Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-03-22


has been employed at Bonnie Terre for
some time. is now with Ely Walker
Dry Goods Company, st. Louis.
Wanted-A couple of good farm
hands. Liberal wages for good men.
Apply at the Newman farm a little
west of Ironton.
j. B. FoLLETT, Proprietor.
Our good friend, Barney Frauenthal
OF the Bureau of Information, Union
Station, st. Louis, has just returned
from Florida, where he and his family
and Miss Clara Schwab spent several
weeks. Barney says they had a royal
time and enjoyed the trip immensely.
r. L. Farmer left yesterday for
Leeper where he accepts a position
with the Clarkson Saw Mill Company
He will have charge of the post-office
| and do other Office work. Bob is a
good boy and we congratulate his en-
ployers on securing the services of
such deserving young man.
The Democratic Congressional Com
mittee which meets in De Soto to-day
will name the place for holding the
Congressional Convention. An effort
will be made to have the Convention
here, and as the contest promises to
be spirited one, the gathering will
be interesting, aud probably attract
several hundred visitors.
F. NJ. Anderson, who. a number of
years ago taught the Arcadia school,
was knocked off bridge by a railroad
train in Bristol, Tennessee, on
Wednesday of last week and killed
For several years the young man had
been preaching the gospel and was
universally respected. He leaves
many friends to mourn his demise.
James A. Reyburn, who was born
and reared in Belleview, this county,
died at his home near Potosi last Fri
day after lingering illness. Jim Rey-
burn was noble, loyal boy and man
and he leaves legion of friends who
will long revere his memory. The re-
mains were laid to rest in the Gem
etery at Caledonia Sunday. Peace to
his ashesi
Don't fail to hear the Nashville
Students band at l P. u. Saturday,
and attend their performance at the
Academy OF Music at night. This well
known Company is this season better
than ever; just the kind of a show all
want to see: best of singing, dancing
and specialties. Better get your tick
cts in advance, now on sale at the
Drug Store.
John B. Culpepper and singer are
coming to Poplar Bluff next week to
begin a meeting in the Methodist
church. They will probably arrive
Wednesday. certainly by the Sabbath.
Mr.. Culpepper is one of the most sue
cessful evangelists in the United STATES.
reasonable estimate of whose work is
so, 900 conversions. He had fifty the
past eleven days in st. Louis, where
he is now conducting meetlng-P0P-
lar Bluff Republican.
The meeting of the Arcadia Valley
Horticultural Association to be held
next Saturday. March oath, has been
recalled by the Executive Committee, |
and the next meeting will therefore |
be held the second Saturday in April. |
The Committee on Progress and En-
tertainmeut will meet at Mrs. O'Brien's |
next Saturday at 2:30 P. NJ. All mem
bers of the Committee will please try |
to be present.
G. S. RUSSELL, Secretary.
VIM. P. McCarver, proprietor Sad |
die and Harness Factory, and dealer |
in all kinds of Groceries. Country |
Produce bought and sold at regular |
market value. Best stock of Saddiery |
and Harness between St. Louis, Mo, |
and Little Rock, Ark. Everything |
guaranteed as represented. Good goods |
will speak for themselves. In Odd
Fellows building Orders by mail will |
be carefully executed, and all business |
entrusted to the above address will be |
o. K. At the New Union Market, |
Ironton, Mo.
Died-At the residence of August |
Rieke in Ironton on Saturday. March |
II, 1900, at noon, Mrs. Wilhelmina |
Heitkamp, relict of the late Christian |
Heitkamp, aged IS years and seven |
days. The deceased had been resi- |
dent of Ironton for many, many years |
and was highly esteemed and respect
ed by all who knew her. Lilies la |
bors are over, and she is at rest. The |
funeral occurred from the Lutheran |
church Pilot Knob, Monday afternoon |
and the remains were inferred in the |
Pilot Knob cemetery. The bereaved |
family have universal sympathy in |
their sorrow.
The case of John Il. Skies VS.. the |
Missouri Granite Co., suit for damages. |
brought here on change of venue from |
St. Francois county, and tried in the |
circuit court last week resulted in the |
jury returning a verdict in favor of
the plaintiff and awarded him damages |
in the sum of $500. The trial occu- |
pied nearly day and half, and after |
the case was closed the jury was out |
four hours in reaching a verdict. |
Skies some time ago, while in the en- |
ploy of the defendants in the granite |
Quarrles near Bismarck, accidentally |
had both his arms badly crushed, and |
brought suit for $4,000 damages. |
Eminent counsel was engaged on both |
sides and the case was hard fought
throughout. Defendants have taken !
an appeal to the higher courts.-Potost |
Journal.
About three weeks since a couple of |
young men by the names of johnson |
and La Plant, who live on ST. Francis |
river near the mouth of Marble Creek |
in Madison county, brought a wagon |
load of twenty-seven hogs to Arcadia /
and sold them to Alex Fletcher for |