Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-04-11
LOCAL BREvITIEs.

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Another killing frost last night.
For April the winds blew very
cold Monday.
Horse buyers and horse sellers
are numerous.
Poplar Bluff elected a Democratic
mayor last week.
The Board of Appeals meets at
the court house April 23d.
We had summer in March. Are
we going to have winter in April?
The steam shovel, to do work on
the railroad, will be here next
week.
The screen factory buildings are
dreary and desolate looking
places these days.
Rev. Sitton is conducting a re-
vival meeting in the lead belt in
st. Francois county.
The ladies of st. Paul's Guild
meet at the residence of Mrs.
Roehry Thursday afternoon.
In a game of ball between the
Ironton Sluggers and Pilot Knobs
the former won; score % to Z.
The county court will receive
bids for painting the court house.
See Advertisement in this paper.
There was just an intimation of
snow Monday afternoon. Pretty
late in the season for the beautiful.
Houses are again a mighty
scarce article in Ironton, and he
who wants to rent is up against it.
Work will commence at once on
the residence of Robert A. Lewis
on the Langdon place in RUSSELL
vile.
Elsewhere we print a portion of
Judge Gantt's opinion in the Bill
Spaugh case. 1t is worth careful
reading.
Rev. j. A. Bowman will hold
services at the Baptist church next
Sunday morning and evening.
All are invited.
The Temple Builders of the Bap-
list church will have q meeting at
the residence of Mr.. S. P. Ringo
Friday evening.
Fred. Kindell, Jr., last week
bought from James M. Logan the
residence east of the school house,
occupied by Mrs. Reed.
Iron Lodge, No. 1O7, /. o. o. F.,
will celebrate its fiftieth anniver-
sary May Goth. A public enter
tainment is being considered.
Quite a lot of residence property
has been changing hands in town
the past week, and we hear Of
several other deals under way.
FOR SALE-Two pool tables;
one in frst-class order, the other
not SO good. Bargain. Apply to
j. D. Brooks, Graniteville, Mo.
Ten trip tickets to st. Louis are
on sale at Arcadia station for
SIS. so. It is not an individual
ticket, and can be used by any one.
The editor Acknowledges the re-
eipt of an invitation to attend the
Dedication Ball of the new Elk
Club In Cape Girarddau, April is.
We understand that the hub
factory will probably be forced to
close down in the course of a few
weeks, because of the scarcity of
timber.
Theodore Freeman, now living
in Los Angeles, California, last
week soldth his residence in north
Ironton to Mrs. Mary F. Morgan.
The price paid was S515.
There are less hub haulers in
town these days than in years past.
Whether it is a scarcity of timber,
or other reasons that cause the
change, we do not know.
FOR bodybuilding in Tronton,
formerly occupied by A. Roehry.
Suitable for store or other pur-
poses. Apply to L. A. Seitz, 1856
S. 4th street, st. Louis, Mo.
We see that our young friend,
Albert Trauernicht, was elected a
member of the city council in
Pennington last week. Mr.. Trauer-
NIGHT was elected without opposi-
ton.
No. 10, a north bound passenger
train, was wrecked at Iron Noun
tain about six o'clock last Satur-
day morning. The engineer, Frank
Meyer, received quite severe in
%juries.
S. E. Buford has sold his farm
in Belleview to w. w. Nichols, Of
Granite City, Ills, who takes
possession at once. Mr.. Buford
will remain in Belleview for the
present.
The new school board held a
meeting Saturday night and or
ganized by electing III. M. Collins
president, and DR.. Farrar vice.
president. Another meeting will
be held April Goth.
The general opinion seems to be
that the fruit prospects were seri-
ously injured by the cold weather
Of the past week. In some shelf
cred spots there may be q light
yield, but that's about all.