Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-06-30

her escape from the second story @
inc jail last Friday night. Sherii
O'Neal located the woman at Sabul
Sunday evening and returned her t
prison that night.
by the death of DR.. Lowry the com
munity lost a good man and usefu
citizen. The large attendance on hi
funeral last Sunday, notwithstandiu.
the very Indictment weather, furnished
unmistakable evidence OF the high es
TEEN in which he was held by the PEG
pie among whom he spent the last fv,
years or more of his life.
The Granitevllle and Pilot Knot
Parochial schools drove through Iron.
/ ton Wednesday morning on the way Il
the Convent grounds in Arcadia where
the annual picnic occurred. The little
ones enjoyed the day and occasion
Immensely, and will cherish the pleas
ant memories thereof until another
vacation and picnic roll round.
John Turner, of the west end of the
county, who was fined $50 and costs al
the last term of the Circuit Court fol
carrying concealed weapons. but was
granted a stay of execution until June
25th, last Saturday surrendered him
self to the Sheriff and will stay in Jail
| forty-tive days-twenty days for the
cost, aud twenty-five days for the fine.
Mr.. Louis Miller, the builder and
contractor, has bought the handsome
lot Of Mr.. f. NJ. Carter adjoining DIR.
+. l.. Keith on the south, with the
view of erecting thereon a fine resi-
dence. He intends TO make Farming.
ton his home. We are glad to have
such progressive, pushing and public
spirited men as Mr.. Miller locate
among us.-F'drnlingtOn Times.
The Southeast Missouri Poultry AS
ISOLATION was organized at Pennington
last Saturday. The counties of Iron,
Jefferson and St. Francois were repre-
sented. The object of the association
ing of fine poultry. An effort will be
made TO have every county in the
Southeast interested. Henry Adolph
of this place represented Iron county
at Pennington.
SPECIAL NOTICE.-The next regular
meeting of the G. f. Society for bus
mess meeting will be at DR.. Mortou's
home, Thursday evening, July 9TH.
All the committees are expected to
make their reports and all who are iu-
terested in the coming convention will
do all they can to make this meeting
the success that it ought to be. A full
attendance is expected and it is hoped
that all of the members will attend.
The heavy rainfall Sunday afternoon
did considerable damage in washing
out roads, destroying bridges and
fences, and running crops in bottom
fields. Several parties came near
drowning by attempting to cross the
branch north of the Knob crossing,
before the waters had subsidized. On
Brewers creek, across the line in Mad
isOn county, it is said the high waters
caused considerable loss of property.
The ice-cream festival and dance
given by the ladies of the Catholic
Church at Workmen's Hall, Granite
vile, Tuesday evening. was a most
COll plSGC SlASCCSS III PoA SAShA1A'
Every person in the unusual large
crowd in attendance seemed to enjoy
the occasion to the utmost and the
wee sma' hours of Wednesday morning
were at hand before the merry-makers
departed for home. The event was
unanimously declared one of the pleas
ATTEST that has occurred for years.
The ladies of the Presbyterian church
will give lawn social and will serve
ice cream and other refreshments Op
the lawn and in the basement Of the
church this Thursday evening. Ev-
erybody in town and in the country
are invited out to be refreshed and to
enjoy an evening In the moonlight.
The ladies are noted for the fine re-
freshments they usually serve and they
will not disappOiut you. Young man,
come and bring your best girl and any
of her friends that she may have with
her. Sincerely, THE COMMITTEE.
The Republicans held their conven
ton in the courthouse last Saturday
afternoon, and nominated the follow
ing county ticket: Representative, j.
ID. Greason; Presiding Judge County
Court, VIM. B. Newman; Southern Dis
trict, j. NJ. Baugh; Western District,
T. l.. Stewart; Collector, Geo. B. Phil
lips: County Clerk, B. G. Burks; Cir
cult Clerk. w. T. Sawyer; Probate
Judge, w. d. Bay; Sheriff, Jehu Jones;
Prosecuting Attorney, w. f. Roop;
Treasurer, Jno. T. Baldwin; Coroner,
n. A. Farr.
The young people of the Valley will
give dance at the hall on the night
of the 4th of July. The following
original nvitatiOu-probably emanat-
ing from Mr.. }. Lopez's fertile brain
has been issued:
You are invited to the hall,
On the Fourth to 4 ball,
To be given by the boys and girls OF the
Valley,
So, come, join us in rally,
And formality will be banished.
Down with the Spanish!
Hurrah for the Fourth of July.
Committee-A. Fletcher, A. Nall, j.
Lopez, Chas. Newman, viii Halter and
Chas. Harviell.
In last Sundays GlObe-DemOcrdt was
printed a very good likeness of James
Proctor Morton, son of DR.. and Mrs.
Morton of this city. In relation there
to the CD. says: james Proctor
Morton is Missouri boy who is doing
good service with Sampson before San
t;oro He il the chief enCiDeer of the