Iron County register., 1899-02-16
LOCAL BREVIrIES.


Probate Court is in session this week.
Wednesday next is Washington's
birthday.
Harvey C. Halle at the Academy of
Music next week.
The demand for wood last week al
most exceeded the supply.
Born-To Mr. and Mrs. Ed. White,
on Wednesday, Feb. Is, daughter.
1t has been freeze, freeze, freezei
Now it will be slush, slush, slush!
St. Valentines day was noticeable
chiefly by the demand for one cent
stamps.
st. Agnes Guild entertained a few
friends at the guild room Tuesday
evening.
The bursting of frozen pipes caused
the screen factory to close down day
or two last week.
During the very cold weather the
mail trains were generally delayed.
They are running on time again now.
Henry Max was taken to Greenville
where Circuit Court was in session last
Saturday. 1t is thought a special term
of the Wayne Circuit Court will be
held in the Spring to try Max.
Lost-On Tuesday, February IA,
1899, on the road between Iron Noun
tain and Pilot Knob, a plume off my
hearse. Finder will return to me and
receive reward A. RIEKE.
Our young friend, Geo. Lopez, of St.
Louis, is a candidate for the House of
Delegates from his ward at the coming
election in April. Mr.. L. has qualities
that especially fit him for the position
It is understood that the granite
quarries are counting on big paving
business this spring and summer.
Schneider's, in anticipation of the de-
maud, are preparing to increase the
capacity of their crushers.
The war revenue law went into ef-
feet July 1, 1898. From that date un-
til January l, 1S99-six months-the
Iron county Bank and its patrons used
documentary stamps to the amount OF
$34O. As revenue producer the war
tax is certainly a success.
Thos. Beard informs us that a COM
panv is being organized in st. Louis to
work the Silver Mines property. The
mine was recently purchased by man
in Decatur, Illinois, and he is the
moving spirit in the effort to organize
a company to do some prospecting.
A detachment of eight soldiers came
down from the Barracks last week and
are now quartered on the ride range.
It is said that timber thieves have
been playing havoc with the timber on
the range and the troops have been
sent here to take care and watch over
the property.
Jas. d. Greason of Poplar Bluff was
in town Wednesday. Mr.. Greason
tells us that Monday morning in Pop
lar Bluff the mercury registered "a de-
grees below zero-one degree and a
halt lower than here. So, it seems,
that the Bluff as well as being much
warmer in summer than the Valley, Is
colder in winter, too.
Harve Mathews. who for several
wears has been in the employment of
the Wright & Dalton Hardware Co.,
mas aCcSpt6u pOSleAOA "AeH eAN
ing Harvesting Company and will start
on the road next Monday. Mr.. Math-
ews will travel in Southeast Missouri
and make Poplar Bluff his headquar-
ters.-Popldr Bluff Citizen.
The REGISTER this week prints the
announcement of Prof. j. M. Hawkins
as a candidate for reelection to the Of
fee of School Commissioner of Iron
county at the school election in April.
Prof. Hawkins has most. satisfactorily
discharged the duties of School Com
missioner the past two years, and we
have no hesitancy in saying that should
he be reelected he will give the same
efficient service in the future that he
has in the past.
Louis Petit died at his home in Iron
Mountain last Saturday after an illness
of less than week. DR.. Norwine OF
bismarck diagnosed the trouble as
double pneumonia complicated by an
acute Inflammation of the liver. The
deceased had been a resident oil the
Mountain for nearly thirty years. and
was universally respected in the COM
munitv where he had lived so long
The funeral occurred Tuesday after
noon. the ceremonies being conducted
by the Masonic order of which the de-
ceased bad been a member for many
wears. The remains were Inferred In
the cemetery at Iron Mountain.