Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-02-23

contest for the property will have
to be made in Colorado, and it is
possible that the real owners may
be defrauded of the money they
have invested. 1t is d little singu-
lar, perhaps, to state that the
would-be wreckers are also Mis-
sourians, and live not outside of
what is known as Southeast Mis-
souri,. Shame on you, boys"
George Schultz last Thursday af-
ternoon received a telegram an
nouncing the death of his mother,
Mrs. Eliza Schultz, in Kansas City
that day at one o'clock. Mrs.
Schultz had not been in good
health for some time past and the
announcement of her death was
not a surprise The remains were
brought here Saturday and the
funeral occurred from the convent
chapel in Arcadia Sunday after
noon. The deceased was the relict
of Louis Schultz, who died in 1875,
and for many years made her home
in Ironton. The past fifteen years
she had been living with her
daughters in Kansas City. She
was a good woman and leaves two
sons, three daughters, many grand
children and a legion of friends to
mourn her demise and revere her
memory. May she rest in peace.
The Junior Guild of st. Paul's
will present "That Oxford Affair"
at the Academy of Music, We'd
nesday evening, March list. The
young ladies interested are work.
ing hard to present an acceptable
evenings entertainment of a hum
orous character. Special music
and latest songs will be introduced.
Come one and all and help them
swell the church funds. Follow
ing is the cast of characters in the
play: Mrs. Jack Oxford, who en-
joys herself in spite of obstacles;
Miss Margaret Oxford, who is
nearly distracted by her duties as
chaperon; Dorothy Howe, Miss
Oxford's niece, and her friend,
Phyllis Ashton, who are enough to
distract any chaperon; Mrs. Zach
ariah Barnstable, who is not averse
to displaying her newly acquired
wealth; Miss Saphronia Price,
Mrs. Barnstable's sister, who s
pires to Shakespeare; Ellen, who
thinks her mistress, Mrs Barnsta-
BILE, is elegantly fashionable;"
Mary, who is maid at Oceanside
Hotel. and who enjoys a bit of
gossip. Admission, 25c. All seats
reserved.
John Sides was at one time of
Ironton's colored population. The
following, taken from the last issue
of the Hillsboro Democrat, tells of
his playing a minor part in a
shooting scrape that recently hap
pened in Festus: "Last Saturday
evening at about eleven o'clock
Festus had a wild west shooting
affair on Main street. 1t seems
that there had been some trouble
between Walter Montgomery and
Herman Posch, some time previous
to the day of the fracas, and when
Posch sent Col. John Sides out to
put up the window blinds, and
afterwards went out of the door of
his mothers saloon, Montgomery
was located on the other side of
the street with a loaded shotgun.
Posch saw him and started back,
but got part of a load of small shot
in his anatomy before he got in
side. Montgomery then used the
other load on the negro and pep
pered his back and left arm.
Neither one was seriously injured.
Constable Grossman captured
Montgomery and after a prelimin-
airy hearing, Monday, brought
him here to board with the sheriff."
The subject of bird protection is
receiving considerable notice at
present, and an article on this sub
jecs published in the Journal some
time ago attracted the attention of
our old friend Capt. F. Will, now
living at Baden Baden. Germany,
who writes Of how song and in
sectivorous birds are treated in
that country. He says: "Here
they have a strict law against kill
ing these birds, and in the winter
time most everybody tries to feed
them from the refuse and crumbs
from the table. My sister takes
two papers and every single num-
Der during the whole winter has
printed on the bottom of the last
page the Injunction, Take care of
the poor BIRDS There are So
%cieties here which make it their
object to see that all kinds of ami
mails are not ~mistreated, and look
after the birds, too. The result is
that the birds stay in the gar lens
about the houses and come after
their food like domestic fowls do
with you" The Capt. states that
the winter in Germany has not
been very cold, the thermometer
never getting lower than 10 r II
degrees below freezing. = Potosi
Journal.
The following is reproduced
from the February number of The
Roller MIL, a magazine of milling,
published in Buffalo, New York
"Messrs. j. N. Courtney and G.
w. Clarkson have opened an Office
in Buffalo, N. Y, for the purpose
of representing the well-known
Alsop Process of bleaching and
purifying flour in the important
milling territory which includes
New York, Pennsylvania, New
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