Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-05-16
LOCAL BREvITIEs.

The band boys propose giving a big
picnic July 4th.
Go to Markham's Gardens for your
vegetable plants.
Would-be summer visitors are seek
ing homes in the Valley.
One of the attractions on the 4th Of
June will be a balloon ascension.
The dust, the horrible dust. Its ar
rival is unusually early this year.
Probate Court adjourned yesterday
afternoon to Wednesday, May 22d.
Probate Court was in session this
week. The docket a not a large
one.
The charcoal which has been stored
at Pilot Knob for twenty years is being
shipped to st. Louis.
The homegrown strawberry will be
on the market in about a week. The
yield will not be large.
Do you wan short, stout potato
plants, sure to stand the drouth? 90
to Markham's Gardens.
A party of fishermen who j%ourneyed
to the Shut-In Sunday succeeded in
getting a fine lot of fish.
Boru-Wednesday, May 1st, 1901, at
$50 o'clock A. NJ, to Mr.. and Mrs.
Chas. Patton, a son. All are we'll.
A dozen or more misses, students at
the Mary Institute, st. Louis, were en-
tertained at Valley Home last Satur-
day and Sunday.
The St. l.. Stave & Lumber Com
pany now has Dyer a million and q
half of rough slaves at their various
yards in this section.
A portion of the hedge has been torn
away and entrance to the Blue Store
Garden can now be made through a
gate from Main street.
/. G.. Whitwosth, Jr.. has COM
menced the erection of a fine brick
residence on his recently acquired
property in Russellville.
Married-At Ironton, Mo-. Thurs
day, May 9. 1901, by w. G. Fairchild,
j. P, Henry Jauke and Matte Sheriff.,
both of Pilot Knob, Mo.
The Ironton orchestra will furnish
music at the Handkerchief Bazaar
next Thursday evening-from half
past seven until ten o'clock.
At the meeting of the City Council
Monday evening David Kendall vas
appointed City Assessor. He has al
ready entered on his labors.
Handkerchief of all kinds, shapes
and descriptions to suit ladies, gentle
men and children all the way from two
cents to FIVE dollars, at handkerchief
bazaar.
The drouth continues and the mead
ows, small fruits and grain are suffer-
ing greatly from lack of rain. It is
unquestionably the driest spring in
many years.
j. W. Whitworth, who has been
camped at the Iron Mountain dam for
q week past, landed a big bass Tues
day. The fish, after being dressed,
weighed six pounds.
The Odd Fellows intend participat-
ing in the K. P. parade, June 4th. A
full attendance of the members is de-
sired at the next regular meeting Mon
day night, to arrange therefor.
Rev. Ira Miller, of the Presbyterian
seminary, of Danville, KY. is at the
Commercial, having arrived Monday.
He will assist Rev. L. F. Marshall in
his mission work for some time.
A De Soto correspondent, q former
resident of the Valley, suggests a re-
union in the Valley this summer The
suggestion is a good one; we trust
something will result therefrom.
A great many people went to Iron
Mountain Sunday to see a game of ball
between an Ironton and r Mountain
nine. The Ironton team badly n
uuished the Iron Mountain boys.
The merchants have about all en-
tered into an agreement to close their
stores at seven o'clock during the
months of June, July and August
Saturdays and p~ay-days excepted.
Miss Lillian Steel, of Ironton, Mo-,
stopped over in this city Tuesday.
That evening she accompanied her
brother, Hugh, as far as st. Louis on
his way to Denver.-De Soto FreSs.
There was a slight frost MONDAY
morning. A local prophet predicts
frost as late as May 2Sth. He says
there was a thunder storm April 28th,
and that means a frost thirty days
later.
AT the meeting of the city council
Monday evening a contract vas award
ed r. L. Farmer to cover three bridges
on Main street with stone The cost
is something over 5000 but we consider
the money well expended.
Hon. w. r. ~Goodykoontz and Mrs.
Efie Wiley. both of Caledonia, drove
out early on Wednesday morning, the
1st day of May, to Rev. E. FL. Whites
where they were united in marriage.
After the ceremony they drove to the
station and took the train for he city.
May happiness be their portion is the
wish of their many friends.-Potost In
de0eadenE.