Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-12
LOCAL BREVITIES.

scarce.
County court proceedings are
printed this week.
Thanksgiving in a couple of
weeks. Got your TurkeyP
The election fights and after
election fights are about all over
now.
The ladies of st. Paul's will give
their annual bazaar the 10th of
next month.
A little sleet Monday afternoon
and a little rain that night. Not
much, though.
Autumn Festival by the M. w.
A. at Graniteville, Thanksgiving
eve, November 18th.
Sale of personal property at
Herman Yankees on Marble
Creek next Saturday.
At a depth of $40 feet the we'll
d~rillers found a liberal supply of
water on the Arcadia Heights.
1 am awful busy at present, but
come and see me! Nuff sed!
MARKS.
sold Plantation" singers at the
Academy of Music, November
goth. A fine show. Don't miss it.
The repairs on the school build
ing are progressing and is expect
ed to resume school next Monday.
New corn 65 cents a bushel.
Some coming to town, but the
general disposition seems to be to
hold for better prices.
The insurance company has paid
the school board S929.33 in settle
ment of the damage done to the
building by the late fire.
Many of the homegrown pota-
toes are most unsatisfactory and
the northern article is being
shipped in by the car load.
"Daisy" and "zeke" at the
Academy of Music last Friday
night did not attract a large au-
dience. The show was bum.
l am prepared to do custom
grinding on corn and solicit the
trade of the farmers.
E. L. FARMHOUSE.
Mr.. Buckley, who recently dis
posed of his interest in the Arcadia
store tells that he will probably
go to st. Louis to engage in bus
mess.
People who ought to know tell
us that that large Republican vote
at Henderson's was fraudulent.
Let the guilty be punished and
punished severely.
Lost-On the road between IRON
ton and Pilot Knob, Sunday even
ing, November 9Th, a light grey
o~vercoat. Return to this offlce
and receive reward.
T. P. Fitz was here from Des
Arc Tuesday. Mr.. Fitz says that
the lumber and timber business is
looking up, and he hopes for some
of the old time activity soon.
The total vote in Iron county
last Tuesday was just a little shy
of 1900-the largest vote, we be-
lieve, in the county's history.
Eight prohibition votes were poll
ed.
The Holiness meeting at Red
ford closed on last Sunday night.
The meeting was very successful.
Rev. Mcbride of Texas was IN
charge of the meeting.-ReynotdS
Outlook.
The carpenters will finish their
work on the new chapel in Area
dia this week. The decorators
have been 1T work for some time
but will not get through for a
couple of months.
Bert Gregory was over from
Ffedericktown last week for a few
days. Bert says about all the
satisfaction he got out of the elect
ton was the defeat of Folk and
the result in Iron county.
They say they are going to paint
the town red Friday night. AS
the colored brother wasn't given a
show to run for any of the offices
he will probably be accorded a
front seat in the procession.
Archdeacon Walton held service
es in st. Paul's church Monday
night. Afterwards a meeting OF
the congregation was held and it
was agreed to try and secure a
rector for the church here in the
spring.
The "ring busters" it is said,
are dissatisfied with the count in
Iron county and want it done over
again. Wonder if they would like
\ to have the votes counted like they
used to count them when they had
the power.
All agree that, even in the
drouth Of 1901, it was not as dry
as it is now. Of course, the
drouth that year was more disas-
trous, for it came in spring and
summer. But the dryness of this
fall has never been equaled.
People are wondering what the
new county court proposes doing
relative to the dramshop question.
Whether the present restrictions
in regard to securing license will
be adhered to, or whether the old