Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-05-02

colored, were convicted in Squire
Fairchild's court Tuesday of stealing
chickens at Valley Home on the night
of April 81, and were fined 81 and
costs each. They made away with
seven chickens and one big turkey and
the had a feast proper the fol-
lowing Sunday.
The Revs. Arthur Britain of De Soto
and T. A. Waterman, of Ironton. were
in the city Monday attending the con-
vocation at the Episcopal church.
Rev. Britain returned to De Soto
Monday night and Tuesday oficiated
at the funeral of Mrs. Harry Serrin.
who died at St. Johns hospital in St.
Louis Sunday and who is the daughter
of Engineer Duffy, of the Palmer
branch.-Poplar Bluff Citizen.
The poles are all up and ready for
the telephone wire on the line from
this place to Rose Hill. on the Missouri
Southern Railroad. When the wire is
put up and the line is in working or
der, Centreville will then be able to
talk with parties in Ellington, Murrell
Springs and Leeper, as we understand
the Clarkson Saw Mill Co. have given
the Reynolds county Telephone Co.
permission to connect with their line.
l-OutLook.
DIR. R. W. Gay of this city and Mr..
Hayes Malugen of Piedmont have pur-
chased the drug store of d. r. Bergen
and will in future have charge of the
same. 1t is the intention of the new
firm to run a first-class drug store in
every respect. Mr.. Malugen is an ex-
perienced pharmacist and comes to
Ironton very highly recommended.
DR.. Gay will in future have his office
in the drug store where he can be
found by all who desire his sevices.
A packed house witnessed the clos
ing exercises of the Pilot Knob public
school last Friday evening. The pro-
gramme was most interesting and the
participants, each and every one, &C.
Quilted themselves most handsomely.
The ncore were frequent and heaty.
and the audience most thoroughly en-
| joyed the evening. The occasion, was
indeed, a complete success, rejecting
great credit on teachers and pupils
alike. We are glad to state that the
school term just closed, under the ca
pable management of Prof. and Mrs.
Hawkins, has beer one of b most
satisfactory in the history of the dis
trict.
Capt. A. B. Sloan. wife and son.
were here Friday. He had just re-
turned from eighteen months service
in the Philippines. as a captain in the
9th infantry, and was mustered out al
San Francisco. He will go, this week,
to Washington, to close up his accounts.
and then, if he can get something as
good as a first lieutenacy in the regu-
lar army, he will again enter the SER
vice. Capt. Sloan has had good mill
tary training, having been a student
at Annapolis three years and having
served as captain in the 9th Missouri
in the war with Spain, and having
gone from that service to the Philip
pines.-DunElin Democrat.
The following, said to have been
written by q deputy clerk, is said to
contain truth as we'll as poetry: 81
stood on the porch at eventide, when
then sur went silently down; and the
moons dull light in the starry night
fickered dimly over the town. Oh,
sweet were the gentle zephyrs that
blew from the balmy south, and red
were the lips and sweet the sips that
[ took from her pretty mouth; her
tiny waist encircled by my arm sc
strong and true. Said /: Whose duck
are YOU loveP' .Yourn.' she murmured,
and whose are youP" Oh, the hal
lowed hours of the evening! Oh, the
cruel caprice of fatel Her father un'
kind stole up from behind and kicked
me over the gate"
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Reed have beer
casual residents of Ironton for the pas
two years. They haven't lived in per
feet peace and quiet all h time, anc
not u~nfrequently there were family
lars that relieved the monotony OF the
entire block. Only q few weeks age
Reed had a skinned nose, occasloned
it was rumored, by that member OF hi
anatomy coming in contact with {
poker welded by the wife. Anyway
their connubial life wasn't by an!
means q peaceful sea-. Last Friday
Reed went to Fredericktown to attend
the |. o. o. F. celebration. During
his absence Mrs. Reed cold all thu
household furniture 20 Lum Lashle!
and left town. On his return b fol
lowing day Reed %replevined his furni
ture and the case will be tried befor'
SQUIRE Fairchild in a few days.
Rev. T. A. Waterman returned from
Poplar Bluff Saturday. He breaches
Sunday morning n of a series O
sermons for the Sundays following
Easter on the ministry as a witness t
the resurrection. The evening ser
mon, which was extempore from tn
; teaching of Christ as to the goot
shepherd, emphasized the sacrednes
of the pastoral relation with especia
l reference to the commencement OF hi
work as resident minister in st. PauPs
Services after this will be held regu
larly, the evening service beginuln
next Sunday al 8. Mr.. II. 4. Melhad
has been elected delegate to the die
Z cesar convention at St. Louis, Ma
:. 2Sth. 1t is understood that the la
delegates serve for the year in an
4 special conventions that may be helc
though this is rarely the case exceE
when a bishop has to be elected
i there is some urgent business Gale
for hatuaan the annual conventions.