Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-09-04

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explain itP-E5.
The st. Louis and Valley Railway,
a part OF the Missouri Pacific system,
was finished from East St. Louis to
Thebss On the 22nd inst. and regular
trains are running between St. Louis
and Chester. When the Thebes bridge
Is completed the heavy through freight
ing of the Iron Mountain line will pass
over the st. Louis and Thebes, thence
by the Cotton Belt and the Iron
Mountain line through this county to
Poplar Bluff and over the main line to
Texarkana. All heavy grades between
Poplar Bluff and Texarkana have been
much reduced, curves flattened and
the track fully ballasted. Bloomfield
Courier.
John q. Enders who lives in the
west end Of this county, has long loved
and wooed Miss Virgie Jaycox who
also resides in the western domain.
The young lady's parents. it seems, did
not favor his suit, however, and did all
they could to discourage his attentions.
Last Saturday the young people met
at the barbecue at Smithboro, went
to Hogan, took a train for Bismarck.
Sunday evening they came to Ironton,
and that night, just about the bewitch-
ing hour Of twelve, they were united
in marriage, Squire Fairchild perform
ing the ceremony at the residence of
Mrs. Minerva Orrick. The bride was
eighteen years old Saturday, so it can
be seen parental objection did not long
stand in the way after the young lady
became Of age. Here's health and
prosperity to Enders and his bride!
A special from San Francisco, under
date of September I'd, states that
George Kirkpatrick, a young man,
booked as Kelly at the city prison and
held for murder committed at Farm
ington, Mo-, was turned over to Sheriff
Highly to-day, who arrived last night
from Missouri and identified Kelly as
the man he wanted for murder com
mitted nearly two years ago. Kirk
patrick made his escape and has been
wandering about the country ever
since and finally landed in San Fran
cisco. Sheriff Highly stated that the
crime for which kirkpatrick was
wanted was the outcome of a brawl in
which a friend of Kirkpatrick's be-
came engaged in a fight with a man
by the name of Corney. Kirkpatrick,
seeing his friend getting the worst of
it, picked up a large stone and
smashed it on Corney's head fractur-
ing his skull"
Last Monday being Labor Day, it
was celebrated in various ways all
over the country. At Gr~aniteville the
M. W. A. gave a ball and supper, and
Workman's Hall was crowded to the
limit. Dancing began at s o'clock and
continued until 4:30 A. M, everybody
having a most enjoyable time. At
midnight an elegant supper was served
by the ladies, at Browns Hotel, to
which fully an hundred guests sat
down. The crowd was orderly and
good humored and made the most of
the occasion. A neat little sum was
netted for the purposes of the local
Camp. The managers of the affair
Messrs. Brown, Meade and Hitzman-
are entitled to credit for the complete
ness of the arrangements, and the
REGISTER congratulates everybody
upon the complete success attending
the celebration. Messrs. Fisher and
Davis furnished the music.
Last Monday afternoon there vas a
pleasant little reunion of the Newman
family in Thos. Newman's grove in
the western part of town. The party,
numbering thirty.nine and represent
ing three generations, was composed
of grandfather and grandmothers,
fathers and mothers, n and daugh-
ters, brothers and sisters, %grandsons
and granddaughters, uncles and aunts,
nephews and %pieces, sons-in-law and
daughters-in-law, cousins, and adults
and children. They represented eleven
different trades, occupations and pro-
fessions; four religious denominations;
and two political parties-yet perfect
harmony prevailed. Supper, consist
ing of jo~hnycakes, bacon and coffee,
were prepared and served on the
grounds. A roll call disclosed the
fact that there we're just twenty-six
absentees-thus showing that the
family complete numbers sixty-6ve.
1t Is always pleasant to look for
ward to a real up-to.date performance
of m%instrelsy, and the new Mahara
Minstrel Musicale is among the recent
ebony productions Of the current sea.
son. Critics have been profuse in
their praise Of the unique company,
and together with the superb scenic
environment which Manager Mahara
has supplied this attraction, which has
been called a work OF art. From a
musical standpoint the Mahara COM
pany is superior in every particular.
The musical melange being an i'm
mense treat in itself. The festive
vaudevillian also forms part OF the en-
tertainment, and other at
tractiYe features place Mahara's oper-
attic minstrel boom on a par with the
best. A splendid street parade will be
exhibited on the day of the perform
ance. At night the company appears
at the Academy Of Music, Friday, Sep
TENDER 9th.
The Franklin Association, composed
of twenty Baptist Churches, located in
St. Francois, Washington and Ste.
GenevieYe counties, met with the