Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-09-11

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e%xecutrix OF the estate without bond.
With the exception of $40 b~equeathed
to a daughter by former marriage, the
entire estate is left to Mrs. James.
Pete Martin, a NASTY copper-colored
coon" from Poplar Bluff, got ..fresh"
at the front door OF the Academy of
Music last Friday night while the show
was going on and the Marshal took
him in. The next morning he paid a
fine and costs amounting to about SO. 90.
There came to Mrs. H. OiBrien Mon
day, from Florida, a box of Japanese
persimmons-a fruit rarely seen here.
They are about the size Of an ordinary
orange and about the same color. but
the skin is slick and shiny. They are
seedless, and the meat is very fine, in
deed.
Uncle John Buckner, colored, for
many, many years a resident of Pilot
Knob, died at the home of his daughter
in St. Louis county last Thursday
night at the age of lightweight. The
remains were brought here and in
TERED at the cemetery in Pilot Knob
last Sunday afternoon.
1t Is announced that the railroad
company is contemplating putting a
local passenger train on the road to
run daily between Bismarck and Pop
lar Buff. The train will leave Bis
marck in the morning and return in
the evening, making alhstops. Such a
train would be a great convenience
and is badly needed.
Don't fail to see Howe's Great Lon
don Shows and Sanger's Trained Ami
NAL Exposition, which will be in Iron
ton Sept, 18th. They have a men
agerie of rare and wild animals. A
congress OF novelties and the best
troupes of trained horses, ponies and
dogs in the world, besides having
acrobats and gymnasts from all parts
Of the globe.
The will of Lorenz Kirchner, deceased,
was filed for probate in the probate
court last Saturday. The widow,
Agatha Kirchner, is made sole execu-
trix, without bond; two sons, Joe and
Edward. are given S. each: another
son, Frank, is given $500: three
daughters are allowed $1,000 each, and
the residue Of the estate goes to the
widow. The estate is valued at about
SO, 900.
Mr.. L. E. Moore arrived from
Michigan last Friday. He reports that
Mrs. Moore has been in the hospital
nearly all summer and Is greatly i'm
proved in health. Mr.. Moore will at
once commence to gst the screen fac
tory in shape for the winters run. A
large warehouse will Immediately be
erected on the company's land r
the railroad track from the screen
factory.
DR.. H. Schulz, a prominent physi-
clan of 2605 Cherokee St., St. Louis,
spent last Friday with Supt. Mcneil at
the Central Mine. This was the Doc
tors first trip through the lead belt.
He expressed himself as being agree
ably surprised in St. Francois county
and especially in the great lead ields.
He vas accompanied by Mr.. and Mrs.
H. Reuter-, of Pennington. Farming
ton Times.
Lorenz Kerchner, aged 70 years and
ten days, died at his home in Granite
vile Monday, after a lingering illness,
and was laid to rest In the Middlebrook
cemetery Thursday. His wife and six
children survive him-Mrs. A. Block,
Mrs. George Collier, of Birmingham,
Ala, Mrs. E. j. Hitzman, Joe, Ed,
and Frank. All the children attended
the funeral, also Mr.. Collier.-Bis-
marcb San.
Under a spreading burr oak tree
The village cattle stand;
Their bells make joyful minstrelsy
That jars the entire land.
The opening of the garden gate,
To work their ruination,
They very patiently await
In peaceful rumination.
They tramp the sod and spoil the lawn,
Unmindful of the plumber
They make of all they trample N
wish they'd 60 To- thunder!
The feats which attracted attention
in the old time circus would be called
tame affairs in the shows of to-day.
Artists have become more skilled and
the performers OF the up-to-date shows
would have been declared impossible
a few years ago. Howe's London
Shows, which will pitch their tents at
Ironton on Sept. 18th, have some of
the very best in their respective roles
now on the road, and are showing to
big crowds everywhere they exhibit.
Don't fail 10 see the big show.
On Thursday, August 28th. Mrs.
James Riley entertained a number of
ladies at a tea. The ladies, thinking
1t not altogether fair, invited a num-
Der of gentlemen for the evening, to
Mr.. and Mrs. Riley's great surprise.
1t being Mrs. Riley's birthday, she
was presented with a handsome lamp.
Music and games being the amusement
for the evening. At II o'clock the
ladies, having prepared for the oc-
c%asion, served a dainty lunch. All
left for their homes at IL o'clock,
thanking the hostess for the pleasant
evening. A GUEST.
announcement is made OF the mar
riage, Aug. 20, of Miss Mary M. Null
ligan to Louis Lelssler at Holy Name
cathedral. Miss Minnie Mulligan, of
Arcadia, Mo-, was maid Of honor, and
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