Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-09-12


The County Board of Appeals
will be in session September 23d.
An adjourned term of County
Court will be held the following
day, for the purpose of choosing
the judges of election for the local
option election.
Work is progressing very salts
factorily on the summer home of
Mr.. R. A. Lewis on the Langdon
place in Russellville. 1t promises
to be a very imposing structure,
indeed. Contractor Tual is rush.
ing the work as much as possible.
AT the horse show in Belleview,
August 3tst, Jesse Hawkins horse
won the first prize as best mare or
gelding any age. Mr.. j. A. Rey-
burn captured the first premium in
the "best saddle stallion" class
with Hon, John H. Raney's horse.
Well, the slow order put on the
Iron Mountain road by the Rail-
road Commissioners won't incon-
~venience people who ride from
here to st. Louis. We've had
nothing but ''slow order" trains
going that way for a long, long
while.
1t costs just as much to use the
long distance phone at night now
as it does in the day time. Prior
to September list the rate after six
o'clock in the evening was just
about half what it was in the day
time. The rate is the same now,
night and day.
Word was received the first of
the week from Sheriff Marshall in
Texas, en- route to Brisbee, Arizona,
for Thos. Pearsons. He expected
to reach Brisbee Sunday, and will
probably be home with his pris-
oner to-day, provided there are no
more delays encountered.
We are told that the heirs of the
late j. P. Maddox, a brakeman,
who was killed at Irondale a couple
of months ago, will probably in
stitute proceedings for damages
against the railroad company.
Hon. John H. Raney has been en-
ployed by the plaintiff, we UNDER
stand.
l know who went into my stable
Monday night and stole all the
blankets off the bed in the Office.
Unless the blankets are returned
to the stable by next Saturday
morning, l shall prosecute the
guilty parties to the full extent of
the law. l mean just what | say.
HI. M. COLLINS.
Ever since it's institution. half a
century ago, Iron Lodge, No. 1917,
I. 0. O. F., has had regular meet
ings on Monday night. A change
has been made, however, and in
the future the meetings will be
held on Saturday nights. Regular
meeting, Saturday, September
18th. Work in the initiatory de-
gree.
w. R. Edgar, as attorney for H.
S. Whitener, Wednesday filed suit
in the Circuit Court against G. w.
Scoggin, to enforce payment of a
note for $500, made by .Scoggin in
March last. Scoggin gave the note
to one E. A. P. Haynes, who trans,
ferred the same to Whitener.
Haynes is also made defendant in
the suit.
James Freeland of Silver Mines
and Miss Sophia Blanton OF near
lronton we're united in matrimony
at the home of the BRIDES parants,
Mr.. and Mrs. Thompson Blanton,
yesterday. They are two of Mis-
souri's prominent young people
and have the best wishes Of their
many friends. They will make
their home on a farm near Silver
Mines.-Fredericktown Tribune.
PRIVATE SALE.-Will sell, at my
residence in Arcadia, Mo-, for
or on time, at a bargain, my
piano, household and kitchen fur
niture, carpets, wagon, carpenter
hay, corn, wood and various
other things; will take in ex-
change chickens, eggs and pota-
toes. Do not miss this oppor-
tunity, as everything will go at a
sacrifice, within the next two weeks.
S. E. MANGOLD.
Miss Leila O'Neal returned to
Ironton Monday, after a months
absence. While gone Miss Leila,
in company with her sister, Miss
Nettie, visited the jamestown Elk
position, Pittsburgh, Washington,
Norfolk, thence to New York by
boat, up the Hudson, Niagara,
Buffalo and other points. They
had a most delightful trip and en-
joyed it immensely. Miss Nettie
leaves for California in a couple
of weeks.
People who make the trip to the
top of Pilot Knob hill have named
the old No. 2 tunnel there the "ice
cave" for the reason that in the
hottest days Of summer there is a
wind comes gushing forth from
the tunnel that is as cold as if it
blew from the icebergs of the
Arctic. Visitors to the hill the
past week tell us that blackberries
growing on bushes in the mouth
Of the tunnel are just now ripen-
ing, the cold winds having re-
tarded their maturity this long:
From a late issue of the Gem
tralia ,(Washington) NeaOs- Eram-