Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1889-09-12

III u0 0uIVttm0uC Ol OuI pun
tic school last week Was 85-4.
In the principals room and IS
lin the assistants
Three of the Stowe Show
gang were arrested and fined
here for shooting on Sunday,
They were uncouth looking fsl'
lows.
Two papers for the price ol
One-the Marble Hill Press
and the "American Farmer
one year for one dollar.
! We have heard several
very complimentary remarks
passed upon the public-road
work as done under the super.
vision of roadoverseer VIM,
Berry, jr.
"A couple of ccpper-colored
individuals passed through
town Friday with a bagplpe
and q monkey. The outfit was
the subject of more comment
than Stoves ''show."
The Cape Girardeau Fair
will begin on the 18th of Oct,
and continue five davs. The
management has made extra
preparations, and many new
attractions will be exhibited.
-Someboy has discovered a
substance which is three hun.
dred times sweeter than sugar.
The substance is supposed to
be about 1S years old, wears a
hustle and chews gum.-Win0-
ma Appeal.
The flag with forty.two
stars will not be legal until
July 4, 1890--this at least ia
the ruling of the Treasury
Department, which recently re.
fused 10 furnish flags of that
description.
There should be no place
like home. There is no place
like a peaceful home. There
will always be peace at home
when people learn to look after
their own home and let their
neighbors and relatives home
alone.
-Is'nt IL funny, though!
A townsman goes hunting.
Kills q squirrel sitting on .
limb at least ten steps fro m
him. Tells that he made the
finest shot of his life. Killed a
squirrel r, ming abont 81 or 80
yards away. Twas ever thus
in hunters days.
Here is q text which it will
do rs all good to com.
init to memory: "If a man
think himself to be som ething
when be is nothing, he deceiv-
eth himself. But let every man
prove hls own work, and then
shall be have rejoicing in him.
self alone. and not in others"
Prof. j. H Cheney was
found dead on his bed in Bonne
Terre on the 2nd. His death
resulted from an overdose of
chloroform-supposed to have
been taken to relieve some pain.
He was a son of Prof. Cheney
|of Cape Girardeau Normal
fame and a bright young man.
.-Winchester Harris who
lives some four miles from
Lutesville was bitten on the
thumb by his dog Sunday
evening. The animal previ.
ously had been biting the
ground. fence, himself and
other things. Mr.. Harris i'm.
mediatley killed the dog, and
came to town Monday and had
DR. Wilmer to treat his hand.
Was the dog a mad. dogf'
"A newspaper is a photo.
graph of the town in which it is
published, and the only evil
dence its readers have Of the
prosperity Of the place. Every
business firm should be repre-
seuted by An advertisement in
the home paper, which not
only gives strangers u good i'm.
preston Of the place, but it is
a business barometer, guiding
them when In search Of them. :.
Wannamaker.
He sat in his door at noon
day, lonesome and glum and sad;
the lies were buzzing about
him, led by = blue winged
''gad." Not q customer dark.
ened his portal, not a sign Of
business was there; but the flies
kept huxzing about the old
mans hail; ~ last in his mis-.
cry he shouted. "Great Scott!
I'm covered with flies" And
the zephers thar toyed with his
wiskers whispered: "Why don't
you ADVERTISED"
over in Indiana a man
went ont hunting, and while be
was thus engaged there came q
hsO rNtn Nns0 la oOnmhk oholto.