Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-01-12

WoIkS ucIt. WItu SUCH DuSlQ6Ss
men as Messrs. Haynie. Settle and
Holiday along with their assist
ants. the concern will prosper as il
neven has before.-Greenville Sun.
The regular monthly business
meeting of the Woman's Home
Mission Society will meet with
Mrs. P. w. Whitworth Saturday
afternoon at 2 o'clock. All mem
bers are urged to be present.
MRS. GRACE WENTWORTH,
Secretary.
An effort is being made to have
the Iron Mountain railroad officials
put on a night passenger train
from Columbus, KY, to st. Louis.
We understand that a petition will
be circulated at each and every
town between. here and De Soto re-
questing the night train.-CharIes-
ton Courier.
So far as we are informed Rep
resentative Horn was the only per-
son from Iron county in attendance
on the inauguration exercises at
Jefferson City last Monday. We
should have thought our Republic
can friends would have been rep
resented for it certainly was their
day in Jefferson City.
The new general manager of the
Missouri Pacific has notified the
train men that the present contract
existing between the railroad and
the train men will terminate in
thirty days. The train, men do
not want to abrogate the present
schedule, and there may be trouble
if the company insists on it's course.
The funeral services of the late
Mrs. Ryan, wife of Esq. w. A.
Ryan, were held at the Presbyter-
ian church in Potosi on Sunday,
January 1, 1905, and the attendance
was so large that all available
space in the church was utilized.
The interment was in the cemetery
adjacent to the church.-Potosi IN
dependent.
About ten days ago there was a
bad rear-end collision on Tip Top.
A south bound freight train
bumped into a pusher that was
helping another south bound train
over the hill. The pusher wasn't
much hurt, but the caboose in
front of it was badly disfgured
and several train men therein had
a narrow escape.
The following, taken from the
last issue of the Kenneth Democrat,
has a very familiar ''twang'': "F.
H. Remington, manager of the
Woodruff roy factory, spent his
holidays with his family in st.
Louis, and reports a delightful
time. He came home full of plans
to enlarge the scope of the factory
and will later have a big surprise
for the public"
Annie Isabelle, the infant daugh-
ter of Mr.. and the late Mrs. Geo.
M. Kinks, died at the residence of
her grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. j.
w. Whitworth, in Bismarck, on
Monday, January 9, 1905, at 5:15
o'clock P. M, aged five months.
Interment will be from the station
at Arcadia, Thursday morning at
1880 o'clock. Friends of the
family are requested to attend.
G.. w. Clarkson of Bismarck was
in town Tuesday of this week, pay
ing taxes and transacting business.
George has disposed Of all his
property at Bismarck excepting
his farm, to DR.. j. L. Eaton, and
will move to Buffalo, New York.
He has a position with the Alsop
Process Company with a contract
to work to eastern states. George
is a good man and we wish him
success--Wayne County Journal.
Word was received here Sunday,
of the death in Potosi on that day
of MI. w. A. Ryan. Mr.. Ryan's
wife had died about ten days
previous. 1t is quite a co-incident
that after living together for over
fifty years this venerable couple
should be ushered into the hereaf-
ter within ten days of each 9TH
er. Mr.. and Mrs. Ryan once lived
in Ironton and were splendid peo-
pie. Many people in the Valley
hear of their death with sorrow.
Judge and Mrs. John l.. Thomas
returned to De Soto the latter part
of last week from Springfield,
where they have been visiting
their daughter, to spend New
Years with relatives here. They
left Wednesday for Decatur, Ills,
where they will be the guests of
their daughter, Mrs. Evans, after
which they will return to De Soto
and spend a few days, then 60 on
to Washington, D.. c., where they
expect to sojourn a year.-De Soto
Press.
A special meeting of the stock
holders of the Iron Mountain Com
pany will be held at the Office Of
the company in Iron Mountain, on
Wednesday, March list, for the
purpose of considering, acting and
voting upon a proposition, then
and there to be submitted, to
diminish the capital stock of the
company from So, 900, 900 to $50, 900,
and to reduce the par value of the
stock from $1,000, their present
par value per share, to $40 per
share.
The heaviest snow this section
has had for years-considering the
time Of it's falling-was that of
Sunday night. The white began