Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-01-09
LOCAL BREvITIES.

The weather has been delightful.
Read Greater Ronanza's Busted" ad.
The candidate-he will 500 be here
now.
Wednesday was like a day in spring
time.
The holiday wedding failed to ma
terialize.
Quite a number of sufferers from
pneumonia.
Some of the young people have
organized a dancing club.
How many of your New Year reso-
Iutions are already brokenP
The temporary tank at the railroad
bridge is not a thing of beauty.
The boys and girls at home for the
HOLIDAYS have all returned to school.
The probate docket for the February
term of court is published this week.
The drill men are putting down a
we'll on DR.. Jones' property east OF
town.
DR.. Marshall was under the weather
several days of last week and confined
to his DON
What became of that mar who was
going to put a local telephone system
in the valleyP
The switch lights on the railroad
have not been burning the past week.
Economy, we suppose.
F. W. Hemplemann has purchased
the meat market in Arcadia, and will
in future have charge of the same.
VIM. Gross last week sold his resi-
depce on Knob street to j. M. Logan
of Belleview. Consideration, 1885.
For RENT.-One hundred and sixty
acre farm. Enquire of
AUG. RIEKE, Ironton, Mo.
Again we suggest to the county court
the desirability of making some I'M
provements about the courthouse yard.
Alex r. Fletcher has disposed of his
dairy in Poplar Bluff. He has secured
q position with a mercantile firm there.
L. A. Seitz, an Iron county boy,
druggist at 1856 South 4th street, St.
Louis, sends lis a very handsome
calendar.
The REGISTER is In receipt OF the
Guessing Milling Company OF Farming
ton calendar for 1902. 1t Is a beau
tiful and artistic piece of work.
Regular meeting X. P. Lodge to-
morrow friday night. Installation
OF officers. All members urged to
attend. j. M. HAWKINS, X. R. SIS.
The Boatmen's Bank, St. Louis, has
Increased its surplus from $4,000 to
5000, 900. 1t is one of the strongest
and beat managed institutions in the
country.
The young people had a very pleas
ant dance at the Academy of Music
last Friday evening. Some thirty
couples we're 10 attendance and all had
q good time.
Chas. M. Hay of Brunot delivered O
temperance lecture at the courthouse
Friday evening, TO a fair sized audi
ence. The young man is an orator o.
unusual ability.
Poplar Bluff Is figuring on getting {
biz hub and spoke factory from SOM
where In the east in the near future
Southeast Missouri is becoming famous
for hub factories.
Grant Hodges, who lives in Arcadia
brought a couple Of very small arrow
heads to this Office n day this week
and also a stone tomahawk. They ar,
quite valuable Indian relics.
On the new time card, which wen
into effect last Sunday. No. 81 no longe
stops at Iron Mountain, Hogan or Sa
bula, This ia quite inconvenient 10
people living at those stations.
BoRN-To Mr.. and Mrs. DR.. Gay
Ironton, Mo-, Thursday, January 2
1902, a boy. All are we'll and happ
but Just a little disappointed, per
haps, because the new arrival wasn't
girl.
George Fox is visiting home folk thi
week. George has been working a
station agent at Pascola, near Carpth
ersville, Tor the past five months. H
expects to 60 to work at Benton thi
month.
The Baptist Ladies' Aid Society vii
meet with Mrs. A. s. Prince mex
Thursday, Jan. 9, at 2 p. M. Paymen
of annual dues and election Of officer
make 1t necessary for attendance {
all members.
al. Bloom, who at n time lived |
Arcadia and fred on tho accommodt
ton train, has been in tho mereantil
business at Elvins for SOHO time pas
Last week he failed and was closed u
by the Sheriff.
John Click OF Dent county wa
srraigned before the U. 5. Commit
sioner here last week, charged wit
passing counterfeit money. Click az
mitted his guilt and was held for To
federal grand jury.
Mrs. Breitenstein, aged seyenty-Gs
years, died at her home In Pilot Kno
Sunday night, Of pneumonia. The d
ceased had long been a resident OF tn
Knob, and was unusually active an
vigorous for one Of her years.