Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-07-23

Wright, Dick Eddington and Gabe
Matlock were each sentenced to thirty
days in the Iron county jail by the
District Court in St. Louis, last week,
for selling liquor without paying the
government license. They were
brought here Friday.
John Schwab, = highly respected
citizen of Pilot Knob. was in town
yesterday to appear before the pension
board. The pension board
was in session in their Office In this
city yesterday with IA applications.
The board will meet again in two
weeks. -Piedmont Banner.
Ri. Rev. Henry Muehlsiepen died at
the Ursuline Convent in St. Louis
Tuesday evening. The deceased was
we'll known in the Valley. having been
a frequent visitor to the Valley during
the past twenty-five years. The re-
mains will be brought to Arcadia for
interment Saturday morning.
County Commissioner Buford says
that the teachers who failed to get Ger.
tifcates need not feel that he is any
more exactlng than they are in other
counties. In Livingston county forty
six out of fifty failed; Davis county
four secured certificates; in Linn
county seven received certificates.
Wade Hampton asked a couple Of
soldiers into Vaughn's restaurant to
eat lunch with him last Thursday
night and then sneaked away and left
the soldiers to pay for the lunch.
The soldiers followed Wade out on to
the stree: and promptly knocked him
down a couple OF times. Wade has
hardly been seen since.
Gus. G. Kaesemacher, of Clover
Valley Farm, has received word that
he has been one of the successful com-
petitors In securing one OF the trips
offered as prizes In the Colonization
Agency's Letter Contest. He says he
is still in the literary ring although he
cut and shocked 40 acres Of wheat by
himself in 81 days-an average OF 140
snoCkS per uay.
Some of the troops fought among
themselves all the way from town to
the rife range last Friday night.
They would hardly get more than
started until they would stop their rig
and get out and fight it out. Then
somebody else would want to fight and
they kept it up all the way home.
Several had bloody noses and black
eyes the next day but no n was badly
hurt.
S. McSpaden. of Caledonia, and his
son-in-law, Capt. j. E. Lucas, of
Palatka, Florida, were callers at the
REGISTER office Wednesday. Capt.
Lucas is we'll acquainted with Rev.
Mr.. Richey, former pastor of St.
Paul's church, here, and conveys the
| pleasing information that Mr.. and
Mrs. Richey are greatly pleased with
their present surroundings and are
getting along nicely.
Rev. T. A. Waterman has written a
book bearing on organic union, which
he has just forwarded for publication.
He has furnished some articles for the
| ST. Louis papers one of which has at
tracted much attention and has been
publicly replied to. OF an article of
his some time ago on the Christian
Tor Campbellite) church, Bishop futile
told a church lady that nom of the St.
Louis clergy could have written a bet
ter one.
Hiram j. Grover OF St. Louis died at
his summer home in this city Satur-
day, July IS, 1908, after an Illness of
several months. The deceased was
sixty.two years of age and had made
Ironton his summer home for many
years. He was an upright, honor able
man and was universally respected.
The remains we're taken to St. Louis
Monday and inferred in ~Bellefontaine
cemetery. To the bereayed widow
and children we extend Of
our profound sympathy.
The Mann correspondent OF the
Reynolds County Outlook is still talk
ing about the late examinations. Here
is what he said last week: "Our
teachers, or quite a number of them,
have decided to take the examination
again in August. In the meantime
the good people that have to put their
schools off from one to two months are
not pleased. They are still anxious to
know how SO many old teachers did
not quite get through and 80 many
young people that had never taught
got through with good grades"
In connection with the union preach
ing services for the next six weeks the
young peoples societies will also unite
and the following leaders have been
appointed: M. Z. Church, July 26th,
Chester Prince; Baptist Church, Aug.
I'd, Miss Acomb; Presbyterian Church,
August 9th, Miss Ada Marks; M. E.
Church South, August 10th, William
Van Mort; M. E. Church, August 23d,
Miss Ada Farmer; Baptist Church,
August 90th, Miss Laura Peck. The
meetings will begin at Z P. M.
COMMITTEE.
STRAYED OR STOLEN-From Iron
Mountain, Mo-, about July IL, 1908, q
gray and bay horse, both in good
flesh. The gray is frontier to twelve
years old, left eye out, can be easily
discerned by absence OF hair about the
eye. The bay is in fine condition,
about seven years old. had a shoe on
one front foot and one on one hind
foot, large head and Roman nose.
Each horse will weigh from 100 to
1900 pounds. Ten dollars reward for
return OF these animals to me.
JOHN +. CAsoN,
u.ac Mo,rx;o NJ