Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-12-06

On the night of the election a mar
by the name OF Rsdford from Reynolds
County was s.heId up" in the stree
south OF the courthouse and robbed o.
about SIS Yesterday evening Paytou
Sides and Henry Beard. both colored
were arrested and placed in jail charged
with being the offenders. If guilty
they should be severely dealt with
Constable Marshall went to Poplar
Bluff after Beard. Sides he arrested
here.
Capt. A. B. Sloan, formerly of this
city, who is with the 9th infantry in
the Philippines, last week helped take
what was claimed to be an impregua-
BILE fortress So miles north of Manila.
The attack lasted three hours, two
soldiers and two native scouts were
killed and twelve of the attacking force
were wounded. A picked force from
the 43d and 9th infantry and troops
from the 4th cavalry took part. The
insurgents had all fed when the fort
was reached This is the first time
Capt. Sloan's name seems to have been
mentioned in this country IN connec
ton with any of the engagements over
there.-DunElin Democrat.
a. j. Harrel, a well-known and re-
spected citizen of Bellevlew, was found
dead in his bed last Friday morning.
Mr.. Harral was engaged in the mercan-
tile business with w. r. Read. and
when MIR. Read went the store Friday
morning he could not get in. A boy
was put through a window, and the
discovery followed that Mr.. Harral
was dead. The body was still warm
and death had probably occurred but
a short time previous. The deceased
was a good man and citizen, and all
the community will long revere his
memory The remains were inferred
in the Belleview Cemetery Sunday, and
a large o vas in attendance.
Peace to his ashes!
An other railroad survey is being
made over the old Chester line. The
surveying party is now camped north
of FarmIugton. Il is supposed that
this work is being done by the Illinois
Southern Railroad Company. although
nothing definitely can be learned The
line of the survey is reported TO have
started at Sparta. ILL.,, runs TO Chester
and from there follows the old grade
to this city. It is not known how far
west the survey will Do run.-St. Fran
co.'s County Herald.
The urvey referred to above is
along the old survey made to Salem
about 10 years ago from Chester. IL
linois, and known as the Chester, Iron
Mountain and Western. 1t may come
to this city, and it may not-Salem
Monitor,
The event has been determined, and
the entertainment mentioned last week,
whose fair proportions, like the bones
Ezekiel saw, had % gathered them
selves together. is now a %congruous
whole, well fitted to yank the unwill-
ing shekel from the reluctant pocket
II is to be a ''Spider-Web Entertain
ment," and will eventuate mex Tues
day eyening-December 11th. It's ma
ture is fully explained-to those who
already know-by it's name, and it is
that all who may never have
seen anything of the kind will come in
wonder. that they may depart in wis
dom. Prizes there will be for the
and yet no rattle will deter
mine them. A general supper of turkey.
ham, coffee, and q Thousand other
yiauds. will go at the low and easy
price of twenty-five cents. Music will
feed the soul while the vigor of the
body is being restored. The
going into this scene of pleasure and
is absolutely free, whatever
the coming out may happen to be
which latter is left largely to your own
solution. Come, ladies and gentlemen.
stand not on the order of
comingi