Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-21
LOCAL BREVITIEs.

OOA AOA ZIG AGoOhSL.
A rifle range seems to be hard to
lasso.
It's said there will be a wedding
next week!
Don't forget the ''Soshul" at Area
dia tonight.
Two hub factories make timber haul
ers numerous.
Removal and Clearance sale at Mrs.
John Newman's.
The council proceedings are pub
lished this week.
The mild winter, some OF the
prophets are saying, means a late
spring.
The sugar trees have been running"
the past few weeks as they generally
do in the spripgtime.
The W. G. T. q. will meet at the
home of Mrs. Salena Miller, Saturday
afternoon, at o'clock.
WANTED-A good girl to do general
homework. Apply al once, Strawber-
ry Cottage, Arcadia. Mo.
Called meeting Star of the West
Lodge, A. F. & A. NJ. Saturday night.
Work in the first aud third degrees.
Installation of officers K. P. Lodge
Friday night. All members urged to
attend. A. HUFF, X. r. & S.
Wednesday was just about as disa-
greeable day as we have had this win
"a
plentiful.
The changes in the time of the
trains, so generally discussed during
the past few weeks, seem to be very
slow in taking place.
The lobbyists for the normal are
hard at work Oa the legislators. Like
Oliver Twist the Normats are continu
ally crying for more.
The Clark Manufacturing Company,
proprietors of the new hub factory.
are building an Office on Knob street on
the western limit of their property.
Quite a number of buyers attended
the sale of j. n. Bishops stock last
Monday and Tuesday. The receipts
from the sale were in the ueighbor-
hood of 5000.
Geo Kells of Arcadia was before
Justice Fairchild Wednesday charged
with discharging fire arms on the pub
lie highway. He pleaded guilty and
vas fined s. and costs.
Eli d. AXE has been elected repre-
sentative to the Grand Lodge, l. o. o.
F., by the several subordinate lodges
comprising this district. The Grand
Lodge is held in the spring.
Harvey Carr of CALEDONIA was here
last Thursday looking for horse that
had been stolen from his stable the
night before. Mr.. Carr could Sc
cure no clue to the missing animal.
Mr.. Louis Miller has made a bid for
the vacant lot south of the Blue Store.
IF the county court accepts the bid he
will at once put couple of fine brick
stores thereon. We trust Mr.. Miller
will get the lots.
Mrs. G. D. Marks entertained Camp
No. 1856. of the Modern Woodmen
with an elegant supper Tuesday even
ing, after Lodge. The occasion was
pronounced a very pleasant one by
those In attenQancS,
Mr.. S. NJ. Scruggs, formerly editor
of the Republicans of this city, Is an
applicant for Consul to Accupulcu,
Mexico. under the Mckinley admins
tration. We trust Mr.. Scruggs will
be successful in his aspirations. >.
About thirty-five or forty men we're
nut to work at Iron Mountain loading
ore last week. Il is stated that the
company has made big sale of their
ore Hundreds of thousands OF tons
are on the dumps there waiting ship
ment
The REGISTER this week publishes
another interesting letter from Repre-
sentative Farrar at jefferson City. The
DR.. writes an entertaining and readable
letter and we trust he will find time to
favor the REGISTER readers with a
communication every week during his
stay at the capital.
1t is rumored that some OF the Ala
bama mills are negotiating for Pilot
Knob ore. The Knob ore Is SAID TO be
the best ia the country for making
steel rails, aud that is the purpose for
which the Alabama mills want 1t. 1t
is sincerely hoped that there is founda-
tion for the rumor.
Roadoverseers for the various dis
tricts throughout the county are TO be
appointed at the regular term of coun-
ty court which convenes the first Mon
day in March. Judge Carly informs
us that in making these appointments
the court will endeavor to meet the
wishes of the people of the various dis
tricts and will be guided by the petit
tions presented by the different appli-
cants. Those desiring appointment
ments will accordingly provide them
selves with petitions and present the
same TO the court in due season.