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

And it won't be long until the can
dldate comes.
Have you forgotten all your New
Year resolutions?
Collector O'Neal is after the delin-
quent taxpayers.
All the trains have been about on
time the past week.
Attend the farmers meetings at the
courthouse tomorrow.
The offices in the courthouse and the
halls are being reprinted.
Is it the province of Poplar Bluff to
unload her plague-stricken upon Iron
ton?
The birds are beginning to whisper
of prospective candidates in the spring
time.
A pusher crew was slaid off" one
day last week-leaving five now at
work.
There are said to be numerous ap-
plicants for the positions of census
enumerator.
The stave market is ''off''-there be-
ing quite drop in the price the first
of the week.
We do hear of a wedding ''in the
spring time, gentle Annie, but rumors
are SO easily started.
Sunday was as balmy and fair as a
day in early springtime, and numbers
spent the afternoon driving.
The stockholders of the Leadington
Lead Company hold their annual meet
ing in Harrington next Wednesday.
The screen factory is running a full
force of hands and has turned out more
work than up to the present time last
year.
The travelling troupes are giving
this town the go-by. There hasn't
been a good show here for a very long
time.
Mr. Birch is fearless preacher. He
breaches with great power and his
message goes straight home to his
hearers.
P. W. Whitworth of Pilot Knob now
drives about the Valley in stylish
and modern .sspider." P. w. is strict
ly up-to-date.
VIM. H. Webb. formerly of this
county, arrived in Ironton Monday.
Mr.. Webb expects to return to the
Klondike in the spring.
Now some of the prophets are say
ing that there will be no more real
cold weather. Our zero weather last
winter came in February.
Joel Hines, quite prominent attor-
ney and former Prosecuting Attorney
of Wayne county, died at hospital in
St. Louis Wednesday of last week.
The work of repairing the dam at
Pilot Knob is not yet completed. 1t Is
thought small force of men will be
put to work washing ore early in the
spring.
Very large congregations are attend
ing the meetings at the Presbyterian
Church. Mr. Birch is a very attrac-
tive speaker as we'll as most excel
lent cornetist.
To. Mr.. A. Rieke the junior is In
6ebted for an exceedingly handsome
deck of Anheuser-Busch playing cards
Thew are lovely works OF art. Mr.. X.
has our sincere thanks.
fla mans in love that's his business;
If a girls in love that's her business.
Then why should every old gossip and
busy body, in town and out OF town.
make it their business?
Most of the road commissioners ap-
I1R4 laOnntV
Court have refused to serve. 1t Ia
likely there will be little work done on
the roads under the present law.
Major Raiuwater and a party of
canisalists from St. Louis were here
last week and droveSto the Silver
Mines. The object or Intention OF
their visit has not been made public.
The announcement that the barber
shops would omen again on Sunday
brought the following declaration at
prayer meeting in one OF the churches
last week: The devil still has q
strong hold in Ironton."
4.Coin on Money. Trusts aud Imper-
falism" is new book from the pen of
w. H. Harvey. A copy of it should be
in the hands of every voter. Enclose
25 cents to Coin Publishing Co., Chi
cago, and get copy by return mail.
w. P. McCarver has reduction
sale now going on. Object am going
TO commence Wholesale Saddle and
Harness Factory in the near future.
/ respectfully solicit your patronage at
The New Union Market. 1ronton, Mo.
some people they pray
Some people they pay,
And others bout neither seem greatly to
bother;
The right sort o man
PAYS when he can,
And doesn't make one to answer for tother.
Among the REGISTERS callers the
mast week was Mr.. James Cuthbert OF
Toueka. Kansas. Twenty-Five years
ago Mr.. Cuthbert was employed as
stone cutter at the granite quarry,
Graniteville. He is now in the stone
business in Topeka, with Mr.. Sargent.
a former resident here. Their ola
friends will be glad to know that they
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