Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-07-23

cnuTCn VIII De n6iQ on the feCIOTY
lawn. Ice cream, sherbert, and
other good things will be served.
The accident on the Oak Hill
branch Tuesday night of last week
when the Memphis train collided
with a switch engine, it is said,
was occasioned by the conductor
on the passenger train miscon =
STRUNG his orders.
The contractor has about COM
pleted the new home of Mr.. 7. A.
Conrad, east of the old Langdon
place in Russellville and Mr.. Con-
rad expects to move into the new
structure next week. MI. Conrad
will have a very desirable home.
Jno. Mayes was plaintiff in a
suit in Squire Rasche's court last
Wednesday and Willis Cauley,
defendant. Cauley lives in a
house on Mayes' farm, west of
town, and Mayes is trying to get
him out. The jury brought in a
majority verdict for defendant.
Mrs. M. B.. Gierse, Mr.. and Mrs.
Chas. Gierse and Mrs. Herman
Trauernicht went to Middlebrook
last Sunday to attend the funeral
of Miss Lizzie Buechsenschuetz,
who died in East st. Louis and
whose body was brought to her
old home at Middlebrook for bur-
ial .-Fdrmington NeWs.
On the occasion of the recent
Republican pow-wow in Pilot
Knob, one of the speakers laid his
hand on the head of Judge Schmidt
{ he of.the wet and dry) and said,
=" Here is the noblest Judge in the
United States!" Half of the crowd
called for water and the other half
rushed out doors for fresh air.
AT a meeting of the city council
Monday night of last week the tax
rate for the current year was placed
at thirty-five cents on the 500 val
uation. This is the highest rate in
the history OF the municipality but
it had to be done to meet expen-
ses. Ironton is not old enough
yet in it's dryness to have reached
that stage of low tax rate that the
"dry" orator always insures you
will follow the abolition of the sa-
loon.
A little babe-its mother a for
eigner-died on No. 8, the north
bound passenger train last We'd
nesday Just about the time the
train was pulling into this station.
The poor mother was wild with
grief and all the passengers SYM
pathized with her in her sorrow.
Being unable to talk English she
could not make her wants known
which rendered her all the more
helpless. 1t was a sad circum-
stance.
VIM. M. Barry died at the home
of his daughter, Mrs. G.. B. Gale,
in Pennington, Monday. Born in
this county near Doe Run in 1886.
He lived near there all his life.
He leaves five children Mrs. H. S.
Whitener; Mrs. G. B. Gale, Farm
ington; Wilson Barry, st. Louis;
Mrs. VIM. Huff, Liberty, Mo-; and
John Barry, Texas. The funeral
services were conducted at Pendle-
ton church, by Rev. R. G. Martin,
Tuesday afternoon.-L Lead Belt
| NeWs.
Bathing is all the rage in Poplar
Bluff these torrid days. If you
don't believe it, just take a stroll
to the banks of Black river any
time between sunup and II o'clock
at night. The water is alive with
bathers-not only small boys, but
| grownups as well. The new bath
house on the East Side will be
ready in a few days and the sport
threatens to become more popular
than ever. The building is being
put up by the city and persons
who desire to use it IA do so
without charge.-Poplar Bluff Re-
publican.
A wedding of interest to Area
daia Valley friends was that of
Miss Mae Bethel and Mr.. joni
Maurer which took place at st.
Louis June 25thf 1908, on West
Belle Terrace. The bride is the
second daughter of MI. and Mrs,
Jno. Bethel of Arcadia sweet
and charming brunette, while the
groom is a business man of st,
Louis, possessing considerable
wealth, owning several meat and
grocery stores, and much real
estate in st. Louis. MI. and Mrs.
Maurer are at home to friends, af-
ter July 18th, at 4t57,West Belle
place. The REGISTER wishes
them every happiness.
DIED-Little Ruby A. Vance
daughter R. G. Vance, at her home
near Roselle, Mo-, Tuesday even
ing, July IA, aged 8 months and II
days. She was a bright little child
and words cannot tell how sadly
she will be missed by her parents
brothers and sister, and other rel
atives. The funeral was conduct
ed by Rev. Spiller at the Cove. af-
ter which the remains were laid
to rest in the Cove cemetery at {
o'clock P. NJ. Wednesday.
Thou gavest and we yield to Thee,
God OF the human heart,
For bitter though grief's cup may be,
Thou gavest but our part.
Oh, h o canst bid our grief be stilled,
Yet not rebuke our tearsl
A FRIEND.
The old man Scott who was shoI