Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-12-28

says things are still very much on the
boom in Madison county.
A minstrel troupe from Ironton
showed at the Monarch Theater Wed
nesday night and put up a very cred
table performance. Owing to the
Indictment weather the attendance was
not as large as customary. ALI were
we'll pleased with the evenings enter
tainment.-Bismsrck Gazette.
Geo. S. Matkin on Tuesday bought
s116.47 worth of produce from Dick
Meyer of Belleview, consisting of 80
dozen of eggs, butter and chickens.
1t has been almost impossible to get
any butter and eggs for several
months, and this will relieve the sit
uation for several days at least.-Bis-
marck Gazette.
The store building and stock of gen.
eral merchandise belonging to James
Wilson at Monterey was completely
destroyed by fire last Saturday or Sun
day night. Our informant said it was
believed the fire was of incendiary or
igin. He says he did not think Mr..
Wilson carried any insurance on the
stock or building.-Centerville Out
look.
The cold weather of last week put
about six inches of ice on the pond at
Middlebrook and Mr.. Buechsenschuetz
had made all arrangements to put
up ice Friday morning. But in some
way or other Thursday night the plug
that holds the water in the dam got
out and a foot or more of water ran
out of the pond running the ice. Mr..
B. hopes to get ice later on.
The fellow Ratley, who was impli-
Gated in the theft of S. A. Taylor's
COW, came to Bismarck Tuesday night
and was arrested early Wednesday
morning while he was sitting in the
Iron Mountain depot asleep. The ar
rest was made by VIM. Strickland.
Bud Smith also vas picked up by the
officers and the two we're locked up
in the caboose until officers came CIV:
er from Pennington and got them. 1t
is the report that Ratley is an ex-con-
vict.-Bismarck Gazette.
Willis Cole, colored, was found ly-
ing in the snow near his home in east
Ironton last Thursday morning. He
had fallen and hurt himself and said
he had been there all night. This
doesn't seem probable though, as the
J night was bitter cold and had he
been exposed for any length of time
he surely would have frozen to death.
Arrangement will probably be made
to send him to the poor farm when
county court meets next Friday.
Willis is an old-timer in the valley.
! I'D. Palmer, an old Iron county
boy, but for many years a resident of
Murphysboro, writes: "The old paper
, is like a letter from home and is o. k,
only you are sadly out of date on the
liquor question. Can't you read the
signs of the times, or see the hand
writing on the WALTZ" It may be as
our young friend says that "the hand.
writing is on the WALL" but Prohibi-
ton can never be Democratic OF
American. For both reasons I expect
to oppose it to- the end, no matter
how one-sided the contest becomes.
+ Train No. 8 made a stop at Pilot
Knob at noon Sunday to permit four
teen members of the Kaths family tt
disembark and spend Christmas will
Mr.. and Mrs. f. Kaths and Miss An.
ME. The visitors were: Ferd Kaths
and wife, Fritz Kaths and wife, Her
! bert Kaths and wife and W. Fl. Kaths
of Kansas, DR.. @. L. Blanks, wife an(
daughter. Miss Dorothy, of Mexico
Mo-, Mrs. Gussie Hinsdale and Mis-
Jennie from Webster Groves, and Mr.
and Mrs. Houchin from st. Louis. Ii
the succeeding forty. eight hours there
was much merriment at the old home
In the probate court here last Wed
nesday Judge o. W. Roop made al
order for DR.. William A. Kelvin of st
:, Louis to turn over to Mrs. Berthi
Kerwin, administrators of the estai,
; of the late John A. Kerwin, of Area
dia, $11, 1000 in stocks and bonds belong
ing to the estate of the deceased. DR.
Kerwin maintains that he is in posses
sion of the property by reason of hi
fathers wishes and that he is acting il
strict compliance with the wishes o
9 the deceased. The case has been ap
pealed to the circuit court, and tn
litigation promises to be hard tough
and long drawn out.
;, DR.. F.W. Trauernicht was held u
and robbed on the street in St. Loui
' last Friday night. The DR.. was re
. turning from a visit to his mother a
: the Lutheran hospital. When With
a few doors of his home on Clevelan
. avenue he noticed an automobile pu
up to the curb in front of him; a cou
: pie of men alighted, and just as h
q reached them they threw guns in h
9 face and told him to throw up HI
i hands. A purse containing 50 wa
: taken from his hip pocket, but tw
watches he carried were not disturb
: ed. The thieves then jumped into tn