Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-01-25

. MT. Louis Miller Is In Fre0ericktowl
! this week submitting a bid to cree
Madison county's new courthouse. The
structure Is to cost about $4,000 ant
has to be completed by September 1st
We can assure our Madison county
friends that if Mr.. Miller gets the con
tract they will have a first-class build
ing. He puts up no other kind.
Frank R. Raney was Tuesday ap
pointed Postmaster at Des Arc Uict
Mrs. +. G. Weast, resigned. 1t is un
derstood that majority of the big
guns in the Republican party in the
Valley had endorsed Miss Anna Burks
of near Des Arc for the place but Mr.
nancy seems to have been able to exert
a ''pull" greater than that of all the
Iron county statesmen.
| Messrs. E c. Clark, VIM. r. Edgar,
M. W. Daugherty, H. E. Melhado, Eli
d. AXE and Frank AXE, all dined last
Thursday evening with Capt. VIM. HI.
Byers-the occasion being the genial
hosts forty-second birthday. Miss
Mamie aud her grandmother, Mrs
Taylor, had prepared an elegant spread
to which the guests did full justice
Then after cigars and an hour or so in
pleasant conversation-the company
dispersed for home-all wishing the
captain many happy returns of the day
and occasion.
The U. S. mail boxes are now in
position: one at Lopez's corner, one at
the WhitwOrth corner, and two on
Russell street, leading west. They
Will prove to be great conven-
fences to the citizens in those parts of
town remote from the post office. Mat
ter will be collected from the boxes
about thirty minutes before the de-
parture of mails, every day except
| Sunday. In this connection it may not
be amiss to warn the public that these
receptacles are the property of Uncle
Sam, and must not be interfered with
except for the use to which they are
established. Mischievous boys will
find but little ''fuu" in tamperiug with
them.
The following was received at this
office yesterday with request that it
be published: This is free country
and every one has a right to do as they
please as far as the law will permit
them. Then why should some of our
good old citizens and so-called friends,
meddle with other people and tell them
what they should do and how they
should act? If they keep up their own
end, and keep that up straight, they
will have enough to do. without going
around and me1dling with other peo-
pies business. Let them practice the
old and true saying that "a still tongue
makes wise head and If any one
needs advice they will surely call Oh
them"
The revival meeting at the Presby
terian Church the past week has been
largely attended and we are told the
promoters are more than satisfied with
the result of their labors. Rev. Ches- |
ter Birch, the evangelist who has been |
in charge, is an interesting and instruc-
tive talker and has manner that is |
very pleasing, indeed. He avoids the |
cparse language and rough ways too
often affected by evangelists, and con-
ducts his services mildly and in order. |
As a cornetIst and vocalist he is a sue
cess. The vocal efforts of Mrs. Birch |
were superb-as good, if not better, |
than Valley people have had an oppor-
tunity of hearing for many years, and |
those who failed to hear the gifted |
lady were deprived of treat, indeed. |
The meeting closes tonight and Rev. |
Birch will leave in the morning for |
some town in Indiana to inaugurate a |
meeting there.
The following was telegraphed to
the Globe-DemOcrat from Oakland,
California, under date of January 21st:
'.Rev. j. G. MacInnis, pastor of the |
Oak Leaf Congregational Chapel. to-
day announced his retirement from the
ministry. Said he: Il believe in
dancing and long list of other things
that are tabooed by church-goers when
INDUCED in by ministers. If a man
needs drink he has the right to take
it. When / meet d man on the street
| like to slap him on the back and say,
Hello, Bill, in a good, hearty voice.
| believe in God and Christianity, but
the church is burdened with false
ideas and full of sinful hypocrites, and
some of my friends who might be call
ed 'lushers' are infinitely better than
these frauds of piety. The ministry is
no place for a young man who wants his
personal liberty. He must use too
much hypocrisy and overlook too
much hypocrisy in others"
Died at home near Des Arc, Mo-, on
Tuesday, Jan. &c, 1900, at o'clock A.
NJ, TarletOn b. Lowe, aged about ~
years. Thus has passed away another
old and familiar figure in Iron county
how few of those that helped make
its early history remain! Mr.. Lowe
was an honest, sturdy citizen, filling
well his station in life, and earning
for himself the affection and esteem of
his fellowmen. After a long, active
and busy life, he was stricken with
paralysis about six years ago, and he
came to recognize that his days of
usefulness were over. Nevertheless
he bore his aftliction with patience and
fortitude until the end. He leaves a
large circle of relatives and friends to
mourn his departure to that land from
whose bourne no traveller returns. His
remains were laid to rest in the Des
Arc cemetery yesterday, the final rites
being witnessed by large concourse
of neighbors and acquaintance. Peace
to his ashes and blessings upon his
memory!
De Soto is enjoying a scandal where
in. it is said, several young ladies in |