Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-07-26
LOCAL BREVITIEs.

More rain, more rest.
The days are visibly shortening.
The corn crop promises to be a good
one.
What so cooling as a blow from the
northwest?
The County Hotel has at present ten
regular b%oarders.
Sit luz, ct tu1 futt. There's Scripture
for you, City Fathers!
Lawn Social al Prof. Wilkinson's
next Tuesday evening.
The rains are. giving good luck to
fishermen, and fine catches are being
made.
The Reynolds County Democratic
primary election will be held next Sat-
urday week.
For nice Lunch Goods go to Barn
houses. they have Dining Car Salmon,
Clipped Beef, etc.
The weather permitting, the A. V.
Cornet Band will give a concert in the
pagoda this evening.
Redden's pictures of the Parade are
for sale at Haller's, at the cheap and
easy rate OF Coo each.
No doubt the long-distant telephone
will come in due time; but just now it
seems to be hating by the wayside.
.s'Twas in the sweet September"
sang the poet-but, All, the weary
dog-days that lie atwixt then and now!
The interval between the cherry pie
and that of the pumpkin brand, is, it
seems to us, inordinately heightened
out.
The city Textbook for the current
wear shows taxes TO the amount OF
$S74.61 assessed against real and per-
sonal property.
A big st. Louis excursion is promised
for the 9Th of August. Goulding's
Park is engaged for the picnic b Wis.,
itors purpose giving to themselves.
Mr.. Frank P. AXE of Ironton, Mo-,
arrived Wednesday and will spend
several days with his host of old
Mariana friends.-MarIannG IndeI.
The modern individual who wrestles
with one boil of average activity and
zeal may well stand excused in his
doubt of the authenticity of the story
of Job.
The Presbyterian Sunday School
had a picnic at Russell's Grove Tues
day. Everybody had a good time, but
it brought on the usual storm OF wind
and rain.
A green sward is pleasing to the eye;
hut a street decorated with decaying
verdure taken from the cutters and the
hooks and corners is mai GpTOp0S to
speak learnedly.
DR.. w. j. Smith has laid the foun-
dation of the Arcadia Valley Sanitar-
ium. 1t will be a building of consider
able size, and it is proposed to push 1t
rapidly to completion.
III for no other reason, the REGISTER
wishes an early erection OF the proposd
new Presbyterian church building, in
order that the dilapidation of the sur
rounding fence may be overcome.
We frequently see the question, in
black letters, ais it right for an editor
TO recommend patent mediciDes?" We
presume it is all right SO long as he
doesn't lie about it. Ay! there's she
rubi
For rigs-big rigs. little rigs, setback
ling rigs, rubber-tired rigs. new rigs,
old rigs and rigs of all sor:s-Arcadia
Valley beats creation. They are es-
pecially in evidence of a hot, dusty
evening.
Last Monday Deputy q. S. Marshal
Nall brought three prisoners down
from St. Louis and lodged them with
Sheriff Gregory. They are thirty-day
men, in for violating Uncle Sans rev.
enue laws.
Ed. White, lately employed in the
Clark Mfg. Co. here, will remove to
Piedmont in a few days, where he will
work in the Martin Hub Factory. He
takes with him the good wishes of his
Irontou co-laborers.
The B.. Y. P. U. will give a lawn So
cial at Prof. Wllkinson's residence
next Tuesday evening. lce-cream and
cake will be served Everybody is cor
daily invited to conn and spend the
evening in social enjoyment.
Jas. Fl. Clark, w. II. Delano and
Juo. Schwab, Sr., have been appointed
to take an inventory of the personal
property attaching to the estate OF he
late F. Inner, Sr. They began their
task Tuesday morning, and will push
1t to early completion.
Iron county still contains 1910
acres OF Government land. Only $50
acres were entered during the year
ending June 80, 1900. No, son. there
isn't much ..prairie" and in The lot;
but, maybe, gold, silver, copper iron,
ETC., enrich its Intervals.
Rev. r. F. Chew was here last FRI
day. He is agent for this part OF the
state for Byers' Life of Bland, pub
llshed by E. w. Stephens of Jefferson
City, and was seeking local agents to
introduce the book into he homes OF