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"Local and Personal" Column:

Hon. M. R. SMITH of Farmington, democratic candidate for Congress in this district 
was in town Saturday.

Degree of Honor of the A.O.U.W. will give an ice cream and strawberry festival next 
week.  Bills will be out later.

Mr. HENDRICKS, who was formerly engaged in the hotel business here, is reported very 
sick at his home one mile north of town.  

Rain, hail, thunder and lightning made things lively here last Friday evening.  The 
larger hail stones knocked the young leaves off the trees and played smash with some 
of the gardens but no very serious damage has been reported.

John HUGHES of Esther had business in Bismarck Friday.

Jerry POSTLEWAITE of Mineral Point was in town Saturday enroute to Flat River.

Mrs. E. S. ROYER and child left Sunday afternoon for a visit to kindred at Kimmswick, 
Mo.

Rev. Albert SITTON of Arcadia passed through here Wednesday on his way to the 
conference at Elvins.

Rev. J. T. FRACY and Walter S. TOWNSEND of Potosi were here Tuesday enroute to 
Elvins to attend conference.

Louis BRENNECKE of Irondale returned Tuesday from Hot Springs, Ark., where he has 
been sojourning for several weeks.

J. A. MAXWELL and wife of Belgrade were visitors here last Monday.  They attended 
the district conference of the M.E. church, south, at Elvins.

A special went south over the I.M. Tuesday morning bearing several officials of 
the road.  The train consisted of five heavy coaches and was a very handsome one.

Mrs. Joseph I. ROBINSON of Irondale, accompanied by her little grandson, Robert 
MASON, was visiting the family of her daughter, Mrs. N. A. COTTRELL one day last 
week.

A heavy frost fell Sunday night and the mercury dropped to 32 degrees above zero 
in the early morning hours of Monday.  The frost was particularly heavy in the 
bottoms and unprotected gardens were no doubt hit hard.

Rev. J. C. BERRYMAN of Caledonia died at his home at noon on Tuesday, May 8th.  
He was the only surviving member of the conference in which the division between 
the north and south was made in the Methodist church in the year 1844.

The weather interfered somewhat with the attendance at the ice cream social given 
by the band boys on Thursday evening of last week, but all who attended speak highly 
of the entertainment.  We hope the boys will try again and have better success when 
the weather is more favorable.

The board of education met last Friday evening.  Warrants were issued for payment 
of teachers' wages and the following teachers elected by the board for the next 
school year:  Second assistant, Mrs. Mae RIFE; third assistant, Miss Maggie 
STEPHENS; primary department, Miss Mattie MURPHY.  The election of a principal and 
first assistant was deferred.

The second nine of Bismarck went to Ironton Sunday and defeated the first nine of 
that place by a score of 10 to 2.  The feature of the game was the fine stick work 
of Harry FITZPATRICK who lined out two home runs.  The line-up of the Bismarck team 
was as follows:  Shaley DAVIS, c; Sterling MATKIN, p; Paul PARKER, ss; Albert ROSS, 
1b; Ed MORAN, 2b; Clyde MATKIN, 3b; Art HOUSE, rf; Alvin JONES, cf; Harry FITZPATRICK, 
lf.

Dr. R. L. McHENRY requests us to state that he will be located permanently in 
Bismarck on or before May 15, and prepared to do dental work of any kind in first-
class style.  Dr. McHENRY is at present located at Centreville, Reynolds county, and 
comes highly recommended.  He is a graduate of the dental department of Washington 
University and has had some five or six years practice in his profession.  The Doctor 
has already rented a residence and will soon be a full fledged resident of the place 
where all trains stop.

J. L. FOSTER and family are visiting in Farmington this week.

Miss Effie SINCLAIR and Florence McCOY visited in Elvins Sunday last.

Mrs. POLLARD and her daughter, Miss Pearl, visited Irondale Wednesday.  They were 
guests of Mrs. S. M. CARTER.

Quarterly conference of the M.E. church was held at Irondale last Sunday.  Rev. 
McCORMICK, the new presiding elder, was in attendance and presided.

Pride of Bismarck is the name of a new straight flour just being put on the market 
by the Bismarck Milling and Manufacturing Company.  It will pay you to investigate 
the merits of this new brand.

Several fine horses have lately passed through here enroute to Iron Mountain where 
a new eliptical regulation mile tract has recently been completed.  Mr. SMOLLINGER 
has everything in elegant shape at his place and many fine horses are kept there.

Wm. HUFF of Potosi was in town the latter part of the week visiting his brother, 
Charles HUFF. The HUFF brothers are much alike in appearance, and William has 
served several terms as marshal of Potosi.  Charlie is now the efficient marshal of 
our own city.  

The Irondale band boys have lately been putting in good time practicing and have 
just ordered new uniforms.  They are engaged to play at Hopewell Decoration day.

It will pay the reader to read the advertisements in the Gazette and see what our 
merchants have to offer them.  There is no necessity for resorting to catalogue 
houses' as our merchants can supply your wants cheaper and better than foreign 
firms.

Bills are out announcing a first class picnic to be given by the members of the 
A.O.U.W. lodge of this city July 4th.  It goes without saying that this will be a 
swell affair and probably the biggest thing of the kind that will be pulled off 
this season.

Mr. Charles A. LANPHER of Fredericktown and Della M. Hoffman of Dunklin county 
were married Sunday, May 6, at the residence of Rev. H. J. LaTOUR, who performed 
the ceremony.

>From present appearances if looks as if a round house would soon be built here.  
There are seven engines to be cared for at this point and facilities for properly 
doing this at present are very meagre.  This of course means more people and more 
business for the town.

The milling company is having a new coal house erected north of the mill.

The brick work on Dr. STAMMER's new residence was finished Wednesday.

Miss Nellie McGREW was the guest of Miss Blanche McFARLAND Sunday afternoon.

John FITZPATRICK, the livery stable man, took Hon. M. R. SMITH to Centreville 
last week.

Miss Myrtle BELKNAP returned to her home Monday from a week's visit to her sister 
in Leadwood.

The Degree of Honor gave a Donkey party Tuesday evening after lodge.  There was 
a large attendance and all report a jolly time.  The first prize was awarded to 
Mrs. Laura McGREW and the second to Mrs. Etta MELOY.  Join the D. of H. and have 
a good time.

Trains on the Mountain are running right along with the time card these days.

Strawberries have been arriving daily from Arkansas and were sold last week at 
two boxes for a quarter.

Sam BEARD is having his new residence in the north end of town neatly painted 
inside and out.

Mrs. J. R. WHITEHEAD, wife of the collector of Washington county, was a Bismarck 
visitor Tuesday.

Rev. Geo. STEEL of Ironton was here yesterday, the guest of his son, Hugh STEEL, 
of this city.

Fremont BOSS and J. L. STEPHENS made a business trip to Belgrade recently, going 
by way of Caledonia.

George CLARKSON, formerly of this place, but now of Buffalo, N.Y., was in Bismarck 
several days last week.

Mrs. W. S. SEBASTIAN and her mother, Mrs. GRIFFIN, are visiting relatives in 
Washington county this week.

Mr. Fred SCHAPER has purchased a fine new buggy and horse.  Who will the lucky 
young lady be to go buggy riding?

Chas. ANDERSON of Leadwood was in town Monday.  He is in the picture frame 
business and was soliciting orders.

Mr. Harry McGREW and a party of gentlemen from Mineral Point caught a nice 
mess of fish at Irondale the first of the week.

F. H. BLOMEYER, formerly station agent at this place for the I.S. Ry., is now 
with the Frisco at Franchmans Bayou, Ark.

It is reported that the Renault Lead Company has recently struck some good ore 
near Palmer, where they have been doing some drilling.

The new veranda in front of LUCY & LUCY's store is not only useful but ornamental 
and adds much to the appearance of the building.

Miss Kate DINNING of Potosi passed through here Wednesday enroute to her home 
after a visit to her sister, Miss Genevieve, who is attending school at Arcadia.

L. A. MONTGOMERY is building a three-room cottage on the lot adjoining the 
residence of S. L. FLEMING on south Cedar street.  John TRAPP is doing the 
carpenter work.

Henry ADKINS has been in St. Louis this week finishing a term at the Missouri 
College of embalming.  The state examination began yesterday and Mr. Adkins 
having finished the course appeared before the board of examiners.

The northbound passenger train on the Belmont Branch struck a cow Sunday 
afternoon just after leaving this station and slightly disabled the tender of 
the engine.  The train was backed up and another engine attached, causing only 
a short delay.

J. H. TENNYSON, a prominent citizen of Belgrade, after spending two weeks 
visiting his daughter, Mrs. Charles B. JOHNSON of this place, returned to his 
home Thursday, going by way of Potosi.

Reports from points in this and other states indicate that much damage has 
been done to fruit and vegetables by the recent cold snap.  The cotton in 
Louisiana, Mississippi and Arkansas has also been damaged.  It is estimated 
that the Ohio strawberry crop was damaged to the extent of $75,000.

A large number of persons from Farmington, Bismarck and Potosi attended the 
funeral of the late Rev. J. C. BERRYMAN at Caledonia yesterday.  Mr. BERRYMAN 
entered the ministry at the age of 16 years and was more or less actively 
engaged in the work for 80 years.  He was 96 years old at the time of his death.

E. P. FRANIS, editor of the Fredericktown Tribune, was a pleasant caller at 
the Gazette office Monday.

Wm. TRAUERNICHT, Esq., of Middlebrook, was here Saturday attending a meeting 
of the directors of the bank.

Rev. J. W. HODGES attended the district conference of the M.E. church, south, 
which began its session last Monday at Elvins.

George PARKIN of Flat River passed through here Tuesday enroute to his old 
home near Palmer, Mo.

A. BARTH is putting in the foundation preparatory to building a two-story, 
six-room frame dwelling for his nephew, Dr. Philip BARTH, on the lot 
adjoining the Lutheran church on north Cedar street.  J. T. STEPHENS has been 
employed to do the carpenter work.

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