Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-12-18

time and place and don't forget the
girl.
Mr.. A. B. Pierce, who lives west OF
town, makes a parcel post shipment
of fifty eggs to Webster Groves in st.
Louis county twice a week. Out of a
total shipment of 500 eggs in the past
two months only three of the eggs ar
rived at their destination broken. A
pretty good showing for the parcel
post, we'think.
AdOlph's Jewelry Store is Head.
quarters for Holiday Goods. A good
First Class Stock Of Watches, Jewelry,
SiIverware, Stationery, and Notions on
hand. Presents for old and young.
Examine my Stock before buying else
where. Il. ADOLPh.
Recorder Hawkins issued the fol-
lowing marriage licenses the past
week:
Oscar Francis and Cora HartWick Of
Ironton.
Geo. Turnbaugh and Annie House
of Goodwater.
Arlie M. Hale of Hogan and Mabel
Brown of Butler county.
H. M. Collins in Arcadia desires tc
call the attention of the readers of the
REGISTER to the fact that he has a
large and well selected stock Of
Christmas candies, nuts and fruits anc
other Christmas fixins. He invites
you to call, promising low prices ant
quality of the best. Send in your
order for Christmas soda water
Phone 115.
Parkins & McNabb completed the
drilling of the deep we'll on the AS
sembly Grounds at Arcadia las
Thursday and left that afternoon fol
their home at Belgrade, taking theil
machinery with them and will drill
several wells there during the winter
They expect to return to the valley il
the spring, alre ady having contracts
to put down eight wells here. The
well on the Assembly grounds is LII
feet deep and affords an abundan'
supply of water, probably two hun
dred gallons or more an hour.
Thos. D. Jones on Thursday of las
week killed a fine hog and stored the
porker in one of the outhouses. AL
that night in his dreams Tom feastet
on back-bones, spare-ribs and sau'
sage. Early next morning he went tt
get him apiece of pork for breakfast
What! Gould he believe his eyes
Not assign of the porker. Some ONT
had visited the meat house during tn
night and taken everything-smick
smack, smooth. Tom thinks it was
scurvy trick. We do, too. The THE
might, at least, have left a mess 0
backbones.
Chas. Whelahon of Arcadia was Sc
riously injured in a fire in the La Sail
Hotel, st. Louis, early last Thursda!
morning. Mr.. Whelahon was a gues
at the hotel and was awakened abou
three o'clock in the morning by al
alarm of. fire. He attempted to max
his escape from an upper story b.
sliding down a smokestack, but thu
stack was SO hot that he soon had tt
leave 60 and fell fifteen feet or more
fracturing two ribs and getting badl,
bruised. He is now in the Missouri
Pacific hospital and friends hope wi
suffer no lasting injury.
Williamsville Correspondence t
Greenville journal. ''The Missoul
Fish Commissions special car No.
was here last Friday and Saturday.
was taken out to Wappapello Frida,
night. While here about 1000 sma,
fish we're released in Black river
which should increase the joy of on
anglers in the months to come.
thing strange to understand is VIII
SO few farmers have fsh-ponds. Blu
little work is required to make a ponc
and fish to stock one a be secure
from the state. A good fish pom
would largely help to solve the mea
question"
The taking of evidence in the cas-
of Robert Miller was begun at moo
on last Saturday and the trial wa
concluded Tuesday evening at abou
8 o'clock when the jury returned
verdict of guilty Of murder in the frs
degree and fixed his punishment 6
imprisonment in the ~penitentiary fc
life. The killing for which Miller wa
convicted was for the murder {
Richard Mallow which occurred th
latter part of August, 1918, near job
Gallaher's, on Middle Fork. The ev.
dence on which Miller was convicte
was all circumstantial. Proseeutin
Attorney Wadlow was assisted in th
prosecution of the 1874 by Attorney
j. B. Daniels and John H. Raney, an
the defense was represented by o. ]
Munger and J. H. Keith. The coul
room wss packed with spectator
throughout the trial and especial
during the arguments of the lawyer
up to the time of going to press n