Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-05-12

followed the one that had the terri
BILE wreck at Wickes last week.
We are told that Mr.. Langdon did
yeoman service in helping the SUI
ferers in that horrible affair.
DR.. Parks, who has been here all
winter regaining his health, has
decided to locate in Ironton, and
he went there to look over. the
ground. He expresses great salts
faction with that beautiful little
city. We wish him success
Pennington News.
l will open my ice cream, soda
and lemonade stand Saturday noon
and evening, May 14th. Every
body that buys a plate of cream or
a glass of soda will get a Worlds
Fair souvenir coin. Come on little,
big, old and young.
MRS. LENA F~INNIMORE.
The REGISTER package for Pilot
Knob put on the train here Thurs
day morning at 9:40 did not reach
the Pilot Knob post-office until
Friday evening at six o'clock. We
mention this as an illustration of
the splendid mail service we are
enjoying under present conditions.
The race for Congress in this
county is warming, and from pres
ent indications will result in quite
a spirited contest before it is over.
Both of the aspirants are good men,
and we will have no ''kick coming
either way. They both have some
good friends in Jul county.-Rey-
noIds County Outlook.
A dozen IT more soldiers from
the range went to the Barracks
Tuesday morning to bring down
about twenty-five horses. The
soldiers now at the range will prob
ably be here until sometime in
June. They will then be followed
by another detachment and still
later by another detachment.
The Budweisers and a few invited
guests had turkey dinner with Mr..
James Riley last Friday evening
the occasion being in honor of Mr..
Riley's fiftieth birthday. Mrs.
Riley prepared a most delicious
spread and the assembled company
did full justice thereto. The hours
passed most pleasantly, indeed.
P. w. Whitworth Monday re-
ceived a telegram announcing the
serious illness in ST. Louis of his
son, Golf. Mr.. Whitworth and
Mrs. Emma Hills Immediately de-
parted for st. Louis. On their
arrival they found Golf suffering
with pneumonia, but much better
than he had been. 1t is thought
he will soon be well again.
Rev. Peterson of the Methodist
church, ~Ironton, announces SER
vices as follows: Sunday-Preach-
ing Ii a. m. and evening; Sunday
School, 9:45 a. M; Junior League
3 p. M; Glass Meeting, 2 p. M;
this on second and fourth Sunday
in each month. Week day service
es-Prayer Meeting, Wednesday
evening; Choir Practice, Friday
evening; Official Board, first Mon
day evening.
There was no excursion to Iron
ton last Sunday as ADVERT sed in
the last issue of the REGISTER The
excursion was run to Frederick.
town instead. Our advertisement
as printed came from the General
Passenger Agents office in St,
Louis and we supposed was correct
but some clerk there evidently
made a mistake. An excursion
will run from st. Louis to the Val
ley next Sunday, May 18th.
An attempt was made to blow
open the safe of the Schneider
Granite Company at G~raniteville
Wednesday night of last week
The would-be safe blowers hac
soaped the crevices and used nitro.
glycerine but for some reason the
safe was not opened. The report
was heard and several rushed tc
the store but the guilty parties hac
hurried away. Several pairs o.
shoes were taken from the store.
L. G. Chambers arrived in thu
city yesterday and will start thu
stave mill this morning for a si1
weeks run. At the end of tina
time the mill will be torn down ant
moved to Fayetteville, Ark, OF
sold. The cause given for the fail
ure to operate the mill longer is
that the railroad company would
not make a freight rate low enough
to justify the company to ship IL
the rough slaves from the territory
south of Cuba here.-Cuba Reriew
Sheriff Polk last Thursday wen
to Brunot and took in custody JET
Craig, who has been insane TO.
several weeks. The next day the
unfortunate man was taken tt
Pennington. About eight years
ago Craig was sent to the asylum
at Fulton from here, but after serv.
ing a short time he was released
Two years ago he was again sen
to Fulton from Wayne county and
again discharged. He is sixty
three years of age and has resided
in the county about fifteen years
j. L. Jones of Brunot accompanied
Craig here and also went with the
Sheriff to take him to Pennington
The question of disincorporating
the town of Pilot Knob was agitat.