Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-05-30
LOCAL BREvITIEs.
Decoration day tomorrow.

The ice man doesn't like this
sort of a season..
Time to get ready for the Fourth
of July celebration.
The fishermen, as a rule, are not
having very good luck.
The next excursion from st.
Louis will be June 10th.
Mr.. Damron expects to remove
to his new home next week.
Not often a fire is required in
I, the heating stove the latter part Of
May.
H. A. Nall has been busy MAX
ing the city assessment the past
week.
The local banks will not be open
for business Thursday-Decora-
ton Day.
Riding astride seems to be get
ting very popular with the fair sex
in the Valley.
Geo. w. Durfee has bought the
Medley home in Arcadia, paying
therefor $4,000.
The picnic season is at hand,
Come to the REGISTER Office for
your picnic posters.
There will be no troops at the
range this summer, it is an
nounced. Who cares?
G. A. Buckley has commenced
work on DR.. Gays new residence
in the western part OF town.
There isn't a federal prisoner in
the Iron county jail, nor hasn't
been for several months past.
The two cent fare law becomes
effective June 10th. Then the fare
to St. Louis from Ironton will be
S1.82.
The electric storm Saturday
night just left three of the phones
in the local system in good work
ing order.
Quite a number of our people
are in Centreville this week al
witnesses in the case against Mary
E. Spaugh.
The fishermen who journeyed tt
the st. Francis river last week hat
very fair luck, and brought home
some fine fish.
Harry Byers now has a position
as floor walker with the Famous il
: st. Louis. Harry returned to tn,
city last Saturday.
Remember the REGISTER doe
everything in the printing line
And we do it right, too, and a
a reasonable price.
It looks very much like Irontol
will have for principal of the pub
lie school next year some one tina
nobody else wants.
Mr.. Rieke says that he will pu
up his new building on the Halle
lots as soon as he a get a con
tractor to take the job.
Contractor Tual expects to hav'
the Lewis home completed early
in the fall. Work on the founda'
ton is about completed.
The ladies of st. Paul's Gull
meet at the residence Of Mrs
Roehry Thursday afternoon. 4
full attendance is desired.
There is talk of building a bi
iron furnace at Poplar Bluff, tn
intention being to bring the or
from the adjacent country.
Our old friend, John M. Thomas
y who has spent the greater porto
Of the last year in Seattle, Wash
ington, is back in Los Angelo
again.
To Judge w. G. johnson, {
Middlebrook, we are indebted fC
a box of the finest strawberries W
have seen this season. They wer
delicious.
"The Hidden Hand" under
tent, held forth in Ironton la
Saturday night. A steam callioE
was the chief attraction. The a.
tendance was small.
In December, 1905, the railroa
authorities assured us that a ne
depot would be built in Ironton-
"iust as soon as weather cond
tions would permit"
The Reynolds county circu
court convened Monday. The fir
case on the docket is that Of Ma
E. Spaugh, charged with the mt
der Of John w. Polk.
John T. Baldwin, Jr., is bull,
ing some porches and makiI
other improvements on the res
dence on Shepherd street, ju
north of the Grover property
ii IL said that three men will
employed at the station here aft
the eight hour-law for operate
goes into effect. In any event Il
night Office will not be closed.
The case against Mary
6paugh, in the Reynolds coun
Circuit court, will be tried ne
Monday. All the witnesses q
expected to be there Monday MOI
ing at nine o'clock.
The people Of Irondale do n
like the changing of the name
their railroad station from lro
dale to Savoy, and r protest.
y vigorously against the cover