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

, Brady home Sunday evening, wher
they were royalty entertained by tn
, Misses Brady, assisted by their sister
Mrs. Laura Boyle. At six O'Clock tn
guests were seated to partake of a Dc
: licious supper, which was daintily pre-
pared. Later on, ice cream (the frs
of the season. and cake were served
much to the delight of all present
The Misses Brady have certainly mas
tered the art of entertaining as thei
charming manners disclosed.
One WHO WAS THERE.
Bro. AXE, of the Ironton REGISTER, ha
just returned from a pleasant visit t
North Carolina, where he had a chanct
to see the benefit gained by beautify
ing a town, especially when it is re
garded with favor as a resort, ana a
once proceeds to give his own town Z
mild roast for not improving appear
ances generally. The criticism is de
served. There is no place in Missouri
that could be more easily made attrac
tive as a resort than the Arcadia Valley.
There is not such a need of 4 large eX-
penditure of money. to make the place
attractive, as a general disposition to
/ fix things up and persistence in car
| rying out the work. Such work would
| be a profitable Investment Bloomfield
Cosmos.
Judge Green convened circuit court
shortly after the arrival of the south
bound train Monday afternoon. He
| then delivered the charge to the grand
jury, appointing Ed Holloman fore
man. Then began the clearing of the
docket, which, as has been stated, was
an exceedingly light one. The court
ordered the discharge of the petit jury
Tuesday noon, there being not single
case on the docket requiring the inter-
vention of jury. This is a remarka-
BILE record, and probably can't be du-
plicated in another county in the State.
The other business before the court
has been equally light, and court has not
been in session beyond an hour or two
each day. The grand jury will prob
ably report and final adjournment
be reached to-day or tomorrow.
The Wooden Mill was sold at Sher-
ifs Sale last Tuesday. w. L. Gay
and w. W. Haywood were the pur-
chasers thereof bidding the property
in for $500. The costs in the various
suits against the property amount to
about $275. This leaves 1925 to be
applied to paying the judgments
against the property. The judgments
amount to about S3300-so the holders
of these claims will receive about 16
cents on the dollar. Thus terminates
the concluding act of one of the grand
est frauds and humbugs ever attempted
in the Arcadia Valley. Designed in
corruption. fostered in iniquity, the
wooden mill scheme has miserably
failed, just as the REGISTER said it
would when the promoters thereof first
began to lay their wires to loot the
people of this community! The histO-
ry of the wooden mill is story our
citizens will not soon forget.
On Saturday, April 10th, 1897, Lee
Howard and Sallie Hale of this coun-
ty, called at the Circuit Clerks office
in this town and secured a marriage
license. The ceremony was perform
ed by Squire Fairchild the same day.
The parties returned to their home at
was learned that Howard had a wife
living at Piedmont, and about this
time he disappeared from Hogan. The
grand jury investigated the matter
this week, having had both wives be-
fore them, and will return an indict-
ment against Howard for bigamy. He
is thought to be at work somewhere
between here and st. Louis. Wife No
l, while waiting for the train Wednes-
day, after having given her testimony
before the grand jury, took walk |
with some young man whom she says
she met at the hotel. and when she re-
turned found that So had been taken |
from her pocket book which the |
young man had had in his possession. In
the meantime the young man escaped |
and his identity is not known, the |
woman not being able to give a de- |
scriptiOn of him that will enable the |
officers to locate him.
An excursion train of four coaches |
carried the visitors from De Soto and |
points to the |. 0. 0. +. |
celebration at Poplar Bluff, Tuesday, |
April 9th. A special car had been |
reserved for the Ironton contingent, |
and about seventy-five people boarded /
the train here. At Annapolis about
twenty more got aboard, all the coaches
by this time being crowded to the
guards. The train left the Ironton
station at $40 and made the run in
two hours and ten minutes, reaching
Poplar Bluff at 1920. On arriving,
the visitors found that the Bluffites
had made every preparation to receive
and entertain them. Special trains
came in from other points, and the
town was crowded and damned with
people. A most excellent programme
had been arranged for the occasion,
and was thoroughly enjoyed by the
multitude in attendance. the return
train for here left at 8 o'clock in the
evening, reaching Ironton shortly after
midnight. The excursionists all ex-
press themselves as highly gratiied
with the pleasures of the day and the
kind and hospitable treatment they re-
,eived at the hands of the good people
Of Poplar Bluff.
The lightning rod agent is abroad
q the land, and several people who
nave dealt with him now wish they
hadn't. On Wednesday OF last week
J. z. Sieman who lives a short dis
ance from Pilot Knob on the Farming
on road came to town and gave notice
If his intention to protest the payment {
If note for about 5000 ne had given to
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