Iron County register., 1899-05-18

The band boys will take formal DOS
session of the new pagoda next Monda,
evening. A special programme viii
De rendered. ALI are cordially invited
LII the people in the Valley who arr
prepared to accommodate summer
ooarders will send us their names. with
Information as to the number OF board
ers they can accommodate, terms, etc.
we shall endeavor to arrange and pub.
ilsh a list of the same for the conven.
1ence OF people making inquiry for
summer quarters in the Valley.
Following are the signal service read
ings at this point for the week ending
May 10. showing the highest and low
est temperature recorded each day:
May 10th. 79, SO; 11th, rs. SO; 18th,
~, 90; 18th. II, so; 14th, s3. 4S:
10th, SO. SO; 10th. 81, 20. Precipita-
tlon, 1.95. w. H. DELANo, Obs.
! Ssys the Bismarck correspondent to
the Pennington Herald: in her
opening prayer Sunday morning Miss
Birdie Grow uttered the following:
Our Father, give the President of the
United States backbone. Give him
moral courage TO make the pen stroke
that will stop the blood-shed in our
foreign possessions. Save our boys
from death in an inglorious cause.'"
Miss Lulu Gillian is in St. Louis this
week replenishing her stock of spring
and summer millinery. Miss Gillian
will make a special effort to secure all
the newest and latest novelties, and
the ladies who are in search of elegant,
up-to-date millinery, will find just
what they want if they await her re-
turn. She promises that the prices
Will be all right, and is certain she
will be able to please every one.
Drs. King and Smith, osteopaths, of
Kirksville, Mo-, were in Ironton sever
al days the past week arranging to To-
cate in Ironton. They will return
about July 1st and arrange to open an
infirmary. Until better facilities can
be secured they have leased a couple
of Judge Emerson's cottages which will
be used as a sanitarium. DR.. Smith is
former Irontonian, but has been run
ming a business college in Kirksville
for twenty years or more.
The compensation allowed railroads
for carrying the mails is fixed by law,
1915 a year COR each mile 200 pounds
of mail is transported daily. If rail-
road transports 200 pounds of mail
daily for year distance of say ten
miles day, it would receive $427.50 |
for its services. For 500 pounds daily |
the roads are paid at the rate of $64. y |
mile per annum. $500 for 1000 |
pounds with a corresponding increase |
for every additional 500 pounds up to
5, 900, for which they receive $151 per |
annum, a mile. When the railroads |
furnish postal cars they are allowed
an additional compensation OF $25 a |
mile for each car forty feet long hauled |
for one year, $50 for cars forty-fve feet |
length aud $50 for cars from fifty-ive
to sixty feet long.-EI.
Hiram n. Holiday, the big mill own
er in Wayne county, was shot and |
killed by NJ. A. johnson at Greenville
early Monday morning. Particulars of
the shooting are hard to learn as there
seems to be a disposition to keep the
johnson married sisters. 1t appears
that the latter was suspicious that HOl-
laday was too intimate with Mrs. John
son. Sunday evening johnson left
home saying he was going to st Louis.
But he merely went as far as Williams
vile and then returned to Greenville.
Secreting himself he saw Holiday en-
ter his home. johnson forced the
door and found his wife and Holiday
in bed together. johnson carried a
Winchester rifle, fired three shots at
Holladay killing him instantly. John
son then surrendered to the authorities. |
Owing to the prominence of the par
ties the tragedy has created unusual
excitement all through the southeast.
Rev. j. M. Belding, whose home is
in Michigan, is we'll known to many
people of the Valley, having visited
here on different occasions and fire.
quently filled the pulpit in the Pres
byterian church. The following is
reproduced from a late issue of the
Lapeer, Michigan, Press: cat the
morning services of the Presbyterian
church, when least expected, Rev. J.
NJ. Belding, who for three and half
years has been the faithful pastor. sur
prised the congregation by rendering
his resignation. 1t was an affecting
time and not few were the tears that
were shed by those who had learned to
love him. Mr.. Belding has been suf-
fering from nervousness for several
months. He went east recently with
the hope to throw off the approaches
of wearing sickness but since his re-
turn has felt no improvement and for
weeks has been unable to do much
mental work, having recourse to SER
mons before delivered to keep his pull
pit demands met. He breaches to the
largest and wealthiest congregation in
the city. His work has been unusual
lv successful. Impetuous and demon
strative in his nature, full of affection
and large heartedness he has been
everybody's friend. HIS going causes
no little sorrow"
A. f. Bond, who represents the
Shapleigh Hardware Company of st.
Louis in Southeast Missouri, was over
heard this morning while in converse
tion with .Scully,n who represents
Hargadine- McKittrick of St. Louis, to
remark: .sI'm practicing my song-and-
dance regularly now. and oy the 18th
I'll be ready, and you'll be surprised
when you see me. Why. Soul
didn't know was so graceful" Bond,
who is a good 81 footer, will wear
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