, 60; 22d, 81, 81; Esd. 83, SO; oath,
SO. 40; 25th, IS, "a. Highest aver
age, 80; lowest, 81. Rainfall for the
week, .O6.
The following party are spending
the week fishing on the st. Francois
river: Rev. G. FL. Duty and family,
Geo. Gay and wife, Mrs. NJ. A. Gay,
and daughters, Misses Ruth and Allie,
John and Fred. Russell and Fred. Del
ano. Mann Ringo and family and L.
B. Pruitt and family will spend to-day
with them.
A young fellow by the name of Ma
son was given his liberty Monday by
Sheriff O'Neal after having served
years sentence in the Iron county jail
for using the mails for fraudulent pur-
poses. Never was freedom more CRATE
fully accepted and Mason took his de-
parture on one of the trains that day
as happy as bird freed from prolonged
captivity!
The entertainment given for the ben
eft of the Episcopal church at the Ar
cadia House last Thursday evening
was largely attended and proved quite
an enjoyable occasion. The pro-
gramme had been well selected and
was excellently rendered. The net
proceeds of the evening were about
$62, and will be applied to improving
the church.
Mrs. Emma Carver, nee Asbby,
passed through IrontOn last Thursday
on her way TO Virginia where she will
spend some time visiting her husband
and children. Mrs. Carver was for a
loug time a resident of Ironton and
will be recalled by many of our readers
as one of the most charming and &C
complished young ladies. who ever
made her home in the Valley. Mrs.
Carver now resides in California.
Collins, the Ironton livery man, has
recently made accessions to his stock
of horses and vehicles, and is now bet
ter prepared to serve the public than
ever before. He is especially fitted to
accommodate summer visitors. tour
lists, fishing parties, etc. Remember
Collins when you want a good driving
or riding horse. He will treat you
all right, and the rates as reasonable
as are consistent with good, honest
| service.
J. F. Thomas, a colored postal clerk,
who has spent the past year in the
Ironton Jail, was last week pardoned
by President Mckinley. Thomas was
convicted in the Z. S. District court at
| St. Louis. about year ago, of riding
registered letters, aud sentenced to two
years in Jail. Since his incarceration
Thomas wife has exerted every effort
to secure his release and the pardon is
the result of a personal plea she made
before the President last week.
The postmaster at this place is in
receipt of a card making inquiry for
the daughter and heir oil George NJ.
Kassou, who died in San Joaquin coun-
tv, California. in 1898. leaving an es-
tate valued at over 100000. A re-
ward will be paid for Information.
Kassou married Mary Hayden in St.
| Louis in IS45 and the daughter is sup
posed to be named Mary Mann, who
was raised mostly in Arkansas and
lived awhile in Missouri with her first
/ husband named Green.
The entertainment given by the la
dies of St. PauI's church at the Area