Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-10-19

Why not begin substituting without
delay the good for the bad?
Frank Gould of the New York family
of Goulds was in st. Louis Monday
morning. He arrived at an early
hour on special train and departed
| for the West at 10 A. VI. Mr.. Gould
will inspect the Iron Mountain and
Missouri Pacific systems. W. B. bod
| bridge, general manager of the Mis-
| president of the same system, accom-
panied Mr.. Gould out of St. Louis.
List of letters remaining IN the Post
Office at Ironton, Mo-, for the week
ending Oct. 14th, 1899. If not called
| for within two weeks, they will be
sent to the Dead Letter Office:
Keeth G P Nichol Ch Jr
Kline Mr. Esq Parker S
Webb Mrs w A
Persons claiming the above will
please say advertised" and give date
of this list. j. N. BISHOP. P. NJ.
All last week the Valley was beauti-
full in its yariegated foliage and bright
sunshine, but now the trees are being
rapidly denuded and bare branches
give earnest of nearing winter. The
ground is covered with fallen leaves
and the meadows are fast losing the
pleasing sheen of their verdure. Stoves
are in demand, and the clothier is put
ting in display his stock of overcoats
and winter underwear. We don't
know much about weather signs, but
the ladies' feathered headwear seems
to US to prognosticate a severe winter.
Last Sunday morning wheD Henry
Seitz of MIddlebrook arose be ciscov-
cred that his barn had been entered
during the night and lot of harness
stolen therefrom. And when Mr..
Trauernicht went down to his place of
business he found that it, too, had
heen burglarized and that he was
minus number of articles of clothing,
trimmings, etc. The footsteps of the
fleeing burglar were traced out through
Graniteeille and on toward Black Riv
err, by various pieces of harness that
been dropped on the way. But some
distance beyond Graniteville all trace
of the thief was lost, and up to date
the officers have been unable to locate
the offender.
The Asylum Commissioners will
probably be here tomorrow, and our
people will give them suitable recep-
tion-no big blowout nor grandilo-
quent speeches, but hospitable treat
ment and an honest setting forth of the
advantages of the Arcadia Valley. No
big bonus to atone for natural defects.
The Valley must win on its merits as a
location, or not at all. No jugglery;
no thImble-rigging will be attempted
to be used on the Commission. We
stand pat on an honest deal with the
State, and believe that no bonus, how
ever large. can Offset the advantages
we offer. We insist that this point is
as accessible as any rival; more
healthful than many of them, and the
most central of all. We offer four sites
from which to choose, all rich in wood.
water and tillable land. This is the
highest point on the Ozark range
free from the malaria OF river and
swamp-with an exhilarating atmos-
phere unknown to regions nearer the
level of the sea. 1t is the ideal loca-
ton.
The astronomers say there will be
big star-shower on the night of Novem-
Der 14th, next. The display will be-
gin with ''early candle-lighting," but
before midnight the whole heavens
will be ablaze with the green and blue
of our celestial visitors. The meteors
will appear shooting upward from the
northeastern horizon, and later on, as
the radiant point reaches midheaven,
! 1.-The sky" as an old lady expressed it
in speaking of the meteoric shower of
1888, Twill look like a great umbrella. )"
Speaking of that wonderful and I'M
precedented exhibition of the wonders
of nature, writer says: ''On the
night of November 1918, 1888, a
tempest of falling stars broke over the
earth. North America bore the brunt
of its pelting. From the Cuff of Mex
leo to Halifax, until daylight, with
some difficulty, put an end to the dis
play, the sky was scored in every d.
rection with shining tracks and illuml-
mated with majestic fire balls. At
Boston the frequency OF meteors was
estimated to be about half that of flakes
of snow in an average snow storm.
Their numbers, while the first fury OF
their coming lasted, were quite beyond
counting, but as it waned a reckoning
was attempted, from which it was COM
puted on the basis of that much d.
minished rate that 100000 must have
been visible during the nine hours
thew continued to fall"