Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-01-18

! The Republicans-ab about eight o
them-held a meeting at the court
house Saturday. It Is said that one O
the questions before the meeting was
to agree as to who they should recon
mend as census enumerators in thi.
county.
Arrangements have been made tt
have some music at the farmers meet
Ing at,the courthouse Friday afternoon
Several of the ladies are taking an in.
terest in the affair, which lnsures the
public that the programme will be al
that could be desired.
The REGISTER is in receipt of card
from Mr.. James Buford announcing
the marriage of his daughter, Anna,
to Mr.. Thos. Mount Williams in St.
Louis, January 10th. Mr.. and Mrs.
| Williams will be .'at home after Feb
ruary 1st, Cape Girardeau, Missouri .
r. L. Goode, of Springfield, Mo-,
candidate for the Democratic nomina-
ton for Judge of the St. Louis Court
OF Appeals. was a visitor ITO Ironton
Tuesday. Mr.. Goode is an agreeable
and entertaining gentleman and we
have no doubt would prove a model
judge.
Rev. Chester Birch. the Musical
Evangelist, inaugurated a series of
meetings at the Presbyterian church
Saturday night last. The reverend
gentleman is a musician and a very
good talker. The attendance is good.
The meetings will continue couple of
weeks.
The local coOns sure event broke
on the recent prize-fght wherein the
negro Dixon was knocked out by Nc
Govern. In one instance we are told
one of the sports, after putting up all
his money, wagered chicken-the last
on the perch-tha. the negro would
defeat the.Irishmau.
There was ''hot time" at a dance
in the New Hall House. Pilot Knob,
Monday night. Some fellow got en-
ragged because another man started to
dance with his girl. 1t is said he hit
the offender with pair of knucks;
then a shot or two was fired and the
dance broke up. No one badly hurt.
Mr.. D. E. King, travelling freight
agent of the Missouri Pacific Railway
Company, was in the Valley last week
arranging for the farmers meetings to
be held here Friday. Mr.. X. is an in
telligent and affable gentleman and
is very enthusiastic in his work. He
thinks this is destined to become a
great fruit growing country.
The contractors are having a time
getting some one to carry the daily
mail from here to the West End of the
county. Since July 1st last, six diff
ferent men have had the job, and the
man now in charge has notified the
contractors of his intention to quit.
The price paid is about 85 cents day
about one-third what the job is worth.
A new time-card will 60 into effect
next Sunday. No. 81, it is claimed,
will shorten her running time to Tex
arkana three hours. The train will
leave st. Louis the same time as at
present. but will probably reach here
a few moments earlier than at present |
The south-bound local will reach here
as formerly, in the morning. These |
are said to be the only changes con-
templated.
The old maid stood on the steamboat |
deck. whence all but she had fed, and |
calmly faced a kissing bug, that cir
cled overhead. The maidens shrieked, |
the matrons swooned and the men all |
swore amen, but the game old maid |
like hero stayed and whispered |
.'come again" There was a buzz-a |
sound, the old maid, was she |
dead? Nay. still she stood and cried |
for more, but the kissing bug had fed. |
.EI.
Postmaster Bishop is arranging to
put up three boxes in different parts of |
the town where mail can be deposited. |
One of the boxes will be stationed in |
the north end of town near Lopez's |
store; another in the south end near
and another on Russell |
street about two blocks west of the |
The collections will be |
made by Bob Blanks, the mail carrier.
who is paid by private subscription
from the citizens.
STRAYED-Five head of calves were |
turned out in May-three heifers, two
steers; one steer, red and white spot
ted, one horn partly broken off, wear
ing a small bell and marked different |
from the others; other steer is solid |
red and marked with two Sits in
right ear; the heifers are red with
some white, and marked with two Sits
in right ears. A reasonable reward |
will be paid for information leading to
the recovery of the animals. j. II.
Haven, Warreu's Store, Mo.
The lines that appeared in this col
umn last week criticising members of
the fair sex with Chicago-sized feet for
wearing rainy-day skirts were not
original; they are not the views OF the
editor of this paper, but were repro
duced from an exchange. and by an
oversight were not credited. We trust
this will be balm to the wounded
feelings of the dozen or more fair ones
who have imagined the lines were of
local origin and written with bitter
ness and malice aforethought."
Geo. C. Jacobs, druggist, last Mon
dav filed in the recorders office, a |
cbattel deed of trust on his stock of
goods. The parties for whom judg-
ments are confessed. and the amount
due each are as follows: d. L. Dyas, |
1891. OS; J. S. Merrell Drug Co., $422.
OF; Wenneker-Morris Candy Co., $22. |