Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-31

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will be a surprise.
Several parties are now looking
over the Valley with a view to To-
eating a commercial fruit orchard.
In fact, some 400 acres or more are
already purchased, and the venture
is an established fact.
A mule buyer happened in town
a few days ago but found few
mules in the community for sale
and left town without making any
He said the mule was
a scarce article these days.
The track men on the railroad
have organized a local lodge and
hold regular meetings in the |. O.
o. F. building. The section men,
it is said, will soon ask for an in
crease in pay to $3.50 per day.
Circuit Clerk Hawkins was called
to Fredericktown Christmas day to
attend the funeral of his grand
father, j. N. p. Russell, who died
in st. Louis the day before Christ
mas at the age of eighty-seven
years.
Henry Richter and Val. Effiinger
got into a racket at the latter's
saloon in Pilot Knob Christmas
eve. Effinger hit Richter over the
head with a club and Richter shot
at Effiinger but the bullet sped
wide of it's mark.
Mr.. Shattuck will shortly be
succeeded as station agent here by
a Mr.. Burford, formerly agent at
Annapolis. Mr.. Shattuck has not
yet determined whether he will
again take the position of night
operator here or not.
w. T. Donnelly, formerly train
master on the Iron Mountain at
De Soto, is now chief dispatcher
on the Valley Division at Chester,
Illinois. Mr.. Donnelly's many
friends on the Missouri Division
wish him every success in his new
field.
Chas. A. Charlton, chief clerk at
large of the Mail Service of the
Seventh Division, was here last
Thursday looking after the matter
of carrying the mail to and from
the station. Mr.. Charlton seemed
to think the matter would be
Strengthened out soon.
Mrs. w. j. Smith, of I%ronton.
passed through this city the first OF
the week en- route to her fathers.
west of Gatewood, to spend Christ
mas. Her husband is proprietor
and manager of the Arcadia Val
ley Sanitarium of Osteopathy at
Ironton.-Doniphan Prospect-News.
The Bell telephone people con-
s~tructing the through line, are now
lust about four miles north o:
Belleview. The present survey
follows the railroad from Hogan tc
Vulcan, then leaves Des Arc abou
one mile and a half to the cas-
touching the railroad again a
Gads Hill.
The little seven-year-old daugh'
ter of Mr.. S. F. Dennison, of PHO
Knob, was rather badly bitten by
a dog in the north end of Ironton
Tuesday morning, as she wa
walking along the street. Suct
dogs should not be allowed thu
liberty of the streets, and whel
they are found running about they
should be promptly killed.
The entertainment at the Acad
envy of Music last Thursday even
ing for the benefit of the schoo
library was not largely attended
owing, probably, to the fact tina
people had other matters to attent
to Christmas eve. The pro
gramme, however, was a good on
and the entertainment was gener
ally praised and complimented.
We are informed that Henr,
Wallis of st. Louis county, VIII
was here last week, has contracte'
for the purchase of four hundret
acres of land near Ironton, whicl
he proposes putting in fruit. 1t
said that a number of othe
sales will likely be made in tn
near future to other parties VIII
contemplate trying fruit raising il
this vicinity. These people SHOULD
receive every encouragement iron
our citizens.
Henry Trammel filed up o.
whiskey Christmas day and in
sisted on taking a nap on 9TH
street. The Marshall wanted hir
to move and then he insisted
Henry showed fight and swore h
would not &C to Jail. He wa
finally landed but it took the Mar
shall and a half-dozen men to pu
him there. Next day he was fine
one dollar and costs. Not havin
the money to pay he is now dom
time in the county bastile.
! For marked changes in tempera
ture the past week would be har
to eclipse. Until three o'clock i
the afternoon Christmas was a
mild and pleasant a day as on
could ask, for the season. Then
commenced to blow, to snow an
to sleet and freeze, and in a fe'
hours there was a change of almo'
forty degrees. 1t was cold all da
Saturday, but Sunday dawned a
fair and balmy a day as one eve
saw in mid-winter. The change
were most remarkable.
The Recorder has issued the TO.
, lowing marriage licenses since OF
J last report: Frank Moore and Mr.
Isabel Thurman, both of Granite