Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-04-30

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gun metal that had been captured in
melted and transformed into
church bells. This is the best pos
sible use for anno They may not
in that way make as much noise, but
the sound they do send forth will be
more ~melodious and grateful. How
much transformation will be necessary
before we can turn our arsenals into
asylums and our cannon ear so change
tone and shape as to be fit for our
church towersp 4 X We want fewer
things to kill men, and more things
with which to save them; and as
spears are out of date, SO that we can
not turn them into pruning.hooks, we
want by some command OF the king of
kings all the gun metal OF the earth
changed into church bells, and then
good strong arms to ring them for a
thousand years with peace on earth,
good will to ."-The Christian
Herald,
The cottage of Councilman and Mrs.
Arthur Herbert was the scene of a
pretty wedding today at high noon,
when Rev. j. B. Rice, OF the Methodist
church, performed the ceremony that
united Nellie S. Herbert and Isaac F.
Kaufman in the bonds of matrimony.
The wedding was witnessed only by the
relatives of the contracting parties.
The house prettily decorated and a
floral arrangement made a background
for the bridal party. The bride is of
a dainty type of blonde beauty. In
her bridal gown, a creation Of brown
cloth, she was a vision OF fair young
womanhood. The groom has made
many friends in his visits to this city,
who esteem him highly, The bridal
dinner was served at the Crown Hotel,
Mr.. and Mrs. Burr being relatives OF
the bride. Mr.. and Mrs. Kaufman
departed on the afternoon train for
st. Louis, where they will spend a few
days, then take a trip through the east.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kaufman received quite
a number of beautiful and costly wed
ding gifts.-Poplar Bluff Citizen.
The railroad % be built through the
western part of this county, running
down the St. Francois river continues
to be a mystery. The company is hid.
ing its identity for some purpose. The
stationery they use is without any
official print on it, being perfectly
plain, This much is known, however,
that it is to be a through or trunk line
from East St. Louis south to Memphis
or some other southern point. 1t has
a water level all the way. The near'
est it comes to US is z miles, while il
misses Pennington but one mile. The
survey is nearly straight. 1t crosses
and cross the St Francois river
many times. At one place down in
the lower part of this county it crosses
the river four or five times within five
miles. Whenever they begin to take
deeds for the right of way we shall be
able to tell who the company is, and
we will probably not know till then.
We will have to build an electric or
branch road out to the silver dam
which is the nearest point, and we will
then have two lines to the city.-Fred.
CricktoWn Tribune.
u. c. Smith of this place, who has
been in Piedmont aud st. Louis for ten
days or two weeks in the interest OF
the Reynolds County Telephone Com
pany, returned home Sunday. Mr..
Smith informed us that he had been
successful in securing a franchise or
permit from the city council of Pied
mont to place it's wires along the
streets of that town. Mr.. Smith re-
turned to Piedmont yesterday whore
he, with the assistance Of a gentleman
from St. Louis, will make a survey OF
that town, after which the work OF
putting up the wire will shortly be
begun. Work on the connecting line
between this place and Piedmont will
be commenced in the nea future.
This line, as we stated some time ago,
will be quilt from this place down
Harrison Valley to Bedford, thence
down Sinking Creek to probably Judge
Lucy's and from there direct to Pied
mont. The people of Wayne county
and those living along the proposed
line in this county SHOULD give Judge
Smith and his company all the en-
enlargement possible, as the Reynolds
County Telephone Company is d home
company. Its officers are all practical
business men who thoroughly under
stand their business.-ReynoldS County
outlook.
About three o'clock last Sunday, the
10th, we experienced one of the most
severe hail storms that has visited this
part OF the State in many years. The
day had been warm and rather pleas
ant, although it was cloudy a part of
the time, though sooa after midday
the clouds began TO grow more dense
in the northeast, but there was nc ap-
pearance of wind and in fact there
seemed some doubt whether it would
rain, when in a moment the sky be-
came dark and hail commenced to fall
and for nearly forty minutes came
down in torrents until the ground was
covered to the depth of two inches,
an4 although the weather was still
warM snme OF the hail was visible at
dark and evep in one place the writer
saw hail on Monday morning. Had
the storm been accompanied by a
strong wind the damage in our town
would have been very heavy. OF
course we hear of hail stones being as
large as a quail's egg, and in order to
be SIRE ahQHt tha etse of tEa PIECES Of
hail, we took the pains to measure
some Of them, the largest, one and an
eighth Of IN inch In length by five.
eignts in diameter from that down to
a half inch long. We found very few
OF them round as the majority seemed