Iron County register., 1900-02-22
LOCAL BREVITIES.

Lent begins next Wednesday.
Has the cold weather gone for good
The contest for city offices will soou
be here.
Regular meeting X. P: lodge to.
morrow night.
The band boys contemplate a min
strel show in the not far distant future.
Helein's stave factory, near the de-
pot. will soon be ready to begin opera
tion.
The courthouse will be used for a
religious meeting next Sunday after
noon.
Born-To Mr.. and Mrs. John Petty,
Pilot Knob, Mo, Saturday, February
IL, 1900. boy.
Reynolds county will hold primary
election August 4th to nominate can
didates for county offices.
The business meeting of the South
east <. P. association will be held in
Piedmont. February 2Sth.
Friday night last was the coolest of
the season. The thermometer went
to six degrees below zero.
Miss Mamie Byers entertained a
number of her young lady friends at
''coffee" Wednesday afternoon.
Rumor indicates that there will be
quite a number OF candidates for the
Democratic nomination for Assessor
this year.
Iron Lodge. No. 10Y, l. o. o. F.. will
have work in the second degree next
Monday night. Members are request
ed to attend.
What with the hub haulers and the
stave-makers the man with timber
land has all he can do to protect his
own these days.
The Arcadia public schools have
been closed the past two weeks on ac-
count of the measles. They will re-
sumo next Monday.
The Fisher school house, two miles
east of town. was destroyed by fire the
night of Friday, February 9Th. The
origin of the conhagration is not
known.
1t is stated that Rev. Birch, the
evangelist who recently conducted the
meeting IN the Presbyterian church, is
thinking of buying a summer home in
the Valley.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the NJ.
Z. church has issued an invitation to
a birthday party at the residence of
Mr. and Mrs. Haywood tomorrow
(Friday) evening.
A correspondent says: 1.-The publi-
cation of the personal assessment Is to
be commended. No one, save the man
who has failed to make an honest re-
turn. can take any exception thereto.
SAYS the Lesterville correspondent
of the Centreville Retormer: 1.-The hub
mill we are told will shortly have an
addition to it, as Mr.. Clark contem-
plates putting in machinery for max
ing slaves"
Miss Allie Medley is at Senath,
Duuklin county, teaching class IN
music. Good reports are heard from
her and her work. She is an accom-
plished musician and deserves success.
Piedmont Banner.
SQUIRE Luthy of the West End, issued
a warrant Monday for the arrest OF
Frank Akerns, charged with burglar
izing c. W. Fl. Eatou's store at Foote.
At last advices the defendant had not
been apprehended.
The official statement of the Iron
County Bank is published in this issue.
The showing made is most excellent
one. The deposits of the bank are
now almost SS7 900.
The Ladies' Missionary Society of
the Presbyterian church will meet with
Miss Belle Mufley Tuesday afternoon
February 27. at o'clock. All the
members are urged to be present as 1t
is the meeting for the election OF OH
GERS.
C. P. Talbot, former well-known
resident of Ironton passed nortn
through here on the fast mall SUNDAY
afternoon. He threw from the train
message to his Ironton friends telilng
of his great regret at being unaole 10
stop off and see them.
Messrs. Garrison and Foster OF St.
Louis. who have been doing some
Prospecting for lead in the Bellevue"
neighporhood for some months past,
have announced their intention OF
putting drill to work in that vicinity
In the course of q week.
At the recent session OF the circuit
court in Wayne county NJ A. Johnson
under Indictment for killing IL n
Holiday. made an application 1or
change of venue. The motion was
oSerruled and the case will come up
for trial at the next August term OF
the circuit court in Wayne county.
The editor il sorry to hear OF tne
very serious illness of little Willie
Gregory at the home of his parents In
St. Louis. Little Willie Is an oeca-
sIonal visitor to Ironton and be never
fails to call on the REGISTER while
here. He is a bright, manly BOY ana
we hope to hear of an early improve