Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-08-13

Lovelace won the nomination
for assessor by 80 votes. Close
run, that. Although defeated, Mr..
Burnham has no reason to be
ashamed of the showing he made.
Recorder Hawkins issued the
following licenses the past week:
Bert Pinkley and Daisy E. Ives
ter.
Charles Light and Louise Or
rick.
Fred Delano, who is cultivating
the New England field in Pilot
Knob, has about as fine corn pros
pect this year as you will find
anywhere in this section of the
country.
We see that our good friend and
former citizen, DR.. B. H. Zwart,
has again been nominated as the
Democratic candidate for Coroner
of Kansas City. Here's hoping
that you will win, DR..
The A. v. Cornet Band, just or
ganized, will give an Ice Cream
Social on the courthouse grounds
Thursday, Aug. 20. The public is
cordially invited, and the ladies
are requested to lend their aid.
l have for sale five or six bug
gies and harness-single and dou-
BILE; also four or five good horses,
cheap. Will sell for good notes,
or trade for cattle, hogs, corn or
oats. Call and see me at once.
H. M. COLLINS, IRONToN, MO.
The ladies of st. Paul's church
will give an ice cream social in the
Court house yard Thursday after
noon and evening. An effort will
be made to make this the finest of
the series they have given this
summer.
Mrs. Max Hofer of Chicago and
little Walter Hofer returned home
last Tuesday morning, after a two
weeks visit with Robert Hill, the
grandpa, leaving him deserted,
lonely and i~nconsolable in the alb
sence of the grandson.
Mr.. Crommer. a prominent cit
izen of Belgrade, was in Bismarck
Monday. Mr.. Crommer is pros
pecting for lead on his place and
was on his way to have the dia-
monds on his drills reset at Flat
River.-Bismarck Gazette.
The county court last week paid
for two road machines which have
been used on the roads for a cou-
pie of months past. The machines
cost 5000 each and are said to do
very satisfactory work where there
are not too many rocks.
J. Bumgardner, an old and high
ly respected citizen, died at his
home, east of Ironton, last Thurs
day, after an illness of about one
week. The deceased was almost
eighty years of age and had lived
here forty-one years. Peace to
his ashes.
Mrs. E. L. Brooks was tried in
Squire Rasche's court on Thurs
day afternoon of last week on the
charge of disturbing the peace of
Chris. Bartsch, her next door
neighbor, a few days previous.
The jury brought in a verdict OF
not guilty.
A ball team came over from
Flat River Sunday and literally
wiped the home club off the face
of the earth. The score was II to
3 in favor of the visitors. A more
disguised lot of rooters you never
saw than came down the street
that evening.
DR.. Howard Lindsay, a former
I~rontonian, has received the degree
of M. D. from one of the st. Louis
schools, and is now located in the
city at Jefferson & Washington
avenues, where he would be pleas
ed to have his Iron county friends
call and see him.
The train that stops at Ironton
station at seven o'clock in the
evening for st. Louis is not in any
sense a fast train. Although it
makes scarcely any stops between
here and ST. Louis it requires
three hours and ffty-fve' minutes
to make the run.
Last Wednesday evening, Miss
es Maud aud Minnie Fisher enter
tanned a number OF friends at their
home, in honor of Miss Matte
Winkler of Poplar Bluff. The eve
ming was delightfully."- spent by
all present and dainty refresh
ments were served.
There were just SO votes cast fol
Nation, the Republican "dry'
candidate for Congress in the
primary election in Iron County
last week. The Republican lead.
ers are not so ardently "dry" now
as they were(?) last fall when tn
local option election was on.
A. H. Hinchey of this city ha,
been appointed assistant to tn,
general superintendent of Houck
roads in southeast Missouri ant
will take his position today. MI