Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-08-17
LOCAL BREvITIEs.

County court proceedings are
published this week.
Grand Festival, Graniteville,
Wednesday, August 23d.
Teachers examination Friday
and Saturday of next week.
1t is said several bungalows will
be built in the Shut-In Immediate
ly.
Young pigs for sale; in fine
shape. Also a few brood sows.
George Stark, Arcadia, Mo.
For Sale-A Saddle Horse and
two-year-old Gelding. Apply at
"Ozark Home" j. A. w. Lewis,
Arcadia, Mo.
The Iron County Teachers AS
ISOLATION will hold its annual ses-
sion at Ironton Aug. 81 to Sept. 2.
Programme next week.
To Mrs. H. M. Collins of Area
dia the REGISTER is indebted for a
basket of most magnificent peach
es. Just as fine as you ever saw.
A force of men are at work ex-
cavating for the dam in the Shut
In. Quite a lot of the material to
be used in construction has been
shipped in.
Clarks' circus next Saturday.
The show is owned by a younger
brother of w. G. Clark, who,
twenty years ago, made Ironton
winter quarters for his circus.
R. E. L. Marshall, of Knob Lick,
will be principal Of the Pilot Knob
public school the coming year.
Mr.. Crowder, who was first elected
to the place, will teach at Knob
Lick.
Miss Ruby Reyburn left last Sat-
urday on a visit to relatives in
Schenectady. New York. She ok
poets to visit the metropolis and
make an ocean trip before she re-
turns.
My friend, MIR. M. Nichols, pre-
sents me with a sgreen Mingo pep
per 6 1-2 inches long and weigh
ing 6 ounces, just to show that the
dry season didn't knock out his
garden.
The State Hospital at Farming
ton now charges the county pa
tients $78 for six months care, in
stead of S65 as it has been he reto-
fore. More Hadley economy and
reform, we suppose.
The REGISTER will next week
print an account of a friends trip
from st. Louis to the Valley. Be-
sides the incidents of the journey,
it naturally treats of roads-roads,
good bad and Indifferent.
Prof. Bert Loomis arrived in
town Monday and is arranging to
take charge Of the Ironton schools
when they open next month. We
believe Prof. Loomis will prove
the right man in the right place.
All the north bound trains have
been late the past two days be-
cause of washouts on Red River in
Arkansas. No. 4 was ten hours
late Monday, and did not get here
until ten o'clock Tuesday night.
John Albert has built a gran
itoid walk in front of his business
house. The /. 0. O. F. people will
build one at once, we understand.
That will make a solid block of
granitoid walk on this side of the
street.
A card from Il. Schmidt, who is
with his family at Arcadia enjoy
ing the big Baptist campmeeting,
says that the crowd is larger than
last year and that there are 1902
tents on the ground.-De Soto Re-
publican.
We understand that the Baptist
folk are negotiating a loan OF
$4,000 which will be expended on
the Heights the coming year. The
first improvement undertaken will
be the building of some bungalows
for the speakers.
The case Of w. @. Perkins,
charged with assault with intent
to rape, came up in Justice
Rasche's court last Friday, but
was continued until Thursday of
this week because of the absence
of the prosecuting witness.
The Baptist Assembly on Area
dia Heights closed the 1911 meet
ing Sunday night. The attend
ance throughout was large, the
number OF visitors from abroad
being about 800. 1T was by far the
most successful meeting in the
history Of the Assembly.
Word was received here last
Saturday of the death in St. Louis
that day OF Henry Kunsenmuller,
at his home, 1924 Lee Avenue.
Thirty years ago the deceased was
q resident Of Pilot Knob and had
many friends in the valley. Mrs.
HI. Adolph of this city is a niece
of the deceased.
Ebon Russell and sister, Miss
Sarah, of lronton, have purchased
the Kennel Burns residence on
Mine La Motto avenue and are
moving into same. We are indeed
glad to see these good people be-
come residents of our city. and ex-
tend them a hearty welcome.-
FredericktoUn Tribune.
Elsewhere we republish an ac-
count Of the death OF Walter
Hedges at Tring, England. The