Iron County register., 1899-12-21

ABOUT the teachers recently assemble
In that town, was indignant becaus
the association refused to paw a hill ht
presented. Perhaps this action on tn
part OF the association warped The
good brothers judgment and account
for his inability to discover aught bu
1.-TWO for five" dudes and s'ugly ole
maids" among the visitors.
r. Foster Stone will lecture on tn,
Yellowstone National Park at tn,
Academy of Music Tuesday night, Dec
goth. Mr.. Stone is a great wit, a won
derful orator and in every way charm
Ing and magnetic speaker. No one
should miss this rare treat for the sake
OF the small sum of the admission fee,
which is but 25 cents. II you hear
him, he will tell you many things you
never knew and will surely make you
laugh.
/ Says a writer in the Farmingtou
Times: The County Court of Iron
county has made arrangements with
Rev. David Gay of the Home Society
to take charge of and find homes for
the eleven children at the County Poor
Farm. 1t is credItable thing to do,
| for it takes the children from an en-
vironment that will do them no good.
There are four children at our own
county farm for which something
should be done"
| At a regular meeting of Valley Lodge,
No. 1870 K. of II. the following officers
were elected: w. H. Byers, Dictator;
John w. Lashley, Vice-Dictator; John
Nagel. Assistant Dictator; R. E Pur-
kiss. Reporter; w. W. Haywood, FL
nance Reporter and Treasurer: John
w. Lashley, Guide; w. w. Haywood,
John Nagel and r. E. Purkiss, Trus-
tees; w H. Byers, Representatives;
r. Z. Purkiss, Alternate.
R. E. PURKIss, Reporter.
The writer had occasion to pay
visit to Middlebrook last Sunday and
spent an hour or two with the big
hearted, genial, jovial tailor, VIM.
Trauernicht. Any one who has ever
enjoyed Williams hospitality need not
be assured that We were we'll taken
care of-ior if there's better enter
ta:ner in this section than Mr.. L. it has
never been our good luck to meet him.
Here's health and happiness to him
and his. A Merry Christmas and Hap
py New Year,
The REGISTER acknowledges a very
pleasant call Monday from Mr.. l.. ID.
Garlic, who is sojourning with relatives
in Belleview. Seventeen years ago
Mr.. Carle left this county for Oregon
where he has since resided, with the
exception OF the past two years-the
greater portion of which time he spent
in the klondike. Mr.. &. was one of
the successful hunters after gold and
came home from his stay in the KIon-
dixie country about $50. 900 ahead. The
editor returns thanks for gold nugget
"a trophy OF the gentleman's visit TO
the gold fields. Mr.. Carle expects to
return to Klondike next spring to make
his home there.
The Bazaar given by the Ladies'
Guild of the Episcopal church last
Thursday night was literally patroniz-
ed by the public and proved quite a
successful affair, the receipts being |
S185. Following were the prizes
IuCu W Tue IOUS D
Best Mince Meat-Mrs. Thos. New
man; Cake-Mrs. S. P. Ringo; Pickles
and Potato Salad-Mrs. L. Miller;
Hemstitching - Maud Saltz; Light |
Bread-Mrs. &. r. Gay; Vocalist
Mrs. j. Ii. Jones. Baby Show-child |
under one year, to infant son Mr.. |
and Mrs. Adolph; child under two
years, infant son MIR. and Mrs. G. r. |
Gay. III. M. Collins, Jr., secured the |
prize offered the boy selling the largest
number of supper tickets.
d. G. Bugg, aged 81 years, died at |
his late home near Patterson at 2 P. NJ.
on Sunday, Dec. 10, 1899. He had |
been ailing for nearly a year and his |
death was not unexpected. He was
raised at Ironton where he lived until |
about 1866 when he moved to this /
dounty and located on the farm where |
he made his home until his death.
For the past twenty years in addition
to his duties as farmer he has prac-
ticed law. He was familiar figure in
the Justices courts and in the probate
and circuit courts of the county. He
was a good business man and by close |
attention to business he amassed con-
wealth. His body was laid
to rest in the Cherry Grove cemetery |
near his old home. Wednesday a large |
crowd being in attendance to pay their
last respects to his memory Piedmont
Banner.
F. w. Rauchenstein, of Clayton. |
who received his appointment several |
months ago as United States census |
foe the Tenth census dis |
trict of Missouri, has been actively en- |
gagged for the past thirty days arraug |
ing his plans for making a thorough |
canvass of the district, and will soon |
be ready to receive applications for |
positions from persons who desire to
act as enumerators. Col. Rauchen- |
stein stated recently that he had COM
pleted the allotment of the entire dis |
trict, and that he would require the |
services of ia enumerators to make |
the canvass in the twelve counties un-
der his care, which will be distributed
as follows: Crawford county, 10; Dent
county, IL; Franklin county, 10; Iron
county, &; jefferson county, 16; Mad |
ison county, z; Perry county, 8; Rey-
nolds county, IA; Ste. Genevieve coun-
ty, z; Washington county, u, and st.
Louis county p.
Holiday Rates.