Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-11-16

ing the past week. This, we sup
pose, in lieu of our long-promised
depot.
VIM. Schwab had the misfortune
to lose his fine young horse Tues
day evening. The animal was sick
about one week and the veternar-
ian says had pneumonia. The
horse was a valuable one, and MI.
Schwab's loss is considerable.
A representative of the screen
factory combination vas here
Saturday arranging to ship the
lumber from the yard here to a
factory at Owosso, Michigan.
There are about fifty cars here and
the freight on each car will be in
the neighborhood of 500.
Sheriff Marshall went. to Pied
mont last Friday and arrested
James Sutton, who was indicted
by the last grand jury for burglar
izing the depot at Sabula several
months ago. In default of $500
bond Sutton is in jail, where he
will remain until next circuit court.
A special agent of the railroad
company last week brought a
negro by the name of Thos. Nor
rison here from Little Rock. Nor
rison is charged with breaking a
seal on a car while the train was
passing through this county, and
stealing some merchandise there
from.
The bookkeeping, shorthand
and telegraphy departments of the
Springfield Normal School and
the Queen City Business College,
also at Springfield, are much larger
this year than ever before. Young
men may be sure Of a splendid
situation by taking one of these
practical courses.
The Y. P. S. G. E. held a social
at the home of G. S. Russell last
Friday night. The programme
consisted of music, readings and
games, popcorn and apples. 1t
was an ideal evening for a mile
walk in the moonlight, and the
young people enjoyed the outing
from start to finish.
You are invited to come and
bring your friends to the Thanks
giving dinner, given by the Meth
odist Episcopal Church, at j. W.
Aliens marble shop just north OF
the post-offce. The dinner will
consist of turkey, chicken pie,
pumpkin pie, boiled ham, cram
berry sauce and other good things
for a Thanksgiving dinner.
T. G. PETERSON. Pastor.
Mr.. E. Fl. Amelung, formerly of
Pilot Knob, who has had charge
of the Saginaw agency of the Pru-
Dental Life Insurance Company
since December, 1902, was about
the first of October promoted to
the New Albany, Indiana, agency.
This is one of the most important
districts the Prudential Company
has. MI. Amelung now has eight
assistant superintendent and forty
agents under him. Old friends
back in the Valley are proud to
see that Ed. is surely mounting the
steps to fame and fortune.
Aug. Rumps, living on the
gravel road, died suddenly il
Ironton last Saturday, He was
sitting in a restaurant waiting for
his dinner and fell over dead. The
deceased is supposed to have q
good sum of money. The day be-
fore his death he drew $3.50 out o,
one of the banks in this city anc
after his death only $50 was foune
on his person. 1t is the genera.
! belief of his neighbors that he has
various sums of money buried a
some place in his residence. His
place is close to the farm of Jesse
Tnman. - Frsdericktown Democrat
News.
A case was tried in Squire
Kitchel's court at Annapolis Fri
9 day, wherein Green Brewer was de
!, PENDANT and Perry Stith was the
prosecuting witness. Both partie
live in Reynolds county. Still
claimed that Brewer had severa
months previous assaulted him o.
5 the road and hit him with a rock
/ Brewer denied the allegation
: There we're no witnesses to tn
S affair other than the parties prin
cipal. The jury took Stith's state
ment for true and fined Brewer S
, and costs. The case has been ap
pealed to the circuit court.
That there is a gang of profes
sional burglars in this city is evi
denced from the two burgiaries re
ported last Friday. Thursda
q night some burglar or burglar
a entered the home of DR.. j. j. No
q wine and after ~ransacking all til
dresser drawers and searching tt
clothes of DR.. Norwine and tt
purse of Mrs. Norwine, departe
10 with about $40 or $50 in cash. La
) Wednesday night evidently IL
81 same gang visited the home Of !
'R Fl. Wilcox at 214 Euclid avenl
le and robbed Mr.. Wilcox's fathe
in-law, Mr.. Jacob Dennison,
\. $50 in cash and got away witho
at awakening any one.-Poplar Bl'
m Citizen.
The sheriff was authorized
D the county court to erect a stool
ade around the little Jail at tn
n place, in which the Spaughs W
to be confined during their tris
b. which will come up during t
4 week beginning November 27t