Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-09-06

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been received aud meetings are held
Thursday, Friday and Saturday even
ings. They have employed an in
structor from Pennington.
tee of St. Paul's church, Ironton, de-
sires to acknowledge the gift of seven
dollars from St. Agnes Guild, as al
addition to the organ fund. Total
amount now on hand, ffty-two dollars.
j. n. Rush, formerly of this county,
who was arrested at Irondale last
March on the charge of bigamy, plead
ed guilty in the Washington county
Circuit Court last week and received q
sentence of two years in the peniten-
tiary.
One lad broke about twenty paues
Of glass in the windows of the Presby-
terian church recently. He was caught
in the act and made to pay IS for the
damage he had done. That was let
ting him down light. May he be a
better boy hereafter.
Lopez & Sons do more advertising
than any firm in South East Missouri
and it is said that they are making
more clear money. So it pays to ad-
| vertise. Merchants should 20 well
into this if they wantto prosper.-Cen-
treUiHe Reformer.
The Modern Woodmen OF Annapolis
will give a grand picnic at Johnson's
Park, Annapolis, Saturday, September
Is, 1900. Prominent Woodmen speak
| ers will be present and address the as
semblage. Everybody invited and an
enjoyable day assured
Ed. Bollinger is teaching the Thorn
Grove school. He had accepted that
position before applying at Arcadia.
The directors Of the former school did
not want to release him so he gave up
the Arcadia position. No principal
has yet been secured at Arcadia.
The County Democratic Central
Committee held a meeting Saturday
and inaugurated plans for conducting
the campaign. Democratic Clubs will
be organized in the different townships
Saturday, September 18th. Let every
Democrat join his township club.
AUGUST ADMINISTRATIONS tenn
perature. 103 degrees; minimum tenn
perature, SIS degrees; maximum
temperature, 93.3; mean minimum
temperature, 63.3; mean temperature,
1873. Precipitation, 4.35 inches.
w. Fl. DELANo, Observer.
Miss Lulu Gillian is now in St. Louis
selecting her stock of fall and winter
millinery. In the course of the next
two weeks she will have her fall open
ing and she promises the ladies every
thing that is novel and up-to-date.
She asks them to inspect her stock
before buying elsewhere.
Rob. johnson, a colored youth, left
for for Pennington the early part of
last week, when he learned the officials
here wanted him for jumping on trains.
He was arrested there Wednesday and
the constable went after him the fol-
lowing day. Squire Fairchild gave
him twenty-five days in jail.
Hon. NJ. L. Clardy purchased $50
acres OF wild land adjoining his farm
east of town, one day this week from
the Clsrksou Saw Mill company. The
consideration was 5000. 1t is thought
by some that Mr.. Clardy will make a
game preserve out of his wild land adj
joining his farm.-ReynoEdS Outlook.
Some young boys in this town have
been in the habit. the past few weeks
of loafng near the railroad cut, east of
town, after dark, and throwing rocks
at the trains as they pass by. They
had better be careful or some of them
will get in serious trouble. Parents
Will do we'll to advise themselves as to
the whereabouts of their boys after
sunset.
The following party of Ironton young
folks came over to Pennington Thurs
day to attend the ''shirtwaist party"
at the Opera House that night: Messrs.
Frank AXE and Jake Lopez; Misses
Alma, Blanche and Lena Fletcher,
Esther and Able Morgan, Nelka John
son, Andrews and Kells. Mrs. Francis
CO chaperoned the party.-FarmingtOn
Herald.
List of letters remaining in the Post
Office at I~ronton, Mo-, for the week
ending Aug. 25. 1900. If not called
for within two weeks, they will be
sent to the Dead Letter Office:
Mckinney Josia Mrs Prizes NJ Wilce
Carson j d
Persons claiming the above will
| please say advertised" and give date
of this list. j. n. BISHOP, P. M.
The Louisiana Press says that when
a crazy man with a dilapidated spring
wagon and venerable gray mare drives
through that town and sings and ''hol-
lers," we chuck him in the calsboose
for disturbing the peace, but q lot of
youngsters a pile on a hay wagon
and drive through the streets and
whoop and howl, scream and screech
and yawp and below and act like a
passel OF Indians, and nothing is
thought of it. Funny, isn't it?
The members Of the County Court
were in session Tuesday as a Board of
Equalization on returns made by the
manufactures and merchants in the
county. The following increases in
valuation were made:
MANUFACTURERS.
Vain BY Assn VAIN By Board.
Graves E W 1S0 4S9
MERCHANTS.
Cav & KindeI 1000 1000
Inner Ferd 1000 1870
Read & Harral 400 100