Iron County register., 1898-11-24

, Thanksgiving night by the Boys Clul
and several kind talented friends. I
promises to be very entertaining an,
successful. General admission will b.
10 cts, children 10 cts, and to gallerl
10 cts. Light refreshments will be or
sale after the performance.
VIM. Spaugh Sr.. land s.Ken. Taylo
engaged in political discussion in tn,
north end OF town last Saturday morn
Ing 1t seems that Spaugh was criti
clsing some of the Democratic oficial
Tor doing their duty and enforcing the
law. Taylor didn't like Spaugh':
structures, and said so. The word lie
was passed, and Spaugh started to puI
his coat. But he thought better of i,
afterwards, however, and didn't, and
SO the chance for a s'scrap" was
"nipped in the bud.''
After several days of unusually mild
and pleasant weather for the time oil
the year, a wind and rain storm came
Monday. followed by decidedly colder
atmosphere. Tuesday a blizzard was
here and during the next twenty-four
hours the thermometer did not register
higher than thirty-fve degrees and
was as low as eleven. 1t is said to
have been the coolest November day
in quarter of century. The bliz-
zard was general throughout the coun-
try and considerable suffering is re-
ported from the extreme north.
Thompson Blantou, of the Flat
Woods, last Friday morning presented
to the editor of this paper Jack sal
mon, which weighed dressed 81 lbs.
and measured twenty-seven inches
from tip to tip. Mr.. Blanton gigged
| the fish in the St. Francis river the
night before. 1t was indeed fine fish.
Mr.. Blanton has our sincere thanks.
Elsewhere is printed communication
from Mr.. Blantou telling of his fishing
trip with a party of Madison county
friends, and the success that attended
their efforts.
The following are the officers of the
e. E. Society of the Ironton Pres
byterian church for the ensuing six
months: President, Mr.. John Russell;
Vice-President, Mrs. Grge; Secretary,
Miss Grace Duty; Treasurer, Mrs. G.
hCOtluS
Mr.. j. A. Markham, Miss Eva Purkiss,
Mrs. Geo. Duty. Lookout Committee
MIR. Harold Broadwell, Mr. r. E.
Wilkinson, Mrs. J. A. Markham, Mrs.
Gage. Social Committee-Miss Ruth
Gay, Miss Pearl Sherman, Mr.. Bert
Peck, Miss Lulu Hills, Mr.. Geo. Gay.
Music Committee-Miss Alice Gay,
Mrs. Geo. Duty, Mr.. John Russell.
Flower Communicable. F. Russell,
Miss Nellie johnson, Miss Ruth Gay,
Miss Mabel Peck.
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Prof. Wilkinson and his assistants in
the Ironton public schools last week
planned for the pupils to make col
lections of money, food and clothing
for donations to the poor on Thanks
giving day. The collections were
taken to the schoolhouse Wednesday
evening. The assortment was large
and complete, embracing ali kinds of
food, live chickens, mutton. canned |
goods, flour, coffee, sugar, fruits, |
clothing, etc. The coffee donations |
alone were fn excess of thirty pounds. |
1t was creditable move, happily |
planned and splendidly executed, and |
many a home will be gladdened this |
Thanksgiving by the efforts of the
school children. Prof. Wilkinson, the |
other teachers and the pupils are to be
congratulated on the success attending |
their worthy efforts. The distribution
was made by committees appointed |
from the different churches.
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Josiah Hill arrived in town last Fri |
day to pay visit to his half-brother, |
Elijah Masterson. That same even
ing, Josiah and Elijah and the latter's |
son, John, filled up on cheap whiskey |
and proceeded to s'take In the town."
After a while they concluded to go
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