Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-02-18

olence. While the social feature il
delightful and much enjoyed by
members, the benevolent feature ID
given prominence in the acts OF the
club. During the holidays twelve
boxes containing delicacies were sent
to poor, and a barrel of fruit has re-
Gently been sent orphans. In response
to roll call February events were Civ
en-; also, Incidents in life and time OF
Lincoln. Music and charades followed.
Refreshments served during the social
hour were delicious. Next meeting
will be February %, 1915, Mrs. Mullin
hostess.
The electric light service of this
town for several weeks has been
well, unsatisfactory, l presume is the
pleasanter term for it, but abominably
provoking would better fit the truth.
At all hours of the evening and night
we have been plunged from light into
darkness, though sometimes the
transition from one to the other is
aggravatingly vacillating and uncer-
tain. The supper hour seems to be held
in special disfavor by the management,
though its favors are irregularly spread
from eventide to 6 A. M. have long
refrained from expressing the general
complaint of the patrons of the cleo
trio light company, hoping time and
experience would work a betterment
of the service; but it has grown stead
lily worse, and has become about I'M
bearable. Surely amendment is not
impossible, and / trust it will be
speedily made. Even while penning
this item my hand has been called
from labor to forceful ejaculation
against the light that SO often and per-
sistently fails us.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. w. Reese last
Friday gave a dinner at their elegant
home in commemoration Of their
wedding twelve years ago. The ladies'
OF the party had their innings during
the afternoon, and at six o'clock the
mere man contingent was taken care
of. A fine dinner was served to about
fifteen, most of whom had witnessed
the ceremony which made the twain
of one flesh. I had, upon sitting down
to write this item, intended giving
the names of all present last Friday,
but my mind misgives me: error or
omission is a serious matter, and the
writer is especially fallible to such
mistake. Suffice it to say that two
score of friends, or more, partook of
the festivities. After dinner we
adjourned to the p~arlors and for two
or three hours we're RECALLED with
music by fair hands skilled in "the
art divine" The Budweiser orchestra
alas, it's number is nc longer FULL
also, helped the entertainment. At
nine O'Clock we departed for our
several homes, our adieus mingled
with expressions of goodwill for
those who had honered us with the ir
hospitality. May Mr.. and Mrs. Reese,
they and theirs, live long to enjoy the
good the gods do send theml
Several weeks ago a couple came
to I%ronton, giving their names as Mr..
and Mrs. O. e. Miller. After a few
days they rented a house from Mrs.
Erbe at Pilot Knob and furnished it,
where they lived peacefully for a
couple of weeks. Before going to
Pilot Knob, however, Mrs. Miller
placed 5000 in the Iron County Bank,
in her husbands name, saying, as she
did so, that it would look better for
Mr.. Miller to handle the money. On
Saturday a week ago, Mr.. Miller left
home early, saying he was coming to
.Lronton to buy some provisions. Mrs.
Miller suggested walking down with
him, but he said it was too cold for
her to take such a long walk, and that
he would be back soon. Mrs. Miller
proceeded with her work and prepar-
ed dinner. She waited until one
O'Clock, when, growing anxious, she
donned her wraps and started for
lronton. She made inquiry but no
n had seen Mr.. Miller. Going to
the bank, she asked if Mr.. Miller had
been there, when she was told he
had and that he had drawn out every |
cent of the money-about 1926. The
remainder of the 5000 had been check
ed out to pay for household nee
essaries. Finding no further trace of
him, Mrs. Miller disposed of her
household goods at a sacrifice and
left last Wednesday for her former
home in Kansas City. Mrs. Miller
seemed to be a woman of some means
while, on the other hand, her hus-
band who was much younger, had
nothing. They had been married
about two years. Another case
wherein woman's faith in man was
neither wise nor well.
Mr.. W. D. I%senberg, an attorney
well known to many Iron county
people, won a big legal victory in the
circuit court in st. Louis last
Thursday when Judge Rassieur
awarded the 49,, 900 estate Of the late
Jeremiah Moynihan, recluse team
'ter, who died in st. Louis, January s,
1910, TO the so or more Kelliher cous-
in Ireland. Judge R~assieur's de-
,ision completely reversed the de-
,ision of Probate Judge Holtcamp, in
which the entire estate Waa piven fol