Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-08-09
LOCAL B%REvITIES.


LOCAL BREvITIES.
Probate court next week.
County court is in session this
week.
Teachers examination August
Oath and 25th.
Sunday school picnic at Brunot
next Saturday.
w. P. Pippin is moving his saw
mill to Pilot Knob.
There is some talk of a horse
show in September.
The rains this week almost in
ure a fair crop of corn.
Everything very quiet and dull
these hot, summer days.
Fishermen at the Iron Mountain
dam report good catches.
The watermelon is said to be
unusually good this year.
Crawford county has a local
option election August nth.
John Nagel has bought the
Brassel place in Pilot Knob.
Wheat, sixty-five cents. The
lowest price in several years.
The last week has certainly been
of the "good old summer time
The next and last excursion from
St. Louis for this season will be
October It'll.
Sophia B. Shaffer, of st. Louis,
last week purchased the Shapleigh
home in Ironton.
The Ironton boys badly de-
feated a st. Louis club in a game
of base ball Sunday.
The 4th of August seems to be a
forgotten day with the colored
population in the Valley.
Louis Miller has been appointed
as postmaster at Arcadia, to sue
ceed E. G. Tual, Jr., resigned.
The peaches are slow in getting
to market. 1t is said the later
varieties will be nor pletiful.
Louis Miller has a contract fol
building a $4,000 addition to the
Judge Hough place in Russellville
Commissioner Patterson was in
town Monday on his way to An
napolis, where he will teach school
this winter.
The Ironton and Arcadia boys
played ball Saturday, and the
former won by a score of sixteen
to fourteen.
Home made ice cream and sher-
bert. served on the Presbyterian
church lawn, Thursday afternoon
and evening.
The ladies of the Episcopal
Church will serve ice cream and
cake some evening next week
Exact date later.
Bert. Langdon says hat he
didn't see anything in his trip to
the Territory and Texas that suits
him as we'll as Missouri.
We understand that John w
Harral has traded some of his rea
estate in Belleview to VIM. Horsta.
man for st. Louis property.
John M. Thomas is now located
at Seattle, Washington, where he
has a situation as salesman in 6
large grocery establishment.
Several sections of the county
have suffered for the lack of rair
the past week. The shower Tues.
day relieved the situation con
siderably.
Rev. Geo. Steel has accepted ;
call to the passionate of the Towe.
Grove Baptist Church, st. Louis
He will probably remove hi
family September list.
The excursion from st. Loui
Sunday was composed of clever
coaches all we'll filled. The col
ored population constituted a larg'
proportion of the visitors.
Up to the present time thirt.
options to Belleview real estat'
have been filed with the recorder
1t is announced that drilling TO
lead will commence at once.
Judge Williams was here for
few hours Friday and held an ad
journed term of circuit court. TIL
Emerson will case was continued
until the regular term In October.
Born-To MI. and Mrs. "A. m
Madigan, Arcadia, Mo-, Wednes
day, August 8, 1905, a boy. Th'
REGISTER is pleased to announc'
that all are well and tenders con
gratulations and best wishes.
The Republicans of this distric
met at Piedmont Tuesday AM
nominated M. T.. Rhodes Of Wash
ington county as their candidat
for Congress-. We hardly thin
Mr.. Rhodes will be in the running
this fall.