Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-02-06

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to serve at the April term of cir
cult court. A law passed by the
late legislature requires that a
grand jury be %empaneled at least
once a year.
w. A. Curtis, one of the guards
in the state penitentiary at Jeffer-
son City, was here last week. He
says that the Iron county delega-
ton in the big prison are moving
alobg in the usual humdrum way
of that big institution. Bill
Spaugh is running an elevator
and Arthur Spaugh is making
~overalls. Amalek Brooks is max
ing saddle trees.
The REGISTER this week prints
an interesting letter from Miss
Clemma Downs, formerly of Ro-
selle, but who is now sojourning
with her brother, near Columbus,
Kansas. Miss Downs went to Kan
a a few months ago in the hope
that a change would benefit her
health, and her many friends will
be glad to learn that she has not
been disappointed.
Several families of German ex-
traction landed in Greenville
Saturday night. They purchased
land east of Hiram several months
ago and will move to it in the
spring; until then they will reside
in Greenville. The Germans are a
very industrious class of people,
and a German colony will greatly
aid toward building up the agri-
cultural standing of a community.
-Wdyne County Journal.
A number of Ironton people
went to Pennington Monday,
where they were subpoenaed as
witnesses in the case against j. N.
Long, the orphans home man,
protege of the ring busters, who is
being tried in the st. Francois
county circuit court on the charge
of false pretense. Herman Trau-
ernicht, the merchant tailor, whom
Long is said to have beaten out of
a suit of clothes, is one of the
prosecuting witnesses.
Claude Jarvis has resigned his
position as court stenographer,
and a MI. Pollock of st. Louis has
accepted the position. It seems
queer nc one in the circuit could
be found to fill the position and
they had to import one from st.
Louis. Mr.. Jarvis has held the
position eight or ten years and
was one of the most competent
stenographers the court has had
for years, and he was born and
raised in Jefferson county.-De
Soto Press.
Bee Russell, coIored, wife of
Arthur Russell, a train porter on
the Iron Mountain railroad, made
an attemp at suicide at the home
of her mother, Mrs. Sol. Lax, in
east Ironton on Sunday night of
last week, by drinking carbolic
acid, but did not get enough of the
poison to kill her. She at once
told her mother what she had done.
A physician was sommoned and
in a short time she was out of
danger. She gave as a reason for
the attempt at suicide that she was
tired of life.
Hon. John O.. Long, of Wash
ington county, was in New Madrid
yesterday visiting friends. He is
prominently mentioned as a can
didate for State Auditor and will
soon determine whether he will en-
ter the race In justice to him it
can be truthfully asserted that he
is thoroughly equipped by ten
years service as county clerk to
discharge the duties of State Aud
itor, has a splendid record as a
Democratic fighter, and will fill the
position with satisfaction to the
people.-New Madrid Record.
Notices were posted at the Fed
eral last week to the effect that
the mechanical and surface men
who heretofore have been working
nine hours, would be cut to eight
hours February 7th. We are in
formed that the men will receive
the same pay for the eight hours
work that they would have gotten
for nine hours after the new scale
goes into effect. The other notice
relates to house rents, and says
that all men living in company
houses will get reduced rent in the
same ratio as the wages are re-
duced. We also hear that the
Doe Run Company has reduced
reuts on their houses since the re-
duced wage scale went into effect.
Lead Belt News.
Upon returning to Jul Office
Wednesday afternoon we found
our counting room 1--WE call it
sour Counting Room" because
there is a counter in it) occupied
by nine handsome ladies who
were seated upon the aforesaid
counter swinging their heels as if
they were eating bread and honey;
each was more beautiful and at
tractive than the others and they
were accompanied by an affable
young gentleman. After a brief
visit the visitors escaped 1--WE use
the term ~advisedly, for we tried
to get them to remain longer) and
we found the following names
neatly inscribed on our new white
desk blotter: Mrs. j. N. Bishop,
Misses Lille Belle Bishop, Irene
Van Mort, Charlotte Prince, and