Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-10-26
LOCAL BREVITIES.

Fall weather, sure enough, we've
had the past week.
Minstrels at the Academ my of
Music Saturday night.
The mover and his wagon are
not infrequent these days.
The attendance on circuit court
this week is unusually large.
Brick from Illinois are being re-
ceived for the new hotel building.
Potosi has a big sale of town
lots in the Townsend addition Fri
day.
The Commonwealth. Bryan's pa
per-and the REGISTER n year
for $40.
St. Paul's Guild meets at the
residence of Mrs. D. Myers Thurs
day afternoon.
Remember the REGISTER office
when you r in need of any kind
of printing. We do the best.
The Ozark Red Granite Com
spany has shipped about three hun
dred cars of granite this year.
Eli Depew bought the Spitz-
miller farm, east of town, at
sheriff sale Tuesday for St275.
A letter from Maj. Murphy OF
st. Louis, in reference to the bat
tie of Pilot Knob, will be printed
next week.
S. w. Andrews and a party of
conductors from st. Louis will go
to Reynolds county on a hunting
trip next week.
The ladies of the Episcopal
Church will give their annual ba-
zaar in December. Exact date
will be announced later.
Mr.. Perkins, the photographer,
has some very pretty Arcadia
Valley views on souvenir postal
cards. Call and see them.
A new time card, it is an
nounced, will be issued in a few
weeks. The Hot Springs train
will probably be put on the road
again.
The famous Carrie Nation, of
Ratchet fame, passed through here
OIL one of the south bound trains
one day last week, on her way to
Paragould, Arkansas.
The regular services of the M.
E. Church, South, will be held by
the pastor next Sunday morning at
Fort Hill and at the brick chapel
at night. All are cordially in
vited.
Buck Sonar, the saloon man at
Frankclay, in st. Francois county,
who was shot by burglars a couple
of weeks ago, died Wednesday OF
last week as the result of his
wounds.
Montgomery Patton, aged Sc
years, died at the home of his son,
Chas. Patton, in this city, at 1880
o'clock this morning. The re-
mains will be taken to West Plains
tomorrow Thursday for inter-
ment.
Assistant Attorney General
Gentry arrived here from Jeffer-
son City Tuesday morning for the
purpose, it is presumed, of assist
ing the grand jury in it's endeavo1
to ascertain who composed the
Spaugh mob.
The B. Y. P. U. will give a Hal
loween social in the basement o.
the Baptist church next Tuesday
night. A short programme will
be rendered and refreshments
served. Come and have a gooe
time. Admission, 10 cents.
At a meeting of the school boare
last Friday evening it was deter
mined not to employ another
teacher at the present time. Al
attempt will be made to relieve tn
crowded primary room by making
promotions to the other rooms.
Following are the Grand Jurors
summoned by the Sheriff, who ar
serving this week: Jasper Ander
son, H. M. Keesling, VIM. Blue
S. E. Buford, Jas. A. Smith, LAIR,
Keenan,, Henry Adolph, Jos. Sell
linger, VIM. Lewis, Henry Ruble
Ben Croker and Chas. Bollinge1
Mr.. H. A. Gibbs, of st. Louis
last week purchased outright tn
Enterprise plant, and will tax
charge of the paper next week
He says he will be his own hos
and conduct the paper accordin
to his notion of the fitness {
things. tt will continue Republi
can in politics.
County court met last Thursda
and awarded the contract fe
building another span to the bridg
across Knob creek to 0. w. Chill
of st. Louis-his bid being 1854
There were several other bid
ranging as high as $3.50. The con
tract for the concrete work was Il
to Robert G. Farmer.
Mrs. Woodside asks the REC
lister to announce that on an
after October 9th she will have
complete line Of trimmed hats 9
hand and for sale at the store
w. T. Farmhouse in Granitevill
Ladies in that vicinity who wis
anything in the millinery line a
cordially invited to call.
In addition to the local bar Il