Marble Hill press., 1890-02-06

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-The political sim is slightly
potleting.
Dave Clippard tells us that
he thinks most all the peaches
have been killed In his vicinity,
rear Lakeville.
ALI young stock should be
we'll grown this season, cOmpar.
ed with previous years, owing to
the mild winter.
"A fruit grower Of st. Louis
county writes that most all Of
the peach buds in his vicinity
have been killed.
-Fatten all sOws that are not
just what you know you ought
to keep for breeders and let the
butchers have them.
"A Mr.. Beard of Frederick.
town was here Monday and
Tuesday looking after some
lands belonging to him.
White county, Arkansas
has a baby, nine years old and
weighing 23O pounds, Her
name is Nellie A. Malone.
DIR. Sanford and Esquire
Potter, OF Advance spent a few
days with Lutesville and Mar
BILE Hill friends last week.
Secretary of the Navy IRA
cy's house burned in Washing
ton Monday and his wife, daugh.
ter ard a servant girl lost their
lives.
Begin to save up manure
for the hot-bed. Hot-beds will
be needed before spring. There
is plenty of time for cold wealth
er.
Robert Winter says to all
unto whom this may come that
he is now doing regular and
the finest of work in boot and
shoe.
Erich Sander, Mason Kim
der and John Lane serenaded
sixteen of our Marble Hillians
Monday night. The boys made
good music.
Bear in mind that it is not a
good plan to have the stock ou,
of doors during the rains which
are so prevalent in some sec.
tions of the country this winter.
Too much of the winter care
of stock is trusted to chore boy
who has no interest for his EN-.
ployer's property, and who does
not possess the Judgment Of a!
man.
w. A. Jamison of Wayne
township, who has been teach.
ing school in Stoddard county
this winter, returned Monday,
having finished a very success.
full term of school.
The second census district
of the state is composed of Bol
linger. Butler, Cape Girar1ean,
Carter, Dunklin. Iron, Madison.
Mississippi, New Madrid, Ore.
gon, Pemiscot, Perry, Reynolds,
Ripley, st. Francois. Ste. Gene
We've, Scott, Shannon, Stoddard,
Washington and Wayne coun.
ties.
Farmers are warned against
a set of swindlers going over
the State selling barb wire
fencing. They offer to furnish
a good eight wire fence, with
iron posts,for 8 cents per foot.
and secure a contract. which
afterwards turns uut to mean s
cents per foot for each wire, or
u total Of 81 cents per foot.
1T is more profitable to feed
the fodder, hay and grain than
to sell it. Where few cattle are
kept it will pay better to buy
steers and fatten them rather
than sell the hay at a low price.
By so doing the manure is left
on the farm to produce crops
next year, when prices may be
better. Make all the manure
possible, and you will grow lar.
ger crops.
Twenty-Five hotels and hoard.
ing houses in Poplar Bluff-to
say nothing about dozens Of
private families who keep
boarders-and all doing some
business in their line! Poplar
Bluff is looming up, and will
continue to loom. All lines of
business are we'll represented,
and while there are periods of
depression, here as elsewhere,
things move along briskly the
greater portion Of the time the
year round.--Poplar Bluff Ad.
vOcate.
jTED.--On 3Olh ult., Of broE.
chial pneumonia, Mary, daugh.
ter of W. r aud Mary McCans.
aged 3 years, Z months and %
days.
The last that was mortal of