Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-08-09
Iron County Democratic Ticket.
LOCAL BRRVIrIEs.

Vacation oon be oyer now.
Probate Court meets next Monday.
Ironton's streets are horribly dusty.
II you want to be in line go hay.
riding.
Lawn social at Mrs. Roehry's this
evening.
The band will go to Leeper August
18th TO play for a picnic.
The ore washer at Pilot Knob was
put in operation Tuesday.
There will be an excursion from st.
Louis to the Valley Sunday, August 10.
Collector ONeal is now ready to
receive your State, County and City
taxes for 1900.
Don't forget the NJ. w. picnic at
Belleview Saturday. 1t promises to
be a big affair.
Miss Alma Fletcher of Arcadia has
secured a position as teacher in the
schools at Bonne Terre.
Miss Maude Edgar very delightfully."-
entertained a number of young friends
Friday evening of last week.
The collections at st. Paul's Church
Sunday, amounting to $12. will be ap-
Piled to India famine relief fund.
Rev. G. B. D. Miller of st. Louis
will hold services at st. Paul's Church
next Sunday-morning and evening.
Mr.. Louis Miller will at once begin
the construction of a tenant house for
Mr.. Clarence M. Jones on his recently
acquired property in Russelleville.
Mrs. Tual and granddaughter, Miss
Grace Whitworth of Arcadia. visited
at the home of Mrs. Kendall in Potosi
the past week.-Potosi Independent.
County Treasurer James Buford re-
turned Tuesday from au absence of one
month in Virginia, Kentucky and Ten
nessee. He reports a very pleasant
trip.
Mr.. C. M. Hay will give an address
especially to the young people of Ar
cadia Valley on Sunday. August u.
s P. NJ, at Fort Hill. All are invited
to attend.
Prof. III. Clay Davis. for many years
a school teacher at Iron Mountain, and
well known to many of u readers,
died at his home in ElYins, St. Fran
co.'s county July 27:h.
To Mrs. Aug. Rieke the REGISTER is
indebted for a half-dozen very fine and
large tomatoes all on one bush.
They were certainly most magnificent
specimens OF the vegetables.
The Willing Workers will give a
lawn social at the home of w. T. Gay,
Thursday evening, August 16. For
benefit of new Presbyterian Church.
Everybody is cordially invited.
Messrs. Pierre Chouteau, Pierre
Maffit, Fred. Lehman and several other
prominent ST. Louisians were in Iron
ton Sunday, coming here from Iron
Mountain to board the fast mail train.
j. E. Hayes, who was recently ar
rested in Bismarck, on the charge OF
incendiarism, had his hearing last
week and was held in $500 bond for
the next grand jury in St. Francois
county.
- IIOus MaT6us aEAOI0 vi OCuIOus A4Osg
ex-Congressman from the Fourteenth
District, was in the Valley Friday try
ing to find quarters where his family
might spend the remainder of the
heated term.
The statement last week that there
would be an excursion to st. Louis.
Sunday 18th, was a mistake. There
will be an excursion over the Belmont
branch to St. Louis mex Sunday, but
none on the main line.
Word has been received from the
Irontoniaus who went 10 Paris. The
letters we're from London where they
were spending a few days. They had
q smooth sea but for all that several of
them suffered considerably.
John Sizemore of Graniteville was
tried in Justice FairchIld's court Mon
day charged with disturbing the peace
of Mrs. Kennedy in Granitevllle, July
21st. The Justice imposed a fine of 81
and costs on the defendant.
The long distance telephone people
will make application for q franchise
20 construct their line through the
city of Ironton at the next meeting of
the city council. The long distance
people expect to have their line con-
structed to this place this fall.
j. M. Morris of Des Arc was here
Monday arranging to remove his fam
lily to this place. They will probably
occupy the residence Of Mr.. j. n.
Whitworth. Mrs. Whitworth and the
children intend spending the winter in
Arkadelphia, Arkansas, where the
children win attend school.
The Ironton NJ. E. Church people
will give a Moonlight Picnic on the
Foilett farm Saturday evening. 18th.
Cream, cake, lemonade, ice-cold water
melons (home grown). etc., will be
served. A slight-of-hand entertain
ment will help pass the evening. and
a fortune-teller's tent will be one OF
the attractions. In fact, 1t is intended
TO make this the event In the seasons
diversions. Everybody is invited to
come and enjoy the occasion.