Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-08-07
LOCAL BREVITIES.

The dust Is horrible.
Ball games are numerous
No more soldiers this year.
The last month of summer
The corn is needing rain badly.
The homegrown peach is scare.
Is the drouth to come in Augusta
County Court is in session this week.
Poplar Bluff will have a street fair
this fall.
Probate court meets in regular ses-
sion next Monday.
Capt. Byers presented US with some
very fine tomatoes last week..
There will be another big picnic
and barbecue at Smithboro August
3Oth.
Several of the Iron county pension
ers have recently been awarded an in
crease
The Ironton Manufacturing Company
has a new advertisement in this paper.
Read it.
A number of the colored people at
tended a picnic at Pennington last
Saturday.
The ice man will make a killing
this month. August promises to be
long, hot and dry.
The troops left Sunday for the
Barracks. There will be no more
soldiers at the range this summer.
The Presbyterian Sunday School
had a picnic in Russellville last Friday.
The occasion proved a most pleasant
one.
Don't forget the Woodmen's picnic
at Des Arc next Saturday. There
promises to be a big crowd in attend
ance.
Lost-Gold brim spectacles between
DR.. Gays residence and DR.. Marshall's
office. Return to this Office and re-
ceive reward:
freeman Ia much in evidence at the
ball games. Where you hear Free
man, why, there is where the betting
is going on:
Rev. H. B. Smith will hold service
at St. Paul's church, Sunday Aug. 10,
at s p. NJ. A cordial invitation Is ex-
tended to all.
The Arkansas Phosphates-one OF
the finest fertilizers in the world-Geo.
r. Gay, agent, has an advertisement
in this weeks paper.
WANTED-Ten paving cutters, Met
ropolitan Quarries, Park City, Utah.
Apply to ALI. A. Rudy, 348 West South
Temple st., Salt Lake City, Utah.
Ed. johnson of Des Arc was locked
up one day last week for being "drunk
and disorderly." He was released the
following morning and no charge was
made against him.
A. O. U. W. Lodge, No. 1893, will
give a grand ball at Workmen's Hall,
Graniteville, Monday evening (Labor
Day. September 1st, 1902. All are in
vited and a good time ID assured.
There was a game of ball between
Doe Run and Ironton, at the ball
grounds, Sunday. The visitors were
defeated by a score of II to 6. There
was considerable betting on the result.
John Smith and John H. Smith
father and son-of Dent county, were
arraigned before the U. S. Commits.
sioner one day last week, charged with
selling whiskey. They were held for
the grand jury.
James Buford tells US that his flock
OF goats on Crane Pond is getting
along very nicely. He now has about
three hundred of the goats and says
they are more profitable than many
other kinds of stock.
1t is reported that the Syenite
Granite Company has released the
granite quarries and property from the
Iron Mountain Company for a period
of twenty years. The present lease
expires next January.
During the storm of Tuesday after
noon Mrs. Harry Hughes Of Schneider
vile was struck by lightning and Sc
verely injured. A physicians services
were secured, and in due time she re.
covered from the shock.
Adrian Steele, who has served al
assistant secretary Of the Y. M. G. A.
since its opening, resigned July 25tt
to accept the position of assistant
postmaster in the De Soto Office,
John Edy is acting assistant secretary
at the Y. M. G. A. until a successor tt
Mr.. Steele is appointed.-De Soto Re
publican.
The ladies OF st. Paul's church,
through the medium Of the REGISTER
wish to publicly thank those gentlemen
and boys who SO kindly assisted them,
Thursday evening in removing theil
..lawn social" from the REGISTER lawr
to the property OF Mr.. Roehry. Alst
to extend thanks to him for the use 0
the building.
We understand that Mrs. Emil.
Lloyd OF this place has been awarded
pension OF IS a month and back pay 9
$1118. This Is a regular windfall ant
will enable her to spend her declining
years in peace and plenty. 'Seyera
years ago she received 81, 800 from
the railroad for the death OF her hus
band.-PiednOnt Banner.