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

pany at $751; 600. The old fair
grounds can be bought for half
that sum, and the remainder would
be devoted to improvements, etc.
The local beer agents say that
they are we'll supplied with beer,
and that the strike in the st. Louis
breweries will have to continue for
a long while before there will be a
famine of Gambrinus' foaming
beverage in the Valley.
A steam shovel will be brought
here this week and the work of
raising the railroad tracks in the
vicinity of the depot will COM
mence. AS soon as that work is
finished we are assured that our
new station will be built.
We see that the ball given last
Saturday night by two young
ladies of North st. Louis, to help
Bill Spaugh prosecute his appeal
through the United States Su-
preme Court, was not a marked
success. But $50 was realized.
Easter was celebrated with the
usual festival services at st. Paul's
church. The music chosen by the
choir was of a high standard, and
it was indeed well rendered. The
floral decoration were the best seen
in this church for some years.
j. M. Hawkins, w. j. Schwab
and Fred. Kindell, Jr., who at
tended the K. P. meeting at Ste.
Genevieve Tuesday of last week,
say they had a grand time, and
that the good people of that little
city certainly treated the visitors
royalty.
J. G. Medley, who moved to Ar
cadia some ten days ago, was in
Flat River on business Monday of
this week. Mr.. Medley informed
us that he opened up his store in
last Saturday and that
business is starting out nicely
Lead Belt News.
Al the annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Academy of
Music, Monday afternoon, the old
directors were reelected for the
ensuing year. A dividend of five
per cent. was declared on the stock
of the company. j. Grandhomme
will continue secretary and man
ager.
The editor recently received a
letter from Mrs. Rose H. Leech,
who is now located in California
at a suburb of Los Angeles. Mrs.
Leech is engaged in literary work,
and her father, Joseph A. Hughes,
now eighty-two years of age and
good health, is living
with her.
Postmaster Bishop is in receipt
of a letter from Capt. E. G. Clark,
who is s%ojourning in Texas and
Mexico. The Captain says he
witnessed a bull fight Sunday last
in which seven horses and four
bulls were killed. He describes it
as the most brutal sight he ever
witnessed.
Miss Ollye Begley, who is at
tending school in Arcadia, is ex-
pected home tomorrow. Miss
Begley upon arriving home will
Immediately start for Hot Springs,
where she goes for the benefit of
her health, which has been failing
her several months .-Poplar Bluff
Republican. ,
The big pine log taken from
Tins farm to Graniteville, to be
used as a derrick, passed through
here Thursday afternoon, being
hauled by an eight mule team.
The transportation of the log eight
miles was a mighty proplem, and
required a week or more of time,
three or four mon and eight mules.
Without doubt, at the store of
B. N. Browns one sees much the
finest display of children's, misses
and ladies' spring and summer
hats that has ever been shown
there. The millinery creations are
of the very latest styles and are
beautiful, and the prices wonder
fully low. Special prices on two
or moro hats.
AT the school election in IRON
ton Tuesday the following vote
was cast for directors: DR.. G.. w.
Farrar, 104; H. M. Collins, 81; A.
Tins, IS; G.. A.. Buckley II. An
eight months school was voted for.
There we're Is votes for the high
school proposition, and 70 against
it. To have passed the measure
required a two-thirds vote.
There seems to have been much
more hay in the country than there
was supposed to be a couple of
months or more ago. Along about
in January it looked very much
like it would be necessary to inn
port a lot of hay, but the local
supply has been equal to the de-
mand, and there is quite a lot of
it coming to town every day.
Walter Strother, of Des Arc, was
in town last week and told us that
he had a few days before received
notice of the death of his brother,
Ed, in the Philippines, on March
18th. The deceased was twenty
four years of age and had been in
the service about three years. The
message merely stated that he
had been killed in the service.