Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-06-03
LOCAL BREvITIEs.
,siery, 5 to 25c, at the Racket.

Everybody says it's the latest sprin:
on record.
Corn and potatoes are being shipped
to the Valley.
The City Marshal is collecting thu
dog tax now due.
Fishermen and fishing parties ar,
still numerous.
The Valley youth is giving his at
tention to base ball.
Don't forget the children's picnic
Thursday, June 10th.
County Court convenes in regular
session next Monday.
The Ironton Flour mills sport a
newly painted wagon.
The late summer retards the arrival
OF the summer visitor.
The ice man thinks his day is a long
time coming this year.
Preaching at the NJ. f. Church next
Sunday evening at 80 p. NJ.
Relishers of the strawberry have
had banner season this year.
Ascension Day services were held at
the Convent last Thursday.
Has our Arcadia correspondent,
Celeste" forgotten us? We hope not.
The strawberry crop of 1897 will go
down in local history as famous one.
The Blue Store has applied the
pruning shears to the hedge across the
street.
The yield of all kinds of fruit still
promises to be exceptionally large this
season.
4 fire necessary to comfort early in
the morning of June 1st is somewhat
unusual.
spoke lathe will be put to work in
the Clark hub factory during the COM
ing week.
The splendid rains of last week were
of inestimable benefit to all the grow
ing crops.
Passenger business on the road is
said to be extremely light. Freight
traffic fair.
The Tourists Club of St. Louis will
run an excursion train to the Valley
next Sunday.
VIM. Crommer and son have been
running their Elsinore saw mill recent
iy.- Current Local.
One block In the north end OF town
boasts of three ice cream parlors, and
summer not yet here.
$500. ho
the usual number of roses and other
flowers for decoration day.
The contractor is making good head
way in the reconstruction of Mr.. An
drew's house in Russellville.
The work train is making head
quarters at Ironton while the new
steel is being laid on the road.
H. n. Baird intends engaging in the
the merchandise business in Louis
Miller's store house in Arcadia.
Is there going to be a 4th of July
celebration in the Valley? II so it is
time the preliminaries were being ar
ranged.
Ice cream and strawberry festival
and entertainment for the benefit OF
NJ. E. Church at the Academy OF Music
this evening.
For the season of the year the wealth
err the past week has been remarkably
cool. and OF one or two mornings frost
has been visible.
Miss Lucille Lindsay arrive home
from Arcadia college this morning to
IF fafh
Charleston Enterprise.
The Company is laying new steel on
the track between Arcadia and Mid
dlebrook. A work train distributed
the rails last Tuesday.
Poultry shipments from this station
to St. Louis market have been quite
large during the past month. The
spring chicken is in demand.
The iron fence recently built by
Louis Miller in front of his beautiful
home in Arcadia is as tasty as can be.
1t is simply elegant in every respect
Married-Wedn June I'd, 1897
byW. G.. Fairchild, j. p, lronton. Mo-,
WM. A. HUsKEY of Grandin, Mo-, and
Miss VIOLET JORDAN of Des Arc, Mo.
Our young friend. G. P. Talbot, is
happy in the possession OF fine young
saddle and buggy horse, purchased
last Monday from James Hill, Belle
view.
MARRIED-At Ironton, Mo-. on the
LIST day of June. 1897. by w. G. Fair
child. j. P. MIR JOHN HOUK of Mid
dlebrOok, Me-, and Miss SOPHIE HALL
of Ironton. Mo.
Tie Loyal Temperance Legion will
give picnic at the Jones farm. south
of Arcadia, June 10th. Refreshments |
will be for sale by the children. Ev-
erybody invited.
Rev. c. F. Ramsbottom of Louis |
vile, Kentucky. will preach at the
Baptist church next Sunday morning |
and evening. The public is cordially /
invited to attend.
The Schneider Granite Company is |
improving its railroad this summer, |
end has gi7eil contracts for four tbous-
and new ties. The ties will hs made
on Black river west of here.
union meeting will be inaugural
ed at the Union church. Pilot Knob,
Sunday lime eth RavS + W Wood