Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-02-11
LOCAL BREVITIES.

LcAU p0SlHo leAt W6uneSudy.
Next Sunday is Valentine Day.
The roads are reported very
rough.
County court proceedings are
printed this week.
Madison county will vote on
local option March 8th.
The "boss"is spending the week
with relatives in Little Rock.
A thunder storm Saturday night
rather unusal for February.
The Republicans of Iron county
have a mass meeting March 9TH.
Jesse Pease is just recovering
from a prolonged siege of typhoid
fever.
The REGISTER does the best of
printing on short notice. Give US
your orders.
For RENT-The Forster cottage,
furnished. Apply to I. S. Lopez
& Sons, Ironton, Mo.
Everybody is much pleased with
the efficient train service at present
afforded our people.
Mr.. Johnson, the ice man, put
up about three hundred tons of ice
during the late cold spell.
1t is said that passenger traffic
on the railroad is unusually large
for the season of the year.
Prospects are said to be good for
a busy season with the granite
quarries the coming summer.
Dixon Fletcher of Arcadia has
been appointed one of the Jeffer-
son Guards at the Worlds Fair.
After the thaw a heavy rain fell
Saturday night. 1t was OF great
benefit to the streets and side
walks.
The county court adjourned last
Saturday to meet again March 18th,
when the annual settlement will be
made with the collector.
Come to the REGISTER Office
when you want good printing
promptly done, at reasonable
prices. Satisfaction guaranteed.
To our young friend, Aug. I'M
mer, of st. Louis, we I indebted
for some Harry Halves literature.
August is a strong advocate OF Mr..
Halves.
There will be a box supper at
Thorn Grove school house Friday
night, February II, 1904, for the
benefit Of the school library. All
are invited.
II. w. Adolph, Clerk Of the Mod
ern Woodmen, last Sunday receiv-
ed a check for $4,000 in payment Of
the life insurance on the late John
G.. Yount. Mr.. Yount died Janu-
airy 18th.
To our good friend, G. w. Clark
son, we are indebted for two very
handsome calendars-one of them
from the Bismarck Milling Compa-
ny and the other from the Bank OF
Bismarck. They are certainly at
tractive.
Peyton Sides, a negro boy who
was sent from this county to the
penitentiary three years ago for
robbery, was pardoned by Cover
nor Dockery last week. Sides is
said to be in the last stages Of con-
sumption.
Services at the Presbyterian
church on next Sunday as usual,
morning and night. Sunday school
$50 A. NJ; preaching, HOO A. M;
G. E., G:45 P. M; preaching, 1880
P. M. Every one is cordially in
vited to come.
The general opinion seems to be
that if the railroad company will
indicate just what land they want
to build the new depot on, there
will be little trouble in raising the
money among our people to make
the purchase. We want the depot.
DR.. Marshall reports the follow
ing births: To Mr.. and Mrs. E. G.
Tual, Jr., Arcadia, on Monday,
February 1, 1904, a girl. To Mr..
and Mrs. Albert Jones, Marble
Creek, on Monday, February s,
1904, a boy. All are reported as
doing very well.
Four white men and two colored
boys were surprised in a game Of
y craps at Johnson's ice house Sun
day afternoon. The offenders
pleaded gully before Squire Fair
child next day and each paid fine
and costs amounting to over $500
except the darkeys who will serve
twenty-five days in Jail.
The wedding of Robert Schnei.
der and Miss Emma Steffens O
Graniteville will take place at st
Peters and St. Paul's Church in St
Louis to-day. Mr.. Schneider ant
his bride will go to New Orleans
and other points south on a brida
tour. The REGISTER wishes Mr.
and Mrs. Schneider every happi'
ness.
STRAYED-From my farm nea:
Edge Hill, n red heifer, two
years old in the spring; marked
with smooth crop and under bit il
right ear, and smooth crop ane
split in left ear; one red heifer
one year old in spring, unmarked
Any information will be literally
rewarded by J. M. BLACK,
MI TTs11 NEz