Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-28

IN Colorado for year or more past,
but viii return to Illinois to reside.
| Representative Farrar has made
complaint before the railroad Commits
sioners over the failure of the railroad
company TO stop the fast trains at
lronton. The Commissioners referred
the matter to the railroad officials, but
nothing has as yet been heard there
from. The trains certainly out to stop
at this station.
Gen. Turner of st. Louis was in the
Valley few days last week. Al
though the outlook for the rifle range
jIst at present is not quite as satisfac-
as it might be still the General has by
no means given up the fight and
thinks we are sure to succeed in the
| final wind-up. Arcadia Valley has no
truer or firmer friend than Gen. Tur-
ner.
Mrs. Sarah n. Blow, relict of Peter
E. Blow, died at the home OF her son
in Knoxville, Tennessee, on Sunday
January oath. The deceased was the
mother of Mrs. H. j. Grover, of ST.
Louis, and had made her home in this
| city for many summers past. The
REGISTER tenders its assurance of sym
pathy to the bereaved family in their
affection.
The REGISTER is in receipt of card
| announcing the wedding of DR.. Byrne
A. Wilson and Miss Halle Lindsay
which occurred at Piedmont on Tues
day, January 26th, 1897. The REGIS
TER tenders its congratulations to the
happy young couple and trust the fu-
ture may have naught but prosperity
and happiness in store for them. Mr..
and Mrs. Wilson will be ''at home,
Piedmont, Mo-, after February ID"
The REGISTER this week publishes
the announcement of Prof. F. NJ.
Vance, principal of the Irontou public
schools, as a candidate for School
Commissioner of Iron county. Prof. |
Vance has had many years experience
as an instructor and is well known in
educational circles throughout South 1
east Missouri. He promises, if elect |
ed, 50 give the duties of the Office his
most careful attention and would
doubtless endeavor to make a most eff
ficient commissioner.
Reuben Thomas, formerly resident
of this county, was fatally wounded by
Bridge Smith at Williamsville week
ago last Saturday. Smith was clerk
in a store and Thomas an empIoye of
the railroad company. Thomas and
Smith had some trouble in the store
and Thomas went home for a revolver.
On his return Smith shot him with a |
rifle. Thomas was taken to the hos
pital in St. Louis and died couple of
days after. Thomas formerly made |
his home near Graniteville in this |
county.
We heartily agree with the views
expressed by ''citizen" in this weeks |
REGISTER in reference to the vacant |
lot south of the Blue Store. The |
court should not set too high a price |
on this property. To even sell, at a
sacrifice, would in the end be pro-
fitable for the county. AS the lot now
stands it is of no benefit, whatever, to |
the county or any one. If it was sold |
the money so secured would be placed |
in the school fund and draw interest, |
to say nothing of the revenue to be de- |
ElfOO IfOIA GlO 1OG anu
where now not cent comes In.
Saturday last was a pleasant day, |
the thermometer registering in the
neighborhood of fifty degrees and up
to a late hour that night there was no
indication that the extremely mild |
weather, which has characterized this |
winter, was at an end. But the change
came about midnight and Sunday !
morning dawned cold and stormy, with |
the thermometer indicating ten de-
grees above zero, a change of forty |
three degrees in about twelve hours. |
Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Wednes- |
day developed little change. Monday |
morning the. thermometer registered |
zero, Tuesday, two degrees below zero
and Wednesday zero. A snow storm
came up Tuesday night, and Wednes- |
day morning the earth was covered by |
with an inch of snow. Ice formed On |
all the creeks and ponds and Wednes- |
day the ice houses were being packed |
with ice from three to four inches |
thick. The kilograms to the daily pa
pers show that the storm is a general
one the country over and tell stories
of great distress in the northern coun-
tries-where the coolest weather ever
known is being experienced. Fifty
one degrees below zero in Minnesota
last Monday. How thankful we all
ought to be that we are not living in
Minnesota
The "Povertye Soshul" given by
the ladies of the w. e. t. U. Thurs
day night, January 81, 1897, proved to
be most enjoyable affair and was
well patronized. Some of the cos
| tunes were striking in the extreme,
being fantastic, ridiculous, or grotesque
as the fancy of the wearer dictated.
An interesting programme, consisting
of vocal selections by the Misses Julie
Andrews and Lula Fairchild, appro-
pirate recitations by Miss Bertha Fair
child and Mr.. Martin johnson, and Sc
lections on violin and guitar by the
Misses Anna and May Whitworth, were
rendered. A great deal of merriment
was excited by the fines imposed, and
by the serving of water and tooth-picks
as the "Povertye" part of the enter
| tainment. Coffee and cake was also
served. Miss Mamie Ringo and Mr..
Z. S. Wilson were appointed to Judge
who wore ''the worst lookin' rig in the
rune" and awarded the prizes, con-
sisting of ''calico cat" for the gentle
man, and ''tucking comb" for the
lady, to Mr.. Martin johnson and Mrs
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