Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-12-02
LOCAL BREvITIEs.


Milk and butter are scarce in the
valley.
Hunters are plentiful; game not SO
plentiful.
Collector Burnham says call and see
him before the big rush.
A new time card goes into effect on
the railroad next Sunday.
tits said that on the new time card
train No. 8 will carry no passengers.
Are we going to make any effort to
have a night man at the Ironton sta
ton?
A big rain last Thursday afternoon
and night. The precipitation stotaled
1.65 inches.
The thermometer went down to II
Monday night. Coolest this season, SO
far,
Chas' j. Tual is remodeling the res
idence on the Cyrus Russell place, in
Russellville, for j. III. Roblee.
Our Annapolis correspondent tells
the story of a wife murder and suicide
in Reynolds county Monday morning.
Recorder Hawkins Tuesday issued a
marriage license to Frank S. Bossing-
er and Laura @. Clinesmith Of Litch-
field, Ills.
The car of the Missouri Fish Com
mission will be here to-day or to-mor-
row with a lot of young bass for Lake
Killarney.
Prof. II. @. Johnson and family of
De Soto were in Ironton Thursday on
their way to Roselle to spend Thanks
giving.
Mrs. A. f. Blanton departed Sunday
morning to spend a week with rela-
tives at Bismarck, Ironton and Sa-
bula.-De Soto Times.
Ben Sloan is now running the hotel
at Graniteville, succeeding VIM.
Brown, who conducted that hostelry
SO successfully for SO many years.
State Highway Engineer Buffum
will be here this week to make an in
spection of the route of the proposed
automobile road from here to Poplar
Bluff.
Rev. V. o. Penley will hold services
at st Paul's church, Ironton, next
Sunday, morning and evening. Cele-
bration of the Holy Communion al
morning services.
Mr.. Jas. G.. Austin of Arcadia at
tended the marriage of his daughter,
Jeanette Medley, and Mr.. Clinton
Marberry, in Illinois, Monday, Nov
ember 10Th. Best wishes.
O. E. Persons of Arcadia last week
made a shipment Of 'possum hides tt
+. Abraham, st. Louis. Mr.. Persons
says that from the returns received
he judges the fur business is on the
bum.
Reynolds county circuit court lasted
just one week, but the week is said te
have been an exceedingly interesting
and lively n and bootleggers and
timber thieves were handled withou
gloves.
Assessor John l. Marshall wants al
those parties who have not yet re-
turned their assessment lists to hin
to do so at once He is busy nov
making up his books and must have
all the lists without further delay.
Geo. johnson, who is working fol
A., G. Buckley, in Poplar Bluff, was il
Ironton Sunday. He says chat Mr.
Buckley expects to be busy most Q
the winter completing the school ant
church he is building down there.
Special meeting Ironton Chapter
No. $40, O. 3. s., Monday evening
December s, 1915, at 1880 P. NJ. AL
members are urged to attend. Re
freshments after lodge.
HATTIE I. MADIGAN, Secretary,
J. G. Blanton and wife of Marshall
Mimi, are here at present on a visi
to his parents. MI. Blsnton, who
travelling for the Liggett & Meyer
Tobacco Co., of st. Louis, has agail
been transferred to this territory
Bismarck Gazette.
J.J. DcDonald, with the Mercantil
Trust Company, st. Louis, spen
Thanksgiving day in the valley. Fort,
years ago Mr.. Mcdonald wal a DO,
on a farm, near Graniteville. Eli
business here was to look after SOM
land he owns south of Arcadia.
Elias Nichols says there is no none
in selling ice that you have to ship |
from st. Louis. He says that il tn
season is favorable he is going to tr
and harvest q crop OF the natural ar
ticle this year and Q ifhe can't max
some money out of it next summer.
The following vallegians attended
special meeting Of the Order of East
ern Star at Bismarck last Friday aft
ernoon and evening: Mesdames B. S
Gregory, VIM. Curry, I. G.. Whit
worth, L. A. McKee,C. e. Downey,
M Hawkins, r. A.. Knapp, WI
Trauernicht, VIM. r. Edgar, ST., Wn
r. Edgar, Jr., Chas. J. Tual, Misse
Annie Kaths, Grace Whitworth an
Mary Gregory and B. 8. Gregory.
TIA nino nrnn a nnonno nan1a.