Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-11-22


Ironton, says that it has been re.
ported to him that certain parties
are circulating the story that he
offered Rev. Sitton a certain sum
of money to make speeches against
the Democratic comfy candidates
in the late campaign. Mr.. Rudy
denies emphatically that he made
any such offer, and says that he
does not even know Mr.. Sitton.
A few weeks ago the REGISTER
reproduced an item from an Ar
kansas paper, stating that under
the present law a'cigar box should
be destroyed Immediately after
emptying same. Inquiry at the
internal revenue Office has re-
vealed that such is not the case.
All that is necessary is to remove
the stamp, as heretofore, and then
the box may be put to whatever
use you see fit.
A union temperance mass meet
ing will be held in the Presbyter-
ian church next Sabbath evening,
at Z $50. A special programme has
been arranged, consisting of read
ings, recitations, short addresses
and music. The following will
give readings: Misses Laura Sue
Whitworth, Lottie Prince, Ruth
Kanouse and Bessie Gillian. The
churches unite in this service and
all are invited to attend.
Prosecuting Attorney Richeson
went out to Belgrade last Friday to
prosecute some ten ortwelve boys,
against whom charges had been
preferred of malicious destruction
of property on Halloween night.
We learn that no evidence could
be secured that would make the
charge stick against any particu-
lar members or member of the
crowd engaged in the devilment,
SO all were released.-Potosi Journal.
The round trip rate from Bis
marck to st. Louis, five days
limit, is $500. The round trip rate
from here to Bismarck is IS cents.
By buying a round trip ticket from
here to Bismarck and then from
Bismarck to st. Louis you can
save just 65 cents on the round
trip. The regular round trip rate
from here is $3.50. Many people,
in travelling from here to st. Louis
these days, take advantage of the
cheaper rate from Bismarck.
The Thorn Grove school house,
Just this side of Belleview, was de-
stroyed by fire Tuesday night of
last week. Miss Leva Edmonds,
the school teacher, had had some
trouble with a refractory boy the
day before and closed the school.
1t is thought the fire vas of in
cendary origin. The mail carrier,
going by the place shortly after
dark, saw a light in the school
house and some people in there,
but thought nothing of the matter
at the time.
Herbert Kora and Arr Lopez,
two Mexicans, were brought here
from st. Louis by Deputy U. S.
Marshal Wild Tuesday of last
week and lodged in Jail. The
former is charged with being a
fugitive from justice, claim being
made that he is wanted in Mexico
for murder and robbery. The latter
is charged with opening a letter
not belonging to him. The st.
Louis papers have had consider
able to say about the matter the
past few days, and say the two
men are suspected of being con-
nected with the Mexican revolu-
tionists.
Albert Hartle, a young man
about twenty-seven years of age,
who left here a year ago for Cali
%fornia, was killed in a falling
building at Long Beach, California.
on the 9th inst. Hartle was al
work on the building at the time
and nine of his fellow workmen
met the same fate. The collapse
of the structure is attributed tc
defective cement. Hartle married
a daughter Of Marley Peck, a
former resident here, and she and
two children survive him. The
deceased was a worthy young mai
and many friends here learn of his
death with sorrow.
Tom Smith, a saw-6ler, was
formerly employed in the hut
factory here. The following is re-
produced from the last issue O.
the Poplar Bluff Democrat: eyes
terday evening at about s o'clocl
, Tom Smith, a well known saw mil
man of this county, and now a saw
! filler in one of the mills on thu
tram road south of the city, fel
!, down the stairway while trying tx
| go to a room over Salesman
: restaurant. Mr.. Smith has
wooden leg and he stumbled a
the head of the stairway and fel
head foremost all the way to TIN
: ground floor badly tearing ant
I bruising and cutting his head 81
that it was thought that his skull
7 was fractured"
A petition will be submitted tt
ths county court at it's adjourned
term on December %, 1906, pray
ing the court to order a specia
election for the purpose Of votin,
Q on local option. At this time Their
is not, and has not been for ffteel
years, with N exception, a salool
9 in the county, and the only whis
: key sold in the county at this tim
is sold illepa1lv. and we are rathe