Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-01-24
LOCAL BREVIrIEs.

Ice promises to be a luxury next
summer
ducements in its Trustees Ad. this
week.
The young folks had a dance at the
Academy after the performance Friday
evening.
During the year 1900 the Iron County
Bank sold 1862 worth of Documentary
Revenue Stamps.
A car of the track al Mineral Point
delayed the south-bound passenger
train three hours Saturday evening.
The st. l.. Stave & Lumber Company
contemplate moving their factory from
Arcadia to Bismarck in the near future.
The barn recently completed by Mr..
Clarence n. Jones in Russellville is
probably the finest structure of its
kind in all Southeast Missouri. 1t is
superb in every respect.
As the REGISTER has frequently
stated during the past year the foot
bridge across the branch between
Ironton and Russellyille is in a most
dangerous and dilapidated condition.
With favorable weather the tele-
phone line will be completed to Bis
marck in a couple of weeks. The
Ironton station will be located in the
Blue Store, across from the REGISTER
Office.
About twenty-five men and a dozen
teams are at work cutting down the
grade north and south OF the railroad
bridge. AS soon as the work is COM
pleted the new iron bridge will be put
in position.
Chas. Newman left Monday for
Springfield, Mo-, whence he starts on
a trip for the Cunning Sign Company
of Chicago. Charlie thoroughly un-
derstanGs his business and we wish for
him every success.
The telephone camp has been moved
TO Iron Mountain. The poles are up
and the wires stretched through the
Valley. In a very short time we'll
have telephone communications with
all the world-or nearly.
A reception will be rendered Rev.
T. A.. Waterman, the new rector of ST.
Paul's Church, at the residence OF Mrs.
M. B. Bradley this evening from seven
to ten O'Clock. Everybody is most cor
daily invited to attend
E. Bisphinghoff, the general mer-
chant at Belleview, has concluded to
retire from business, and intends dis
Dosiop OF his entire stock of goods at
cost. This is a bona fde closing out
sale and everything will be sold at cost.
Joe Farmer, who recently received
a sentence of five years in the peni-
Tertiary for robbiug a Syrian peddler,
near Sabula, this county, died in jail
last Monday. Farmer was in poor
health when arrested, and his death
was not unexpected.
Robert E. Craig. a pioneer printer
of st. Louis, died at the national prlu-
tiers home at Colorado Springs. Colo &,
on January z. For a period of eight
wears after the Civil war, Mr.. Craig
was register of the lane Office at Iron
ton. the position o held by Rev Geo.
SteeI.-De Soto Press.
Born-To Mr.. and C.. G. Whitworth,
Monday, January 81, 1900. a IL 10. girl.
Gof is the happiest and proudest man
in the county, while grand father Pres.
never did smile quite so loud and long
hefore in all his life. The REGISTER
4euders its congratulations, and Is
Dleased to that mother and
child are doing nicely.
The Graham Earle Company, after
sre,ding a week at the Academy OF
Music here, left Sunday evening FOL
W,Ilov Springs. The troupe did 8
fairly good business here and the man
aper expressed himself as well salts
fed. The company is composed o
ladies and gentlemen and they made
number of friends in our city.
An entertainment and oyster suppeI
Cor me benefit of Mosaic Lodge No
81 4. F. & A. M, will be given at tn
Masonic Hall Belleview, Mo, Thurs
dav evening, January 81, 1901. Ad
mission, 10 and 10 cents. WIN. Arau
eruicht. of Middlebrook. will be presen
with his graphophone. a very hne IN
strument, and help entertain the guests
List of letters remaining in the Post
once at Ironton, Mo-, for the wee
endfup Jan. 10, 1901. If not Gale
for within two weeks. they will D
sent 10 the Dead Letter Office:
NJ Terriil Phillip Downs Esq
Miss Fan l. Keen Mr. John Apelton
j NJ Haskins Mr. ID + LlnAley :.
Persons claiming the above wi
nIease say advertised" and give ia
Of tbis list. J.. Il. BISHOP, z. NJ.
M. J. Crews. who has charge OF tn
huxsi out at Huntington, made the Ne"
a pleasant call this week in the cours
of which he told US of many improve
uents that are being made at tni
place. The St. Joseph Lead Co. ar
now erecting about 20 houses oesloe
various other marks OF enterprls'
Verify. it begins to look as thongn 20
whole valley is destined to be one tow
and that town broader than IL
Roug-Fat RGUer Nescs.
Speaking of La Grippe. an emlnei
nhvsician of the Valley suggests I'M
Ct spreads too rapidly to be eommun
Gated by either germ or gas. de o
Iieves it is caused by q negative eie
$3.50 of the surfac0 of the Garbl