Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-12-15

held Sanltarlum, st. Louis, for the
past month. We are glad to be
able to report that she is greatly
improved and expects to return to
her home within the coming week.
Mrs. w. A. Fletcher underwent
a surgical operation in the Dea-
CONFESS Hospital in st. Louis
Monday. While her condition is
serious, yet she stood the opera
ton very well and is reported as
doing very nicely.
The attendance this year at the
Springfield Normal School is much
larger than in any previous year.
Many young people owe their sue
cess to that school, and through
their influence larger numbers en-
ter each year. January is a good
month in which to enter.
The wife of George Matkin, a
prominent merchant of Bismarck,
committed suicide Wednesday of
last week by shooting herself
through the head with a revolver.
Grief over the loss of a child the
year previous is assigned as the
cause for the woman's rash act.
Our young friend, Sam. Niccolls,
Cashier of the Peoples Bank of De
Soto, will be an applicant for one
of the positions rs bank examiner
under the incoming Republican
administration in Missouri. Sam
is a splendid man and thoroughly
understands the banking business.
We hope that he will be successful
in his aspirations.
On Thursday night of week be-
fore last burglars entered the hard
ware store of Whitworth Sons and
stole a lot of ammunition, a revolver
and other articles. Quite a lot of
their plumber they left in the back
yard. The thieves gained entrance
to the building by prying loose
a sash in one of the windows.
There is no clue as to the guilty
parties.
Mrs. Ada Thomas, through her
attorney, George M. Wilson of
Pennington, last Thursday filed
suit in the circuit court here asking
for a decree of divorce from her
husband, VIM. H. Thomas. De-
sertion and non-support are named
in the petition as the basis for the
suit. The defendant is understood
to be living in Los Angeles, Cali
ifornia.
Mrs. Sarah M. Emerson, relict
of the late Judge John w. Emer-
son, died at her home in this city
Sunday night after a brief illness,
aged rs years, two months and nine
days. The deceased had been a
resident of Ironton for fifty years
and many friends mourn her dem
Use. The funeral occurs from the
residence at two o'clock Thursday
afternoon.
Chas. A.. Grant, representing the
Chicago Building and Manufac-
turing Co., is in this city looking
over this field with a view of start
ing a dairy and ice plant. He is
also working in the interests of the
Industrial and immigration De-
partmant of the Missouri Pacific
Railroad. Mr.. Grant has just fin
ished the erection of such a plant
at Ironton.-Piedmont Banner.
Sam. Andrews was in town last
Friday evening, on his way to st.
Louis after a couple Of weeks
fishing on Current river. Sam had
with him about the finest bass we
ever saw. 1t weighed five pounds
dressed and certainly was a
beauty. Understand, though, we
do not say he caught the fish. He
either bought or stole it from some
luckier angler-and probably the
latter.
1t is now an assured fact that
De Soto will have water works,
and it is reported that a street car
line from here to st. Louis will be
constructed. A promoter of street
car lines was here Tuesday and
stated that in a short time the city
of De Soto would be asked for a
franchise for a street car line
through the city which will be
built from here to st. Louis.-De
Soto Press.
We commend to the notice OF
the county authorities this item
from the Reynolds Outlook: "County
court was in session a short while
Monday. Judges Lucy and Harri-
son were present. Among other
orders made was one instructine
the Sheriff to work all prisoners
confined in Jail who are serving a
sentence on the public roads. Al
present there are six confined in
Jail who are required to do roao
work"
Returning home from the city
one day last week, Mrs. j. S. Ben
son, of Annapolis, left, on the sea-
she had occupied, a purse contain.
ing about $3.50 and several dia.
monds. When she discovered hel
loss, a few minutes after her arriv.
al, she wired the conductor a
Piedmont and was made happy by
the return of her property mex
day. Why don't the ladies wea1
pockets in their dresses and carry
purses to fit 'em?
At a meeting of the school boart
Saturday evening it was deter
mined to dismiss the public schoo
in Ironton until after the holidays
This action was taken by tn,
board not because it was deemet
that there was any danger o