Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-02-20

For Sale or Trade-Surrey, two
buggies and a phaeton. Will ex-
change for horse and pay balance
in cash. w. j. SMITH,
Sanitarium.
An official of the post-ofice de-
partment was here Monday look
ing for more commodious quarters
for the post-ofice. 1t is said he
failed to find anything to suit him.
F. P. Johnson of Roselle was in
to see US Monday. He tells us he
has been quite busy carpcntering
this winter, building a school
house, residence and several other
structures.
The subject of DR.. Guirey's SER
mon Sunday morning in the Bap-
list church will be "Only one birth
natural in the world, and only one
birth spiritual" In the evening,
"The Law of Progress"
A new time card went into eff
feet Sunday. There are but few
changes. No. Is now gets here at
$50 in the evening instead of $40.
No. 10, north bound at 5:03 A. M,
stops for st. Louis passengers.
Mr.. Geo. Pollock of st. Louis
has let the contract for remodeling
his house-the Reyburn place-in
Russellville. AS soon as the i'm
provements are completed, Mr..
Pollock intends making the valley
his permanent home.
Mr.. S. P. Ringo has purchased
the residence of P. w. Whitworth
in Ironton and will remove to the
same in April. Mr.. Whitworth,
we understand, will go to st. Louis
to reside. We are certainly sorry
to see P. w. leave Iron county.
A deal is on in which E. G. Rock
well is disposing of his residence
property on West Main; w. White
is the purchaser. We understand
that Mr.. Rockwell will move to st.
Louis if he disposes of his hold
ings here.-FredericktoWn Tribune.
Judge G.. W. Covington left yes
terday for Iron county to spend a
few days at the mills of the Davis
Crossing Lumber Company. He
has fully made up his mind to be-
come a candidate for Assessor on
the Democratic ticket.-Lead Belt
NeaDs.
We are in receipt of a new time
card of the Jonesboro, Lake City
& Eastern Railroad with the name
of G. G.. Fox, Chief Dispatcher,
thereon. Georgei is an old Ironton
boy, and some day we hope to &C.
cept his invitation to "come down
and take a ride!"
Paul P. Rosentreter, who bought
the w. j. Coleman farm, at Sabu-
la, a couple of years ago, has sold
the place to Douglas Criss, of st.
Louis, who will take possession
March list. Mr.. Rosentreter will
have a sale of his personal prop
erty, February 25th.
We have a letter from our very
good friend, Mr.. w. A. Flowers,
whose home is in Eldon, Iowa,
stating that he and Mrs. Flowers
are spending the winter with Fred
Riddle and wife in San Antonio,
Texas. They expect to return to
Iowa in the spring, however.
Mr.. Theodore A. Conrad was a
caller at this office Monday. He
Informed US that he had let the
contract for building his house and
barn to Louis Miller. Price, about
$1,000. Mr.. Conrad tells us that
other improvements he contem-
plates will run his investment up
to about $4,000.
We don't know who the ''rail-
road man is that wanted the REG
lister corrected in it's statements
about the pusher crews. What the
REGISTER said was true, and no
railroad man, who has any regard
for his reputation for truth and We
racity, will deny that the Iron
Mountain railroad is to-day in the
throes of the worst panic in its
history.
We have a letter from Mr. S. E.
DeHaven, who twenty years ago
was principal of the Knob schools.
Mr.. DeHaven is now a member of
the state senate in Kentucky and
writes us that he helped beat Beck
ham. He is going to make a trip
to the Gulf coast soon and prom
Uses to send some letters to the
REGISTER. We hope that he will
not disappoint us.
PUBLIC SALE-At my farm al
Sabula, on Tuesday, February
%, 1908, I will sell at public sale
all my personal property, consist
ing of horses, cattle, milch COWS.
hogs, wagons and buggy, harness.
farming utensils, household goods.
etc. Sale to commence at 10 A. M
p. w. Whitworth, auctioneer.
PAUL P. RoSENTRETER,
Sabula, Mo.
A horrible tragedy is reported
from lockwood, in st. Francois
county. On the evening of Feb
ruary 9Th James Estis, twelve
years of age, beat his sister, on'
year younger, to death with ;
hammer. Some younger children
who were in the house at the time
say that the brother and sister
ouarreled over q watch. The ho,