Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-06-08

Get your Mems and Boys Spring
Clothing at Browns.
During the month of May the
United States post masters had to
count the incoming sand outgoing
mail of their offices. The count of
the Ironton Office was as follows:
Letters and post cards, 25,316;
newspapers, 4,038; merchandise,
S9S; registered, $50; foreign, 6.
Our prolonged drouth in the val
ley terminated Sunday night with
an inch of rain. 1t was only local,
however, and a short distance
south there was scarcely any rain
at all. Saturday and Sunday were
the hottest days, so far, of the
summer, the mercury reaching
the century mark both days.
Wanted-Will pay S4.75 for all
hogs weighing 100 pounds or over
in fair order, delivered to me at
Arcadia, on or before June 18th.
No piggy sows or stays wanted.
Also will pay 5 cents for good fat
lambs weighing go pounds or
more; a 1-2 cents for the smaller
ones. Lambs to be delivered
June 18th. w. D. FLETCHER.
At a meeting of the Ironton
school board last Friday evening
the Bank of Ironton was named as
the depository of the district funds
for the ensuing two years. Two
per cent. per annum is paid on
daily balances. Miss Audra F.
Thompson, of Mann, was chosen
as teacher of the room to which
Miss Lora Bishop had been previ-
ously elected.
A gay bunch of hay riders who
were driving through the valley
and vicinity last Wednesday came
near, very near, getting into
the meshes of the law. They
stopped at a lonely milk house by
the roadside and cut a few capers.
The owner of the aforesaid milk
house, however, learned who the
offenders we're and threatened the
law. Next day, however, his an
ger had somewhat subsidized, and
after being appealed to agreed to
let the matter drop-provided all
damage was made good.
County judges Scott and Stew
enson and County Clerk Reyburn
leave to-day for Kenneth in Dunk
county, where they have been
subpoenaed as witnesses in the
case of State VS.. T. j. Douglas, a
former collector of the county who
the American Bond & Audit Com
pany have declared is many thou
sand dollars short. Messrs. Scott,
Stevenson and Reybnrn are wit
nesses for the defendant and it is
presumed they will be called on to
tell what they know, of the ma
noeuvres of Mr.. Hayes and his
bond company in this county.
Hon. E. w. Major, Attorney
General, Hon. Cornelius Roach,
Secretary of State, Hon. John
Gordon, State Auditor, H. A.
Nall and Ed. Miller of Jefferson
City, arrived in Ironton Tuesday
noon and left that evening for the
Silver Mines where they will spend
three days, camping and fishing
on the st. Francis river. Messrs,
J. M. Hawkins, E. L. Farmhouse
DR.. Martin, G. P. Damron, FREQ
Twomey and Thompson Blantor
accompanied the party from here
We wish them a good time ant
plenty of fish.
The body of Rev. Luther Pull.
liam, retired minister of thu
southern branch of the Methods
Episcopal church, who died at the
Deaconness' Hospital of apoplexJ
Sunday night, was sent to Charles.
ton, Mo-, for burial. DR.. Pulliar
made his home at No. 1882 Uni
versity street, St. Louis. In re-
cent years he had devoted himsel
to religious writing and was g
contributor to a st. Louis after.
noon newspaper. He was IA years
old. He had been married twice;
eight children survive him.-Fred-
ericktown Democrat News..
Miss Ray Lindsay, daughter o
Judge and Mrs. j. F. Lindsay, will
depart for Berlin, next Friday, il
the company of Miss Maude Mont
gomery, principal of Elmwooc
Seminary at Pennington, wher'
Miss Lindsay was formerly a stu
dent. Misses Montgomery ant
Lindsay will spend several month
in Berlin studying music unde
famous European masters. They
will sail for Hamburg from Balti
more on June 7th, and will G,
from Hamburg to Berlin, a dis,
tance of $50 miles, by rail. Mis-
Lindsay possesses unusual music
al gifts and her course of study il
the Conservatives of Berlin will
equip her for Interpretation of tn
higher phases of the musical ari
Piedmont Banner.
Sheriff Marshall last Wednes
day took in custody a young ma
by the name of r. HI. Hughes a
the home of his parents on a farm
near Graniteville. The youni
man about six months ago enlist
ed in the navy at San Francisc'
and two months ago deserted
The naval authorities at once go
in communication with tn,
sheriff who has been on the look
n.,t nuor Anna Lie lnarnnd Ii