Iron County register., 1903-09-17

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Arcadia and thence sent north or
south.
A correspondent of the Regi-
mental Standard at jefferson Bar
racks Writes fr6m.sthe range at
! Arcadia; that stthA streams in this
Vicinity are faialy.aHse with fish"
and. that 4 fee strings are being
brought in daitN.,sst The writer
most hare a yisid Imagination or
the boys at the range bad much
batter success fishing this summer
than any One else Ia this section
|did. Fish. have been scarce, very
fscarce, indeed.
The, case of. H.. O,Brien VS.. A.
fWinklet was tried before Justice
Luthy. OF Edge Hill Tuesday. The
plaintiff. was awarded $40 due as
commission on sale of a piano for
defendant and the costs of suit
were adjudged to be paid by the
latter. The contention of the
plaintiff for commission on sale of
defendants real estate was denied.
Mr.. Winkler was represented by
Mr.. Edgar, and Mrs. O'Brien by
Miss Barbee of st. Louis.
j. D. Elgan died at the home of
his son, E. T. Elgan, west of Iron
ton last Friday morning at the age
of sixty-seven years. The de-
ceased had been in poor health for
a long while, and the announce
ment of his death was not unex-
pected. The remains were inferred
in the K. P. cemetery the follow
ing day. Mr.. Elgan had been a
resident of the Valley for almost a
score of years and many friends
mourn with the family in their loss.
The beautiful home of Blind
Boone, the noted negro pianist,
was burned on August 9th at
Warrensburg. The loss included
one of Boone's grand pianos and
his famous green parrot. Boone
bought this home for his mother
in the first days of his prosperity
and had resided there part of
each year since. He had been at
Warrensburg for several days, and
had just boarded train for Co.
lumbia when the fire alarm sound
ed.-ChdrIeston Courier.
Pete Martin, the yaller niger
sport who was caught in the raid
upon the Honkatonk crap game
last Friday night and later escaped,
was in town to-day enquiring as to
the date of the re-opening of that
dive and inadvertently ran into the
arms of the police, who gathered
him in. He gave bond with few
other niggers as security and was
released. His bond is no good and
he will probably hide. out before
the day of his trial.-Butler county
Journal, h.. H. !,92,.; r..
Stockmen throughout the west
who have for many years been en-
Ijoying free transportation home
from the shipping centers, will, find
this privilege curtailed after Janu,'
|,ary 1, 1904 The executive officials
of Western lines met at Chicago
on Sept. 1st, and agreed that on
and after the date mentioned they
| lwohH discontinue stke issuance to
\ stetk meHof'returh Transportation,
thereby compelling them to pay
their fare to their homes a afteN haysS T. Z:
ling come to the various shipping
centers with stock. y = 49, 81
Quite a number of people from
here accompanied the band to the
,lWoodmen celebration atFrederick-
town last Saturday. There was an
Immense crowd in attendance and
the day passed much after the
usual manner of such + affairs.
everybody glad when it came tinfe
to 90 home. aThe folks from here,
especially, had hard trip. They
left here at four o'clock Saturday
morning and did not get home
until the fast mail arrived thefol-
lowing morning, They waNed, in
Bismarck about ssix' hours bth
goingand korffing.s; 1 =. E3 s'sE& sSs.sfSi
Miss Kate Reel has returned
from St. Louis where she spent
several weeks in the wholesale
house familiarizing herself with
the new ideas in fall millinery.
Miss Reel will have charge of
Lopez's millinery department. this
season and we are informed that
the stock will be as complete as
was ever seen in this section of the
state. The fall opening will occur
Wednesday,, September 23d. A
souvenir will be presented to every
lady visitor and the display prom
Uses to be superb. Every lady
who can should make an effort to
, attend the opening.
Some excitement was created at
the I. M. & S. depot this afternoon,
when No. A through passenger
pulled in with the rear coach in
flames. The rubber padding along
the sides of the vestibule caught
fire, and the flames soon spread to
the roof. A hose was brought into
play and soon good stream OF
, water was playing on the burning
Pullman. The train was delayed
, about an hour. How the flames
| started is not known, but probably
, from a passengers cigar ashes.
The damage was slight, the rub
Der being burned and small hole
in the roof.-PopIar Bluff Republican
; Hon. o. L. Munger of Green
vile spent a day or two in Farm.
ington last week, renewing old &C.
! quaintances. Incidentally he said