Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-01-22
LOCAL BREvIrIEs.

pomo slurioue WoabuoT tule Wooh.
School entertainment January 30th.
The SHOWS that come this winter go
quickly.
Entertainment, Library Fund, Jan.
80, 1908.
The trains are running nearly on
time again.
Sunday services at St. Paul's as
usual next Sunday.
Is the ice harvest overr u 1t is
we'll be short next summer.
The continual freezing and thawing
has been disastrous to the wheat.
Mr.. johnson got his house about
one-third filed with ice last week.
Buy your tickets for the public
school entertainment January 30th.
The Pennington asylum Ia ready for
business and already has two patients.
Do something for the boys and girls;
do something for the world-Jan. 80,
1908.
Evening service at St. Paul's short
and attractive. Address on "Destiny
of Man."
The young people of the Valley will
give a dance tomorrow night. All
are invited.
Friday night address at St. Paul's
church: '.Reward Of sin, Past, Pres
ent, Future"
B. S. Gregory has secured a clerk.
ship in the Senate at Jefferson City
under Senator Farris.
BoRN-To Mr.. and Mrs. Eli Depew,
near Irontop, Mo-, on Wednesday,
January 81, 1908, a girl.
w. j. Tual is building a handsome
residence in Arcadia, on the lot ad-
joining that occupied by his brother,
"Bud" Tual.
A. Nemnich is in Sikeston to-day,
on business connected with Southeast
Missouri's finest steam bakery.-Pop-
lar Bluff Republican.
G. A. Buckley last week purchased
the W%illowbrook Farm from Mrs. D.
A. Pilley. He will put a fine residence
thereon at an early day.
There are never any empty houses
in Ironton, and the man who builds
houses Of the right kind for rent will
find them paying investments.
The old furnace at Pilot Knob is
being torn down and will be sold for
old iron. One by one the glories OF
the old place have passed away.
For RENT-February 1st, the brick
building south of Gay & Kindell's
store now used as a pool room. Apply
to DR.. G. L. Blanks, Pilot Knob.
The people are demanding better
roads and they will have what they
want. The road question is going to
be q ssparamount issue" from now on.
Representative Horn has named his
brother, Zeno Horn, as the legislative
clerk from this county during the pres
ent session OF the Legislature. There
were sixteen applicants for the place.
The many friends of VIM. Stevenson
at Des Arc will be sorrow to. hear that
he has not been In good health for
several weeks. W. hope to be able to
report a early improvement in his con-
dition.
Mr. Goddin Of Boone county was here
last week looking for a farm. Mr..
Van Mort, Of the firm Of O'Brien g.
Van Mort, took him out to Belleview,
and he expressed himself well pleased
with .sthe lay OF the land"
Some one entered a back window OF
w. P. McCarver's saddlery shop while
the proprietor was at supper Tuesday
evening. Mr.. McCarver thinks that
his early return frightened the would
be burglar away, and SC far 10 he car
ascertain nothing Is missing.
That was o fine sermon deliv . by
Rev. Richie, Sunday evening, His
text was from st. james, andsthe In
sistence was that faith and works,
should 60 hand-in-hand. "A very fair
congregation was present, Comprising
more than the usual percentage of
men. ~.
A meeting was held Ia B~elleview re-
Gently and seven hundred dollars SUBJ
scrihed for improving the roads from
Belleview to Ironton and from Belle
view TO Iron Mountain. They should
receive every encouragement from the
county court In such aiaudable UNDER
taking.
This IL the day Of low prices, bar
gains and hustling for trade. The re-
corder of Reynolds county advertises
that he will record all deeds presented
TO him within the next fifteen days for
the extremely low. price Of fifty cents
each. This ia certainly q new de-
parture.
The road question should receive
most serious consideration from the
county court. A plan should be in
augurated to commence the construc-
tion Of good roads-roads that will
last. Let a little be built each year
and 1t will not DO q great while until
we will have good roads all over the
county.
The first rails laid on: The electric
railway were put down on last Wednes-
day morning AZ the DeLassus terminus
and by Saturday the steel crew had
almost reached the gravel road, just
weat ofthe old toll-gate. The spikes
used to fasten the rails to the ties gave
outaon Monday and during the lay-off