Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-04-26

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Next Tuesday is the last day for
entering the primary race. All
who want their names on the ticket
must settle with the treasurer of
the county committee before that
time.
In a letter from Crockett, Texas,
Rev. Manly tells us that they are
enjoying an early spring down
there. All kinds of vegetables
and frying size chickens in pro-
fusion.
G. D.. Alexander, who has been
working extra on the pushers for
the past year or more, has severed
his connection with the railroad,
and will in future devote all his
time to the farm.
Clarence Whitworth writes us
that he is no longer in st. Louis,
but is now in the store with his
brother in Fredericktown. We are
glad to know that he is getting
along very nicely.
The job of moving the old store
building of the Lopez Store Com
pany was most satisfactorily ac-
complished. Everything worked
as smooth as oil and no incon-
venience was suffered at all.
All candidates who desire to
have their names placed on the
primary election ticket in Iron
county, are hereby notified to pay
their assessment to w. T. O'Neal,
treasurer, on or before May LIST.
The little folk in Miss Fairchild's
and Miss Gays rooms in the pub
lie school gave very creditable en-
tertainments last Thursday and
Friday afternoons. Quite a num-
Der of visitors were in attendance.
Mrs. Woodside is in st. Louis
this week buying a lot more of
spring and summer millinery. The
Easter demand was far in excess
of anticipation, and she finds it
necessary to lay in another stock.
The attention of stockmen is
directed to the advertisement of
Fletcher Bros. on the last page of
this paper. The owners of this
horse say that he is one of the best
bred animals in this section of the
country, as an investigation of his
pedigree will show.
The right of-way for the extern
sion of the Sligo & Eastern Rail-
way, from billiard, in Crawford
county, to Goodwater, in Iron
county, a distance of about fifteen
miles, has been closed and the
work of grading will shortly be-
gin.-SteelUille Mirror.
Thomas G. Leech, who was a
newspaper man in Ironton over
twenty years ago, died in St.
Louis last Thursday. The remains
were taken to Cape Girardeau for
interment. Mr.. Leech was en-
gagged on one of the trade papers
in ST. Louis at the time of his
death.
The date of the excursions
from st. Louis to the Valley this
summer will be May 18th, June
18th, August 9Th and October 7th.
Fare for the round trip, SIPS.
Train leaves Union. Station at sos
A. M, arriving at Arcadia at 1850
A. M. Returning leaves Arcadia
at 6:25 P. M.
M. Joseph says that when he
closes out his stock of goods he
may go to Arkansas for a while.
But he does not think he will leave
Ironton for any length of time.
He has been here about seven
years, he says, and doesn't know
that he will find a place that will
suit him better.
A number of our subscribers at
different post-offices throughout
the county = more particularly
north of here-complain that they
do not receive their paper prompt
ly. The fault is not ours, for we
mail regularly every Wednes-
day. The fault is in the mail SER
vice somewhere.
The commencement exercises Of
the colored school, at the Academy
Of Music, Monday night, attracted
quite a large audience. The gradu-
ates were Florence Arnett and
Ollie Brown. The exercises were
we'll rendered and gave good evil
dence of the merits of their in
structor, Prof. Gordon.
So far as we have been able to
ascertain, none of the Ironton
people now in California were
molested by the terrible earth
quake that devastated San Fran
cisco last Wednesday. Most Of
the Ironton people are in the
neighborhood of Los Angeles,
which is almost five hundred miles
distant from Frisco.
Judge Williams convened cir
cult court Monday afternoon. The
case against the Brookses for muir
der was continued until Thursday
when it will 60 to trial. The cases
against Sutton and Brown fol-
burglary were continued unit
Tuesday of next week. The case
against R. Calvert for carrying
concealed weapons was dismissed
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