Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-12-20

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rate of one per cent. per aunum ate
that date. Taxpayers are requested
TO call and settle without delay AMI
save costs.
We are in the closing days of tn.
greatest century in human history
M~ultitudes of people. both Christians
and non-Christians will celebrate tht
final hours of the close of this century
on the night OF December 81. Watch
night services are quite usual in Meth
odist Churches. This year we are
confident that this custom will be al
most universally observed. 1t will be
an all-around-the-world service
The close of the passing nineteenth
century and the dawn of the new
twentieth century ought TO be cele.
brated in no ordinary way by Chris.
tian people The services at the NJ.
E Church will begin at 9 o'clock and
continues until after II o'clock All
churches and the public are mos: 20
daily invited.
W. z, MCCORMACK. Pastor.
The Irondale Lead Company of Iron
dale. No, is the name of a new mining
enterprise, capitalized at $1,000, 600,
aud incorporated by George j. Cole,
Philip S. Cole, and Wm. NJ. Harlan of
this place, A. e. Joplin Of New York
and Eugene Angert of St Louis. The
property TO be developed by this COM
pany lies in the immediate vicinity of
IrondRie. on the Iron Mountain rail-
road. and has been thoroughly pro
pected by Mr.. Cole with the best re-
suits. -FdrnlingtOn Times.
The case OF State VS.. Thos. Hall occu-
pied the time OF Circuit Court Wednes-
day and Thursday of last week hearing
the evidence. Friday morning the
Court delivered Instructions and the
remainder of the day was taken up by
the attorneys arguing the case. Judge
Dining opened for the State and was
followed by Messrs- Callahan and Cope
for the defense. Mr. Edgar closed
for the State. and the case, went to
the Jury about nine o'clock that even
ing. Next morning a verdict was re-
turned finding the defendant guilty of
murder in the second degree and fixed
his punishment at ten years in the
p~enitentisry. An appeal was taken to
the Supreme Court.
Married, at the residence OF the
brides parents, IN this city, on Wednes-
day evening. December u, Miss Anna
Jordan 10 S. P. Lindsey, Rev. H. S.
Mobley officiating. Mr.. and Mrs.
Lindsey are among Corning's most
popular and prominent young people.
The bride is the eldest daughter of
Judge and Mrs. j. S. Jordan, and the
groom is the popular assistant cashier
the Bank and Recorder of the town.
He il the next-to youngest son of |. NJ.
Lindsey. The happy young couple
have the best wishes of a host of friends
here and elsewhere Mr.. and Mrs.
Lindsey will be at home at the resi-
dence of Judge and Mrs. Jordan until
February /, when they will occupy the
elegant suite of rooms over the Bank
Corning (Ark.J COnrfer-
The Jones divorce case was quietly
disposed of on the 9Th inst. by r. III.
being granted a decree of d.
vorce from Hettie D. L. Jones on stip-
ulations that are satisfactory to both
parties. Mrs. Jones is TO have posses
sion of the children during the school
season and the father during vacation,
but they are to be accessible to either
parent at any time. The property mat
were satisfactorily arranged. 1t
will be remembered that Mrs. Jones in
stituted a divorce in Iron county about
a year ago., but took a pon-suIt. Later
she moved to St. Louis and instituted
suit there, but it was dismissed. She
instituted a second one there and it
was decided against her. Then Mr..
Jones instituted the case in which he
obtained the decree last Friday. Both
of the parties have many friends in
Dunklin county and Southeast Nilsson
ri.-Kennet Democrat.
The transfer of the great body of
lead lands of Geo. j. Cole. lying in St.
Francois and Washington counties and
aggregating 1763.75 acres, was made
on the Sth inst, TO the Irondale Lead
the consideration being U
million dollars. An internal revenue
stamp of 10000 vas on the deed.
The articles of incorporation for the
Irondale Lead Company were recorded
las. summer, but the certificate of in
corporation was just issued by Secre-
tary of State Lessuer, last week. This
certificate shows the lie of the corpora
ton to be fifty years and the capital
stock $1,000, 900. Mr.. Cole is the
principal stock holder of the Irondale
Company. This year has been a rec
ord breaker in the way of large deals
in St. Francois county. but this trans
fer of land to the lrondale Company is
one of the largest ever recorded in this
county.-TdrngiHgton Herald.
The following from Wednesdays
Globe Democrat. in reference 10 a young
mar who has spent considerable time
in the Valley will be of interest TO many
of our readers: Lieut.. G. Soulard
Turner. returned yesterday to ST. Louis
after a two years absence with the
armies of the United States. He is a
Lieutenant IN the 10th United States
Infantry of the regular army, but for
over a year has been attached to the
staff of Gen. James 81. Wilson, recently
commander OF the 1st brigade of the
China relief expedition. Lieut.. Turner
returned TO the United States Deem
Der L, and was detailed as an escort
for the remains of the late Gen. +. II.
Liscum. He went 10 Washington with
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