Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-06-29
LOCAL BREvITIES.

The spring chicken is high in
price and rather scarce.
The corn has made mighty fine
progress the past week.
Remember the REGISTER Office
when you want printing.
Thirty five teachers attended
the examinations last week.
Dance at Academy of Music Fri
day night. All are invited.
We hear of a business change
about to take place in town.
The creamery is making some
most excellent butter these days.
The ice man is about as busy a
fellow as YOU will find in the VAL
ley these days.
The watermelon-the Missouri
melon-will be here in about a
month.
The wheat crop throughout
Southeast Missouri is said to be
very short.
Guaranteed goods, wholesale
prices, for the picnic at N. Ferris
/. & Co. place.
The Y. M. G. A. boys camped at
the Pilot Knob dam seem to be
having a big time.
We had a soaking rain Monday
evening. In about an hour the
rainfall was 1876 inches.
The excursion train from st.
NLouis Sunday was comprised OF
nine coaches well filed.
The ladies of st. Paul's Guild
will meet at the residence of Mrs.
D. Myers Thursday afternoon.
Services will be held in st.
Paul's church (Episcopal) Sunday
at 1880 A. M, II A. M. and s P. M.
Revs. N. j. Peoples and l. B.
Manly will spend the glorious
fourth in a meeting at Annapolis.
There will be a grand basket
picnic at the Des Arc picnic
ground on July 18th. All are in
vited.
The Arcadia Valley Drug Store
is headquarters for fireworks and
all kinds of Fourth Of July sup
plies.
Judge w. H. Buford last week
sold his farm in Belleview to Mrs.
M. E. Gallaher. The price was
$4,000.
One Of the best league services
OF the year was led Sunday eve-
ming by Mr.. Arthur Huff at thu
brick chapel.
Tbs next Epworth Leagues Con-
ference Of Farmingrofs district, M.
Church, South, will be held ether
at Ironton or Fort Hill.
The telephone exchange has
issued a letter announcing a half
holiday and no service the after
moon Of the 4th Of July.
acknowledgement girl to do
cooking and laundrying in private
family in st. Louis. Call at Ar
cadia Hotel Thursday morning.
The record has been beaten
here it is, the first OF July right at
hand, and not a strawberry nor ice
cream festival so far this season.
A email vote was polled through
out the county at the special cleo
ton held last Saturday. At the
Ironton precinct 144 votes were
polled.
The ball players are trying to
organize a company to fit up a
base ball park, build a grand stand
and arrange to charge admissions
to the games.
Troop "L" of the Ninth cavalry
arrived here last Thursday and will
spend a month or more at the
range. Troop 81" returned to the
Barracks Saturday.
There will bea balloon ascension
at the picnic grounds at Could
ing's park, July 18th. Everybody
come and see this most wonderful
balloonist Of the age.
The Ironton boys playeda game
of ball Sunday afternoon with a
team from Fredericktown. The
Fredericktown club was successful
in a score Of six to one.
Our worthy, competent and ac-
commodating station agent, Mr..
G. E. Downey, is thinking of maxi
ing a trip to the west sometime
during the heated term.
Miss Lettie Goodykoontz will
give a recital at the Masonic Hall,
in Belleview, on July 6, 1905, fol
the benefit Of the Epworth League
OF that place. Admission, 10c.
There are probably less freight
trains passing overt the Iron Noun
tain road these days than at any
time since the big strike on the
Gould system way back in 1886.
Frank Sizemore, Of Graniteville,
was fined IS and costs in Squire
Fairchild's court, Monday, for dis
turbing the peace Of George Collier
Of Graniteyille a few days previous.
There were just 1888 votes cast in
the special election held last Satur-
day. Of this number John I. Mar
shall received 1856 votes; the other
two votes were cast for Jos. Du-
bacher of Graniteville.
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