Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-02-19

Waters-Pieroe Oil Co., accompanied
by his wife and son, visited r. Trsuer-
NIGHT aud family the first of the week.
-Irondale Gazette.
Fred Delano in Russellyille has
charge of the Angora goats that were
recently shipped here, and will take
care OF them until the ranch south OF
town is made ready for them.
The supply Of ice thus far harvested
In the Valley will hardly be sufficient
to supply the demand next summer,
and long about the hot sweltering days
of August we will likely be importing
our ice or doing without.
The residence being built by j. r.
Baldwin has been fitted with a furnace
in the cellar with which the entire
house can be heated. Mr.. Baldwin
will have one Of the most modern and
convenient homes In the Valley.
Regular meeting Of Ironton Lodge,
No. 244, K. P, Friday night, February
9th. Installation Of officers. After
the meeting an oyster supper. All
members urged to attend.
H. W. ADoLPH, X. r. & S.
1t is astonishing bow many of the
fellows that had money in the turf in
vestment companies are 'just about
even" Nobody has lost any money
except a few persons who ''knew all
the time" that the concerns would
bust.
The p~ost-office employees were kept
fairly busy on St. Valentines day.
Nearly all of the valentines mailed
this year were on the sentimental
order. The dealers say there was
little or no call for the comic valen-
tines.
One night last week Kerwin's saloon
in Graniteville came very near being
destroyed by fire, but the flames were
discovered before they HAD gained
much Roadway and extinguished. 1t
Is thought the fire was of incendiary
origin.
The Presbyterian Sunday School
and church will have a patriotic service
for Home Missions next Sunday, the
22d. Every one is invited. Special
envelopes will be found in the pews
for the annual Offering to the Board of
Home Missions.
One young lady of the Valley who
attended this late school entertainment
and heard Mr.. Daugherty's address,
declared that sit was the most touch
ing appeal for books l aver heard, and
If l had had one I would have thrown
it right at him"
VIM. H. H. Thomas, formerly of De
Soto, and we'll known throughout
Southeast Missouri, died very suddenly
of heart failure at Los Angeles, Cali
fornia. Sunday of last week. The re-
mains were brought back to Jefferson
county for interment.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. P. Ringo, were up
from Arcadia on Tuesday visiting
Mayor and Mrs. Goeltz, and they at
tended the Sunday School convention
while here. Mr.. Ringo is one of the
most prominent business men in the
Arcadia Valley. Bismarck San.
The fve-year-old boy of Lysander
Parks, who lives about ten miles from
Ironton on the Fredericktown road,
was badly kicked by a mule last Friday
evening. The little fellow went to
drive the mule out of the yard when
the animal kicked him in the face.
Two little negro girls on their way
home from school last Friday after
noon had a scrap on Main street.
They used miserable language and
created considerable disturbance. l,
is a pity that the City Marshal didn'
happen along and take charge of them,
A suspicious character who pre-
tended to be buying furs passed
through town to-day friday, and from
his and peculiar actions, i
was thought by some that be was
either Rudolph or Lewis, who robbed
the bank at Union, Mo-, sometime ago
-Reynolds County Outloob.
Rev. w. A. Humphreys. a Charles
ton boy who is succeeding we'll in hi
calling-that of Methodist minister
spent several days with relatives her
and at Bertrand during the week. HI
~oficiated at the wedding of Mr.. Whit
to Miss Millar at East Prairie yester
day Charleston Enterprise.
After sleeting and showing Sunda,
night and Monday the skies became
clear about five o'clock Monday even
ing and the sun shining on the tree
and shubbery laden with ice mad
a scene most beautiful to behold. l
was as a solid crystal with light
flashing and sparkling from ever.
point.
Genial, jovial VIM. 1rauernicht, tn,
Middlebrook tailor, was in town on,
day last week tr%ansacting some bust
ness and saying ''hello" to his friends
The gloomy, dismal days never com
to friend William. He's always joll.
and looks on ''the bright side" and i
ever a most welcome visitor. May tn
future continue to bring all kinds Q
good things to him.
A force Of fifty men is pushing tn
--I 49, 1zt .-u III
engines and dynamos have bee
shipped and will be installed 10 tn
power house, which is almost CON
pleted, within perhaps the next tw
weeks. Mr.. Buck says the line be
tween Pennington and DeLassus wi
be in operation within the next 60 day
beyond any doubt. - Pennington New!
John Timlin and John Sands ar