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"Local and Personal" Column:

Miss Beatrice PAUL of Vine Grove, Ark., spent Sunday with relatives here.

Mrs. W. D. POOR of Fredericktown is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. F. HUNT of
this city this week.

Miss Flora FOSTER, a charming young lady of St. Louis, is the guest of Miss Edna BEARD
this week.

Miss Jewel PAUL left Sunday for St. Louis on an extended visit to relatives and friends.

Miss Sadie BEARD, who is employed at the State hospital at Farmington, has been visiting
her parents in this city for a few days.

Mrs. F. F. BEARD has returned from a visit of several weeks to friends in St. Louis, 
Mattoon, Ill., and other points.

The president has issued a proclamation naming Thursday, November 29 as thanksgiving 
day.

O. O. TEMPLETON and wife and little daughter left for St. Louis yesterday and will
remain for a few days.

The Editor is under obligation to Mr. Joe GOETZ for a table full of nice eating apples
received at this office Tuesday.

Rev. Mr. STOWELL, Episcopal Clergyman of Ironton, was a pleasant caller at the Gazette
office Tuesday morning.

Mr. D. M. YOST of St. Louis came down Sunday to visit his sister, Mrs. LaTOUR and his
daughter Phebe.

W. A. LIGHTFOOT, a prominent farmer of Washington county, carried off second premium
on his bushel of Red Fultz wheat, which tested 63 1/2 at the mill.

Judge C. T. TULLOCK and wife have been spending a few days in St. Louis this week, 
visiting their daughter, Mrs. H. E. WALTERS, on Michigan Ave.

A dozen new subscribers were added to the Gazette's Bismarck list this week and as
many more new ones for other post offices.

J. R. JORDAN, druggist at Irondale made the Gazette office a very pleasant call last
Saturday.  Mr. JORDAN was here attending the Farmers meeting in which he was very 
much interested; he has property interest near here and is keenly alive to everything
that tends to the development of this part of the country.

Conductor RINEARSON of the I. S. expects to move to this city this week and will occupy
the house lately vacated by J. M. BURKE.  Mr. RINEARSON's family has been residing in
Ste. Genevieve.

R. S. BRECKENRIDGE, former proprietor of the hotel in this city, has purchased of Chas.
BUTLER his handsome residence on Walnut St., and is now occupying the same.

Ex-Senator BURTON of Kansas passed through here on No. 1 Tuesday evening enroute to
Ironton, where he is to serve a six-month's sentence in jail.  He was accompanied by 
his wife and little niece, age 10.

Miss Ollie LEGGETT's friends are missing her cheerful face at the post office windows
this week as she is off to St. Louis for a week's [deserved?] vacation.  Mr. BRYAN's 
daughter, Mrs. ARUTZEN, will assist her father during Miss Ollie's vacation.

Mr. J. H. WEBSTER, Washington D.C., Chief of Dairy Division, National Department of
Agriculture, Congressman M. E. RHODES of Potosi and J. H. CURRAN, President of the
Immigration Assn. of Mo. were the guests of the Editor's family during the Farmers
Meeting last Friday and Saturday.

George McKAY has the thanks of the Editor for a bottle of wine which formed a part
of his display at the farmers meeting.  The wine is of the best flavor and quality.

Miss Pearl POLLARD, by request, rendered a beautiful vocal solo at the Friday evening
session of the Farmers' Meeting.  Mrs. E. N. SINCLAIR kindly acted as accompanist.
They were enthusiastically encored.

Hon. E. A. ROZIER addressed the citizens of Bismarck on the political issues of the
day at the A.O.U.W. hall Tuesday night.  He is a forceful and entertaining speaker
and his remarks were well received by his auditors.

Mrs. Alice M. SMITH, Mrs. E. L. McCOMBER, J. I. ROBINSON and wife, E. L. McCOMBER and
Wm. CONZLEMAN of Irondale were here as visitors to the big meeting of last week.

Three hilarious individuals hit the town Sunday evening and proceeded to run things 
in front of the hotel in regulation rough house style.  Marshal HUFF appeared on the
scene just as one of the men was saying that the marshal looked like a cent with a
hole in it, to him, and in about three seconds there were three broken heads moving
off in different directions and quiet reigned supreme.  The parties never showed up
again.

A. MOUNTS received the premium offered for the best pound of butter, and Sam COOLEY
carried off first prize in the milk testing contest; his sample scored 5.7% of butter
fat.  W. D. McCOY and Wm. TUMBLESON tied for second premium, each sample testing 5%.

Mr. Lucien PAUL, accompanied by his wife and little son, of St. Louis spent Sunday
with W. A. PAUL and family.

The Iron Mountain depot has been much improved in appearance by a liberal application
of paint this week.

County Serveyor HOLMAN has been making a survey this week preliminary to the building
of a concrete retaining wall along the Front Street on the east side of the I.M. Ry.
station, and the placing of necessary drainage to stop the constant washing of the
street at that point.  The wall will extend from a point opposite F. F. BEARD's store
to the northern end of the company's oil house, a distance of about 300 feet.

The sweet potatoes exhibited by W. P. DEVINE were monsters and it took a team to haul
half a dozen of them from the Gazette office to the Editor's house.

Rev. LaTOUR of the Baptist church baptized Irene BATEY, Blanche BEARD, Maggie MOCK 
and Ella BAXTER in Flat River last Sunday afternoon.

Miss Edna BEARD entertained at tea Tuesday evening in honor of Miss Flora FOSTER.  
Among those present were Misses Leslie FLEMING, Edith BOSS, Clara BOSS, Leona PAUL
and Pearl POLLARD.

The room was beautifully decorated with brilliant-hued autumn leaves, such as the Ozarks
alone can furnish, and in the subdued light made a charming picture.  The tea was in 
the way of a matinee affair and was presided over by the fair hostess, with much grace
and tact.  Musical numbers, both vocal and instrumental, were rendered and the guessing
contest resulted in a draw, much to the amusement of all present, each of whom made all
the guesses correctly.  Miss Edith BOSS won in the draw.  Handsome favors were presented
to the guests.

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