Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-10-22

with the defeat of the proposition
to bond the district for the purpose
of securing funds to build a new
school, and want to have another
election as soon as possible.
For the accommodation of the
people living at Des Arc and An
napolis who wish to hear Mr.. Cow
herds speech in Ironton Thurs
day night arrangements have been
made for train No. 8 to stop at
both OF those stations that eve
ming.
TAKEN UP.-Ten three months
old pigs, marked with undercut
and slit in left ar. Owner is ask
ed to call on j. R. Goulding at
"Ozark Home" ~. A. w. Lewis
residence), pay all charges and
damages, and take the pigs.
Mr.. Delano says that in coming
to town this morning he discover
ed a sign of coming rain that he
has never known to fail. There
was water in places in the creek
that were'perfectly dry the day be-
fore. We haven't had a trace of
rain in October.
Mr.. Murdoch of the Murdoch
Crum Co., Chicago, was here last
week. Mr.. Murdoch is a strong
Democrat and a great admirer of
Mr.. Bryan, with whom he is init
mately acquainted. Mr.. Murdoch
thinks the Nebraskan will carry
Illinois this year.
Love Carly, west of town,
caught a couple of thieves in his
corn field one day last week.
They had about eight bushels of
corn sacked and were ready to
move when Mr.. Carly apprehended
them. They were make to pay a
good price for the corn and told to
go.
The closing down of the hub
factory, in connection with the
drouth, has made stock water x
ceedingly scarce in north Ironton
this fall. The water heretofore
pumped from the artesian we'll at
the factory has always afforded a
liberal supply of water for man
and beast.
Prof, Needham and a number of
the school children went to Pilot
Knob cemetery Friday evening to
view a petrified body recently un-
earthed there. The body is that
of a man said to have been buried
about forty years ago. The
corpse is in a remarkable state of
preservation.
The attention of the reader is
directed to a communication from
Mr.. S. M. Hatridge, published in
this issue of the REGISTER, telling
the facts in reference to the recent
meeting of the "ring busters at
Munger. Mr.. Hatridge is a relia-
BILE man and what he says may be
accepted for the whole truth.
Remember g.. w. Marshall is a
candidate for Constable of Area
dia township. AS he is not the
nominee of either party his name
does not appear on the official bal
lot. If you want to vote for Mr..
Marshall, when you go to the polls
write his name under the heading,
"For Constable of Arcadia town
ship"
Miss Ruth Adams MCDOWELL, B.
O., instructor in voice and express
ion at Carleton College, Farming
ton, will give a recital in voice,
expressions, and piano, at the M.
E. Church, Monday evening, Octo-
Der 26th, 8 P. M. Everybody is
most cordially invited to attend.
A silver Offering will be taken for
the benefit of the Sunday School.
Secretary of State Swanger de-
livered a Republican speech at the
courthouse Tuesday evening. The
Secretary is a fair talker, but he
said never a word about the PAN
ic, his receivership of the Lewis
Bank, or the S61, 500 stolen from the
st. Louis sub-treasury. All three
interesting subjects to the voter,
but apparently most distasteful to
Republican spellbinders.
County court held a special $685.
sion Saturday for the purpose of
passing on the mental condition
of Lidia Arms, colored. She was
found insane and the Sheriff or
dered to take her to Fulton, there
being no accommodation for coll
ored people at Pennington. The
Arms woman was sent to Fulton
about a year ago, and after being
there six months was discharged
as cured.
Sheriff Fits, on his return from
st. Louis this week, stopped off at
Ironton and got James Miner who
has been in jail there for some
time and brought him to Center
Vile so that he can have his pre-
liminary hearing on the charge OF
numbering his step-father, old
man Scott. Miner was originally
held on an assault with intent to
kill charge which was changed to
a murder charge after the death OF
the old man which occurred some
time ago.-Rcynolds Outlook.
j. E. Pinkley, wife and baby OF
Lewistown, Montana, we're in
Ironton Tuesday on their way to
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