Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-10-09

raiifoao company was q failure. III
well was bored to q depth OF abou
three hundred feet but no water wa
secured. The drill was moved t,
Piedmont, where another we'll will b,
made.
Mr.. j.. M. Morris together with Mis-
Macy Morris and Miss Noble Perkins
left to-day Thursday for Washington,
ID. c., Richmond, Va. and other
points in Virginia where hey will
visit relatives.-Farminqtoa Time,
and Herald.
Wouldn't a wagon-bridge across the
creek bounding Pilot Knob on the
south be a great public convenience!
No doubt every teamster coming from
Graniteville, Belleview valley and the
Black River country will shout, amen
to the suggestion.
The quail-shooting season will soor
begin, but let our sportsmen remem.
Der that If there we're no birds mar
could not live upon the earth. Il
seems to me that this fact ought to
secure immunity from mankind for
these benefactors to mankind.
D. Hardy, General Superintendent
OF the Missouri Pacific Railway, with
headquarters at St. Louis, has been
succeeded by E. A. Gould, who comes
from the Wabash. It is rumored that
Mr.. Hardy will take his old position
as Division Superintendent at De Soto.
An iron ore bank has recently been
discovered lei Wilson Mill, Mo-,
that upon examination, has been found
to exceed any ore ever discovered In
this section. The bank Is owned by
Attorney A. L. Reeves and r. r. Glib
son, of this city.-Crawford County
Democrat.
Rev. H. W. Schlesselmann, pastor
OF the Lutheran church at Pilot Knob,
and Miss Dora Mcfarland, daughter
of VIM. Mcfarland, will be united In
marriage at Pilot Knob Sunday, Oct.
18th. The REGISTER tenders con-
CALCULATIONS and wishes the young
couple every happiness.
If we are to have free school books,
why not free clothes and free lunchesp
The parent who hasn't a quarter to
pay for the n cannot be expected to
provide for either Of the others. Lord,
Lord! when we take up a s'sacred''
fad. don't we elevate it high, and bend
low in our worship of itP
Mr.. VIM. Rieke received a letter
from Poplar Bluff Tuesday ANNOUNCE
ing the death, the day before, in that
city, of the wife Of MI. A. Nemnich.
The remains will be brought here to-
day and inferred in the cemetery at
Middlebrook.a The family have the
sympathy of many friends here in
their bereavement.
Lieutenant-G Governor Lee delivered
an address at the courthouse last
Thursday evening. Owing to the
very Indictment weather the attendance
was not large, but those present heard
a good speech. Mr.. Lee is most ex-
cellently informed on the issues OF the
day and discusses the public questions
in an entertaining and instructive
manner.
In our last issue we made mention
Of the fact that Mr.. j. A. Reyburn had
severed his connection with the Ten
nent Shoe Co., and would in future
travel for the La Prelle Shoe Co. In
North Missouri and Iowa. Since then
Mr.. Reyburn has made another change
and is now with the January Shoe Co.
and will have all Southeast Missouri
for his territory.
The need of street lights was never
made more manifest than during the
dark nights of last week. In places,
the sidewalks, by reason Of sudden
Offsets where culverts are built, are
dangerous, especially to the stranger,
when we have no moo yet. Cannot
some methed of lighting within the
limits of the city's purse be adopted?
Let US make q try for it, anyway!
The Committee of Fifteen had to
"dig up" a little to furnish forth the
stipulated price to the Chicago Glee
Club. But maybe Sam Jones will fill
the vacuum 80 created in their pocket.
books. / hope so, charitably, though
l don't believe in becoming guarantor
for prosperity in business to anybody.
Let all run their own risks and rear
their own rewards, or otherwise-in
business.
The Chicago Glee Club was at the
Academy of Music last Friday night.
We suppose 1t raj a ''high-class enter.
%tainment." for tho programme, as q
whole, was tiresome, stale and un-
profitable, and that is what IL takes tc
constitute a "high-class" entertain.
ment. A number Of our people wen
into an agreement last summer tc
guarantee these people 800 in case
they made al appearance here. There
was about a $40 house Friday and
the guarantors had to put up about $50,
Notwithstanding the very inclement
weather, a great many of the ladies
visited Lopez's millinery department
last Thursday-the occasion Of the
fall opening. The young lady in
charge-Miss Allison-had a most
beautiful display Of trimmed hats
artlstically arranged, and the visitors
were all loud in their praise OF the
feast of beauty spread before them,
The stock is a most splendidly selected
one and embraces all that is new and
up-to-date in the millinery line.
The following is the programme fol
the Iron County Reading Circle:
Chorus ......G Girls Of Ironton High Schoo
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