Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-08-01

scale and the former prosperity of
that burg will be known again.
We hope there is truth in the
rumor.
Sam Shy and mother, of Sabula,
were visiting here last Friday and
Saturday. Sam informed us that
he had purchased a new saw mill
which he would put up on Marble
Creek, in Iron county.-CentreuilIe
Reformer.
To our good friend, Conductor
S. w. Andrews, we are indebted
for a basket of the finest canta-
loupes that it was ever our good
fortune to possess. They were
grown somewhere along the Bel
mont branch, and certainly were
delicious.
Lewis L. Scott, who is on a visit
to his parents, Prof. j. B.. Scott
and wife, last week dropped into
the Herdld-D Democrat office. Mr..
Scott, who attended the School of
Mines, is now the inventor of a
fine gas engine andis superintend-
ing his own factory in Joplin. 1t
is meeting with great success
RolLa Herald Democrat.
VIM. Borders, who lives west OF
Arcadia, was arrested Monday on
the charge of setting fire to the
house on the Snyder farm, near
him, almost three years ago. He
had a preliminary examination
before Justice Rasche, and, in de-
fault of bail, was sent to Jail until
circuit court meets. VIM. Pear
sons, Borders step-son, is prose-
cutting witness.
Among Jul visitors the past
week was Rev. j. w. Worsnop,
Mr.. Worsnop is now pastor of the
M. E. Church, South, at Dexter,
Mo-, one of the best charges in the
southern part of the State. Mrs.
Worsnop is here visiting relatives,
Twenty years ago and more Mr..
Worsnop had charge of the church
at Fort Hill, and many old friends
are always glad to see him.
VIM. Just and wife were thrown
from their buggy while driving
along Main street Sunday even
ing. Mr.. Just escaped with some
slight bruises, but Mrs. Just was
quite badly hurt about the head,
They are getting along as we'll as
could be expected. The horse be-
came unmanageable, turned over
the buggy and ran away, damag-
ing the rig considerably. We
hope that MI. and Mrs. Just will
suffer nc permanent injury.
Monday evening, while a crowd
of negroes were in swimming at
the big eddy, just above the city,
several white youths appeared on
the scene and poured oil of must
ard on the bathers' clothes, caus-
ing the latter to do some tall step
ping when they donned their gar
ments. For several days the
negroes had been in the habit Of
chasing the whites away from
their favorite swimming hole, and
the oil of mustard was used out O.
revenge.-PopEar Bluff Democrat.
The third of the bi-weekly ice
cream festivals, held under the
auspices of st. Paul's church, was
a decided success in every way
except that, through no fault o.
the committee in charge, the sup.
ply of good things vas not equa
to the demand for them. Specia
thanks are due to the owners o.
the Emerson place for freely furn-
ishing SO attractive a site, and tc
the family of John T. Baldwin fol
the generous and energetic man
ner in which it's members worked
to relieve, as far as possible, The
shortage in the supply of refresh
ments.
A consignment of fruit direc
from the plantation near Vera
Cruz, Mexico, passed through here
Saturday en- route to st. Louis
The shipment consisted of 2,00t
pineapples, 40 crates of lines ant
100 punches OF bananas. Severa
parties here bought pineapples
from the car, being attracted by
the unusual size of the fruit, some
of the same weighing as much al
ten to fourteen pounds and measur'
ing sixteen to eighteen inches il
height. We learn that the ex'
press charge was S843 in gold, {
little more than $1,000 in Mexican
silyer.-BismdrcE Gazette.
News has just reached the city
from a reliable source, stating tina
Sam Niccolls. who for the pas
two years has been employed a,
State bank examiner, has beer
appointed secretary of the Lincoll
Trust Company, in st. Louis, at
salary of $4,000 a year. Mr.. Mic
coils is we'll known in Poplar Bluff
where he resided until his ap
pointment as bank examiner, dur
ing which time he was cashier o
the State Bank, making for him
self many warm friends, who ar
glad to hear of his being chosel
as one Of the officers of the trus
company.-Poplar Bluff Republican
Rev. James M. Huber, whom
Archbishop Glennon happil,
styles ''the swamp angel of Mis-
souri," spent yesterday in the cit.
on business in connection with tn
numerous missions and churche
where some of the immigrants 0
i H. nral, L; nnlnniunt lion hi1