Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-05-30
LOCAL BREvIrrEs.
Deco ration Day.

low -
New Potatoes at Good Luck.
The HELEN Stave factory is in tn,
market for all kinds of slaves.
Collins has a brand new, ~up-to-date
rubber-tired surrey. 1t is a daisy.
Willing Workers will meet Friday
afternoon at 4 o'clock with Mrs. C. F
Hanson.
o. S. flags and bunting and fireworks
of ali kinds at all prices at Henry w
Adolph's.
1t Is rare that an excursion from St
Louis fails to bring rain. But it failed
last Sunday.
A sermon appropriate to Decoration
Day will be delivered in St. Paul's
Episcopal Church Sunday evening.
Rev. Ball. P. E., will hold services
at the ME-. Church, Ironton, next Sun.
day and Monday night. ALI are in
vited.
Owing to the prolonged drouth Mr..
Sanford Russell tells US his yield oil
Strawberries is just about one-sixth
what it should be.
The salary of the Ironton postmaster
has been raised from 1000 to 81, 100
a year. Mr.. Bishop offers no objec-
ton to the change.
The Delano place in Russelleville,
recently purchased by DR.. Summa. OF
St. Louis, is being repaired and made
ready for o~ccuuancv.
Married-At Ironton. Mo-. Saturday,
May 25, 1901, by w. G. Fairchild, j. P,
j. B. Bell of Doe Run, Mo-, and Eva
Alexander of Annapolis, Mo.
Married-At~ Ironton, Mo-, Monday,
May ~, 1901, by w. G. Falrchild, j.
P, Walter j. Shular and Florence L.
Gault; both of Iron county, Mo.
Train No. Sc was wrecked in Caron-
delet Wednesday morning, occasioned
by the locomotive hitting a COW. The
engine and four cars were derailed.
The Teachers Institute will begin
t BelleYiew June 10, 1901, and con-
tinue till time for examinations-June
81 and %. Further particulars next
week.
The Cornet Band will give a Fourth
of July Picnic at Goulding's Park. The
parade will be q novelty, and the days
proceedings more than usually enter
tanning.
Ed. Arms, a colored boy, was before
Squire Fairchild last Thursday charged
with hitting a white boy on the head
with a fence picket. He was fined 81
and cost.
J. w. Hale, deputy head consul of
the Modern Woodmen has been down
1t Saco organizing a Woodman lodge
at thai place.-FredericktoUn Demo
crGt-Nes0s.
of G.. N. Jones in Russellville is near
ing completion. Mr.. Jones will have
one of the SWEETEST homes in all South
east Missouri.
An expert in the Photographic art
will have charge of w. G. Perkins Gal
lery in Ironton this summer. This
will be a rare opportunity for getting
fine Photos at reasonable charges.
The members of the Baptist Ladies'
Aid Society desire to return thanks for
the sweet music rendered by the Iron
ton Orchestra last Thursday evening.
The net proceeds Of bazaar are $S3.
Called meeting of K. P. Lodge to-
morrow friday evening, to complete
arrangements for celebration. Every
member should be present.
j. NJ. HAWKINS, K. r. & S.
The citizens generally are requested
by the <. P. committees to decorate
their business houses aud residences
June 4th. so that the best possible inn
preston may be made on the visitors.
There will be an entertainment Civ
an by the Masons of Belleview, Mo,
assisted by Miss Goodykoontz. Thurs
day evening, June 6, at the Masonic
Hall, Belleview. Admission, % cents.
At a special term of County Court
last Friday, Sam. I. Rice, an old and
well-knowu citizen of the county, was
declared insane. Sheriff Gregory took
the unfortunate man to Fulton that
evening.
The REGISTER had a pleasant call
Saturday from Mr.. Fl. j. Grover, whose
family has arrived for the summer.
The Valley has no more ardent friend
than Mr.. Grover and it is always a
pleasure to meet him.
The report that a new hotel will be
built at Arcadia in the "a future has
not been verified. Mr.. Louis Miller
has been negotiating with the company
for several months but no satisfactory
agreement has yet been reached.
DIR. Theo. ID. Fisher, Jr., OF Farm
ington, is in Ironton this week. The
DIR. is q dentist, aud his visit is pre-
paratory to locating here. He has Sc
cured rooms up stairs in he bank
building. and will probably return
next week.
Nearly ali the churches have ar
ranged to serve dinner and lunches
June 4th. The Southern Methodlsts
and Baptists will hold forth in the
courthouse yard; the Presbyterians in
the basement of their church; the
Episcopalians in the Club room.
The excursion train from st. Louis
to the Valley last Sunday consisted oil
six coaches and q beer car. The coach
es we're we'll filed, and the refreshment
car was popular. A number of former
residents took advantage OF the oppor-