Iron County register., 1911-03-30

the Office last week, but declined
to accept stating that his private
business demanded his attention.
1t is said that Mr.. Bergman made
the best Mayor Poplar Bluff ever
had, and friends insist could have
been reelected by large major
lity.
DR.. E. L. Farmhouse returned
from Jefferson City Saturday
night. The DR.. is an applicant for
a clerkship (created by the recent
legislature) in the State Treasur-
er's Office, and has statewide en-
dorsement for the position. We
would like to see him get the
| job and know he would make an
efficient clerk.
The REGISTER is in receipt of
letter from the Board of Trustees
of the Holiness College, Des Arc,
Mo-, which it will give publica-
ton in it's next issue, with pleas
ure. 1t came too late for this
week, as all our space was pre-
empted by other precedent'matter.
The letter is a vindication of Rev.
w. w. Strother.
D. E. Markham, who lives, near
Jordan, south of Ironton, had the
misfortune to have his barn, two
mules, two COWS, two calves and a
lot of feed destroyed by fire Mon
day night of last week. The barn
was about half burned before Mr..
Markham knew of the fire and it
was too late then to save any of
the contents. A pretty severe
loss.
At the coming city election
April 4th, 1911, petition to the
ST. Louis Iron Mountain & South
ern railroad for the removal of the
Ironton depot to a point further
south and two blocks east of the
post Office, will be in charge of a
member of the League. Those
who have not signed the petition
should take this opportunity of
doing 80. M. M. YORK, Sec'y.
The Frank Livery & Undertake
ling Company to-day closes a deal
buying out the Malugen Brothers
livery stable on Vine street. The
deal was effective at once and the
new firm is in charge. Hays Ma
lugen, manager, announces that
he will remain here but does not
know just what line of business he
will enter. J. j. Frank formerly
owned the sta ble.-PopJar Bluff Re :
publican.
A couple of weeks ago Mr.. H, F,
Collins, of Arcadia, who is travel
ing for wholesale grocery house,
attempted to board a train at Pop
lar Bluff, and the train crew
would not let him get on board,
insisting that he was intoxicated.
Mr.. Collins says that he was duly
sober at the time and has instituted
suit in the Butler county circuit
court against the railroad for
81, 900 damages.
! w. r. Edgar, Jr., who has been
employed in the legal department
of the Missouri Pacific railroad in
st. Louis for the past three years
has resigned his position there and
will return to Ironton within the
week to engage in the practice
of law with his father. We are
certainly glad to have the young
man back in the valley again and
| have no doubt of his success in the
legal profession.
r Mrs. Woodside desires the REG.
IsTER to tell the ladies of the val.
ley and vicinity that her Spring
Opening will occur next Friday
| March 31st. She will have on dis
play large and most beautiful
selection of millinery, embracing
everything that is new and novel
The assortment will be complete
and perfect as to every detail. The
ladies are most cordially invited tc
be present and feast their eyes on
the beautiful things there to be
/ seen.
A letter from Mr.. George Nor.
ris written at $3.50 o'clock last
evening brings encouraging report
of the condition of his daughter,
Miss Ethel. who underwent an OPP
GRAFTON for abdominal abscess ir
st. Louis last Saturday. DR.. Dor
sett reported her condition better
| and more favorable than at any
time since the operation. The
many friends of Miss Ethel anc
the family here have been very
anxious since they learned that an
Operation was necessary and hope
for herspeedy recovery Farming
ton Times.
a.. L. Hill last week completed
his telephone line to Inman's or
the other side of the ST. Francis
river. The line is eight miles ii
length and will have branches
making that much more. I'll,
starts this week to build a line tc
G. X. Polk's, about twelve miles
south of Ironton, on Marble Creek
From Polk's this line will be built
to G. w. Collins on Crane PonC
and thence to Brunot. These lines
it is thought, will all be done
within month. Sometime dur.
ing the summer the line will be ex'
tended from the ST. Francis rive
on to Fredericktown.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. B. Galloway
leave the latter part of the weel
n for Fredericktown, where Mr.