Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-09-20

siOHcFy, al kInos VI SCuOOl supplies
the largest assortment Henry
Adolph's.
E. H.. Jones was attacked with whar
the doctors said was appendicitis Mon
day night and an operation was de-
cided on Tuesday. DIR. Bondurant
was telegraphed for, at Cairo, and he
came that night; but the condition o.
Mr.. Jones changed for the good and
the operation was not performed. Be-
sides Drs. Mobley, Rosenthal, Harri-
son and Rigdon, no less than a hundred
| of Mr.. Jones' friends were in attend.
ance. off and on, to render him any
relief possible. He is getting along
nicely to-day.-DunEIin Democrat.
The picnic last Saturday at valley
Home" for the children of St. Pauls
Sunday School was in every way a
grand success and will be long remem.
bered by the teachers and children as
the best and most enjoyable outing
they had ever experienced. Nor will
they SOC forget Mrs. and the Misses
Thomson's kindness in providing such
a pleasant time for them. 1t was a great
pleasure to all present to witness how
heartily the little folk enjoyed their
several games and amusements. No
one felt more repaid by their Joy for
their labors than their good and faith
full Superintendent, Mrs. Myers, who
with the others teachers rendered all
the assistance in their power to make
the day pass off SO happily and joyful
ly as it did.
Rev. J. W. Worsnop will preach his
final sermon in the Methodist church
here mex Sunday night, and on Mon
day will leave for St. Louis to attend
the Annual Conference. Mr.. Worsnop
is one of the ablest ministers in the
Conference and it is seldom hat a
preacher like him is sent to a congre-
CATION outside of the large cities.
The Methodist folks of Jackson are to
be congratulated upon their securing
Mr.. w. for the year just past, and it is
hoped that they will be able to make
on their part a good showing at the
Conference and prove that they are
entitled to have him returned to them
for the next year, or some n else
who is equally as strong a precher as
he is. We understand Mr.. w. has
given his people perfect satisfaction
and all want to see lin returned
Jackson Cdsh-Book.
Several proposed amendments to the
state constitution of Missouri will be
appended to the ticket in the Novem-
Der election. They are are as follows:
NJ S-1taN-0rLo nB an
concurrent remedies in criminal prose-
c%utions. Providing the levy of a spec
ial road and bridge tax of Is cents.
Providing that the value of property
subject to mortgage, deed of trust, less
the value OF such security. shall be as
sessed to the owner of the property,
and the value Of the security to the
owner thereof; and that a contract
made in violation of such provision is
null and void. Authorizing the issue
of bonds by the city of St. Louis in aid
State to appropriate $1,000, 900 from
sinking fund for the purpose of State
exhibits at Worlds Fair. Providing
that no grand jury shall be convened
except upon order of judges of court
having power to try and determine
feIonies, but when so assembled, may
indict for any crime. Providing that
in courts not of record, two-thirds of
jury may render verdict IN civil cases,
and in criminal cases three-fourths of
jury.
The following taken from the last
issue of the Poplar Bluff Citizen, tells
of the death of a former resident of
the Valley: &C. M. Heltibrand, one OF
the oldest and most prominent citizens
of Butler county, died about $50
o'clock yesterday at his home in this
city, after a few hours illness. The
cause of his death was congestion of
the stomach. Mr.. Heltibrand was
about 90 years of age, and with the ex-
ception of the last few years spent in
St. Louis, he has been q resident of
Poplar Bluff for 25 years. He was a
prominent Democrat and was post
master OF this city under President
Cleveland's first administration. He
was highly esteemed by ali his &C
quaintances. The deceased leaves a
wife and three children, q son, Benja-
min, living in Rhode Island; two
daughters. Mrs. Gertrude Mauldin, re-
siding in Oklahoma, and Miss Mabel,
who lives here. He was a brother-in-
law of Sheriff Henry Turner. Jesse
Reynolds and Geo. Begley. The fun
eral services will be held tomorrow
afternoon from the family residence of
Henry Turner and the remains will be
inferred in the city cemetery"
Last Saturday morning. in company
with q friend, We boarded No. Go
which as an s'early riser" leads ali the
boosted druggist compounds-bound
for the city where the light has failed
and Ziegenhein rules. At the end OF
q succession of cat-naps-plucking here
and there a rosebud OF sleep from
among the thorns of too and whirl and
rattle-we found ourselves outside the
gates of Union Station. The jolt of
the train in stopping, the roar of null
titudinous feet on the stubborn granite
of the pavement, the d~issonant concert
of voices trained to all the pitches OF
Observation-Disclosures with a jerk dis
solved our perturbed slumber and
landed us on both feet in the broad
glare of intense wakefulness. Half an
hour later We began the day in earnest
with a breakfast at the Southeastern
Mecca, the Laclede. Here is estab-
lished the Democratic State Headquar-
ters. and the hotel was crowded with
visiting statesmen of all degrees of
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