Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-08-04

A hand car was badly denolish-
ed by No. 2 coming down this side
of Tip-Top Tuesday morning. The
men all fortunately escaped with
out injury, but the hand car was a
total wreck.
STRAYED OR SToLEN-About the
middle of May, from my farm in
Belleview, a three-year-old Filly;
four white feet; star in forehead;
scar on right hind foot. Ten Gol-
lars reward will be paid for in
formation that will lead to her re-
covery. Address w. H. Buford,
Belleview, Mo.
Lafayette Nifong, who about
twenty years ago was a salesman
for T. S. Lopez & Sons, died in
Oklahoma July 23d. The deceas-
ed had been in poor health for
some time past. He leaves a wife
and two sons. For the past fifteen
years he had been making his
home in Texas.
FARM WANTED. The under
signed would like to buy a tract of
land in south Missouri, on which
there is a small improvement and
good water. Those having mac
adamized real estate to sell at a
high price need not answer.
FRANK CARTER,
1925 Baker ave-, E. st. Louis, Ill.
STRAYED-From my mill, on the
Dallas road, nine miles east of
Ironton, about July 1st, two mare
mules--one gray, is hands high,
about II years old; the other a
light bay, about Is hands high,
about Is years old. l will pay a
reasonable reward for information
that will lead to their recovery.
Address w. w. Revell, Ironton,
Mo.
The judicial committee for this
circuit held a meeting in De Soto
last Saturday and issued a call for
a judicial convention at Piedmont
| September Goth to nominate a
candidate for circuit Judge. AS
our county committee does not
meet until September list a call
meeting to select delegates in this
county will probably not be issued
until then.
A man residing neal here came
to town with his wife to visit a
physician. The doctor placed a
thermometer in the woman's
mouth. After two or three min
utes, as the doctor was about to
remove the thermometer, the man
who was not used to such a pro-
longed spell of brilliant silence on
the part of his life's partner, said:
doctor, what will you take for
that thing.-Es.
After consulting with MI. Walzl,
engineer, the County Court has
arrived at the conclusion that it
will not be necessary to put an
other span to the bridge between
here and Arcadia. The present
bridge will be moved and ap-
proaches built from either side.
A couple of bridge men were be-
fore the court Monday submitting
bids for an additional span. The
work, as planned by MI. Walzl
will cost about 5000.
Farmington's electric road is at
last completed, cars are running be.
tween DeLassus and Pennington,
Last weeks Pennington News in
giving a history of the building OF
the road says the following in ref
erence'to A.. j. Zwart, an old Iron
ton boy: ''Various efforts were
made to sell the road, but all were
unsuccessful until A.. j. Zwart, OF
Pennington, and F. S. Heath, OF
Chicago, succeeded in "getting to-
gether" the owners of the stock
and bonds and a company of cap
italists from Chicago. The board
which represented the stock and
bond-holders was composed OF
Thos. Lang, w. R. Taylor, Jr., w.
M. Harlan, John Guessing, w. F.
Doss, DR.. Mccormick and Ed.
Klein. They made an arrange
ment whereby the old stock and
bond holders took stock and bonds
in a new company, the st. Fran
co.'s County Railway Company,
which succeeded to all property
owned by the st. Francois County
Electric Railway Company. Much
credit for the consummation OF
this deal is due Messrs. Zwart and
Taylor, the latter of which held
S25, 900 worth of the bonds.'
The Republican mass convention
held in Centreville last Saturday
was equal to a three-ring circus
with several clowns thrown in to
keep the audience in a good humol
between acts. The Chairman oil
the County Central COMMITTEES
acted as Chairman of the conven-
ton without having been elected
by that body, neither vas a Score
tary elected. Mr.. Rhodes was in
troduced and made a short talk.
after which the Chairman (?) stat
ed that they wanted to make ur
money to pay Mr.. Rhodes expens.
es down here and back to Potosi
and all who would contribute could
come forward and lay the amount
they wished to donate on the table
Five minutes passed and nothing