Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-15

and returning it to Nj. w. Munger, at
Munger, Mo-, will be amply rewarded
for the same.
Chas. Money, from Ohio, who was
with a party of movers encamped south
of town, on their way to Texas, got
fairly drunk last Friday and fourished
a gun. He was fined $50 and costs.
which he paid, and next day boarded
the train for the south.
On one of the transparencies carried
in the parade Saturday night were
these words; Down with the Nesbit
law" How many persons in that pro-
c%ession. gentle reader, do you suppose
ever read the Nesoit law or could tell
you anything about it?
Mr.. and Mrs. O'Brien wish the REG
lister to return thanks to the good
people of the Valley for the kindness
and sympathy shown them in the loss
sustained by the fire in Arcadia Friday
night. They will long hold these true
friends in grateful memory.
Look for McCarver's new ad. next
week. He desires to sell out his stock
previous to invoicing on the first of
the year. Examine his fine stock; it
can't be beaten any place. Come to
the Old Reliable Saddle and Harness
Shop, Pink McCarver, proprietor.
Messrs. P. W. Whitworth and Ar
thur Huff intend engaging in the mer-
camille business in the brick building
south of the Blue Store. Mr.. Whit
1T - = c. @,S- ,nohna-
ing the stock this week and they ex-
pect to be ready for business in a few
days.
When the Pennington foot ball team
was here Saturday the boys impaired
the Information that on a recent trip
to Bonnie Terre they were rocked out
of town. The Ironton boys were con-
templating a trip to Bonnie Terre in
the near future, but Daugherty says
sit doesn't go now"
The Republicans held a ratification
meeting over the election OF Mckinley
last Saturday night. The turnout was
not large and the enthusiasm might
have beer greater. They marched to
Pilot Knob, then to Arcadia and re-
turned to the courthouse, where Rev.
Steel made a speech.
The tabular statement OF Missouri's
vote for President and Governor print
ed on an inside page OF this paper is
incomplete. Ray, Reynolds and Mil
Ter counties are not included, and these
swell Dockery's majority to abaut 32,-
900, and add a corresponding number
to the figures for Bryan.
Mckinley has been reelected. Why
hasn't work been resumed at Pilot
KnobP The truth of the matter is that
Pilot Knob is a victim of one of the
trusts fostered and encouraged by
Mark Hauna's President. The ore
trust, controlled by half a dozen men,
gives the little mines no show at all.
A telegram was received here Tues
| day announcing the accidental death
of Andrew Peace in a coal mine at
O'Fallon, Illinois, that morning. Mr..
Peace was many years a resident of
| this section and is we'll known by the
| older residents. He has a brother,
John NJ. Peace, living in the Flatwoods.
A lone saddle of venison was sold in
town Tuesday. Time was when this
game did furnish forth the dinner-table
every day in the week until it palled up
on the taste. But now, the regular
butcher failing you in beef. your plate
goes empty. The days of old held
many a blessing unknown to steam
and school aud electricity.
Rev. Geo. Steel, pastor of the Iront9n
Baptist Church, in his speech at the
courthouse Saturday night referred to
VIM. Mckinley as a s'great, patriotic,
Christian gentleman" Then are we
to suppose Rev. Steel and his church
endorse President McKinley's action in
defying the laws of the United States,
and upholding the army canteenP
The colored voter was relegated to
the rear, way to the rear, in the rati-
fcation parade Saturday night. In
view of the fact that the '.party of in
telligence and progress" couldn't carry
half a dozen states IN the Union with
out the aid of the negro vote, we think
the colored brother should be accord
ed a front rank In Republican parades.
The REGISTER is in receipt of a copy
of the Lake County (Oregon) Examiner
containing an account of the marriage
on October 31st t Summer Lake, Ore
gon, of Mr.. Fred S. Fisher and Miss
Anna E. HEREFORD. The bridegroom
is the only son of Mr.. and Mrs. A. H.
Fisher, who formerly made their home
in this county and are well known
here.
James Mulligan, Jr., died in Ha-
vana, Cuba, November I'd, 1900. He
went to war May 81, 1898, and was
faithful to his duties while there. He
was we'll known in this place and had
friends all over the world. 1t III a
great shock when his sister, Annie got
the news. He leaves three sisters to
mourn him and many friends. May
he rest in sweet sleep! A FRIEND.
An insufficient supply of Democratic
tickets at Graniteville caused the Dem
ocrats to lose fifteen or twenty votes in
that precinct at the late election. OF
course the mistake ought not have hap
pened; but, in this connection, what a
loud-mouthed cry of fraud" would go
up from the Republican howlers If
there had been a shortage of Republi-
can tickets at any oil the precincts in
the county.
If you bore a quarterback hole into
the heart of a fruit tree that is affected
with insects and fill the hole full of