Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-01-19

season. Music by Senior Ramon
Aquabella. words by John W. Jaquith.
For sale by the Shattinger Piano &
Music Co, TIA Olive ST., ST. Louis.
Mo. Price, Is cents.
The st. Louis parties who have
leased the manganese lands. south of
town. belonging to the Big Muddy
Coal Iron Company, were here the
| first of the week arranging to put a
! force OF men at work on the property
Operations will likely begin next week.
Representative Farrar of this county
has been named as chairman of the
Committee on Commerce by Speaker
| Ward. There is no question but that
our representative well deserved a
craftsmanship and we are certain he
will most satisfactorily discharge his
duties.
At meeting of indian R A. Chap
ter, No. Il, Tuesday evening the fol-
lowing officers were elected for the
ensuing year: II. l.. Sjmmerman, II
p ". II. Byers, X; A Begley. 5;
Z. W. Whitworth, Treas: +. P. AXE,
Sec'y: 5. H. Gosney. c, H. Installa-
ton will take place February 9Th.
Following are the signal service
readings at this point for the week
ending Jan. 18th, showing the highest
and lowest temperature recorded each
day: Jan. 11ta. SO. 50, 18Th, IS, 80:
18th, Al. So; 18th. 81. Al; 10Th. 81, %;
10Th, 58, S5; l7th, 50, IS Rainfall,
90. W. II. DELANo. Observer.
Jas. D Greason of Poplar Bluff was
in Ironton the first of the week quail
flying before the Probate Court as ex-
ecutor of the estate of Mrs. Catherine
E. DelauO, deceased. DIR. @. A. Auers-
valid OF De Soto was here Saturday
qualifying as guardian of Francis Grea-
son Delano, Mrs. DelanO's sole heir.
". r. Allen of St. Louis Wednesday
had one Hawk, who lives west of town,
arrested on the charge of cutting tim
Der on Mr.. Aliens land near Hogan. |
The case will be tried before Squire |
Fairchild to-day. Hawk has a son |
who was sent TO the penitentiary for
horse stealing at the last April term
of the Circuit Court.
The home merchant. says an ex-
change, is the man who gives you
credit when you have no cash to buy
the necessities of life. The home
merchant is the man who helps pay
your taxes that run your schools, pave
your streets and make other public
The home merchant
is the man to whom you appeal in time
Of distress for favOrs. Then why
should you ignore him when YOU want
TO make a purchase? He sells as good
goods at as low figures as the man who
does business in the big cities. The {
Mills look green far away.
K. Z. Purkiss has returned from
Leeper, Mo. where he has been the
past two months making extensive re-
pairs on Mr.. c. NJ Wilson's residece-
He speaks very highly of the Knapp ,
vas in. He also states that Walter
Newman, and DIR. and Mrs. Strong ,
largely to the surround
ngs which made it pleasant for him ;
Turing the hours of recreation. He
llso says that Mr. and Mrs. Imboden .
Keep one OF the finest hotels in South
EAST Missouri. and recommends all to !
70 there to make glad the inner man"
While in Leeper.
The REGISTER has a letter from G.
J. Hart, written January 10Th, who is {
Nth the United States army at Havana,
cuba. Among other things Mr.. Hart
avs: Il am now in the L. S. r. A.
nd am camped in Havana, Cuba. It
5 a pleasant place. | can sit in my q
ent and see the vessels coming into u
,ort from all nations. January 1st the :
Stand passed into the hands of the
american Government. Uncle Sam
ook charge at y o'clock. The can
ons fred the freedom and victory of
be United States, and Cuba is free.
t was a grand affair. The boys in
Iue marched to the music of Hail to =
he Conquer and the cannon Numbered y
Orth the welcome from the forts OF 4
loro Castle, and the flag of our coun y
ry waves over the Island of Cuba. |
ad the opportunity to see General e
'itzhugh Lee. our noble and grand
commander. Things are coming down q
o regular business. The sea is quiet
ear our camp; have had waves to h
ash me in the face. The country is \
me; bananas, cocoanuts and pineapples :,
re fine, and oranges are good. 1 have
cen the wreck CT the Maine: it looks g.
orrible. 1t has cost Spain dearly, too.
here is some talk of our going back :
o the States soon. / spent Christmas
icely and quietly. Give nv regards
o my friends aud let me hear from g
hem. We have good officers but strict,
mt try to do my duty. This will be :
~ last enlistment"
The surveyors have finally located a
be route from the railroad to the top of
line Hill. 1t was supposed all the C
ime that the start would be from some C
Joint within the corporate limits of Ii
he town, but every survey, and they s
ave made several, showed too severe n
grade They then went down to d
clearwater and started in there hug q
ing the foot hills along on the east C
ide of Mckenzie creek. This route. a
which is the one finally accepted, a
caves the main line near the bridge o
'ver Mckenzie creek and goes north r.
long the east side of the creek. The
inc runs through John Hamil's stable. l.
through Mr.. Barney's garden. through
dr. Barnett's field about 200 yards s.
ast of the dwelling, through and r.
cross those hills and strikes the city $
limits near the negro school house
t then passes through J. l.. Bennett's v