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

Des Arc Items.
Having returned from my annual
trip through the lead mine district,
| will have some things to say
about Pennington and vicinity.
Pennington has improved wonder
fully within the last twelve months.
Many new buildings have gone up
besides the water works, electric
lights, etc., have been completed.
l had the pleasure of taking a trip
over the electric railroad. This
road will increase the property in
Pennington 20 per cent, from the
fact that moneyed men will go
there to live, having the railroad
to come and go on, besides the
benefit of the colleges and church.
cs. 1t will, however, work a hard
ship on the teamsters, as there were
at least fifty families made a good
living hauling. First, from the |.
M. R. R. they received Z cents per
hundred, while the electric road
will haul for 2 or 5 cents per hun
dred. 1t is wonderful how they
can handle heavily loaded freight
cars. They hauled in twelve or
fifteen loaded cars while l was
there. There is one thing | did
not understand. How they can
make cold air and connect it with
those freight "a | always
thought air came from the engine,
and it was hot air.
AS | was out among the farmers
one farmer threshed 1900 bushels
of wheat. Martin Clardy has two
farms near there. They say he
will raise three hundred tons of
hay. He has the finest herd of
black cattle. | ever saw; saying
nothing about fire horses and hogs.
If | owed the fine farms that Mar
tin Clardy owns l would not worry
my brains having for the Missouri
Pacific Railroad.
l also visited the asylum. No
person can visit that place without
feeling sad. | saw Mrs. Joe Clark
son, whose husband was one of the
best friends | ever had in Missouri.
| am happy to say she will soon be
herself again, and will return to
her home in St. Louis. | also saw
young Richardson Of Washington
county, who was struck on the
head a short time ago by a base
ball in playing a game. His skull
is fractured. He was raving all
the time | was there. They say
he can never recover. He is a fine
looking young man. So much for
playing ball, especially on Sun
day.
Business of all kinds is good at
Pennington. They are building
one of the finest churches in South
east Missouri there-the Northern
M. E. church.
Business is picking up and !
think we will have a good fall
trade.
Missouri Car & Foundry Co. have
ordersfo for five thousand freight cars
from the Cincinnati Hamilton
Pierre Marquette Consolidated R..
r., and $50 cars are ordered from
the Salt Lake R. r. and 200 from
the Midland R. R. Lehigh Valley,
500 refrigerator cars and the South
ern R. R., 300 box cars. This looks
encouraging to the mill men, as
most of the lumber comes from
Southeast Missouri saw mills.
The infant child of Mr.. and Mrs.
Chas. Heath, formerly of this place
but now living at Flat River, was
brought here and buried last week.
The infant died very suddenly.
Mr.. Heath and wife had been Wis
iting relatives near their place and
had just returned home, when the
little one took sick and died a few
days after their return. Much
sympathy goes out to the heart
broken father and mother from
their many friends in Des Arc.
Mr.. Wray and daughter, Miss
Carrie, are visiting here from Farm,
lHStOll'
Miss Alice Long of St. Louis is
visiting her sister.
MISS Gladys Lucy accompanied
her father to the city Sunday to
see the fair.
Miss Ethel Morris of Pennington
is visiting her grandparents this
week.
The meeting still continues at
the M. E. church. We are glad to
report that much interest is mani
tested. The church is well filled
every night and they seem to be
doing much good. Des Arc was
in much need of a good revival,
and we are glad to know that at
last some one has come who will
interest the people. ISAAC.