Iron County register., 1898-03-03

Rev. G. w. King will preach a
Graniteyille next Sunday at IL A N.
at Iron Mountain, 3 P. NJ; and at Iron
ton, 1880 P. NJ. These will be the las
services of the present Conferenc
year. Everybody is cordially invited
to attend.
A. B. Sloan, principal of the Ken
nett public schools, a well-knowI
Southeast Missouri educator, was fo
three years cadet in the naval acad
emy at Annapolis and during the
greater part of the time, Commando
Sigsbee, who was on the unfortunate
warship "Maine, " last week, was one
of his instructors. He then formed g
high opinion of the officer and ha:
never had occasion to change thai
| opinion. KenHeH Democrat.
The young peoples social held al
| the residence of Mr.. and Mrs. Duty
on Friday evening was well attended,
between 80 and go of the little folks
being present and a good time enjoyed
by all. The prizes for the drawing
contest were won by Edna Hills and
| Katie KilgOre. Games were INDUCED
| in until 1870 when everyone went
home thoroughly satisfied and hoping
the Junior c. f. Society would give
another social in the near future. The
| thanks of all are due to Mr.. and Mrs.
Duty for the success of the entertain
ment.
Trauernichts, the Middlebrook Tail
ors, are now in receipt of their Spring
Stock of Clothing materials, and an
elegant stock it is. Suits made to or
der at any price from S15 up, and per-
feet fit guaranteed. To those who have
had to do with this firm, cOmmenda-
tion is entirely unnecessary; so all we
desire to do is to let the world know
that while 1.-The Springtime has come,
gentle Annie" it hasn't got any the
start of our friends at Middlebrook.
Go and see them and you will be sure
to be suited before the meadows put
on their velvet coats of green.
List of letters remaining IN the Post
Office at Ironton. Mo-, for the month
ending Feb. 2Sth, 1898. If not called
for within thirty days, they will be
sent to the Dead Letter Office:
Cheatham T w Kilgore S
Curver Alex Rev McFadden G W
Downs Avia Miss Miller j S W
Folowell NJ F Radcoff Annie Mrs
Hudson + l. Reed Nettie
Hughes P Robinson G E Mrs
Willett Charles
Persons claiming the above will
please say advertised" and give date
of this list. j. n. BISHOP, P. M.
This is not the time of the year
when the ''mad dog" is usually in
evidence, yet there are several cases
reported from different points in the
county the past few week. About a
month since a dog showing all the
symptoms of rabbies was killed by a
Mr.. Harrington, south of Arcadia.
Last week at Hogan, a dog apparently
suffering with hydrophObla. was killed.
He had bitten cow which has since
given every indication of being mad,
and has had to be locked up, TO keep
her from biting the other stock. And
on Sunday dog, foaming at the mouth
and acting wildly, frightened number
of people in Arcadia. Next day he got
luGO 1fOBlOu anu " CtS StlOb Ou lLS NdIu
at the Clark hub factory.
Rev. l.. Pulliam. several years ago
in charge of Fort Hill Church, but now
living in ST. Louis writes the editor:
II want to send you little note for
the REGISTER. | am just recovering
from the worst sickness of my life. |
hope | can come down SOON and spend
few days at Irouton and Arcadia.
While there l want to preach every
day and every night. | want all the
people who can to attend and aid me
to have a memorable meeting. | will
preach in any of the churches, or in
the Courthouse if the people prefer.
Anywhere so as to have good hear
ing and accomplish the most possible
good. Will you ask all the Christian
people, and those who are not, to come?
Humbly, L. PULLIAM."
A party of gentlemen in ST. Louis
have recently organized a company for
the purpose of establishing a game
preserve IN Belleview Valley, this
county. The company agrees to pay
FIVE cents an acre per year for exclu-
derstood have already closed contracts
with property owners for several thous-
and acres. They expect to secure in
all about twenty thousand acres.
Fields and cleared land are all that the
leases include, the sportsmen intend
ing to hunt birds only. Quite lot of
prominent spOrtsmen from St. Louis
hunted in Belleview the past fall and
winter, and they all say the sport af-
forded there was far superior to any
that can be found in any other section
adjacent to st. Louis.
The store house of j. 5. Eaton 6
Bro. at Edge Hill in Revnolds county
was destroyed by fire early Sunday
morning. The building and contents
are a total loss, The post-office was
kept in the store and the mail is also
reported lost. The firm carried quite
a large stock of goods and the total
loss is considerable. 1t has since been
learned that the fire was unquestiona-
bly, the work of an incendiary, who
first robbed the store and then set fire
to it so as to cover up the burglary
The suspected party was captured, how
ever, with some of the stolen goods on
his person and is now in the custody
of the Reynolds county officials. The
prisoner has for some time past been
under suspicion as being connected
with burglaries which have occurred
out there during the past year. The
total loss on building and contents is