Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-02-20
LOCAL BREVITIES.
A wet season this.

AON0 ~
City and school elections not far
off.
Did your valentine make you
mad?
Washington's birthday next
Saturday.
Hurry the telephone line from
Belleview.
1t certainly did snow some last
Friday night.
That snow storm Friday night
surely was a whopper.
1t looks like next summers ice
will have to be imported.
The local. option campaign in st.
Francois county is getting red hot.
Herman Dinger is out near Edge
Hill building a residence for a Mr..
D%ennison.
Down to seven degrees Sunday
night-one of the coolest nights OF
the winter.
F. Davis has opened ~aFprovision
and feed store in the /. o. 0. F.
store room.
Work will be inaugurated on the
new Catholic church in Arcadia
next month.
Prosecuting Attorney Damron
has moved into his new Office in
the courthouse.
The senate has not yet confirm
ed the appointment of Ironton's
new postmaster.
The rain and snow last week
played havoc with the telegraph
and telephone wires.
The Odd Fellows of Southeast
Missouri will hold the celebration
this year at Chaffee.
The local banks will not be open
for business next Saturday
Washington's birthday.
Herman Rieke is agent for one
of the best iron fences. He is also
prepared to furnish tombstones.
Quite a thunder storm we had
last Friday, which means, they
say, that we can look for a frost
in May.
Born-To Mr.. and Mrs. Richard
Eddington, Leadwood, Mo-, Fri
day, February Z, 1908, a 8 Id. girl.
All are we'll.
Rev. DR.. M. L. Curl of st. Louis
will preach at the M. E. Church,
Ironton, next Sunday, morning
and evening.
w. S. Anthony, a well known
attorney of Pennington, will re-
move to San Antonio, Texas, in
the near future.
Stout's creek was higher last
week than it has been for a long
while, and it was past fording for
some time on Friday.
Circuit court meets next Monday
to try Thos. Persons, charged with
rape. Judge Jesse @. Shepard, Of
Doniphan, will preside.
Aside from the local freight.
which runs every other day, there
is but one north-bound freigh'
train on the new time-card.
Tt is perfectly natural, we sup
pose, that Benny should have 9
special antipathy to the Sidewalk
in front of the REGISTER Office.
There will be a patriotic service
at the Presbyterian Church mex
Sabbath evening at 1880 O'Clock
A cordial invitation is extended tt
all.
Godfrey O'Neal writes us fron
Frankclay that there has been
slight improvement in business il
the lead belt, but that it is still
very dull.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. M. Logan di
not stay long in Arizona, the night
there being too damp for Mr.. Lo
gan. They are now in San Diego
California.
Persons having strictly Choic
Timothy Hay can find a markt
for it at Iron Mountain. Apply b
letter or in person to O. d. Ames
Superintendent.
Work will at once be inaugu
rated on the telephone line frol
Brule to Belleview and Granite
vile. The money has alread,
been subscribed.
The man who refused to sell hi
hay last fall, in the hope Of highe
prices, made a mistake. The pric
is about So less on the ton no
than it was then.
The Butler county court went I
st. Louis for a highway engineer
and fixed his salary at $1,000. BE
cause of the importation of a ma
there is lots of Choking"
Judge r. j. Hill last week sol
his farm in Belleview to Gle
Smith, who has been living 0
Cedar Creek for a couple Of year
Judge Hill will probably come t
Ironton, but has not definitely dc
termined.