Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-01-28
LOCAL BREvITIES.
An inch of rain Monday.

Salem last week voted to have
electric lights.
There is a scarcity of news these
days. Decidedly.
Quite a lot of wild turkeys killed
the past few weeks.
Pinochle is getting to be a most
popular game in Ironton.
H. A. Nails residence has been
leased by Rev. Fuller Swift.
st. Joseph's Chapel, the new
Catholic church in Arcadia, will
be dedicated April 18th.
The young folk had an enjoya-
BILE dance at the Academy of Mu-
sic Saturday night.
For Sale Cheap-An Ithica Ham
merless double barr ell shot gun.
Apply at Conway's barber shop.
County court next week. 1t is
feared that the ''noblest judge"
will be conspicuous by hiss abb
sence.
We've certainly had winter and
summer weather this January.
Nine degrees below and seventy
four above within ten days.
A warrant was issued last week
for the arrest of George Martin of
the Flatwoods on the charge of as
saulting a Hungarian woman.
H. A. Nall was here from Jeffer-
son City for a few days the past
week. Arthur will remove his
family to Jefferson next month.
Some of the planks in the
bridge between here and Arcadia
should be replaced at once. They
are a menace to life and property.
The Bismarck saloon men, it is
said, are about half-dozen names
shy on their saloon petitions.
Both sides are making a hard
fight.
We hear it rumored that q Hun
garian timer who has been living
at Pilot Knob for a year OF SO past,
has leased the creamery for the
coming year.
The Smart Alex who knows just
what the county court is going to
do is the same fellow who knew
Iron county would "vote for a
change" last fall.
On the last page of this issue OF
the REGISTER will be found the
initial chapter OF a most interest,"
ing serial story, "The Redfields."
Do not fail to read it.
Quite a number of new phones
have been added to the local sys-
tenn since the first of the year. A
new and up-to-date switchboard
will soon be installed.
st. Paul's church, Ironton, is
about to extend a call to Rev. Ing
ham of Poplar Bluff. In the event
of his acceptance Mr.. lngham will
be here two Sundays in the month.
st. Agnes Guild of st. Paul's
church will give a valentine party
at the home of Mr.. j. T. Baldwin,
ST., the night of February 18th. A
small admission fee will be charg-
ed.
J. w. Withers, after a long ill
ness, died of tubercular trouble at
his home in Ironton Sunday night.
The funeral occurred Tuesday
morning and interment took place
in the K. P. cemetry.
Lost-On the street between the
post Office and Emerson park in
south Ironton, Thursday, January
81, a Mink Fur Scarf. Return to
Mrs. Carroll York, at the park and
be literally rewarded.
Bro. Bristol French, of the Pied
mont Banner, gave the REGISTER a
call Tuesday. He was accompa-
MED by his brother, G. G. French,
of Erin, Tenn. They returned to
Piedmont on the evening train.
The attention of our prohibition
friends is directed to a letter from
Mr.. Hilburn, our Socialist corre-
spondent from Arkansas. Mr.. FL.
writes most entertainingly, and
gives the figures to verify his as
sertions.
DR.. Jesse w. Hale is slowly re-
covering from his injuries received
by being thrown from his buggy
several weeks ago. Although still
pretty badly crippled, he expects
to soon be able to resume his
practice.-GreenUiIle Sun.
We understand Mr.. Arthur
Sloan of Belgrade is in a very crit.
ical condition with blood poison
ing, the result of a blow on the
head with a club at the hands of a
man named Bond at Graniteville
several weeks ago.-Potosi Journal,
The thermometer registered IA
last Saturday, the warmest Janua-
ry day, with one exception, in the
thirty years that Mr.. Delano has
been keeping weather records,
The exception was January 7,
1890, when the thermometer went
to rs.
DR.. Meadors of Belleview was
seriously cut by John Birdwel
last Wednesday morning. Va.
rious stories are afloat as to the
cause of the trouble. Birdwel
has been arrested but is out on
bond, and the preliminary exami-
nation has NOT vet haan held.