Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-09-14

Rev. Mills. who filled the pulpit al
st. Paul's church Sunday, lives near
Crystal City. He says that where
there were formerly six hundred men
employed in the glassworks there are
now less than twenty men on the pay
rolls. Another community that is ex.
periencing the pleasures and delights
of trust rule that the Hanna-McKinley
rule has brought to the country.
The members of Ironton K. P. Lodge
the delegates who attend the K. P.
meeting here Tuesday, September Goth.
1t is expected that every X. P. Lodge
in Southeast Missouri will be repre-
sented and the Southeast K. P. Asso-
citation will be formally organized. The
meeting will be the most important in
Phythian circles ever held in this Sec
ton of the State.
Rev. VIM. T. Farmhouse, who is
here looking after some business con-
nected with the estate of his father,
the late Henry Barnhouse, has done
some rapid travelling the past week.
In four days he visited as many differ
ent States and secured seven different
Acknowledgements from as many heirs
interested in the estate. Rev. Barn
house will likely spend some time here
looking after the business.
Our young friend, Jas. L. Brierton.
has resigned his position as night op-
orator at this station and accepted a
clerical situation in the Office of a big
iron company near Birmingham, Ala
bama. Mr.. Brierton has the best
wishes of many friends here for success
in his Southern home. He is an hon.
orable, talented and deserving young
man. The REGISTER has no doubt
that he will win fame and fortune.
Mrs. Helen B. Wingate. formerly
Mrs. Robertson of the Arcadia House,
will open the Commercial House" in
the Gay building, one door south of
Jacobs drug store, Ironton, on Octo-
Der 1st. Mrs. Wingate will be assisted
in the management Of the hotel by her
daughter, Mrs. M. l.. ID. Ruddock. Mrs.
WIngate's vast experience in the bust
ness furnishes assurance that the
Commercial Hotel" will be frst-class
in every particular.
The Odd Fellows, last Monday night,
after Introducing two candidates into
the mysteries of their order were
somewhat surprised to find that there
was freezer of ice-cream and some
cake awaiting them on the outside.
Although the night was little cool it
was not long until the cream and cake
were fully disposed of, all present doing
ample justice. This was the gift of
Mrs. John Blemel-for which she has
the thanks of all present.
The County Court last Friday order
ed w. H. Fisher, ex-Collector, to pay
into the County Treasury $1S6.S6-
being the amount which the court
found due from Mr.. Fisher on account
of tax receipts issued by him for real
estate taxes for current and back years,
and with which he had failed to charge
himself. The amount was paid by
MIR. Fishers bondsmen the following
day, and final quietus issued by the
County Court to the ex-collector and
his sureties.
w. T. O'Neal Sunday received tel
egram announcing the death of his
sister, Mrs. Sarah G. Perkins, wife of
H. G. Perkins, in st. Louis, that morn
ing. The deceased had been in poor
health for a year or more and for the
last month or two 1t was known that
the end was near. Mr.. O'Neal and
Miss Nettie, left Monday for
st. Louis to attend the funeral which
occurred Tuesday afternoon. The be-
reaved family have the sympathy of
many friends in their affection.
Johnnie Jonesm called out the
teacher in the geography class, ''give
the boundaries of the United States"
The United States" ratified off the
prize pupil, sis bounded on the east
by Mark Hanna, Pierpont Morgan. Tom
Platt and the Pennsylvania railroad;
on the west by Coils P. Huntington |
and the Southern Pacific railroad; on
the north by the Astors and Wander
bilts; on the South by the Sugar Trust,
the Cigarette Trust and Flagler, who |
owns the Florida hotels; on the over
and under by the Standard Oil Trust"
Correct" said the teacher. go to
the'head of the class. ~. Y. Journal
The Barbecue and Picnic to be given
by members of Mosaic Lodge at Belle
view next Saturday, if the day be fair,
will be largely attended. The pro-
ceeds will go toward building a hall
for the Masonic fraternity in that To-
cality, to take the place of the struc-
ture which was burned to the ground
last winter. All the usual games and
amusements will be provided for the
public while the A. v. Cornet Band
will lend it's attraction to the day.
The object being a worthy one, and
all being assured of having a good
time, there is no doubt that there will
be an unusually large crowd in attend
ance. Let everybody and his wife and
children be on hand. Likewise the
boys and their sweethearts.
Why don't the people who closed the
barber shops on Sunday, stop the
trains from running through the Val
ley on the first day of the weekP The
one is just as much against the law as
the other, and when it comes to the
question of disturbance, we take it,