Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-07-13

The Presbyterian Sabbath schoo
will meet at 10 o'clock in the
future, instead of $3.50. The Sab,
bath school will last one hour and
be followed at once by the preach
ing service at II o'clock.
MI. Delano says that in all the
time that he has kept record of the
rainfall, that thereis but once be.
fore where a summer month
showed the amount of precipita-
ton that the past three weeks
have.
DR.. Prince asks us to announce
that the Temple Builders of the
Baptist church will give theil
regular meeting on the lawn al
Rev. Steel's, next Friday evening,
provided, thereis sufficient rain
fall in the meantime to settle the
dust.
Rev. L. B. Manly was called to
Brinkley, Arkansas, last week tc
see a nephew who had been
seriously injured by being knocked
from a railroad track by passing
train. The young man had a
miraculous escape and will prdb-
ably recover.
We see that the Grand Leader
Mercantile Company in Farming
ton, owned by Messrs. Reese &
Zwart, is closing out preparatory
to quitting business. We under
stand Mr.. D. F. Reese will at once
go to some point in the west in
the hope of improving his health.
The water tower on the Newman
farm, west of town, was destroyed
by fire last Friday evening. A
fire had been built in the tower
during the day and it is supposed
the conflagration was started in
that way. The tower and ma
chinery originally cost about Sl1O0.
Among the former Vallegians
who spent the Fourth here were
DR.. G.. L. Blanks and family, now
of Pennington. The Doctors
many friends greeted him with
pleasure and all wish him success.
For myself II know him to be ''true
blue'' as a man, and professionally
speaking, worthy the confidence of
the public.
Last Tuesday the receipts of
beer in this city was fairly good
for a prohibition town, nine cases
and one keg of beer we're received
by the express on that day; Mon
day the receipts were not quite SO
large, only seven cases, and on
Saturday there were six cases and
three kegs of beer received here
by express.-FredericktoaOn Demo-
crat- News.
The people Of Ironton have
very wisely concluded that they
do not want the tuberculosis sani-
tarium at any price. 1.-THE testi-
mony of the people of Kansas on
the growth of consumption in that
State from the passage of con-
sumptives on their way to Color
ado is worth anything, no place
would care to run the risk.-Fdrm-
ington Times,
On Saturday, July Is, 1905, |
will open a bakery and confec-
tionery in Ironton, in the building
formerly occupied by the U. S.
land offices, on Main street, next
door to Gay & Kindell's. Bread,
pies, cakes and all of the bakers
products will be kept in stock. !
respectfully solicit a share of the
public patronage.
JOSEPH MADLINGER.I
The statement for the Ironton
School District for the year end
ing June so, 1905, shows that the
expenditures for the year were
S2522. "a; that the balance on hand
is S1224.95-S906 .05 being accredit-
en- to the teachers fund, and
S31S.90 to the incidental. The bal
ance on hand at the beginning OF
the year just concluded was
teachers fund, St073.64 incident
al, S425.23.
Adrain Steel, of Iron county,
was here last Friday in the Spaugh
habeas corpus proceedings. He
informs us that the transfer of the
land Office from Ironton to Spring
field has been finally accomplished
and that his father, Rev. George
Steel, whose intention it was to
return to Jefferson county, will re-
main in Ironton for a year or more
the church at that place having
made provision to pay him a good
salary.-Hillsboro New Era.
Last Saturday afternoon Sheriff
Marshall received a telegram from
Gov. Folk ordering him to take
VIM. and Arthur Spaugh to thu
\ st. louis jail for safe keeping
The prisoners were taken to st
Louis that evening, making thu
journey on cots, and were placed
in the st. Louis Jail shortly afte
midnight. The Sheriff was accom-
panied on the trip by w. T. O'Nea
and DR.. Marshall. The latest in
formation from the prisoners il
that their wounds will not, likely
give them much trouble.
The DR.. Gouldlng place, west 0
town, was sold at trustees sal
last Saturday afternoon. Thu
rock house, or hospital, and thu
park were first offered for sale ant
bid in by James M. Logan, o
Belleview, for $1,000. AS this wa,
sufficient to pay the amount Of thu
note secured bv the deed Of trI1st