Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-02-08

HOoA VIC Auuy place, west Oi
town last Thursday. The de-
ceased leaves a wife and three
children to mourn his departure.
To Mrs. Claire j. Pogue, of
Denver, Colorado, the editor is in
debted for a copy of Denver NUM-
cipGL Facts. 1t is a magazine
published by the city and con-
tains much of interest in reference
to the municipality.
Constable Marshall Monday
evening arrested George john
son of Roselle on the charge of
carrying concealed weapons. A
revolver was found on him. He
will have a hearing before Squire
Rasche next Saturday.
Miss Belle Muffley tripped and
fell to the floor in Gay & Kindell's
store last Thursday morning, dis
locating n of her wrists. So
great was the the pain that Miss
Muffley tainted. 1t will be several
weeks before she can use her
wrist.
County court was in session
Monday and then adjourned until
February IL. The adjournment
was made because Judge Steven
son had been subpoenaed as a
witness in the circuit court at
| Greenville and could not be here
this week.
We were mistaken last week in
the statement that the new road
law provided for the election of
roadoverseers. Such a measure
was passed by the Legislature, but
vetoed by the governor. The
court appoints the roadoverseers
next week.
Nineteen inches of snow during
January. MI. Deiano says this
eclipses anything in his thirty
years. record. Twenty-nine of
the thirty-one days in January the
mean temperature was less than
80 degrees-the freezing point.
This is most unusual.
VIM. Selinger last Friday
bought the interest of G. w. Dur
fee in the livery stable of Madigan
& Durfee in Arcadia. About three
months ago MI, Selinger sold his
interest in the stable to MI. Dur
fee. The firm will now be known
as Madigan & Selinger.
At a meeting of the city council
Monday evening Madison street
was ordered opened from the
Baptist church east across the
railroad track. To get over the
track it will be necessary to con-
struct a bridge. The street is to
be opened in sixty days.
The county court Monday allow
ed Assessor Lovelace S1240 for the
assessment of 1911. Half of this
amount is payable by the county
and half by the state. Considering
the time and labor involved, the
.assessor's Office is easily the best
paying job in the county.
Let every Democrat in Rey-
nolds county who possibly can at
tend the Democratic Mass Con-
vention at Centerville, February
18th, at which time four delegates
to the Joplin Convention will be
elected and instructed for either
Clark or Folk for President.
There is no doubt in u mind but
what this county is overwhelmin g.
ly for Clark.-Centeruitle Outlook.
DR.. Sebaugh returned on Sun
day from Ironton, where he had
been called to examine a reported
case of CHAMBERS among horses.
HE drove out from Ironton nine
miles to where the disease was re-
ported to be, but found no evil
dence whatever of CHAMBERS af.
fecting the animals. In fact, he
said there did not to be any
thing/much wrong with them
Pennington NeDs.
The postal authorities at Wash
ington, recognizing the liability of
postmasters to make mistakes in
getting letters in the wrong boxes,
have fixed a penalty of 5000 on
persons taking mail out of the Of
fee other than their own and not
returning it at once. This law
also includes newspapers. The
excuse that it is the postmaster's
fault "cuts no ice." If you have
been getting other peoples mail
you had better take warning or
you may get yourself in trouble.
We had another touch Of gen.
uine winter weather last Saturday
and Sunday, when there was a
change of forty degrees in about
twenty hours. A snow storm
came Friday night and Saturday
was mild, the thermometer regis
tering about thirty. The snow
|, continued more or less all day and
the wind blew like fury all day
/ long and far into the night. The
thermometer went to ten below.
Sunday was cold but the mercury
only went to eleven that night and
Monday was warmer.
The express companies are hav-
ing a little trouble with the Inter
state Commerce Commission,
They will get mighty little sym
nathv from the residents of this
! town. Years ago, when the
Southern Express Company die
business along the Iron Mountain,
packages were delivered at oul
: doors without extra charge. But
, the Southern was crowded out by
its competitor, and since then we
have been compelled to pay for