Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-20

Miss Bette Peterson, who has
been spending her vacation with
her parents at this place, will leave
Saturday morning for Marion, H.,
where she goes to begin her nine
months work as first primary
teacher in the city schools at that
place, a position which she has
held the past four years.
Owing to the severe rain and
| storm the barbecue at Smiths
mill was postponed until August
10Th at which date they will give a
chicken barbecue. Refreshments
of all kinds will be served on the
grounds. Many new amusements
will be furnished to help to make
each and every n have a pleas
ant time. Every one is cordially
invited. Good music and dancing.
MI. Herbert Grange and wife and
son, Jack, of Tring, England, were
in Ironton several days the past
week the guest of Mr.. Thos. New
man. They have been in this
country about three months and
have seen most of Canada and
quite a lot of the western part of
the United States. Mr.. and Mrs.
Grange favored the REGISTER with
a call and we found them to be
very pleasant and agreeable.
Les. Ross, a barber, was shot
and killed at Doe Run Tuesday
noon by one Tode Francis. There
was a grudge of long standing be-
tween the parties, it seems. They
met Tuesday and Ross cut Francis
badly, then Francis pulled a gun
and killed Ross. Ross worked
here last week in Frank Harris
barber shop, leaving for Doe Run
Monday. Tode Francis is a brother
of the base ball pitcher in the Doe
Run club, who is quite we'll known
here.
S. F. Cross died in St. Louis last
Tuesday Aug. IL, 1908, of cancer of
the stomach. Mr.. Cross has been
a citizen of this county for the last
twenty years, where he held a posi-
ton as agent for the Laclede Land
and improvement Company. He
was a man of good social and moral
habits, and was kind hearted and
accommodating to all, and has
many friends here who will be
sorry to learn of his untimely de-
parture. He leaves several chill
dren and many other relatives to
whom we offer our heartfelt SYM
pathy.-Centreville Reformer.
Nelse Creath was cleaning out
the lake at Sylvan Park last FRI
day afternoon. He leaned over a
little too far and fell headforemost
out of the boat. The water was
seven or eight feet deep and Nelse
can't swim a stroke. Nelse isn't a
very regular attendant on prayer
meeting but it is stated that on this
occasion he could be heard calling
loud and fervently on the good
Lord to help and not let him drown.
A couple of his grandchildren who
were in the boat finally got Nelse
out-badly frightened but not hurt.
1t is safe to say that old darkey
will be very careful when he's any
where near the water in the future.
The entertainment to be given on
Tuesday NIGHT. August 25th. for
the benefit of the Episcopal rectory
fund, will be a sketch of farcical
nature, containing many local
illusions of mirth-provoking char
acter, and several catchy stopical
songs by local favorites!a Will
commence at s o'clock. Proceed
ing the play the audience will be
treated to a few choice selections
from the finest graphaphone in the
Valley (no screeching or metallic
sounds connected with it). Doors
open at 1880; performance COM
mences promptly at 8. Reserved
seats, 35 cents; general admission,
25 cents; children under IL years,
Is cents; gallery, Is cents. Tickets
for sale at Malugen's drug store.
E. w. Graves, of Des Arc, was
in Ironton Monday. MI. Graves is
also in the mercantile and lumber
business at Keener. Afew months
ago, Mr.. Caves tells us, while at
his store at Keener, a Scotchman
happened along and after looking
about a short while, insisted that
there was iron in a hill just in front
of the store. MI. Graves was in
clined to laugh, but as the Scotch
man insisted and Mr.. Graves
owned the land, he permitted the
former to do some prospecting.
In a short time he unearthed a fine
body of ore which assayed about
sixty per cent. Several cars were
shipped and it was pronounced
"pipe ore" and of very fine quality
Mr.. Graves has just perfected his
title to the land and expects tc
work the mine on a large scale in
the near future.
Mrs. Fl. Marie Reese, relict Of
the late VIM. H. Reese, died in
Kansas City Friday, August Ia,
1908, aged forty-one years, five
months and seventeen days. The
deceased had been making hel
home in Pennington for several
years past, but was born and reared
in Ironton and spent a greater por-
ton of her life here. She had not
been in good health for some time.
and about three weeks ago she was
taken to Kansas City that she
might be treated by her brother
DR.. B. HI. Zwart, a prominent
physician of that city. For while
she seemed to be improving, Their
there was a change and the news
of her death reached here Friday