Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-08-11
LOCAL BREVITIEs.

SOA 'AOOS dI the NJ. r.. cnurch Sunday
morning.
There is no end to the meadow yield
this year.
A party of Caledonians took in the
Valley scenery last Sunday.
Aug. Rieke had fine cow killed ON
the railroad near the old brewery one
day last week.
The watermelon business has ceased
to be distinguishing feature of the
courthouse square.
Rev. Seuddy, of Tyler, Texas, will
be at the De Soto camp meeting, be-
ginning the 18th of August.
For sale, the finest buggy horse, for
family use, In Iron county. Will be
sold on reasonable terms. Apply to
DR.. S. E. Strong.
DIR. Blanks last week purchased DIR.
Strong's brick Office, and, we under
stand, will remove to Ironton on or
about the first of September.
The apple-lover will have to console
himself this fall and winter with the
imported article. The home yield
promises to be scant and poor.
The Rev. G. d. b. Miller of St.
Louis will assist in the services of St.
Paul's church next Sunday, and will
preach at the morning service.
The footbridge across the branch
just beyond the railroad bridge needs
repairing. The road overseer ought
to look after the matter or worse may
come of it.
The carding machine, one mile
south of Des Arc, has just been newly
repaired and is now in good running
order. All who want carding done
ship your wool to Lovelace & Kimmel,
Des Arc, Mo.
Never was the outlook better for a
big corn crop. A week or two of
hot weather and shower or two of
rain, judiciously intervening, will
''make" the largest yield this section
has known for years.
If you want to see good and fast
horse-shoeing go oyer and take look
at Granville Shular at work in Han
sens blacksmith shop. south side of
courthouse square. He's dandy in
time and proficiency.
Mr.. F. Weidman believes that he has
discovered q cure for blight in pear
trees. This, after considerable expert
menting and at the expenditure of
great patience. He will give his
neighbors the benefit of his discovery
for a consideration.
Florence, ten-year-old daughter of
Mr.. w. A. Fletcher, was thrown from
her pony in front of the REGISTER Office
Tuesday afternoon. The animal STUN
bled and fell and Miss Florence was
pitched over his head, but happily es-
capped with only a violent shaking-up.
An extremely interesting and novel
entertainment called the Florentine
Art Gallery will be given under the
auspices of the Ladies' Guild of St.
Paul's church on Tuesday, the 23d, in
the Academy of Music. Further par
ticulars will be announced next week.
Following are the signal service
readings at this point for the week
ending Aug. 9th, showing the highest
and lowest temperature recorded each
day: August Sd, 81, 65; 4th, 80, So;
5th, IS, So; 9th, 80, 50; 9TH, 80. 65;
Sth, 80, 6S; 9th, "a, SO. Rainfall,
2.3I. w. II. DELANo, Observer.
Born-To Mr.. and Mrs. j. Z. Kelly,
Ironton, Mo-, on Friday August 9Th,
1898, boy. The reports from mother
and child are that they are doing nice
", while the father is just about as
happy and proud a man as lives in the
Arcadia Valley. The REGISTER ten
ders its congratulations to the happy
household.
Monday night of last week Thomp-
son Blauton took his dogs and went
coon-hunting. By midnight he had
captured half-a-dozen, and then re-
turned home. He says he is going
fishing down on the st. Francis to-day.
aud after he gets through no one need
bother the river for a twelvemonth-|
either with net or line.
T. w. Barron, st. Louis; l.. A.
Nichols, De Soto; f. B. Inner, Mid
dlebrook; j. III. Tucker and I. L.
Seitz. Piedmont; r. S. Wilson and L.
A. HALEY, Poplar Bluff, were the
guests Oh u DElSEbOA az thO "a Se~~A~
House Sunday. The party made
trip to Graniteville and other places oil
interest during the day.
Last Saturdays st. Louis papers re-
ported that the Sixth Missouri regi-
ment which has been at Jefferson Bar
racks for a month. would likely be
ordered to the rifle range here with
one or two other regiments. The fol-
lowing day the report was denied and
information given out that the sixth
would at once be sent to JAG ksonville,
Florida.
Some of the boys about town made
last Friday night hideous. They gath
cred up all the cows carrying bells and
drove the patient animals back and
forth and all about the premises be-
sieged. With this example of dire
vengeance before its mental vision, the
REGISTER refralns from speaking its
full mind on the subject. The detesta-
BILE cow-bell is too serious a thing to
run up against.
From October Sd, to 9Th, for the st.
Louis Fair, the St. Louis & |. nj. Rail-
way will sell tickets to st. Louis and
return at the rate of one lowest first
olasa standar1 regular fare for the