Iron County register., 1900-02-22

violin Club. accompanied by numer-
GUS and prominent representatives OF
the coal and ice business of the city,
dropped In Unexpectedly Saturday,
Feb. 10, on Mr.. F. j. Killalee at his
residence. 1914 S. jefferson avenue.
Mr.. killalee was equal to the occasion
ana was pronounced a genial. pleasant
host by all present LOUIS Watch
man.
At business meeting of the B. Y.
L. u, held at the home of Rev. Steel,
last Saturday evening. the following
othcers were elected to serve for the
ensuing term of six months: NJ ID.
Bells. President; Miss Lottie Prince,
Vice-President; Paul Steel, Secretary
and Treasurer. This society, We are
informed, is growing right along and
will probably enroll several new mem
bers at some future meeting.
Joseph Thompson and Rich. Crock
er, two well known residents of the
west end of the county, had a fight
Monday in which Thompson received
a badly bruised and disfgured nose
aud face, occasioned, he charges. by
rock thrown by Crocker. Thompson
was in town the following day and
swore out a warrant against Crocker.
The case will be tried before Squire
Fairchild the latter part of the week.
Some Poplar Bluff boys enjoyed
themselves playing Indians last week.
Little John Clevelen. 6 years old. rep
resented an Indian chief in full war
costume, and rushed through pile of
burning leaves and narrowly escaped
being burned to death. A passer-by
grabbed the child and rolled him on
the ground until the flames swere ex-
tinguised. Little John will be remem-
bered by IrontOn people. as the family
spent the summer of 1898 here.
Mr.. Louis Miller, the contractor for
the new court house was in the city
last Saturday and filed his bond which
was approved. Mr.. NJ. said he had
not yet decided whether he would |
use brick from Jackson or Festus |
for the inside; it will take 295. 900 |
common brick and 52,0 ST.. Louis |
brick to complete the building; gran
ite will be used in the foundation. He |
expects to go to work as soon as the |
weather settles. Demo
crat- NeaCs.
Here is the smallpox situation in
Poplar Bluff last week as announced
by the President of the Board of Health
in that town: There are % cases,
seven in the pest house, one of them
being white. OF the 16 cases outside
o: the pest house six are white. Five
of the % cases are considered severe.
Seven new cases have developed dur
ing the past week. all in families
where the disease had previously made
its appearance, except one, man who
came from Newport, and is now in the
pest house."
1t is understood that the proposition
submitted by Baldwin Bros. at the last
meeting OF the City Council to furnish
the City with electric lights, only pro-
vides to keep the light burning until
midnight. This, we hardly think, is
acceptable. The lights certainly ought
to be kept burning until the local train
goes north four o'clock in the morning.
The REGISTER has long advocated
lighting the city and we trust that
this is about to De accomplished. But
we don't believe turning off the lights
at midnight will be at all satisfactory.
Some one mailed valentine to j.
Lopez that doesn't please him in the {
least. The valentine in question rep
resents our young friend as being a {
front row man at certain kind of
shows. Mr.. Lopez says there's moth
ing funny about it. In fact he's hot
and swears to make the fellow who :
sent it ..smoke"-if he can ascertain
who the guilty party was. To unravel
the mystery he expects to call rep
resentative of the Pinkerton's to his {
assistance. He says he is going to
make an example of the people who :
resort to the cowardly practice of send
ing valentines to ''even up grudge.
Master Paul, little son of Mr.. and =,
Mrs. j. H. Jones, celebrated his fifth
birthday last Friday afternoon with a !
bubble blowing" party. There were I
two score or more Of the little tots :
present, and they all had heap O fun" "
Mrs. Jones had arranged a most pleas
ing programme for them and their en-
Joymeut was such as comes only to the
innocense of their tender years. When /
guests home again none of them were I
ready to start aud all wanted to wait
until the last load" Master Paul's /
fifth birthday will long be cherished
in happy memory by his little friends (
and playmates.
Mr.. R. Snyder and Miss Maggie
Dewitt, both of Ironton, were united +,
in marriage at the residence of Mrs.
Rasor in north Ironton on Saturday &
evening, February Il, 1900, by w. G. ,
Fairchild, j. P. Monday evening the
boys got some tin cans, COW bells and !
horns aud were preparing to treat the .
newly welded couple to an old-time ,
charivari, but the happy bridegroom
forestalled them. He had provided y
two kegs of beer and a box of cigars s
which were dispensed to the Emusic
makers" before they had an opportu-
nifty to mar the stiffness of the night. :
To Mr. Snyder and his bride the REG
IsTER extends congratulations and best ;
wishes for long and happy career.
A meeting for men aud boys will be
held at the courthouse in this city,
Sunday at 5 P. NJ, under the direction
of the Ministerial Association.
PROGRAMME.
Invocation.