Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-03-17
LOCAL BREvITIES.

AhuO uuuC0I5 are mOIo pLcutllui
again.
Quite a lot of hay being hauled
to town.
The fisherman will soon be in
his glory.
Tomorrow Thursday is st.
Patrick's day.
Call up Fred Delano, phone SO,
when you want ice.
The $3.50 Mems Spring Suit at
Browns is a wonder.
For a good time, be sure and at
tend the st. Patrick Party.
The young folk are talking of a
dance for Thursday night.
Sunday was a lovely spring day
and driving was most popular.
Ladies, do not miss the spring
opening at Mrs. Woodside's next
Saturday.
Iron county hasn't any saloons
but there are three wholesale beer
dealers in our bailiwick.
We understand that May 25th
has been named as the date for the
MURDOCH rumb drawing.
Fort Hill Church is closed for
two weeks for repairs. 1t will be
open for service on Easter Sunday.
1t is announced that the govern
ment will quit printing return
cards on stamped envelopes after
June 1911.
Rev. r. 7. Mines, representing
the Children's Home Society of
Missouri, was an Ironton visitor
the past week.
Mrs. Belle Campbell of Arcadia
is now employed at the Hotel JEFF
ferson, st. Louis, al cashier in
one of the cafes.
Mrs. Elizabeth Karsch is spend
ing the week with her sister, Mrs.
Fred Ebrecht, at Pilot Knob
Pennington Nea1s.
F. o. Codding, the butcher, last
week paid $751; 40 for two hogs; S32
for one and S21.40 for the other.
Hog is hog these days.
One of the pushers got off the.
track at Tip Top about six o'clock
Sunday evening and blocked the
track until after midnight.
E. A. Meyer, the former Area
dia merchant, is now located at
400 North Grand Avenue, st.
Louis, in the dry goods business.
Superintendent Burnham has
ordered some changes in the order
of exercises of the Teachers ex-
animation. Read the notice pub
lished elsewhere.
D. j. Vance has sold the farm
he bought near Graniteville and
moved back to Ironton, occupying
the residence just north of the tel
ephone exchange.
The Cleaners will give a st.
Patrick Party at the Manse, on
Thursday, March 18th, 1910. Ad-
mission, 10 cents. Refreshments
free. All are invited.
Don't overlook the big bargain
Grocery Sale at Lopez's.. The
entire Meyer stock is offered at
sacrifice prices for ten days only.
See general ad for particulars.
At a meeting of the school board
Monday, March 18th, it was ordered
that the school election April 9TH,
1910, be held in the south room,
ground floor, of the Academy OF
Music.
Our weather the past few weeks
has been somewhat varied. One
day the air is balmy and spring
like, and the next brings winters
chilling blast. In fact, tits very
much like March.
Post Office inspectors have beer
visiting the valley with unusual
regularity the past two months,
and one spent nearly all of last
week here. 1t is intimated thai
something ''may drap" soon.
The MURDOCH Crumb surveyors
will "break-camp'' at the rifle
range in a couple of weeks. Then
they will come to town and dc
about ten days. work on town lots
and their Job will be finished.
Solomon Lax, colored, died a.
his home in east Ironton last
Thursday night at the age of 6S
Sol had been a resident of the val
ley for nearly fifty years and his
demise is the passing of one OF the
landmarks.
A jury was empaneled in the
Probate court last Thursday tc
pass on tie sanity Of Mrs. Jas. III,
Crocker of the west end of the
county. She was declared of un-
sound mind and sent to thu
asylum at Pennington.
M. Nichols, who recently re-
moved to Ironton from Trenton
Mo, has opened a store In thu
brick building, south of the court
house. READ his advertisement ir
this paper and give him q call
He promises to treat you right.
Lemro M. Hill, formerly of thi'
place, but now Of I%ronton, wa
here Saturday and Sunday, visit.
ing with friends and relatives
He informed us that he had dis
posed of his pool room in Ironton