Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-02-04

the leading candidate. Annapoli:
lodge was called. Mrs. Benson before
voting said ..who is this man Davi
Let me see him." Now it happens thai
Mr.. ID is a man of spendid physique
and handsome appearance. He wa:
no sooner pointed out than Mrs. B.
promptly responded ''three votes for
Day" Our informant says that it was
a splendid exemplifcation of the
charge that should the right of suffrage
be extended to the fair sex their choice
would ever be in favor of the best look.
ing man who offered for Office.
Under the new schedule of trains
the north-bound mails from this place
now close at l: 80 and 4 o'clock P. NJ.
The first for train No. 50 and the sec
ond for the fast mail. On account OF
| the proximity of the two trains this
| virtually gives US but one mail north
day, the short time of two hours and
half intervening between the two
mails. And a letter for the north ,
mailed after four o'clock in the even
| ing will not leave the post-office until
the next day at $50, or a delay of
nearly one whole day. 1t just means
that unless mail is deposited in time
for the fast mail, it will take letter
for st. Louis almost two days before it
is delivered. That is, mail deposited
here. say Thursday evening, would
reach St. Louis Friday evening and be
delivered Saturday morning. This
could easily be remedied by giving US
mail connections with No. sc, that
goes north 4:30 in the morning. Then
letter mailed before closing time in
the post-office in the evening would be
delivered in st. Louis next morning.
OF course, until the late change in time
in the fast mail there was no occasion
to connect with the early morning
train, for the fast mail carried all
mail received as late as $50 P. N. and
it reached st. Louis in time for the
first delivery in the morning. Under
the present schedule the fast mail
train does not offer this service, and
we should have connections with No.
Sc as above suggested. The matter
should be promptly brought to the at
tention of the postal authorities and
we have no doubt that the trouble
would be readily remedied.
The annual business meeting of the
/. o. o. F. Association of Southeast
Missouri was held in this city Tuesday
and Wednesday. The session was
called to order Tuesday afternoon by
the President of the association, w. I.
Marshall of Charleston. Representa-
tives were present from the lodges at
jackson, Charleston, Sikeston, De So
to, Bismarck, Fredericktown, Doe Run,
Pennington, Ironton, Annapolis, Pop
lar Bluff, Leadville, Lutesville, Nor
ley and Diehlstadt-the number of
delegates present being about seventy.
At the evening session the following
officers were elected for the ensuing
year: F. B. Beard, President, Bis
marck; E. H. Day, Vice-President,
Fredericktown; John Russell, Secre-
tary, Charleston; DR.. Biggs, Treasur-
err, Lutesville. 1t was decided to hold
the next business meeting at jackson
on the first Tuesday in February, 1898.
Grand Master Sloan and Grand Lectur
er Rixey delivered addresses at the
Academy of Music in the evening.
Both made interesting talks, but the
remarks of Mr.. Rixey were especially
well received and received frequent
and hearty applause. At the night
session the committee on resolutions
submitted its report from which we
take the following o. local interest:
Resolved, by the delegates of the
Southeast Missouri /. o. o. F. Asso-
citation in regular session assembled,
that, inasmuch as the brothers and
sisters and citizens of Ironton have
endeavored and have succeeded in
making our stay in their charming lit
tie city a pleasant one, we extend to
them our sincere thanks and that we
assure them of our lasting friendship
and warm brotherly love" The final
session was held Wednesday morning
when it was agreed to hold the Annual
Celebration of the Association at Pop
lar Bluff on Tuesday, April 27th-the
natal day of the order, the Goth, COM
ing on Monday, it was thought best to
delay the celebration one day in order
to avoid the necessity of preparing
therefor on Sunday. The meeting
generally was declared one of the most
successful and pleasant in the history
of the organization. The visiting del
egates departed for their homes on the
noon trains same day.