Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-06-07
LOCAL BREvITIES.

tiful.
Our rains the past week have
been glorious.
No. 4 now stops at Arcadia for
st. Louis passengers.
A post Office has been estab-
lished at Iron Mountain.
Robertus Love will occupy the
Emerson home this summer.
St. Paul's Guild meets at Mrs.
Stowell's Thursday afternoon.
The road to Centreville has been
a much travelled one the past two
weeks.
The De Soto papers say that it
costs $4,000 a year to fence against
the town COW in that burg.
The Commencement exercises at
Ursuline Convent, Arcadia, will
be held Tuesday, June 10th.
Mrs. j. N. Thompson's butter
the best that comes to the Valley
at the st. Louis Cash Store.
o. E. MCGEE and Miss Mamie
Brown will teach the Pilot Knob
public school again the ensuing
year.
Mr.. Baker, the general man
ager Of the Iron Mountain railroad,
has a cottage at Arcadia for the
summer.
Geo. L. Smith and Miss Mamie
Ringo have been employed to
teach the Arcadia public school
next year.
Henry Evans has about closed a
sale of his farm, south of Arcadia.
The purchasers are a couple OF
Hungarians.
There will be a grand ball at
Workmen's Hall, Graniteville,
Friday, June Sth. Refreshments
will be served.
DR.. G. G. Kerlagon of Belleview
is representing Iron county in the
Democratic convention at Jeffer-
o City this week.
Troops I and L, Ninth Cavalry,
arrived in the Valley Monday from
Jefferson Barracks, and will spend
a month at the range.
Frank Buckner writes us that a
large bank of iron ore has been
discovered on the land OF G..
O'Keath, neal Annapolis, Mo.
The Boston Boomers, a travel
ing aggregation of female ball
players, will cross bats with the
local nine Wednesday, June 18th.
De Soto lost out on the Brown
shoe factory, which was located at
Moberly. De Soto is going to try
and get another factory, however.
Rev. Mr.. Stowell was called to
De Soto Saturday, where he per-
formed a marriage ceremony for
a couple of Mr.. Brittain's parish
toner's.
The ladies of the Second Baptist
Church, Belleview, will give an
ice cream social on the grounds of
the Paullus Hotel, on Friday eve
ming this week.
Prof. B. Fox has removed his
family from Hopewell to Potosi,
, where they will reside in future.
Mr.. Fox will teach the school at
Hopewell this year, however.
DR.. Ben. Schwab, who has been
located in North Missouri for
several years past, this week
moved to Sapulpa, Indian Terri
tory, where he will make his home.
The syndicate that recently pur-
chased the Big Muddy Coal and
Iron Company lands in this coun-
ty, have imported a stump puller
and have it at work north of Knob
town.
Most of the witnesses in the
Spaugh cases returned from Cen
treville the latter part Of last week,
having been excused until Mon
day. They all returned the first Of
this week.
BoRN-To Mr.. and Mrs. r. E.
Wilkinson, Upper Alton, Ills,
Saturday, June 2, 1906, a boy.
The REGISTER tenders congratu-
lations and is glad to know that
all are doing we'll.
The prolonged drouth was
broken in the Valley last week by
arrangements being made for a
lawn party Thursday evening.
The rain came good and hard
Thursday. 1t seldom fails.
Glasses Three and Four and their
teachers, of the Presbyterian Sum
day school, will serve homemade
ice cream on the church lawn,
Thursday, June 18th, afternoon
and evening. All are invited.
The engine on No. "a broke
down at Annapolis last Thursday
afternoon, and n of the pushers
!. had to be sent there to pull the
train to Bismarck. In consequence
the train was over an hour late.
L. E. Logan writes the REGISTER
that he has been elected principal
Of the Foster school at Warrens-
burg, Mo. Mr.. Logan taught his
first school in Iron county in 1893,
and has taught each year since.
The general supposition seems
to be that Senator Burton will
serve his sentence in the Iron
county Jail. He has RESIGNED as