Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-01-20

The rainfall for January promises to
be fully up to the average. The windows
of the sky are wide-open these days.
STRAYED OR SToLEN-A Newfound.
land dog. Suitable reward will be
paid for return to VIM. Gross, Ironton.
st. Louis, it is said, will do more
granite paving this summer than for
many years past. The granite quarries
are expecting to have big demand
for paving block.
| Deputy L. S. Marshal Kennedy and
a special agent of the Land Office de-
| partment were here Wednesday. hav-
ing in custody Martin L. Sims and NJ.
Huffman of Crawford county, charged
with cutting timber on government
lands. Both defendants were bound
over to the L. s.. District Court.
Valley Lodge, No. 1870, K. of H,
will meet next Wednesday evening,
January Doth. Business of vital i'm
portance to every member will come
before the Lodge. Brothers. take due
notice thereof and govern yourselves
accordingly. Visiting brothers are
cordially invited to attend.
K. L. PCRKISS, Reporter.
Mr.. E. NJ. Smith has resigned his
position as Vice-President and General
Manager of the Syenite Granite Com
pany at GraniteVille and will leave in
April for Pittsfield, Massachusetts,
where he will make his future home.
Mr.. Smith is a good man and citizen
and we regret to see him leave Iron
county. May his future be successful
and pleasant!
Mr.. w. r. Edgar last week received
notice from the Quarter Master at JEFF
fersOn Barracks that orders had been
received from Washington to purchase
the rifle range. The abstracts of title
are now being prepared. and as soon
as they can be delivered, and passed
on by the L. S. Attorney. the money
will be paid and the title to the range
duly vested in the government.
The Ladies' Aid Society of Fort Hill
Church, which had disbanded for a
time, met yesterday afternoon at the
parsonage and was organized under
the constitution and bylaws of the
Home Mission and Parsonage Aid
Society. The election resulted in the
following officers: Mrs. Laura Rock
well. President; Mrs. Vienna Tual,
Vice-President; Mrs. Matte Francis.
Recording Secretary; Mrs. Sue Whit
worth. Corresponding Secretary; Miss
Mittie AshbroOk, Treasurer
The family of James Voles. better
known here as :.Dingling Jim" or
Hazel Dell, were encamped near the
railroad bridge several days last week.
Jim and his family used to live in the
north end of town, but left several
years ago for some county west of here.
They seem to be the same pitiful, shift
less crowd as of yore, and are depend
ing solely on charity for means of ex-
istence. In some way Or other they
have acquired a team and wagon and
are travelling around the country there
with.
a special term of Country Court will
be held to-day to inquire into the san
ity of Birdie MastersOn, a young wo-
man about twenty years of age, who
has been in custody for the past week. |
The young woman formerly resided
here but has been living in St. Louis
for several years. She arrived in
town about a week ago and her actions
were sucn that the officers deemed it
best to take her into custody. The
seem to think that if she is
placed in the asylum and taken
proper care of it will not be long until
the unfortunate woman RECEIVERS her
reason.
Women who contemplate taking to
themselves husbands who lift into the |
late war should do so before July l
next. After that time no pension will |
be attached to the marriage certificate. |
The grizzled veterans will be married |
for love or glory, and not for the posi- |
oility of a monthly revenue for their
widows. The pension appropriation |
bill which has been reported to the |
house contains an important amend |
ment to the present law. The amend |
ment provides that hereafter no woman |
" no marries an old soldier will, in the |
event of the old soldiers death, be en- |
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The REGISTER is in receipt of a copy |
of the St. Louis Republic Almanac. 1t
is an interesting and valuable volume |
"a verltable encyclopedia for the year
1898. 1t has been carefully complied, |
is concise. correct and complete, con-
tanning over 500 pages of 10000 facts,
and treats on 1900 topics. The wealth |
err forecasts for 1898 will be found ap-
correct and of great COM
mercial Importance. The information |
is of such a specific and gen.
eral nature that it will be found inval- /
liable as ready reference work. 1t
teens with the things that one wants |
to know and tells these facts when you |
want to know them. 1t sells for rs |
cents per copy, which in itself recon-
meuds it for public favor.
The next attraction at the Academy |
of Music will be ''Wright's Nashville |
Students and Colored Comedy Co" A |
company of artists travelling in their |
own special car. The company num-
bers thirty people and comes very
highly recommended and Endorsed by |
some of the best newspapers in the |
State. They give parade on the |
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