Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-01-12


Bishop Tuttle At a meeting of th,
Committee held on Monday, 9Th. i
was decided TO convey to Mrs Pile,
condolences ia her recent bereavement
with q recognition OF the work done 81
her late daughter, Mrs Delano. as I
member of the Committee and Church
Treasurer,
List Of letters remaining II the Post
Office at Ironbon. Mo-. for the weeE
ending Jan. 9TH, 1895 If not called
for within two weeks, they viii be
sent to the Dead Letter Office:
Bailey Wn johnson Thos T c
Cable Babe Mathey henson
Hickey James Rouse Dick
James Faank Schultz Euiel
Tharnen c II
Persons claiming the above viii
Of this list j. y. BISHOP. 2. NJ.
At the meeting Of the City Council
Monday evening the Mayor appointed
Jos HUFF as City CIerE TO succeed a.
HUFF resigned. Four councilnen.
Baldwin. Marshall, Gay and Schwab
were present, and they voted unani-
Dously against confirmation Of the ap-
pointnent; the Mayor then appointed
81. E Melhado and. afterwards Mrs.
Mamie Walker. who were each in
turn unanimously rejected by the coun-
Gil. Mr. Edgar then submitted the
name OF Aug. SchWab, who was
promptly confirmed
The following wood" item, from an
exchange, can be appropriated by
many country editors IN the State:
Nv Wood, wood, wonderful wood; ont in
the timber you do Us no good; when
cold winds are blowing an ice-covered
blast, We think of the warm winds OF
summer just passed. And the cords OF
old hickory, elm and oak six miles in
the country; while each lying bloke,
who promised TO bring Us on subscrip-
ton a cord, sits toasting his shins; but
the Savior. our Lord, on that great
judgment day will not call them good
who lied 10 the printer about bringing
wood
Reynolds county il again out o. debt.
The county court and other officers de-
serve much credit for the manner in
which they have managed the affairs
Of the county. On the first day OF
January the county had. as shown by
county Treasures books. a surplus of
81 ,056.54 That Is they have this
amount above all outstanding war
rants, etc. The outgoing officers have
managed the affairs Of TIE county ad-
nirsbly. and We oespeak for the new
~ installed officers al equally fair
record Treasurer Howell requests all
those who have county warrants TO
come IN and get the money. as there
is money to pay them all Ce1ztreUJ0e
Outlook.
John Vance Of Pennington met with
3 singular misfortune while Oh q recent
visit 10 Ironton. Mr. Y. had been
spending several days here as The
New Years eve. II viii be renen-
bered the day was q bitter cold one.
and. before leaving. Mr.. Vance put q
couple OF heated bricks in the buggy.
The bed Of the buggy was filed with
bay which 81 once took fire from the
bricks. Mr.. Vance proceeded as fsr
as Pilot Knob before be discovered
what had happened, and then the back
part of the buggy was in flames. He
had to drive hurriedly to the creek to
prevent the utter destruction Of his rig.
As it was the buggy was so badly
damaged be had TO bring IL back to
Ironton and have il repaired before he
could proceed on his journey.
At the meeting Of the Boys Club Cd
Friday evening, the following were
elected to be the officers for the en-
suing term: President: ". r Edgar.
Jr-; Treasurer. Roy Purkiss; Score
tary. Douglas Newman: Assistant Sec
Rotary. Claude Marshall. Donations
Of s. TO the funds Of the Brigade and
Of So 80 to the Club were announced
from lady resident of the Valley and
various other donations have been
made recently Of books and games i
library is in course of formation and
donations are asked for Recently q
complete set of Dickens works was do
mated by friends al distance and il IL
hoped that the Library may be assist
ed by residents in the Valley. The
Rev. A Britain as Warden Of the
Club. or Mr.. Mayor as sub-Warden
will very gratefully receive gifts Of any
sort
Died-At her home in Arcadia, No.
on Monday. January 9th, 1899. al SIS
O'Clock P NJ. MRS MARGARET BAIRD,
relict Of the late Robert Baird, aged SO
years, II months and II days The
announcement of Mrs. BAird's death
Monday evening was q shock TO the
community, for up 10 a very short
time before she died she seemed to be
in her usual health Death came ST.
lently and unheralded- Heart disease
is supposed to have been the trouble
The deceased was one OF the Oldest
residents and has made her home in the
Valley forty years or more She was
universally esteemed and respected,
and the news of her sudden death was
learned with general sorrow To the
afflicted sons and daughter the REGIS
TER extends assurance Of sincere sym
patty. The funeral occurs from the
Fort Hill church to-day at one o'clock
The editor Is indebted to Mr.. R. A.
Clarksop. formerly Of this county, but
for many years past E resident o. Fl
Smith. Arkansas. for q copy Of
headlight Flashes for December. q
periodical containing many handsome
illustrations of Fl Smiths attractions
and enterprise. Along with a mag
nifcent engraving of the four-story
building occupied by j. Foster & Co,