Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-09-27
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county, attended a meeting of the
Board of Trustees at the Baptist Col
iege Tuesday. Two sessions were held
One in the morning and one in the
NeaUS.
Hon. Champ Clark will not be able
to visit Iron County next month, as
heretofore stated. Hon. A. NJ. Dock
cry will deliver a speech at Annapolis
Thursday, October 18th, at one O'Clock
In the afternoon. He will deliver an
address at Ironton the same evening.
Messrs. Thos. and John Newman
and Fred. Kindell are expected home
this evening after an absence of two
months across the water. They spent
most of the time in the vicinity of their
old home, near London, and also
crossed the channel and took in the
exposition.
Aug. Rieke wishes his friends and
the public to know that he is still
agent for the famous Anheuser- Busch
beer and is prepared to sell at whole
sale to all who may call on him. Mr..
Rieke expects to engage In the saloon
business in Ironton again in the near
future.
C. c. Lashley desires to call the at
tention of the public to the fact that
he has opened a restaurant and lunch
room in the south room of the Acade-
my of Music. Lunches and meals
served a: all hours-night or day.
Tine patronage OF the public is respect
fully solicited.
Edward Johns of Dent county was
arraigned before the L. S. Commits
sioner here Monday charged with hav-
ing appropriated to his own use a
government check for $3.50 belonging
to Henry Johns. The defendant waived
examination and was held for the
federal grand jury.
Miss Lulu Gillian has just returned
from st. Louis where she spent three
weeks making and trimming hats and
she wants the ladies to know that she
will have as beautiful and complete a
line of millinery this fall as was ever
brought to the Valley. The date o.
opening, with particulars, will be an
uUuHCcO Ill d lew Q0Sc"
ST. Vaughn's ~tonsorial saloon con-
tinues to be one of the most popular
establishments of the kind in all south
east Missouri. He has a reputation as
a shaver and hair-cutter equal to that
of any man in the business. None but
very best work. Satisfaction guaran-
teed. He asks the public patronage
and promises to please all.
List of letters remaining in the Post
Office at Ironton, Mo-, for the week
ending Sept. %, 1900. If moi called
for within two weeks, they will be
sent to the Dead Letter Office:
Legery NJ j Miss Thompson Nj Fl Mr.
Persons claiming the above will
please say advertised" and give date
of this list. j. n. BISHOP, P. M.
The County Court was in session
Monday as a board of appeals from
valuations of merchants and manufac-
turers. The following reductions were
made: Gay & Kindell, stock of mer-
chaudise, reduced from $4,000 to 3d.
900; estate Ferd. Inner, decd,
stock of merchandise, reduced from
$500 to $500; Baldwin Bros. man.
ufacturers, reduced from $4,000 to
$4,000.
The Bell Telephone Company of
Missouri opened their lines for bust
ness at Potosi, Mo-, on tuesday. The
office of the company is located in the
drug store of MIR. f. Y. Teasdale, who
will represent the company here as
their agent. Mr.. Duncan w. Dean,
of the construction department of the
company, was assisting on Tuesday
and Wednesday of this week, during
which time all messages were free to
the many patrons. The line is in fine
working order and no doubt will give
satisfaction.-P0tOSi Independent.
The boys in the southern end of the
county are telling a p city good story
a Observation-Disclosures does he
make Democratic speeches-who lives
in that vicinity. A few weeks ago
the preacner-politician boarded the
day passenger train at Des Arc to come
20 Ironton. When the conductor ap-
peared on the scene demanding fare,
the PIP. said he had already paid.
Where did you get on the train?"
asked the conductor. lat Piedmont"
said the PIP, land I'm going to Iron
ton" well, no one has paid on this
train from Piedmont to Ironton," said
/ Ie conductor, $50 you can pay now"
The PIP. demur- ed, but he had to paw
the fare from Piedmont to Ironton,
- ~ l5lnff rat On fhn froin until
it reached Des Arc. The PIP. insists
he was only joking with the conductor;
he DIDN'T want to beat the railroad out
of his fare. But tits safe to say he'll
attempt no more jokes along this line.
Mr.. j. NJ. Morris OF Des Arc, Mo-.
were in Pennington Tuesday, and Mr..
Morris closed a deal for the two-story
brick business house of I. S. Lopez &
Sons, on the southwest corner of the
Public Square. 1t is the intention of
the sons, G. W., j. G. and W. L., to
open a large general merchandise store,
and they expect to be ready about the
middle of October. Mr.. Morris and
his IONS have been in the lumber ald
m~cFCdutIIc OucAnCcc al LEO 0iS AOA
many years, and conducted one of the
largest trades of any firm in this Sec
ton of the State. They sold out their
business there, and in looking Cor a
new location were attracted to Farm
ington by its evidences of thrift,
growth and enterprise, and have de-
cided to make this place their home.
They will be desirable addition to our
town, both in q social and business
way. and we are glad to know they