Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-03-30

and notions, and also a complete
line of ready-made skirts. Mrs.
Woodside asks the ladies to kindly
defer their spring and summer
purchases until they have had an
opportunity to examine her dis
play, which she is quite certain
will contain something to please
them all.
C~hicago's dollar ayear daily, the Chiea-
60 Daily Revifae, is making wonderful strides
in public favor. The Daily RevieT0 con-
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and includes a brilliant magazine article by
a good author every day., also fine editor
ials, much choice miscellany, and a COM
plete and carefully edited market report.
1t publishes nothing which cannot be read
aloud in the family circle, hence is a SPLEEN
did paper for women and children, as well
as a great ~favorite with busy farmers, work
ingmen, merchants, lawyers, ministers,
physicians, teachers, etc. The subscriptions
price is 81 a year, IS cents for six months
50 cents for three months. Send one dollar
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Chicago Review Co., 599 Cola Building,
Chicago, Ill.
On last Saturday night, about
$3.50 o'clock, a bright light was
seen in the heavens; the light re-
sembled an immense meteor at
times, but would fade completely
out of sight, reappearing again in
a few seconds a tiny spark, but
gradually growing in size and
beauty. 1t appeared to be travel
ing in a northwesterly direction
and at 1915 had completely dis
appeared from view. AS seen
through a field glass, this phenoma
resembled at its brightest, an cleo
trio search light, ann was magnif-
cent in its dazzling splendor. 1t
was certainly a beautiful sight and
we have not seen any explanation
of the heavenly light.-Frederick-
town Democrat eWs.
A representative of the bridge
and building department of the
railroad was here one day last
week going over the plans for the
new depot with Agent Downey,
and getting any suggestions he
might have to offer on the subject.
The plans that have been adopted
provide for a station house to cost
about S1700. There will be wait
ing rooms for men and women,
telegraph and express offices and
a freight warehouse. The blue
prints indicate that the building
will present a very nice appear
ance. The depot will be built
alongside the main track and the
local track will be moved and
placed west of the station. We
are certainly glad that we are this
far on the way to a new depot.
We trust there will be no more
delay.
That Poplar Bluff is a lucky
town has been proven in more
ways than one, but possibly the
luckiest streak the city has been
the recipient of for many moons
is the proposition now on foot
whereby we are to rob De Soto of
her Iron Mountain railroad shops.
The report has been current for
some time that the railroad COM
pany was contemplating a change
in the location of her shops, but
not until the last days has the
matter began to take on real form.
In conversation with a gentleman
of this city who enjoys the dis
tinction of being pretty close to
the ground floor in Iron Mountain
affairs we are informed that since
the road is contemplating chang
ing her 1900 class of engines to
pull twenty ton loads from Texar-
kama to st. Louis, the theory is
advanced that in order to do this
the trains would have to be run
from Texarkana to St. Louis, via
this city to Dexter and thence over
the Thebes bridge to East ST.
Louis. This would put the shops
at De Soto out OF reach of the
main freight line of the road and
they would in all probability be
removed to this city where they
would be on a line with the great
, est amount of freight work. 1t is
I generally conceded thatthe change
will be made and that this city
will get the shops. In fact, nego'
, tiations are now on foot for the
purchase of the old fair grounds
for the location of the shops
Poplar Bluff Citizen.
{ 1t seems that they have tel
: ephone troubles in the lead belt
or, at least, we should Judge 81
from the following, taken from tn
5 last issue of the Lead Belt NeWs
"Since the announcement by tn
Pennington Telephone Compan,
n that after April list the rate TO
phones would be increased t.
q three dollars for business house
S and S1.50 for residences, two re
monstrances have been circulate
g throughout the lead belt agains
: the arbitrary action OF the com
pany. The petitions recite tina
S the people have put up with poo
: service, which has not been i'm
proved since the night servic
went into effect, and the signer
= pledge themselves to have thei
u phones removed before they wi
!. submit the increase. The petition
have been quite generally signe
y throughout the lead belt towns
!, Our business people insist that q
= the stores close at seven o'clock
y the evening and do not open tt
y about that hour in the morning
night service is useless to then
~ They do not open at all Sunday
- and hence have 40 use for Sunda
" service. The day service is no be