Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-17
LOCAL BREVITIES.

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clearing sale.
Chris. Ellsman, the Pilot Knob
tailor, is very sick.
Tomorrow is the day for "the
wearin' of the green"
Road overseers are to be elected
at the school elections.
Lopez's millinery opening will
take place before Easter.
Along with the rain there was
quite a fall of sleet Sunday morn
ing.
The new hub factory at Munger
commenced making hubs this
week.
Black seed oats for sale, SOC a
bushel, by j. T. Blanton, Flat
woods.
The hub factory was closed
down all of last week undergoing
repairs.
Gardening, yard cleaning and
other spring luxuries are just about
at hand.
Preliminary work is progressing
very satisfactorily on the new Bap-
fist Church.
No. / was two hours late Satur-
day eVening-occasioned by a
broken engine.
1t has been a long time since
horses brought as high a price as
they do at present.
The Jefferson County Court last
week appropriated $4,000 for
Worlds Fair purposes.
Out of a total of 1915 votes Madi-
son county went dry by a majority
of five. Pretty close, that.
If thunder storms in February
really mean frost in May then May
this year will be mighty cold.
Northern seed oats and spring
fertilizers are now for sale at IRON
ton Manufacturing Co.'s flour mill.
The hay market is not very ac-
tive this spring and it is said that
there is quite a supply yet on hand.
T. D. Shriver, of the Reynolds
County Outlook, wants to represent
Reynolds county in the Legislature
nextyear.
The Woodmen entertain their
members and families with a sup
per at the Academy of Music Fri
day night.
Roy Snyder is now employed at
Louis Miller's store in Arcadia.
John G. Medley of Arcadia is in
the Bell store.
The Piedmont electric light plant
and the Piedmont laundry have
quit running. Town not big enough
to support them.
The Pennington electric road
has at length changed hands, and
it is now announced will at once
be put in operation.
Joseph w. Cloudy of st. Louis
has leased one of DR.. Smiths cot
tages and will bring his family
here about the first of May.
Chas. A. Byers, who formerely
edited the Eagle at this place, has
established a Worlds Fair CORE
spondence bureau in st. Louis.
The telephone builders are just
about through in Iron county.
They expect to reach Piedmont in
the course of a couple of weeks.
The county collector is working
on his delinquent list preparatory
to settling with the county court
at the adjourned session March
Goth.
Harry B. Halves and B. S. Greg
Dry, his campaign manager, spent
Saturday night in the city in con-
sultation with "the boys."-PopIar
BtH.U Ctttzen.
A great many people in st. Louis
who want to avoid entertaining
country cousins during the Worlds
Fair, will seek quarters in the val
ley during the coming m
Deputy U. S. Marshal Straszer
was here last Saturday with Chas.
Taylor, a Dent county boot-legger.
Taylor waived his examination
and was taken to st. Louis fol-
trial.
A delegation from the Salvation
Army in St. Louis visited Farm
ington and Doe Run the past week,
They are conducting a meeting al
Doe Run, where they have lis
conversions.
Mrs. w. w. Durham, of Cape
Girardeau, attended the fnneral Of
Ashiby Toney Monday. She re-
turned home Wednesday morning
accompanied by Mrs. W. P. Toney
Piedmont Banner.
At "Isaac's" request we will say
that the communication from Des
Are, which we referred to last week
as being too personal to print, was
not written by him. 1t was from
altogether other parties.
Commissioner Buford and Prof
Daugherty hope to make the sum
mel school this year the most sue
cessful in Ironton's history. They
are endeavoring to secure quite ar
attendance from other counties.
Chris. Yarbrough, the man il
the Washington county Jail, sus.