Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1890-05-15
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be plagued In the next!
Keep cool is good advice
Yon can keep cool by wearing
cool clothing. A superb stock
is being disposed of at light
prices by w. s. King, Lutes-
vile,
|ILWhen you read anything
IN this paper which does not en-
actly snit You, please reflect
whether you do exactly to suit
this paper. sit is a poor rule
that wont work both ways"
III it is an argument for a
county officer that the longer
| he is in office the better officer
he can be, ii is tenfold more so
in regard to a Congressman
There is no rubbing this fact
out.
Spring is here and Summer
soon will be. But this is to re-
mind you that the handsomest
and cheapest line of Spring and
Summer clothing to be found on
the market is at w. S. Kings,
IIutesville.
John and Emerson Sea-
baugh, whom the PRESS recent
ly mentioned as having been
taken to Jackson on a charge
Of larceny, were tried last week
and each received jail SEN
tence of 30 days.
lX-Some men have fallen into
the inconsistency of arguing
that it is entirely proper to hold
county Offices indefinitely, but
that a new man should be tried
for Congress after he has served
two terms. Great reasoning,
this.
-Stoddard County will elect
all county officers in November
except Surveyor, Coroner and
Public Administrator, we see
by the Bloomfield Vindicator.
The Statute requires US to elect
a Coroner every two years in
Bollinger.
E-Frank Lutes, son Of David
Lntes, has our thanks for a
nice homemade cob pipe and
cob stem, the latter being quite
a novelty in its way, and made
from the cob of the Hickory va
riety Of corn which has an eX-
ceedingly small cob.
Rev. j. w. Harwood who
was here q year is now at Hills
boro. The good people Of that
place gave him a nice pound
lng"'last week. He wants to be
''poUnded" that way some more.
! Mr.. H. was we'll liked here as
he seems to be at Hillsboro.
Rev. ]. L. Kendall writes
US that the District Conference
for the Charleston District has
been changed from Charleston
to Morley. beginning the 2Sth
Ct May. Delegates, Sunday
School Superintendents and
District Stewards are requested
to be present.
Prof. w. T. Darlington
made a short call in Marble
Hill last week. He is a candi-
date for Superintendent of Pub.
lie Schools, is q pleasant gen.
tleman and will doubtless re-
ceive the support of this sec
tion if Prof. McGhee fails of the
nomination.
Mr.. 7. Baker OF Wayne
township was taken to St. Lou
is last week by a deputy U. S.
Marshal on a charge of cut
ting timber OH government land.
His trial was set for Monday, |
bnt we have not learned what
disposition was made of it. |
|X-A novel of family of eight
Attracted much attention at the
Union depot, st. Louis, one day |
last week, 1t consisted of hus.
band and wife and six children.
Two Of the children were 4-year |
old twins, boy and girl. The
other four children were each
4 months old, and are known
as quadyuplets, all girls. The
children are all healthy and are
being exhibited in different
cities, being a source of consid-
erable income to the parents
who recently resided in Texas.
NFrom Collector Seabaugh's
settlement with the last term
but this of the County Court we
CLEAN the following facts:
The total charges for 1889
including land, personal, school,
railroad, telegraph, merchant,
manufacturer and insurance
tax, and dramshop and ped
dler's license was 22,554.43.
Collections on the same, $2O,.
162.5S.
Collections on back-tax books,
0,45l.46.
\ Delinquent list returned. NJ.