Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-01-08
LOCAL BREVITIEs,

How many of your New Year reso-
buttons are already brokenP
For gloomy miserable weather the
past month could not we'll be beaten.
Our good friend, l.. A. Seitz, the St.
Louis druggist, sends a very tasty
calendar for 1908.
Owing to the absence of Rev. Kichey
there will be no services at St. Paul's
church Friday night.
Sunday night service at St. Paul's
church, 7:30P. NJ. Subject of address:
"The Three Wise Men"
Miss Blanche Fletcher has accepted
n position as cashier with a large mer-
camille firm at Oran, Mo.
Mrs. j. s. Benson was here last
Friday night to install the new officers
of the Daughters of Rebekah.
For RENT-The Fort Hill Parsonage.
Apply to Rev. W. A. Humphreys at j.
W. Speck's residence, or of. M. Whit
worth.
There were dances at the Academy
of Music Thursday and Saturday
nights. Both occasions we're very
successful and thoroughly enjoyed by
those in attendance. .
W. H. Van Mort, the prosecuting
a~ttorney-elect, has taken charge of his
office and rented room over Gay u
Kindell's where he can be found dur
ing business hours.
R. T. White now has charge of the
Arcadia Hotel and is prepared to &C
commodate transients and %boarders.
We have no doubt that MI. White will
make the hostelry a popular one.
Regular meeting of Irorton Lodge,
No. PA, K. P, Friday night. install
Lation of officers and work in rank OF
Knight. All members urged to attend.
H. W. ADoLPH, X. R. & S.
STRAYED-A mich cow, red with
white back de-horned, marked under
split in the left ear, under bit in the
eight. Reasonable reward for return
Of same to Edward White, Ironton, Mo.
Herman Trauernicht went to Middle
brook Wednesday to accompany home
his wife, who with the children has
peen spending the holidays with her
parents at Middlebrook -Farmington
Times.
Printer Wanted-A suitable country
printer, sober and trustworthy, cap
able of doing job work and setting ads
In modern style, a secure permanent
employment at this Office If application
is made at once.-Cuba Telephone.
Jesse M. Hawkins was installed in
the Circuit Clerks office Monday, and
w. T. O'Neal took charge of the Coun-
ty Clerks Office the same day, Arthur
Huff will assist Mr.. Hawkins in the
Clerks Office until his school closes in
April.
We see it stated that the First State
Bank of Thebes, ILL.,, opened its doors
for business a few days ago. The new
bank has a capital OF $25, 1000. W. K.
Murphy, of Pinckneyyille, ILL.,. is
president, and j. S. Norman, formerly
of Murphysboro, ILL.,, ceshier.-Cape
Girardea@ Progress.
Prof. A. P. Vance was thrown from
a street car in St. Louis Wednesday
night of last week and sustained quite
painful injuries. He was thrown on
his face, had his nose broken and was
cut in the mouth. His condition,
while annoying, is not dangerous, and
he will soon be all right again.
The five minutes discourse at the
M. E. church for children will be an
object lesson; subject, temperance.
This sermonet will precede the regu-
lar morning discourse, next Sunday at
II o'clock, Jan. II, 1908. Parents,
bring your children.
A. d. BURREss, Pastor.
Must be so after all. The following
is taken from the Bismarck correspond
ence OF the Pennington Times: "Mr.
H. Davis Of Ironton stopped off a few
minutes one day last week and sue
ceeded in just missing the train,
and consequently had to remain liz
town several hours longer than II he
hadn't left the train.
The matter of building a bridge
across the branch this side of Pilot
Knob will be considered by the County
Court at the February term. 1t is un-
derstood that there is some opposition
to having the bridge built, and a warm
fight will be made before the court.
There is one thing certain, the bridge
lie badly needed, and no reasonable OBJ.
lection can be urged against Its being
built.
A beautiful and sweet little booklet
under the title Of "Ouaneetee, the Le-
gend of Sunset Mountain" by Eli D.
AXE, the venerable editor OF the IRON
COUNTY REGISTER, has been laid on our
table. A writer in the I. O. Eagle re-
views the little volume, saying Of 1t
among other good things: at is q
beautiful story of Indian lore, and one
lays down the book with keen regret
that the author has made 1t so brief.
The unfaltering love Of Iwisyo and
O%uaneetee and the beautiful legend
woven around the same will interest
the reader from the first leaf to the
last The editor OF the JeWisb Voice
IL glad to endorse the above view Of
Mr.. Axes pleasing rk.-Jewish
Voice.
In the Academy Of Music, next
Saturday night, Jan. 10, 1908, at 1880
o'clock, there will be a monograph
a~ntartainmant piuan for the hanait al