Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-24

his farm, west of town, to VIM.
cambridge, who will make his
home there. The purchaser lis a
brother-in-law Of Mr.. j. V. Webb,
the well known railroad conduc-
tor, and lived at Belgrade for a
number of years. Mr.. Smith got
the farm from E. T. Elgan about
three years ago. Mr.. Smith will
remove to Illinois.
"After the Came" a College
Comedy, was played at the Acad-
envy of Music last night, to a full
house. The young ladies of the
~Ironton public schools we're the
actresses, and how we'll they play
ed their several parts was attested
by the frequent and hearty plaud-
its of the audience. The songs,
the tableau and the drill were all
in accord with the general excel
lence of the entertainment.
Mrs. James G. Morris has issued
invitations for a wedding recep-
ton to Miss Macy Morris and Mr..
Harry Washburn on Wednesday,
December Both, from half past
twelve to two o'clock. The we'd
ding will take place at the home of
the BRIDES father, Mr.. J. M. Nor
ris, at twelve o'clock on the date
named. Only the relatives and q
few intimate friends will be pres
ent.-Farmington Times.
The case of State vs.. D. N. Hol-
laday and his bondsmen was dis
missed by agreement, the county
taking Judgment for St270.00. Also
the custer suit was dismissed. A
proposition to compromise the
matter for about $1,000 was made
by Mr.. Holiday some time ago,
provided the suit against his Of
fetal bondsmen be dismissed, and
the court accepted a compromise
by Mr.. Holiday paying a little
less than half the amount sued for.
-GreenvilJe Sun.
IT'S delightful ?) to travel from
Ironton these days. Last Satur-
day morning a half dozen passen-
gers waited out in the cold from
five to seven o'clock when train
No. 10 finally put in an appear
ance. Then, after a short run, the
engine broke down. 1t happened,
however, that No. 6 was late, and
soon came along, picking up the
passengers on the other train, and
carrying them on to their destina-
ton. Otherwise, they would like
ly have had to wait some two oil
three hours until the morning train
came along.
A man giving his name as Ste
phenson, representing himself to
be the field agent of the Mountain
Grove experiment station, is SELL
ing a dark liquid to keep apple and
other fruit from falling, curing
blight in the pear and apple and
killing the worm of the coddlin2
moth by applying said liquid tc
the roots of the tree when the leaves
begin to fall in the fall. Paul Ev-
ans, of the Mountain Grove expert
ment station, says the man is a
fraud and has nothing to do with
the station. Let the sheriff and his
deputies look for this fellow, fol
according to MI. Evans he is OBJ
tanning money under false preten-
ses.-E1chdnge.
Last Thursday evening Bishop
Tuttle held services at st. Paul's
church, Ironton. He did not de.
liver a sermon, but gave an ad.
dress or 'ftalk' on the things hi
saw and heard while in attend
ance upon the Pan American Con-
vocation at London last summer
The Bishop is always entertaining
and instructive, and on this occa-
sion he was peculiarly happy il
anecdote, observation aid histo.
ry. After the address the rite o.
confirmation was given to Misses
Bessie Hotson, Freda and Lucille
Ringo and Myra AXE. From here
the Bishop went to Poplar Bluff
Friday. He is hale and hearty
his years burdening him lightly
May another score of them CONF
upon him r the weight grows be-
yond his strength!
The editor is in receipt of a let
ter from F. o. Cavitt, an attorney
of Tulsa, Oklahoma, asking infor.
nation as to the Iron county rec
ord of one j. M. Long, who is run
ming a homo for neglected ant
abandoned children. Mr.. Cavitt
writes that he has a case agains
Long-just what the nature of it il
he does not state, but says tina
Long is doing a large amount o
soliciting for the school, and tina
the character of the man and hit
previous life are directly involved
in the suit. That's Long, all right
isn't it? The short description il
Identification complete-far bette
than a photograph. The Oklaho
ma lawer doesn't say whethe
Long is in the "ring busting''bus'
mess out there or not. But he GER
tainly is. That is where he be
longs.
Mrs. Chris. Bartsch was in tn
Office Tuesday morning and say
that last Saturday evening as he
daughter, Sallie, aged seventeen
was coming down the street from
the station, having arrived on tn
train, just as she reached the 10
where @. A. Buckley is putting VI
his new building, some one jump
cd nm frnm hnhind a nila Of atnnnn