Iron County register., 1898-03-03
LOCAL BREVITIEs.

session next Monday.
A trace of snow Monday morning
Was it winters parting blast?
PRIZE TAKER" SEED PorAToEs For
SALE-Apply to j. C. Roehrs, Granite
vile, Mo.
The Arcadia Valley w. C. T. q.
meets next Saturday, March 9TH, P.
NJ, with Miss Norah Russell.
Geo. Steel, recently appointed Regis.
ter OF the land Office here, will probab-
Iy take charge about April 1st.
The L. o. o. F. store room is being
repaired and repainted, preparatory to
occupancy by VIM. P. McCarver.
The machinery has been received
and Fredericktown will have a hub
factory in operation in few days.
March came in neither as gentle as
lamb nor as fierce as a lion. Will
the exodus also be happy medium?
The livery firm of Whitworth &
Dixon, Arcadia, has dissolved. Mr..
Dixon retires and Mr.. Whitworth con-
tinues the business.
There will be a special meeting of
indian r. A. Chapter, No. II, on Sat
urday. March 18th, at one o'clock P. NJ.
Work in all the degrees.
Rev. A. Britain was around town
last week taking up collection to buy
the school boys foot bail. The bali
was received Tuesday and the boys are
in their glory.
Born-To Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Hale,
Iron Mountain, Mo-, Feb. 27th, a
daughter. Mother and child are both
doing nicely. OF course the happy
dad Is radiant with smiles.
G. G.. Jacobs, the druggist. has just
received a complete line of mixed
paints and asks those who need any
thing in that line to call and see him
before purchasing elsewhere.
John Baldwin, Jr.. has opened a
news stand in the building north of the
REGISTER office. In addition to hand
ling the daily papers, he has now 10
stock all the leading magazines, period
icals, novels, etc.
petition asking the City Council to
pass an ordinance suppressiDg the sale
of cigarettes was circulated in town
last week. The cause is a righteous
one and the petition should be acted
on by the Council.
The editor acknowledges the re-
ceipt of an artistic card, MRS. Rose
H Leech, Stenographer, St. Nicholas
Hotel, St. Louis" The REGISTER joins
a host of friends here in wishing Mrs.
Leech abundant success.
Matters in relation to the rife range
are now in Stdtu quo awaiting the re-
port of the legal department of the
government as to the titles. An order
to pay over the purchase money is now
likely to be made at any time.
Mr.. and Mrs. n. F. Martin, of Little
Rock, Ark, moved to this place last
week. Mr.. Martin will be interested
in the hub factory now being put up at
this place. He is a good man and will
make US a good citizen.-Ptedmont
Banner.
The city financial statement furnish
es unmistakable evidence that the Col
lector has done his whole duty in
collecting the dog tax. The amount
received by the city for dog tax the
past year was $72. The Collector is
TO be congratulated thereon.
The Klondike Minstrels attracted a
fair audience at the Academy of Music
Monday night The front row crowd
was well supplied with decayed squash
es, cabbages, turnips, etc., and the
celebrities were well remembered as
they in turn appeared on the stage.
Joseph Thompson and John Cauley
of the West End of the county were
brought to IrontOn last Saturday by
Deputy U. S. Marshal Kennedy, charg-
ed with selling liquor without first
providing themselves with Uncle Sans
license. They will have hearing this
week.
Following are the signal service
readings at this point for the week
ending March 1st, showing the highest
and lowest temperature recorded each
day: Feb. Esd, 50, p; oath, 81, 20;
25th, 4S, 20; 26th. 40, 49, 9th, 53,
SS; 2Sth, 80. 50; March 1st- 5o, 70.
Rainfall, .03.
w. A. Townsend of Jefferson county
was a caller at the REGISTER office one
dav last week Mr.. Townsend was
formerly County Clerk Of Jefferson
but is now travelling for a st. Louis
grocery house. He will probably be a
candidate again this year. He is an
excellent man and worthy Democrat
well entitled to the favors of his party.
Deputy Sheriff Larkins of Reynolds
county, brought James Pile to Ironton
last week and lodged him with Sherln
O'Neal. where he will remain for thir-
tv-6ye days. Pile was convicted at
the last term of the Reynolds court
for cutting timber on the Laclede
Land Company's land, and, failing to
nav the fine, will serve his time IN jail.
The official statement of the Iron
County Bank Is published in this issue
of the REGISTER. By comparison with
the statements heretofore published 1t
will he seen that the business of the
bank is gradually increasing, showing
that the institution is thoroughly es-
tablished, and is every day gaining a
frmer hold on the confidence OF the
business public.