Iron County register., 1899-08-10

Miss Myrtle Flowers. of Eldon. Iowa
entertained about forty of her littl
friends at the home of her grandpar
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Kindell. il
this city, Wednesday evening. Tn,
occasion was indeed gala one for th,
little folks. who viii long 1emembe
Miss Myrtle and her party.
The Seventh Annual Campmeetin.
of the Southeast Missouri Holiness As
soclation begins at De Soto to-day ant
will last fourteen days. Evangelist j
H. Miller, ID. d.. will have charge
Reduced rates have been secured Oh
the railroad. Good tents and board, a
cheap rates, on the ground.
Some of the boys who went to see
| the game of ball at Pilot Knob Satur
day are telling a pretty good story
wherein two members OF the fair sex,
a surrey, and two glasses of Gambri
| nus foamiDg beverage are central fig
ures. But We promised mot to tell
any tales out of school" and we're going
to keep our word.
DiED-At Middlebrook. Mo-, Sun.
day, July 80, at 7:10 A. NJ, PAUL NJ.
infant son of Theo. and Christina
Gherman. aged seven months and sew.
en- days. The remains were taken to
jackson, Mo-, and inferred at that
place on Monday. The bereaved par
ents have the sympathy of many
friends in their sorrow!
Miss Clara Schwab delightfully."- en-
tertaiued party of friends Friday eve
ning-the occasion being in honor of
ber guests, the Misses Beuckemann of
ST. Louis. Any one who has ever been
so fortunate as to be the guest of the
hospitable home beyond the noun
tain" need not be assured that the eve-
ming proved a most enjoyable one in
every respect
Dan. Stiner, well known in this COM
munity. died at Fisk, station on the
Cat" road. near Poplar Bluff. one day
last week. He was working in the
timber and lived alone IN a cabin. 1t
is thought he had been dead some time
when the body was found. He was an
honest, hard-working man, and has
many friends here who learn of his
death with sorrow.
B. r. Billings, an employe of Uncle
Sans mail service, who is spending
his vacation in Ironton, a number of
years ago followed the printing busi-
ness. He dropped in the Office one
day this week, and picking up a stick
and rule thought he'd see if he had
forgotten the boxes but he hadn't.
and with little practice. made the type
fv," same as in the days of yore."
a horse hitched to a cart, driven by
Sam Jones boy in Arcadia, got fright
ened at something or other while stand
ing in front Of Nagel's butcher shop
Tuesday morning and came tearing
down the street at terrific speed. Joe
Stafford had rig hitched in front of
Schultz's; into this the runaway darted
demolishing a wheel on the cart and
otherwise damaging it. Staford's rig
escaped serious damage.
Mr.. j. Lopez and his friends, Messrs.
Denver and Pickel of ST. Louis, gave a
watermelon party at Mrs. Bradley's
on Friday evening last. The evening
passed very pleasantly. indeed. and
the members of the Dicky Club were
voted model hosts and
entertainers. Mr.. Chas- Newman and
Miss Blanche Fletcher were successful
in capturing the prize awarded to the
.'smoothest" couple in attendance
The prospecting for lead on the
Thomas lands. near Graniteville, con-
tinues, and recent developments are
said to be very encouraging, indeed.
a blast fred this week revealed unusu-
ally fine specimens of disseminated
ore. An expert from Doe Run who
visited the mine Monday said it was
the first instance that he had ever
known of such rich ore being discover
ed less than thirty feet from the sur
face
The members of the cornet band last
Monday evening were regaled with
ice-cream and cake, a gift from Mrs
F. Kindell. The night was sultry, the
boys were perspiring because of the
mercury's altitude IN the heat meas
urer, and the delicious, cooling ice
cream was grateful beyond expression
while the cake was the evident result
of experienced hands and correct taste.
A vote of thanks was unanimously
given to the friendly donor.
Capt. a. B. Sloan and wife were
here this week, looking after their
property interests. He was recently
appointed captain in the 27th Infan-
try. United States Volunteers. with
headquarters for the present at Camp
Meade, Pennsylvania. He will join
his regiment there next week and ex-
poets to 60 with it, soon, to the Philip
pines. The appointment is believed
to be practically the same as into the
regular army, for the volunteers will
likely be merged into that service.
Mrs Sloan expects to accompany her
husband to the Orient They have
been staying at Murphysboro. H., for
several months.-Kennett Democrat
The runaway Tuesday morning was
occasioned by leaving horse unhitch
ed in the street. Had any one happen
ed to be in the way as the frightened
animal came nadly down the street,
there would unquestionably have been
a serious. if not fatal, accident. We
suggest to the city authorities a more
rigid enforcement of the ordinance
which prohibits 'eaylne horses and
teams unhitched in the city limits
Since the foregoing was put in type
the City Marshal has called on Us, and