Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-05-08

IL is n0ped that thirty or forty
feet more will see the end Of the por-
phyry and that the limestone will fol-
low, the opinion of the driller being
that the limestone will begin justabout
at the base of the hill. Once in the
limestone the work will proceed much
more rapidly and water will not be
far distant, it is said.
There were but two jury trials in
circuit court last week. One was in
the case of State VS.. Grant Canady,
charged with cutting timber on the
lands of the Sligo Furnace Co., and
The jury disagreed. The other was
State VS.. Lemrow Hill, felonious as
salt, wherein the jury returned a YER
dict of not guilty. The petit jury was
finally discharged Wednesday, having
been in service just three days. The
grand jury made its final report Thurs
day afternoon and was discharged.
Court then adjourned until Tuesday
of this week when some change of
venue cases from Butler and Stoddard
counties would be considered, and,
POSSIBLY, some victims of the grand
jury's Investigations might be ar
raigned.
The Cape Girardeau Republican in
referring to a recent meeting OF the
school board in that city and the
employment of teachers for the en-
suing year, says: "With the ex-
ception Of four teachers the entire
roster of the expiring corps of
teachers was reelected. To fill va
cancies Miss Avis Baker of this city
was elected to teach English and Latin
in the high school at $40 per month.
Miss Fredonia Ringo, a Normal stu
dent from Ironton, said to be one of
the brightest students ever attending
the Normal was elected to teach His
tory in the high school at $65 per
month. Miss Jean Caldwell of this city
was chosen to teach in the grades at
the grade salary of $50 per month"
County Court convened Monday,
Associate Judges Lewis and Townsend
being in attendance, Presiding Judge
Gay still being confined in the hos
pital in st. Louis. The Bank of Iron
ton was named as the county deposit
tory for the ensuing two years, said
bank agreeing to pay interest on daily
balances at the rate of 81 per CENT?
annum. There was no other bid he
fore the court. Geo. Collins of Crane
Pond vas granted permission to build
a telephone line from his farm to An
napolis over the public road. The
. line will be known as the Crane SPonC
Telephone Co. Consideration of the
! petition of Michael Shea for saloon Ii.
cense at Ghermanville will be taken
up Thursday. The session will likely
/ continue through the week.
The grand jury for the April tern
of circuit court concluded it's laborI
and was discharged last Thursday aft.
ernoon. Indictments we're returned
against twenty-one crap shooters
white and black-a majority being
black. The grand jury found no 9th
r err indictments. After receiving thu
report of the grand jury Judge Dear
ing adjourned court until Tuesday. Il
. the meantime, Sheriff Blue and hi
! deputies "got busy" and soon hac
> eight or ten of the "bone rollers'' be
hind the bars, and as many more gave
bond for their appearance in court
When court convened Tuesday the
I following were arraigned: Castor
Blanks, Ben Reno, Zed Thomas, Scott
Cousins, Jno Cooley, Geo. Tullock
< Henry Spiers, Ross Smith, Bob Blanks
Geo. Evans, Jim Jones, Jim Robinson
: Dick Knight, Gal Boswell, Claut
Knight and Mont Jones. All of thes'
. with the exception of Dick Knigh
? pleaded guilty as charged and were
t fined $25 and costs each, a total o
. 1886. 20 in each case. Five of the de.
PENDANTS ~liquidated at once and thu
s others were given a stay of ninet.
days. Dick Knight is thinking o
contrasting his case. Five of those in
dicted have not yet been arrested, Blu
: will probably be Grounded up" soon.
/. Last Saturday evening, on No. 9
the following named ladies am
gentlemen came "down" Correct,
stated, up from st. Louis to the Val
, ley: w. b. timer and wife, VIM. B
! Ittner, Jr.SJ. A. Laird and wife, H. T
Smith, Walter H. Sanders, Fl c
Muskapp, 0, Q. Conkling, Thompso.
Price, A. A.. Lasure, and Others
Y THESE gentlemen are of and interest,
S in the Arcadia Country Club, an,
, came to view in person the Club
: grounds in general and Lake Killar
I ney in particular, which they did Sun
: day. They were met at the station b.
o a delegation of citizens and taken tt
g the Smith Hotel. There the Irontol
8 Oornet Band greeted them with a few
selections. The A. V. Business Mem
i League, represented by MI. Nam
Ringo, DR.. r. w. Gay, and others, ex
q tended the hand Of welcome. Short
informal addresses followed, ate
which general conversation took u
n the remainder Of the evening. TIL,
visitors were fully assured Of the good
: will of people and our desire t.
o have the Arcadia Country Club be