Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-06-23
LOCAL BREVITIES.

tennis club Is being organized i
IrontOn.
The June apple has failed to ma
terialize.
All kinds of blank deeds for sale a
this office.
Ice cream festival at Granitevill'
June 2Sth.
Lopez's come up smiling with a new
ad. this week.
The apple crop this year promise!
to be wonderfully short.
The fire cracker. sky rocket ant
Roman candle are in sight.
Some of the local weather prophet:
are saying that drouth is at hand.
The yield of fruit generally, thi:
year is the least for many seasons past
The dry weather has afforded fine
opportunities for harvesting and max
Ing hay.
The Republicans hold their conven-
ton next Saturday to nominate coun'
ty ticket
The wheat crop this year in Iron
county is said to be an exceptionally
good one.
d. w. Crow, D. D., presiding elder
of Pennington District, will preach
here Sunday at p. NJ.
DR.. S. E. Strong intends to build a
frame addition on the rear of his office,
to be used as residence, in the near
future.
Born-To Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Hen
June p. 1898, a y ID. boy. All par
ties doing we'll.
1t is expected that the number of
teachers in attendance on the institute
this year will reach about fifty. The
largest attendance in recent years.
The official vote of the primary
election is published this week. Ow-
ing to the few contests the interest
manifested was comparatively slight.
The season for bicycle travellers is at
hand. A couple of wheelmen arrived
in the Valley yesterday having made
the entire trip overland from ST. Louis.
A Lawn Social will be given by the
ladies of the Presbyterian church on
Thursday evening. June 30th, at the
church. Cake and ice-cream will be
served.
Judge Green passed through Iron
ton on a south-bound train Sunday on
his way to Centreville where he is this
week holding an adjourned term of
Circuit Court.
On the first page of this paper will
be found the schedule of prizes and
regulations governing the Bazaar and
Fair to be given by st. Paul's church
next December.
The farmer who has wheat to sell
during the next month or so will won
der what has become of the 81 bushel
the Mckinley rooters have been blow
ing about the past few months.
A game of ball was inaugurated at
Arcadia Sunday, but wasn't finished,
owing to some misunderstanding be-
tween the umpire and one of the play
ere. Merely the old question of ''out
or not out?"
Collins. the Ironton livery man;
wants to impress the fact on the pub
lie mind that his stable has as good
rigs and horses as can be found any
where in the State. Best service and
reasonable rates.
During the summer months ice
cream will be served at the Blue Store
on Wednesdays and Sundays. Orders
for cream by quart or gallon for fam
lilies or parties will receive prompt and
careful attention.
There will be au ice-cream festival
under the auspices of the ladies OF the
Catholic church at WOrkmen's Hall,
Graniteville, June 2Sth. Admission,
fifty cents. All who attend are assur-
ed of a royal good time.
A grand basket picnic will be given
at Hale's Grove, east of Belleview, on
Monday, July Atm. Arrangements are
being made to accommodate a big
crowd, and those who attend may rest
assured of an interesting programme.
w. l.. Mathews, formerly of this
county. was last week nominated oy
the Republicans of Wayne county as
their candidate for Circuit Clerk. His
Democratic opponent is Joel Meadors,
who, we are informed, is certain to be
elected.
The "dealer" and his good wife took
the twins over to the Arcadia Convent
Chapel Sunday morning where the rite
of baptism was administered by Kew.
L. c. Wernert. The names given the
boys were; Roy Joseph and Ralph
Ulysses.
IL is said that in case the charter
amendments to be voted on in st.
Louis next month, are carried, the
granite quarries in Southeast Missouri
will experience boom. The amend
meuts provide for extensive street I'M
proyements in granite.