Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-03-16
LOCAL BREvITIES.

Friday, st. Patrick's day.
Lots of garden working the past
week.
Some of the peach trees are in
bloom.
Time for city candidates to make
their wants known.
The factory is arranging
to put on a night shift.
The official statement of the Iron
County Bank is printed this week.
That rumored new time card
seems to be very slow in material
izing.
S. P. Ringo is in ST. Louis this
week buying the spring stock for
the big store.
Work has been commenced on
the foundation for B. N. Browns
new store building.
County court members will meet
the first Monday in April as a
Board of Equalization.
There has been fire in the hills
the past few days, and the valley
has been filed with smoke.
The March winds are blowing
fercely this morning and the fore
cast is for much colder weather.
For Sale-Three Jersey heifers,
coming fresh soon.
w. D. FLETCHER, Arcadia, Mo.
Several train loads of soldiers,
from the north, bound for Mexico,
passed south over the road last
Friday.
AT a meeting of the city council
Monday evening arrangements
were completed for holding the
city election.
The Ironton flour mill has been
offered for sale in the advertising
columns of the st. Louis papers
the past week.
Thos. Hill, formerly of this
county, is now engaged in black
smithing, undertaking and livery
business in Bismarck.
Fredericktown was visited by a
100000 fire Monday night of last
week which destroyed the big
trust building in that town.
The solicitor for the Salvatio n
Army visits us regularly. Where
he comes from or where he goes,
we know not. But he comes.
There will be O meeting Of the
Agricultural Society next Satur-
day, March 18th. All urged to at
tend. GEO. STARK, SEC'Y.
Hon. E. A. Rozier and family
came over from Pennington in
their automobile last Sunday,
spending a few hours in the val
ley.
VIM. Trauernioht paid a visit
last week to Bismarck, the lead
belt and Pennington. He says
everybody is complaining Of dull
business.
Little Miss Aurelia fischer, the
baby at the Willard hotel, is the
happy possessor of a beautiful
little dog, sent her by Mrs. Brandt
Of the Annapolis hotel.
After a siege Of nine weeks ir
the house Mike Madigan raj able
to walk down town Monday after
noon. He hopes soon now to be
able to GO to work again.
That fello W who says that he
clips coupons to the amount o.
5000 per year from his government
bonds. I say he's on the "Shady
Side Of Easy Street." don't you?
MI. Bentley, a saloon man from
Pennington, was here Tuesday il
search Of a missing bird dog. The
dog is a valuable one and the own
er says he has refused 500 TO,
him.
Congressman and Mrs. Elvinl
returned from Washington Tues.
day evening. Mr.. Elvins tells u
that he has already resumed hi
law practice and is busy at work
-Fdrmington Nees.
Word has just been received
from Switzerland of the death Of
Mrs. Barbara Basler, mother Q
Basler Bros. and Mrs. j. Nagel, o
this city. Deceased was SO years
old. May she rest in peace.
Mr.. Chas. X. Polk Tuesda,
shipped in sixty yearlings from st
Louis, and drove them to his farm
on Marble Creek, about twelv'
miles south of Ironton, whore h
will feed them for the market.
The books will be audited al
right, but Fuller Swift and his ex
perts will have nc hand therein
The parson a devote his tim
and emery to writing letters. W
have evidence, you know, the
he's a powerful letter writer.
After serving as postmaster q
Goodland, Iron county, for thirty
one years, j. r. Adams has tend
cred his resignation. During hi
incumbency Mr.. Adams replied t
letters Of inquiry as to Iron coun
ty from every State and Territor
ID the Union.-Ledd Belt NeaUs.