Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-06-06

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of $1,000 per week. That's an in
dustry worth while.
Representative C.. H. Polk will
leave this week on a visit to rela-
tives in California. He will be
absent two or three months and
will teach the Belleview school
on his return this fall.
The date now set for the exc
cution of Amalek and John Brooks
is June 9th. If the Governor
takes any further action it will
probably be to commute the sent
ence to life imprisonment.
Eugene Winkler, who arrived in
the city the latter part of last
week from points in Texas for a
visit to his parents, left yesterday
for a short visit to friends in Dex-
ter.-PopIar Bluff Democrat.
In an account of a drummers'
excursion we take the following
from the New Orleans Picdyune of
May 9th: 80. j. Buford is one
of the train auditors on the Mobile
and Ohio railroad. He is clever,
polite and strictly business"
The Maxwell & Crouch Mule
Company, of Illinois, had a suit
against the White & Hummel
Manufacturing Company in Rey-
nolds county last week, alleging
damages for trespass. A jury
rendered a verdict for the Defend
ants.
The REGISTER this week pub
fishes a veryinteresting letter from
England from Miss Alice Gay.
We hope Miss Gay will furnish us
with frequent communications
during her absence, and are sure
that our readers will enjoy them
immensely.
A souvenir postal card apprises
us that DR.. F. w. Tr%auernichtis in
Topeka, Kansas, "having a good
time and not going dry" AS
Kansas is a prohibition State, this
seems a singular statement. How
ever, the DR.. will likely explain
when he returns home.
Notwithstanding the down-pour
of rain, Gen. Jerry Wick's circus
paraded through the principal
streets of the city last Saturday
morning. 1t vas gorgeous and
scintillating and heartily encored
by the large concourse of people
on the streets assembled.
Two weeks ago l said, "Preach-
ing on the corner. Well, some of
my neighbors need it," Benny
seems to have applied this to him
self, but he was wrong, as he usu-
allyis. 1t was intended to apply
only to those still having within
them some leaven of righteous
ness.
Prof. Paul Steel, who has been
with homefolk in st. Louis since
the close of the Leadwood public
schools, was here this week on his
way to Cape Girardeau, where he
will begin attending the State Nor
NAL. Prof. Steel says he expects
to finish the Normal course in
about one year.-Lead Belt Banner.
The mail service generally
throughout this portion of the
State is just about as miserable
and inefficient as can be imagined.
The REGISTER mailed here on
"Wednesday afternoon, reaches
subscribers in the lead belt in st.
Francois county, probably twenty
miles away, Friday at noon. Mag
nificent that, isn't it?
We should imagine that travel
ing about the country with a one
horse show, or small circus, is just
about as hard a way Of serving
ones country as you can find.
There has been one of those aggre-
gations in the Valley the most of
the past week, and if they, one and
all, aren't having pretty hard lines
they deceive appearances.
VIM. Crommer, of Belgrade, at
tended to legal matters in the cir
cult clerks Office last Monday.
Mr.. Crommer informed us that the
South Missouri Pine Lumber Com
pany has adjusted the demand he
had against it, and which was
litigated in all the courts of the
State. This was a signal victory
for Mr.. Crommer.-Greenviue Jour
nal.
Jim Harris, who was wounded
in a pistol duel, Saturday, May
18th, is reported to be rapidly re-
covering, although at the time Of
the shooting, attending physicians
were unanimous in their opinion
that the wound, which was in the
abdomen, would prove fatal. Har-
ris' friends state that he will be
able to be,out again in the course of
La week.-ElUins Herald.
Walter Strother and Albert
O'Bannon, two Holiness preach
ers of Des Arc, are here to-day.
Mr.. Strother will preach at the
Methodist church tonight. They
uniformed us that they erect
ing a Bible School at Des Arc, and
would have it completed by the
first OF September. 1t will be
known as the Southeast Missouri
Holiness University. - Centreville
Refornaer.
S. L. Moore Of Pennington, the