Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-08

tuS frumentt against Noyemoer's chill?
C. C. Lashley desires to call the at
tention of the public to the fact that
he has opened a restaurant and lunch
room in the building north of DIR. Far
rar's Office. Lunches and meals are
served at all hours-night and day.
The patronage of the public is respect
fully solicited.
The following ~constables were elected
in the various townships Tuesday:
Dent Township-Edward Payne; Iron
Township-Wm. Middleton; Arcadia
Township-Jno. l. MARSHALL; Union
Township-T. j. Henderson. G.. w.
Farrar was elected a Justice Of the
Peace in Iron Township.
The election passed of quietly in
Ironton. There were few DRINKS aud
no .'scrapping." A full vote was
polled the largest for years-but,
Notwithstanding the increased negro
contingent, the Democrats held their
own. The official vote of the county
is given in another column.
The Ladies' Missionary Society of
the Presbyterian Church will give a
| social and entertainment in the base
ment of the church Thursday evening,
November 8. Admission, ten cents.
Light refreshments will be served for
which there will be no extra charge.
A cordial invitation is extended to all.
Geo. j.. Cole has returned from his
trip East in the interest OF the proposed
electric railroad between Pennington
and the mining district. He says the
men are now at work leveliDg up the
line and he will soon begin taking the
right-of-way. He is positive 10 his
assertions that the road will be built
at an early date.-Farmingtoa Ne0s.
Old Uncle" Boston Oils of Big
Brushy, was a visitor in Centerville on
Wednesday. He came down to en-
ploy legal counsel. Mr.. Oils is near
ninety years of age and is now begin
ming a diverse suit against his better
half. Mr.. Oils has been a citizen of
Big Brushy for many years and was al
ways honest aud upright in his dealings
with his fellow man.-CentreUtite out
look.
The members of the Baptist Ladies'
Aid Society are soliciting subscriptions
to the two standard Magazines for
women-the Ladies' Home Journal and
and The DetineGtOr-at the regular
price of one dollar per u Either
one makes a desirable Xmas present.
The ladies desire those who are already
taking the above excellent journals to
-;-o &L1-, @A1 ra-o-alo nf fhair cub
scriptions.
Say what you may about it, the best
and most telling work that is being
done in the schools of the State is in
the small towns employing from six to
twelve teachers. The sons and daugh-
tiers of farmers are coming into such
schools and being grounded in most
practical things in their high school
work. Among such schools are Grant
City, Ironton, Greenfield, Hamilton,
Bolivar and Monroe City.-MissOuri
School Journal.
A Missouri reporter claims to have
heard two girls on the streets of a
uelghboriug town a few days ago, on
demning a friend for her use of slang,
as follows: Il think it shameful the
way she uses slang. Great sakes alive.
if | twirled my talker at the rate she
does my bloomin' old dad would tan my
buds for me till the dust would fly
every which way!" You bet, said the
other; ''my paw and NAV are suniow-
| ers of the same hue and If | should
make a raw crack in my CAB they'd
thrash my anatomy till there'd be
nothing left o. me but spots"
Judge Davis, Republican candidate
for county judge, las elected judge in
Wayne county, he moved to this county
and secured the Republican nomi-
nation for county judge; he held on to
his Office in Wayne county and lived in
this county, going back to Wayne
county to hold court; he held his Office
10 that county until January, 1900,
when his time expired. Judge Russell,
the Democratic county judge of this
county decided to leave Madison county
and rendered his resignation as county
Judge two weeks before he left here;
he didn't hold on to his Office draw his
pay and come here, from DeSoto to
hold court; as soon as he decided to
become a citizen of Jefferson county
he resigned his office in Madison
county.-FredericEtOUn Democrat.
The Irondale correspondent of the
Potosi Independent writes: Coercion
in a small, ~disgraceful way, has broken
out among some of the McHaunaites OF
this county. We learn on good author
ity that the Belgrade Republican club
passed a resolution stating that If John
NJ. Jamison Of this place, did not sup
port certain gentlemen on the Repub'
lican ticket. they would not again buy
bone meal or farming machinery from
him. Isn't that a brilliant idea for g
supposedly intelligent body to formu'
late? Prejudice will carry things tc
the extreme. 1t is needless to name
the mother OF prejudice. Mr.. Jamisor
is an independent gentleman aud NJ
one here believes that a few warts or
the rump of radicalism can dictatatt
his course or affect his reason"
The Bell Telephone construction
!, party is now camped near Loughboro.
The party is composed of about z;
men, Including surveyors, post holt
diggers, etc. 1t is interesting to watch
, the men 1T their work which is carried
|, on Systematically. The surveyors frs
mark out the line, and the post hole:
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