Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-01-18

VIM. Vandell of Lesterville, 10
shares. The officers for the first
year are A. Rieke, president; G.
A. White, vice-presidentan and man.
ager; j. Hummel, secretary and
treasurer. The office is located at
Ironton and the corporation is or
ganized for the purpose of manu-
featuring hubs and spokes and
wagon material.
Just after supper, on Wednes-
day evening, the phone rang in
Rev. La Tours residence, at Bis
marck. Answering the call, some
one told the Elder they would
come up to see him on business in
a little while and for him not to
go away. Visions of a wedding
fitted through the Elders mind;
so the parlor was opened, warmed
and lighted. A noise was heard
at the gate, and before the Elder
could get to the door it was opened
and a crowd of young people from
the church, union and Sunday
school entered, bearing packages
of good things as. an expression of
their esteem and love for him.
Music, singing and social converse
made the hours pass quickly, until
on the stroke of ten the company
dispersed. This time the Elder
acknowledges a complete sur
prise. x.
A new time card went into effect
Sunday. Slight changes were
made in the time of nearly all the
local trains. Following is the new
schedule: South bound trains:
No. 7, sos A. NJ; No. 8, (Arcadia)
II :33 A. M; No. 1, 5:27P P. M; local
freight, 1855. North-bound trains:
No. 10, Ash A. M; No. 2, 7:35 A.
M; No. A, (Arcadia) 4:05 F. NJ;
No. s, 6:24 P. M; local freight,
1885. Anew train was put on the
road, the St. Louis Mexico special.
This train leaves st. Louis Tues
days and Fridays at 9:01 A. M, and
reaches the City of Mexico at $50
P. M, Thursdays and Sundays.
The train goes south through here
at 1853; north, on Mondays and
FRIDAYS at 1850 P. M. 1t is a solid
Pullman train and does only
through work. The first train
passed through here Tuesday,
promptly on time, under charge of
Conductor j. v. Webb, who stock
it through" to Texarkana, where
it was transferred to the l. & G.. N.
Railroad.
Last Saturday afternoon some
boys playing in the woods near
Claytown, found bundle of
checks amounting to S1155, and
the money drawer taken from the
safe of Buck Sonar on the night
of October 7th, last, when his store
at that place was robbed and he
was shot. Before Mr.. Semar's
death, which resulted some two
weeks later, he stated that checks
amounting to within the neighbour
hood of $1,000 were stolen. The
checks were the regular pay issue
of the St. Joe Lead Company and
Mr.. Sonar had cashed them the
day or two previous to the rob-
berry. Although a search had
been made for the two robbers
who blew the safe and gave Sonar
his death wound, no trace of them
had been found, and it was simply
a matter of wait for the checks to
turn up, if they ever did. When
found Saturday the entire bunch
was intact, nice and clean and dry,
evidently bearing witness that they
had been hidden there recently
The finding of these checks within
a hundred yards Of the Sonar store
seems to prove one Of two things
concerning the robbery-either the
deed was committed by local
thieves, or else they have on
federates in the lead belt who re-
turned the checks where they
might be found. The theory that
the robbers placed them there on
the night of the robbery is not be-
lived possible, for both men left
on horseback and under fire. Two
or three different persons saw them
leave in great haste, and know
that they could not have stopped
to hide the checks.-Lead Belt NeUs.
On last Saturday a committee
from the Commercial Club of this
city went to Pennington to consult
with the st. Francois county rail-
road people in regard to an ex-
tension of the line to this city.
The committee was met at De
Lassus by Mr.. A.. j. Zwart, gem
eral manager of the road, and taken
to Pennington and Elvins over
the line; a short stop was made at
the power house, which is located
between Elvins and Pennington,
where the mammoth and hand
some machinery for supplying the
power for the road is generated.
All Of the equipment of this road
is first-class and the road bed is as
good as any in Missouri; go pound
steel is used. Four loaded freight
cars, regular railroad cars, can be
hauled at one time, and freight
sent out Of st. Louis in the after
noon is delivered to merchants in
Pennington the next morning.
The people of Pennington, and in
fact the entire lead belt, are for
tunate in having this road in their
county. On returning from Elvins
a meeting was held at which mat