Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-03-14
LOCAL BREVITIES.

Some more weddings real soon.
County Court is in session this week.
The band entertainment next Mon
day night.
Miss Lizzie Effinger is now postmis-
tress at Pilot Knob.
The revival meeting at the Baptist
church closed last night.
Joe Reyburn has a new rubber-tired
stanhope and a Kentucky flyer.
Rev. T. F. Marshall will remain an
other year here as pastor of the Pres
byterian church.
An ENJOYABLE time is promised all
who attend at the Academy of Music
next Monday evening.
Ironton's painted telephone poles
are the envy and admiration OF several
OF the adjacent towns.
The financial statement this week oc-
cupies most of the space generally de-
voted to reading matter.
Sheriff Bodkins of Reynolds county
was here Tuesday having iu charge
Sanders Woliver, who will spend thir-
ty days in jail.
Clarence N Jones is doing a great
lot of work on his place in RussellYille.
1t promises to be one of the swellest
homes in Southeast Missouri.
James Medlock, Dent county boot
logger, was arraigned before the .. S.
Commissioner here Friday. He was
held for the District Court, ST. Louis.
Married-At the residence of the
brides parents in Ironton. Mo-, on
Sunday, March 10, 1901, John Russell
and Miss Eva Purkiss, Rev. I. F. Mar
shall officiating.
DR.. Goulding celebrated his eighty
third birthday last Sunday. number
of the Dr.'s friends took dinner with
him that day and the hours passed
very pleasantly.
| Whitworth & Huff have one OF the
neatest and most attractive stores in
all Southeast Missouri. 'Tis the grace
full handiwork of our young friend,
John M. Thomas.
Sunday next is St. Patrick's day.
Owing to the removal OF Mr.. James
Laurence Brierton from among US there
will not likely be any general celebra-
ton of the day in the Valley.
There was a very heavy rainfall last
Saturday night-in fact, the greatest for
months. The branches and creeks
were soon booming and highways and
| in cnpaPnnannR.
The members of the Horticultural
Society sincerely thank those ladies
and gentlemen who so ably entertained
their recent guests at the Opera House
on the 9TH. COMMITTEE.
Mrs. Martha J. Francis has filed q
suit for divorce against her husband,
Thos K. Francis, in the Circuit Court
here The case will probably come
up for disposition at the April term.
Rev. F. M. Shoush, who for many
years was pastor of the Ironton Bap-
tist Church. is now a student in the
American School of Osteopathy at
Kirksville. He will graduate next
year.
w. ID. Bay is now located at Horatio,
Arkansas, where he will engage in the
practice of the law. Mr.. Bay is de-
serving young man, and he has the
sincere wishes of many friends here
for the greatest success.
j. Lopez will spend next week in St.
Louis buying spring goods. Miss
Laughlin, who will again have charge
of the millinery department, will ar
rive the last of the month, and the
spring opening will be held before
Easter.
Miss Gillian is now in St. Louis
where she will spend about ten days,
gathering the latest ideas in millinery.
and selecting her spring stock. She
promises the ladies just what they
want in the way of fine millinery on
! her return.
The REGISTER this week prints ar
item from the Corona (Cal.) Courier
giving an account of the death of Mr.
J b. Shepherd. Mr.. Shepherd was for
many years a resident of Ironton, and
the family's many friends here learn o.
his demise with sorrow.
Frank McClain aad John Miller
!. who blew open the safe in the post
: Office at Richwoods. Washington coun
1 ty. Missouri, on January 10Th. were
\ arraigned before the U. S. Commis
4 sioner here last Saturday. They ad
! mitted their guilt and were held fol
4 the federal grand jury.
4 List of letters remaining in the Post
( Office at Ironton, Mo-, for the weel
ending March 9. 1901. If not called
for within two weeks, they will b.
sent to the Dead Letter Office:
Mr. Andy Lewis Mr. B D Williams
Persons claiming the above viii
please say advertised" and give dat
n of this list. j. n. BISHOP. P. M.
: A Sunday School Institute under tn
n auspices of the Franklin Baptist Asso
d citation and conducted by Charlie
r Rhoades, State Sunday School Mission
ary, will be held at Bismarck on Mon
day and Tuesday, March 25 and 26
}. beginning Monday at 2:30 and CLOSING
y Tuesday at P. NJ. 1t is hoped tha
! every pastor and teacher in the bound
S of the association will endeavor to b
present. COMMITTEE