Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-03-31

through now.
There will be services at the
Presbyterian church next Thurs
day evening at 1880 o'clock by
Rev. Jewell of Fredericktown. A
congregational meeting will be
held Immediately after the service.
The new lighting plant at the
Episcopal church was put in use
Sunday night for the first time.
The lights are what are known as
the Primo gasoline system. A
great improvement on the coal oil
lamps.
The amount of whiskey shipped
into the county these days is
something wonderful. You can
have no idea of the enormity of
the imports unless you watch the
station houses and 9 the trains
unload.
City and school elections next
Tuesday. The three councilmen
whose successors are to be elected
are: Messrs. Kendall, Hanson and
Gay. The school directors whose
terms expire are DR.. Farrar and E.
L. Farmhouse.
Married-At the Fort Hill par
sonage Tuesday, March goth, 1910,
Chas. G. Stillwell, of Illinois, and
Miss Ethel Holloman, of Hogan,
Rev. L. F. Aspley officiating. The
REGISTER extends congratulations
and best wishes.
Alvin Tate, the young man who
was killed on the railroad bridge
between here and Arcadia on the
evening of March 10Th, was a
member of the M. w. A. Camp at
Lesterville and had an insurance
policy for $1,000.
Mrs. Woodside is in st. Louis
to-day where she has gone to re-
plenish her stock of spring milli-
merry, and she asks us to tell the la
dies that if they will call on her
return they will find a beautiful
assortment Of new hats and other
goods.
Forest fires have ragged the past
two weeks and for several days
past there has been a haze of
smoke in the sky. Quite a lot of
fencing has been destroyed. F. O..
Codding, the butcher, had several
thousand rails burned up on his
farm in Flatwoods.
We are glad to hear that all the
granite quarries have plenty of
orders and the prospect is good
for a busy season. Both crushers
at Schneider's and the crusher at
Sheahan's are in operation. The
! Syenite Company has quite a
stone cutting contract.
To The PUBLIC-Beginning with
April 4th, 1910, and continuing
until October 1st, 1910, we the un-
dersigned agree to close our stores
at Z o'clock P. M, each business
day, Saturdays and pay-days ex-
cepted. Gay & Kindell Mercan-
tile Co., B. N. Brown, j. M. Whit
worth, Lopez Store Co., A. l..
Hill. a.
Michael Spitzmiller, an old es-
ident of Iron county, died at his
home a couple Of miles west of
Ironton, Wednesday, March 23d,
1910, aged sixty-seven years. A
widow and a large number of
children are left to mourn him.
The funeral occurred Friday and
the remains were taken to the
Cove for interment, Peace to his
ashes.
DR.. G. G. Kerlagon, who has
been practicing medicine here for
the past year, departed with his
wife Thursday morning for Bis
marck, where he will practice in
the future. DR.. Kerlagon and
wife have made many friends here
during their stay who regret to
see them leave. We wish DR..
Kerlagon success, which he is
deserving of, in his new home
Ste. GenevieUe Far Play.
Little Mildred Marshall returned
home last week after a months
visit with her sister, Mrs. O. B.
Stone, in league, Texas. While
there they took her to Galveston
to see the Gulf of Mexico and the
sea-wall around Galveston, the
large ocean steamers, and many
other interesting things. She
went wading in the gulf, gathered
shells on the beach, etc. She was
accompanied by Mrs. E.. T.. Stone,
of De Soto, Mr.. Stones mother.
Mrs. E. P. Reach, of Dallas,
Texas, and little grandson, Philip
Delano, of Bonnie Terre, arrived in
Ironton Friday evening on a
couple of days visit to relatives.
Mrs. Reach has been spending
some time with her daughter, Mrs.
Louis Delano, at Bonnie Terre,
who has been in very poor health
for several months past. Mrs.
Delano will return with her mother
to Texas as soon al her health will
permit.
The Begley coffin factory former
ly the Begley wagon plant, is al
ready turning out the new product
and this afternoon George Begley,
ST., the owner of the enterprise,
stated that in sixty days he will
have the machinery all installed
and the place in full operation.
Though the Begley wagon is still
being manufactured at the factory,
the main product Of the plant in