Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-02-04
LOCAL BREVITIES.


Fropaue court next Monday.
st. Valentines day on Sunday
this year.
The telephone builders are now
camped at Hogan.
Mullin & Brown have a new ad-
vertisement this week.
The thaw will leave the roads in
most horrible condition.
LosT-A big brass door key.
Return to this Office and get reward.
The K. P. Southeast Missouri
Association meets in Kenneth this
week.
Lopez's are having a genuine
clearing sale and all goods are 60
ing at cost.
The January just passed wss the
coolest January we've Had in IRON
ton in nine years.
The weather ~forecasters are say
ing there will be plenty of cold
weather in February.
County court is in session this
week, and will probably continue
until the last of the week.
Tuesday, Ground Hog Day, was
"bright and clear, so we'll have
two winters in this year"
J The Bismarck Milling Company
of Bismarck will increase it's capt.
tai stock from $4,000 to $4,000.
The late storm and snow has
postponed many prospective land
sales in this and other counties.
Mrs. Thomas has leased the
Begley cottage on Main street,
formerly occupied by Joseph Cox.
The Southeast Missouri Odd
Fellows Association holds a BUSH
ness meeting in De Soto next week.
1t is reported that Thos. N. Mari
of Belleview is thinking of engag-
ing in the livery business in IRON
ton.
When you have an item of news
call up No. Is, and tell us about it.
We are always glad to hear from
you.
Mr.. A. j. Sheahan reports that
he expects the road to be built to
his quarry in a very short time
now.
The Big Muddy Coal and Iron
Company shipped a carload of
cattle to the st. Louis market this
week.
BoRN-To Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Patton on Thursday, January 2S,
1904, a boy. All are doing very
nicely.
Work on the new hub'factory at
Munger has been considerably de-
layed by tho very inclement
weather.
The young folk last week had
= some of the finest sleighing and
coasting that we have had in the
Valley for years.
De Soto has let the contract for
building waterworks. The system
is to be completed by September
list and costs S60.350.
The tramp is most
these days, and every night, it is
said, he fills the sand-house at
Arcadia to overlooking.
No. 7, the south bound early
mail train, has been late several
mornings the past week. We are
,o+ olxy;cal DC RI tho ao11sn
Geo. johnson had about twenty
men at work several days and
nights the past week putting up
ice. The ice is about five inches
thick.
1t is said that as many as five
hundred rabbits were brought in
town a couple of days last week.
The price was as low as six for a
quarter.
Mi. John w. Callahan has not
vet determined where he will To-
cate. Heis now thinking of locat-
ing in Arkansas in the commission
business.
The REGISTER is especially pre-
pared to do all kinds of job print
ing neatly and promptly. Give us
h a call when you want anything in
4 the printing line.
( Rabbits were more plenti-
full on the Ironton market than they
have been the past week. During
I the snow the little animals were
slain in profusion.
James H.. Clark, assignee of VIM.
H. Thomas, has declared a divi-
dend of ten per cent. in favor of
y the creditors. There will not be
& any more dividends.
A number of the city people who
have summer homes in the Valley
filled their ice houses the past
week. The ice is between four
and five inches thick.
The whiskey business has as
sumed such proportions in Poplar
Bluff since the neighboring count
les went dry thata wholesale liquor
house has been established in that
town.
Edward johnson, of Des Arc, who
has served something over two
hundred days for burglarizing a
boarding a at Des Arc last
spring, was released from Jail
Tuesday.