Iron County register., 1899-08-24

Ihe north-bound fast mail train
stops at Arcadia Sundays. There are
always from half-dozen to twenty
passengers for the train-probably as
many, If not more, than board the
train at any other station in the State.
The fast trains should all stop in the
Valley.
Chicken thieves have been busy the
past week. One s.hennery" on Knob
street had its roosts raided on Friday
and Sunday nights. The thief would
do well to s.look a leedle oud'' or the
next time he visits that chicken coop
he may run against shot gun, duly
loaded for the occasion.
Some chicken thieves invaded a hen
house on the side of Shepherd Noun
tain Friday night. They had secured
the treasure and were preparing to get
away when the report of a shot gun
smote upon the stiffness of the night.
Chickens were promptly liberated and
the thieves fed for safety.
Milton Laughlin was In this Office
one day last week with guitar of his
own manufacture. 1t is certainly a
handsome piece of work and possesses
the deep. full tone, so rare ,and yet SO
highly priced in the guitar. The in
strument is proof positive that Mr..
Laughlin is a mechanical genius.
Mr.. A. L. Jaquith and daughters of
Vicksburg, Mississippi, visited rela-
tives in Pilot Knob Wednesday. The
editor acknowledges a pleasant call
from Mr.. Jaquith, an old-time friend
and pleasant and genial gentleman.
Mr. j. and daughters leave to-day for
Chicago, Milwaukee and other north
ern cities.
During the past month Baldwin
Bros. have been annoyed because of .
scarcity of water at the hub factory.
They are preparing to obviate the
trouble in future by laying a water
pipe from the artesian we'll, at the
base of Knob Hill, Smoky Row, to the
hub factory. There is a good flow of
water from the well.
The physicians of several counties
held meeting at Bismarck Saturday.
and declared there were one hundred
and fifty cases of smallpox in South
east Missouri. They insist on more
systematic and rigid quarantine, and
say that unless the disease is stamp
ed out before cold weather comes the
mortality will be very large.
A cloud burst, or something similar
thereto, occurred couple of miles
east OF town Friday afternoon. The
rain came down in torrents, fields were
quickly flooded and the branches and
creeks soon out of their banks. Mr..
Mulligan. east OF town, says the water
stood several inches deep on one OF his
fields. Here in Ironton there wasn't
sufficient rainfall to lay the dust.
A new form of money order will be
issued by the government September
1st. The new form comes to the post
master in books very much like bank
check books and was chosen on account
of its convenience in handling with
other commercial paper. The order
Is made out in duplicate by the use of
carbon paper. The remitter will also
be given receipt for the amount of
the order, which heretofore he did not
get.
While coming from Piedmont to
Ironton on the noon train Tuesday, DIR.
l.. NJ. Petit had the misfortune to lose
his pocketbook containing $3.50. His
last knowledge of having the money
was at Hogan, where he made pur-
chase of the newsboy. Then he went
into another coach, and in few min
utes discovered his loss. Strict search
was made in both coaches, but no trace
was secured OF the pocketbook or
money.
The Centreville Retormer takes a
very rosy view of the future. The
last issue says: There's some talk of
building a railroad from Hogan out to
the lead mines on East Fork. Parties
have offered to build this line for
$50, 900, while the owners of the mine
have said they will give $4,000. We
hope this will prove something more
than talk. Things now look favorable
for Reynolds to be in short time the
the greatest county in the State"
The BOYS Club Base Ball Ball Team
journeyed to Doe Run on Thursday of
last week to play ball with the la
glesm of that place. The latter were
the victors after good game. For the
first three innings the Eagles" had a
decided advantage, and the score then
stood at Il to in their favor. A
change was then made in the pitcher;
and owing to the good work Of Fred.
Schultz in the box, and the improved
support in the field, the Ironton team
began pulling up. At the close of the
game the score was 16 to 19 in favor
] of the Eagles"
The marriage of Miss Josie Olson of
| Graniteville and Prof. j. NJ. Hawkins
of Belleview was solempized at the
residence OF the brides parents in
Grauiteville, eight o'clock Thursday
evening, August 18th, 1899, Rev. Geo.
Steel officiating. A goodly number of
| friends witnessed the ceremony and
extended greetings and best wishes to
the parties principal. The guests
were then invited to the dining room,
| where a feast most delicious awaited
them, and to which the assembled CON-
pany did full and ample justice. To
Prof. Hawkins and his bride blissful
future!
The lawn social given by the ladies
of the Episcopal church in the court
house yard Monday evening was we'll
attended and proved a very successful
affair. A score or more of japanese
lauterns lighted the grounds and the