Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-04-29

a vocal class. Anyone interested il
vocal music and desiring to take les
sons will find her at home-the Sontae
residence. Price per lesson, so cents
Thirty-seven rattlesnakes were kill
ed in one nest at Hogan one day las
week. They were all sizes; one Of
the largest, about five feet long with
nineteen rattles and a button is now on
exhibition at the Valley Drug Store
Edward Allen one of Conductor Polk
Elkin's best brakemen, who accident
ally had his foot very badly mashed
recently while switching up near Bis
marck, is again up and about after a
month in the hospital. Charleston En-
terprise.
i The public school entertainment &C.
ours at the Academy of Music Friday
evening General admission, Is cents;
children, 10 cents. Reserved seats, on
sale at post-office, % cents. An enter
tanning programme has been prepared
for the occasion.
VIM. Spaugh struck Chas. Lester,
an emplOye at Collins stable, over the
eye with pair of heavy shears, Mon
day afternoon, infiicting a painful
| wound. Spaugh was taken before
Squire Fairchi'd Wednesday and mulct-
ed of S10.50-fine and costs.
H. NJ. Collins, the livery man, de-
sires to make the announcement that
he wants no lOafers around his stable,
neither does he propose to tolerate
them. He gives this as a friendly
warning, and if it does not suffice more
| stringent means will be resorted to.
S. W. Andrews this week purchased
FROM Chas. Langdon of Dunklin coun-
ty, the Smith homestead in Russellville,
opposite the home OF DR.. Farrar. There
| are eight acres of land in the tract and
Mr.. Andrews will build new house
thereon without delay. The location
is an elegant one.
The reported killing of Joseph
MahmOod, an Italian peddler, on
Meals Creek in the west end of this
county, a couple of weeks since, prov
ed to be without foundation. One of
MahmOod's creditors came down from
st. Louis to make an investigation last
week and found his man alive and
we'll.
Howard Melhado, will inaugurate
night school for the purpose of giving
instruction in bookkeeping and short
hand, in the north room, up stairs, of
the Academy of Music this evening.
Mr.. NJ. is an instructor of exceptional
ability, and those who desire instruc-
ton in these branches will do well to
call on him.
If there is fairer place on the foot |
stool than Ironton, we confess to hav- |
ing missed it on our travels. We
wouldn't know ozone if we met it with |
a railroad lantern, but if it doesn't |
have a vested interest in the atmos- |
phere of the Arcadia Valley, so much |
the worse for ozone. 1t doesn't know |
a good thing when it sees it.
Word was received here Monday |
morning conveying the sad intelligence
of the death of the infant daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. II. b. Jones at Kenyon,
Arkansas, the night before. The be-
reaved father and mother have the
sympathy of many friends here in their
affection. May He who does all things
of deep sorrow!
w. S. Morley recently instituted
suit against Jas. A. Reyburn and John
w. Harral for $50, as securities on a
note given by w. q. Thompson, now
deceased. The case came up in JUS
tice Fairchild's court Saturday, when
the defense took change of venue to
Squire Schacht at Pilot Knob. The
suit was compromised that evening,
by the defendants paying $40 and the
costs of the suit.
DR.. A. w. Keith, an old and highly
respected citizen of st. Francois coun-
ty, died at his home in Bonne Terre
last Friday morning. The deceased
was one of the best known men in
Southeast Missouri, and had many
friends in this county, his family at
one time residing in Arcadia while
his children were being educated at
the College. DIR. Keith was a true,
good and upright man and his death
is generally mOurned.
W. X. Read last week purchased the
stock and goodwill of the firm of Har-
raj Bros, dealers in general merchan-
disc at BelIeview, and now has sole
charge of the business. Mr.. Read
having been in business in Belleview
ior twenty years or more needs no
words of commentator to the people
of that section, who all know of his
strict integrity, thorough honesty. and
excellent business qualifications. He
respectfully solicits share OF the
patronage.
An engagement that was announced
last week to few friends is that of
Miss Marie Turner, daughter Of Gen.
John Turner, to Mr.. Palmer ClarksOn.
This was to have been publicly an
nouuced last Wednesday at a tea in
honor of Miss Turner's birthday, but
Mrs. Turner's absence-she is at her !
country home in Arcadia-prevented,
and so far only the most intimate !
friends of the bride elect have been ,
acquainted of the fact.-GiObe-D Demo {
crat, AprfI 25.
Last Monday about II o'clock the ;
citizens of Centreville were greatly ex- /,
cited by the cry of fire, and every body !
rushing into the streets found it to be
the Outlook Office and DR.. Moffitt's I.
Drug Store on fire, which were soon ,
reduced tn ashes. With all that could
be done q very heavy loss was sus- =
tanned by both parties. No insurance.