Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-06-14

Our old friend, Henry L. Sim
norman, writes us a line from CO.
lumbus, Ohio, where he is spend
ing the summer with his sister.
Arthur HUFF recently sold the
ground, east of the railroad, that
he purchased from the Big Muddy
Coal and Iron Company to Bald
win Bros.
Lee Barger, who had been in
Little Rock several days the past
week attending court as a witness
for the Cotton Belt railroad, sends
us a view of the new State build
ing there.
The band boys made some music
in front of the Commercial Hotel
Saturday night. In view of the
fact that the boys had not been to-
gether for several months their
mnsic was very good.
Glasses three and four and their
teachers, of the Presbyterian Sum
day school, will serve homemade
ice cream on the church lawn,
Thursday, June 14th, afternoon
and evening. All are invited.
W. P. Patterson recently sold
his farm west of Pilot Knob to a
couple of Hungarians. MI. Pat
terson has purchased his fathers
farm on Marble Creek and will
make his home there in future.
w. H. Delano informs us that he
last week sold 100 acres of land in
Iowa, belonging to the estate of
his father. The land was entered
by Delano pere fifty years ago.
The land brought S65 an acre
There was another killing over
in the Lead Belt Monday at Lead
wood. A barber ordered a drunk
en- man out of his shop and the
follow went home, got his gun,
returned and killed the barber.
Mrs. T. P. Fitz of Des Arc, who
has been the guest of her niece,
Mrs. A. Blanton, went to Farm
Wednesday to visit her
Mrs. G. w. Morris, for
a few days before returning home.
DE Soto Press.
We understand that our young
friend, Chas. L. Fox, will be made
manager of the Newport Compress
at Newport, Arkansas,
Septempber list. This is a Q
sponsible position and we are glad
to know that Charlie has secured it.
The twenty-ninth annual COM
mencement of the Ursuline Acade-
my will be held Tuesday after
noon, June 10th, at two o'clock.
Friends of the institution are
cordially invited TO be present.
Visitors are requested to leave
small children at home.
The men who were charged with
stealing a couple of big logs in
county, hauling them
over here and selling them to one
Of the granite companies for der
rick purposes, were found guilty
in the circuit court I'M Reynolds
county last week and fined 81 and
costs each.
We understand that School
Director John Schwab was very
much opposed to the increase in
pay Of the three assistant teachers
In the Ironton schools, and thinks
that the people should have been
heard on the matter before the
board, of it's own motion, enlarged
the salaries.
Mrs. VIM. Christ has purchased
the Farmhouse property on Main
where she is atpresent con-
Quoting her bakery. The price
paid was $1,000. Mrs. Christ in
tends running an up-to-date bak-
cry and confectionery in every re-
spect, and respectfully solicits the
patronage of the public.
The many friends of w. T..
O'Neal & Son sympathize with
them in the loss of their store in
st. Francois county by fire, Tues
night of last week. Their loss
was possibly $4,000, with an in
surance of $4,000. With character
istic energy, however, they will
commence work on a new store
this week.
The work of taking out iron ore
from the Detmer Hollow began
this week and is being carried on
energetically. Probably several
car loads a week will be shipped
from Piedmont. We are informed
that a fine grade OF ore is being
mined. Hartrup Bros. have the
contract for getting out the ORE
Piedmont Banner.
The Piedmont school board last
Wednesday night elected Prof. M.
w. Daugherty of this place as
principal of their public schools.
The people of Piedmont are to be
congratulated on securing the
services of an honorable gentle
man and as competent an in
structor and disciplinarian as there
is in Southeast Missouri.
Nos. 8 and 10, the Memphis pas
senger trains, had a head-on col
lision a couple Of miles north Of
Poplar Bluff last Friday morning
about two o'clock. The fireman
on the north-bound train, whose
name was Richards, was killed;
and over twenty people were in