Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-24


Two children of John Mayes, a
girl about eleven and a boy about
nine, are suffering with a disease
which the attending physicians
have diagnosed as scarlet fever.
The red flag has been displayed
for a week and an effrot made to
preventive contagion from spread
ing. The little girl has been sick
ten days and the boy three or four.
Both are getting along very nicely.
Where they contracted the disease
is not known, but the physicians
say there have been several cases
of scarlet fever in the country south
and east of here.
Ferd Anderson, twenty-five years
of age, walked forty-five miles to
come to Ironton Monday and get a
license to wed Sarah Romyne,
fifteen years of age. Anderson
lives at Vibrunum p~ost-ofice, this
county, right near the Crawford
county line. He started from
home six o'clock Monday morning,
getting here about five in the even
ing. A pretty good walker at that.
He secured the much-wanted doc
ument from Mr.. Hawkins that
evening and started on the return
early Tuesday morning. Health
and happiness to him and his.
w. H. Pierce, a poineer resident
of this city, died last night at his
home on the East Side, after a
four weeks illness caused by con-
sumption. Mr.. Pierce was one of
the oldest residents of Poplar
Bluff, having been engaged in
sign and house painting work in
this city for the past fifteen years.
He was 81 years old and leaves a
wife and several, children, who,
with the exception of one daugh-
ter, were present at the time of his
death. The funeral will be con-
Quoted tomorrow afternoon at
2:30 o'clock at the M. E. church.
Interrment will be in the City
Cemetery.-Butler County Democrat.
We understand that there were
lively and exciting times in Des
Arc a couple of nights of last
week. Mr.. E. w. Graves, the
well known lumber man and mer-
chant, recently returned to his
home there from one of his trips
bringing with him a young and
beautiful bride. A couple of
nights later the boys gathered a
lot of tin pans and COW bells and
proceeded to give the newly mar
ried couple a genuine, old-fash-
Toned charivari. The BRIDE
groom didn't take kindly to the
serenade, refused to treat, and
ordered the jewellers to leave.
When the crowd returned again
the next night Mr.. Graves barri-
caded the porch, got a gun and
some cartridges and vowed he'd
kill the first man that came in the
yard. But nobody came in the
gate and there was no blood shed.
Finally the serenaders disbanded,
and we have not learned whether
they have again appeared on the
scene.
Oscar Wagner, aged Fl, of Battle
Creek, Mich, who is riding from
that place to Memphis, Tenn, on
a wager of $1,000, passed through
Harrington last Saturday after
noon several days ahead of his
schedule time, for he is due to
reach Memphis by Nov. 1. He
rides a trim little yellow pony
whose weight is $50 pounds, and
the weight of saddle and man is
200 pounds. The pony looks
fresh and their travelling compan-
ion is a little Shepherd dog named
Snip. Wagner spends his nights
at farm houses on the way and
works his way along the route,
and so far has found everything
lovely, and he seems to be in the
best Of spirits. Snip makes his
living by catching rabbits along
the way. Wagner says he is very
grateful to the farmers on his route
for their courtesies. Unless the
pony goes lame or muddy roads
delay him, he expects to be in
Memphis several days ahead of
time and win his 61.000.-The Farm
ington Times.
The man who issues marriage
licenses has troubles of his own.
Last Saturday, Recorder Hawkins
was waited on by a couple who
live in the valley, asking that he
issue the document that would au-
thorize their marriage. The would
be bridegroom was but eighteen
years of age, but he had a letter
!, written by his father asking the
recorder to give him the license.
!, The bride-to-b be had DO such LETT
ter, but insisted that she a OF
age, just eighteen. Mr.. Hawkins
, has had some little experience in
issuing marriage licenses that
makes him very wary, and, hear
ing that the young lady's father
was in town, he went out to con-
suit with him. The father would
| not say whether the young lady
! was Of age or not but forbade the
recorder issuing the license. Mr.
) Hawkins, sorely perplexed, did no
, know what to do, returned to hi
, office. The couple were still there
, and both pleaded for the much
coveted document, the girl insist.
: ing all the time that she was eigh'
, teen years old. But the records
: was too obdurate and the disap'