Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-12-02
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Holidays will soon be here.

of the cigarette.
Remember the REGISTER Office when
you want printing
County court convenes in regular
session next Monday.
Tue Thermometer went down to
twelve degrees Monday night.
Blank deeds and justices blanks of
all kinds for sale at this office.
A surprise party was rendered Miss
Alice Gay By a number OF friends
Tuesday evening.
The young men about town are
thinking Of giving a minstrel enter
tainment during the holiday.
In saying that mo bonus goes" the
REGISTER echoes the almost unani-
nous sentiment of the community.
Services a, the Baptist Church next
Sunday, moraing aud evening Also
from now on, every Sunday. All are
invited.
Regular meeting of indian r. A.
Chapter, No. Il. mex: Tuesday night.
Election OF officers occurs and 4 full at
tendance is desired.
Farmer Hopkius'' had q big house
at the Academy OF Music last Friday
night. The show is a good one and
gave general satisfaction.
Rev. Watson. the new minister of
the Baptist church has leased one of
Mrs. Liudsay's houses. His family
will arrive the last of the week.
Married-In Ironton. No. on Thurs
day, November 25th, 1897, by Rev. q.
w. King, JNo. W. HAMPTON and Miss
IDA MAY BIsE-all of Iron county.
When in the city drop in at the
Union Market. Ironton, Mo, for first
class goods. Prices will please you.
w. P. MCCARvER.
The many friends of Arthur Herbert,
the popular railroad conductor, will
be glad to learn that he has been re-
instated aud is again at work on the
road.
As the fast mail train was leaving
Carondelet last Sunday morning one of
the cylinder heads on the locomotive
blew out. delaying the train about
four hours.
The arrest of a couple of boys under
the curfew ordinance two weeks since
has had a wholesome effect. When
the whistle blows now, Young America
is not to be seen.
Lude Baldwin was quite seriously
cut on the left wrist by the hub ma
chine at the factory Tuesday morning.
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in a sling for several weeks.
NJ. A. Doty went about town bright
and early Wednesday morning and
proclaimed the fact that s'lt's boy
weight ten pounds. Mother and son
doing we'll. - Cotton (Cai.J NeCS.
The school entertainment last Thurs
day night attracted full house. The
programme was well executed and
passed off without hitch or delay re-
fiecting credit on all the participants.
The net receipts were SIG.
Parties who are going to make do
nations for the lunch at the Episcopal
Bazaar December 9th, are requested
to have their donation at the Academy
of Music promptly by nine o'clock in
the morning on the day of the enter
tainment.
Deputy L. S. Marshal W. W. Nall is
here to-day on official business. Mr..
N has just returned from a two weeks
trip to San Francisco. where he took
three Cinnamon VINO were depOrted IN
der the recent law restricting Chinese
immigration.
Gen. j. Il. Brooks. Commander of
the Department of Missouri aud Col.
S. b. NJ. Young, OF Chicago, arrived
in the Valley Saturday and made an
inspection of the rifle range. 1t is
not known whether the visit was for
any special purpose.
On Thanksgiving day Mr.. and Mrs.
A. F. Bond gave an elegant dinner 10
their friends, Mr.. and Mrs. j. II.
Jones aud Mrs. Lucas. 1t was given
as Farewell Dinner" 10 Mr.. and
Mrs Jones. as they leave for Wash
ington in few days
1t is reported that DIR. Frank Ever
sole has sold his large farm and coun-
try home at Caledonia TO Mir. j. W.
Berryman, formerly of this place. but
now residing in ST. Louis. The price
paid for the property by Mr.. Bergman
is said to be $7009.-PotOSi Journal.
Thanksgiving was a quiet day in the
Valley. Union services were held in
the NJ. E. church and people generally
observed the holiday. The usual shoot
ing match furnished diversity for the
marksmen, but owing to the Indictment
weather the patronage was not extern
sive.
f. W. Prentice, the gentleman who
il talking of locating screen sash and
door factory at this place, left last week
for his home in Michigan. stating that
he would be back some time this week,
when he would be prepared 10 state
whether the factory would come here
or not.
The report of the Ironton Public
Schools for the past month is printed
on the first page. The showing there
in made Is an excellent one. aud re-
Nects great credit on Prof. Wilkinson
and his assistants. The parents,
teachers AMI pupils are TO be congrat-
ulated.
The following are the signal service
readings at this point for the week
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