Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-02-18
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Lent begins to-day.

Lent begins to-day.
No more fun now until st. Pat
rick's day.
The pay car passed south Mon
day evening.
Come to the REGISTER Office for
your printing.
Blank deeds and blank notes for
sale at this Office.
There has sure been lots of cold
weather this winter.
The "boss" has a letter from
Little Rock this week.
A new safe has been received for
the County Clerks Office.
WANTED-Furnished house for
the summer. Call at this Office.
The valentines were pretty
numerous Saturday and Sunday.
The new hub factory at Munger
will be in operation by the first OF
March.
The ground hog has again
demonstrated that he is a weather
prophet.
The Iron County Bank will be
closed next Monday - Washing
toms birthday.
Will Light, Of Black River, has
opened a store in the Crews stand
at Graniteville.
Reynolds county will hold a
primary election to nominate coun-
ty officers May 21st.
Mr.. johnson, the ice man, says
he has plenty of ice to meet the
local demand next summer.
Express is now received here
from st. Louis on No. 7, the train
arriving here at 6:15 o'clock A. M.
We understand that DR.. Summa
is thinking of bringing an auto
mobile to the Valley this summer.
George Gould and party passed
south through here last Saturday
on a special train bound for Texas.
The Baptist ladies have decided
to give a Handkerchief Bazaar dur
ing the strawberry eason in May.
Particulars later.
Will Patton, formerly of the
REGISTER Office, has a position as
press feeder in n of the big
printing houses in st. Louis.
The telephone people moved their
camp from Tip Top to Jordan last
Thursday. Very satisfactory pro-
gress is being made these days.
A number of new engines, it is
said, have lately been put to work
on the Missouri division. But our
trains are not on time all the same.
Judge Hampton has moved back
to Ironton from Annapolis and has
quarters in the rear of the build
ing on Main street, occupied by
Collins & Smith.
Our old friend, "Uncle Davy"
Palmer, of Belleview, was a caller
Tuesday. Mr.. Palmer says that
the prospect for the wheat crop is
very poor, indeed.
The young ladies gave a leap
year dance at the Academy of
Music last Friday evening. There
was a fair attendance and the
hours sped merrily by.
DR.. G. L. Blanks and wife and
daughter, Dorothy, visited A. K.
Harris and family Saturday and
then returned to Pilot Knob Sum
day afternoon.-Farmington Pro-
gress.
At the Presbyterian Sunday
school next Sunday, at $3.50 A. M,
will be given a patriotic program,
being the Sunday nearestt to Wash
ington's birthday. Everybody is
invited TO come.
The Ironton Commission Com
pany, that has been doing BUSH
ness over the telephone exchange,
closed shop Monday morning.
This leaves Ironton with but n
commission house.
Mrs. F. L. Cloves, quite a cele-
brated artist from st. Louis, has
rented the log cabin from Mrs.
O'Brien and will spend a few
weeks in the Valley in the hope OF
improving Her health.
F. III. Remington is the new local
manager of the Woodruff-Kro
Co. His home is in St. Louis,
where his family is in business.
He was recently located at Iron
ton.-DunElin Democrat.
The firm of Grandhomme &
Shattuck, commission men at De
Soto. has dissolved. Mr.. Grand
homme has retired and the bust
ness is now conducted under the
name of the Shattuck Commission
Company.
w. A. Russell was here from
Potosi last week and sold the IRON
ton Manufacturing Company one
thousand bushels of wheat at one
dollar per bushel. The grain was
grown on Mr.. Russell's farm in
Belleview.
Messrs. Mullin and Mckee last
week received sixty-five fine brood
sows, which have been located on
the goat ranch in the south end OF
the county. The hogs are OF the
Poland China breed and are said
+o ha very fine,