Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-01-14

SAeof nj ohu uAlos IlpA1ut v
ed Friday to her home in st. Louis.
She was accompanied by her
brother, Harold.-PopIar Bluff DEM
0crdt.
Quite a number OF men employ
ed in the railroad shops at De So
to were "laid of" the first of the
year. AS Taft was elected this
signifies nothing, but if Bryan had
won it would have been ''sll his
fault"
The Brooks boys, James and LIE
Roy, charged with stealing chick
ems, waived preliminary examina-
ton last week and went back to
Jail whore they will have to remain
until circuit court unless they fur
nish bond.
AT the annual election of the
Baptist Ladies' Aid Society the
following officers were elected:
Mrs. VIM. A. Fletcher, President;
Mrs. j. N. Bishop, Vice President;
Mrs. Louis Miller, Secretary; Mrs.
N. Wilson, Treasurer.
All persons having books be-
longing to our Circulating Library
are hereby notified to return same
at once. We are going out OF bus
iness and ask that all heed this
notice.
j. T. BALDWIN & Sons.
Howard Woodside, an Iron
Mountain auditor running for
some time on the southern divis-
ions, was in Poplar Bluff a few
days ago. He expects to get the
run between st Louis and this
city after January 8.-Poplar Bluff
Democrat.
Last Wednesday was the cold
est night of the w%inter-the Their
mometer registering one degree.
Ice about three inches thick form
ed on the creeks and ponds, and
the young folk had a couple of
days good skating before the thaw
set in. No ice was put away.
Bill Wemp writes from Natchi-
toches, La, that the wild straw
berries are ripe in his yard and
that they commenced making gar
den Monday. Doesn't that make
you long for the sunny south, with
the snow here almost a foot deep?
But we'll even up with him next
summer.
A jury in Squire Rache's court
last Friday found Mrs. Jos. Brooks
guilty of throwing rocks at her
Hungarian neighbors in Brown
row and fined her 81 and costs.
The defense was conducted by the
defendants liege lord, Joseph
Brooks, who made a forcible plea
to the jury.
Whitworth & Hill sold a car of
mules to a buyer from st. Louis
last week. After the mules arriv-
ed in st. Louis the buyer became
dissatisfied and Messrs. Whit
worth and Hill had to go to the
city and take charge of them.
They sold eight of the mules in st.
Louis and brought the rest back to
Ironton.
Claud Marshall, who for the past
few years has been a salesman in
Lilsle & Williams clothing and
shoe store, has accepted a position
with the w. d. B. A. store in the
clothing department and to-day
assumed his duty with the new
employers. Mr.. Marshall is one of
the best statesmen in Poplar Bluff
and his services are worth much
ito any establishment.-Popla Bluff
Citizen.
H. N. Nall has been appointed
to the position of Commission
Clerk in the Office of the Secretary
of State. The place pays $500 a
year. Emmett Gunton was also
successful in being made Enroll
ing Clerk of the Senate. This po-
sition pays S. per day and lasts
while the Legislature is in session.
We congratulate the boys and
want to sec them both ''make
good"
A late copy of the Cape Girardeau
Republican tells of a successful IT.
gical operation recently perform
ed by DR.. Patton and other sur
geons of that city. The operation
is a most unusual one and the DR..
and his associates have been high
ly complimented on the success
attending their efforts. DR.. Patton
is an Ironton boy and his friends
in the old home are pround of the
distinction he has achieved. AS a
physician and surgeon he is v
erywhere recognized as being in
the front rank.
Ex-Sheriff HI. A. Blackwell, of
Short Bend, was in town Monday.
He informed q Monitor reporter
that some of his neighbors tried
to secure contracts recently to cut
wood for Sligo furnace, but were
told that no wood contracts would
be let for a year, at least. Less
than three months ago the general
talk around Sligo was that the
election of Taft was all that was
needed to make business boom at
the furnace. What has since hap
pened to disturb the laborer's
dream Of Taft prosperity? Huh?
-Sdlem Monitor.
In so far as the county Is con-
cerned, the Gid is Off" Wade
Hampton, heretofore having filed
his application and petition for IL
cense as dramshop keeper at FL