Marble Hill press., 1890-01-23
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riage license have been issued
toJ. w. Clubb and Miss Floretta
West.
Fritz and Lena Bohnsack
of Gordonville were visiting
their cousin, A. Bohnsack. and
family. last week. Fritz bought
a nice mare while here.
Mrs. Nancy E. Harmon, of
Dresden, Tenn, desires infor-
maticn as to the whereabouts of
her son, Emmerson Harmon,
who was in Stoddard county
the last she heard of him, which
was about twelve months ago.
ANY information regarding him
will be thankfully received by
his mother and may be sent 20
her at Dexter, Mo-, care of w.
P. Sprinkle.
TO those of our subscribers
VINO were promised the Ameri-
can Farmer we deire to say
that we do not know what has
become of that paper, as we
have failed to hear from it since
the publication of its prospectus.
We will extend your subscrip-
ton to the PRESS to adjust the
deficiency or will refund the eX-
ira change, just as any of you
my prefer.
"A Pennington man has a
jack plane which he has used
forty years. In all that time
there has been no semblance of
a hole or crack about it. A few
days ago he CHANGED to break
the handle. On the inside was
found a lively wood worm. He
wants some one to explain how
the worm came there, and wheth.
it has been there all these forty
years or more.
mo paper can be publish
ed without home patronage,
and every man is interested
in keeping up a home paper.
If a railroad or factory is want
ed. the newspapers are expect
ed to work for it. IT a public
meeting is wanted for any pur-
pose, the ne wspaper is called
upon for a free notice. If any
Of the societies have a reception
or supper of any kind, the news.
paper is expected to give the
necessary notice. The news
papers must puff the schools
and everything else to advance
the interests of the place, and
then give them a handsome no
tice when they pass away. And
yet some Of them do nothing to
keep up a home paper"
-"California on Wheels" is
the term applied to a train con-
sisting of three palace cars, sent
out by the Golden State to
make a tour of the country and
exhibit the resources of the
State. There are nuts, apricots,
apples, peaches, pears, plums,
figs, dates, raisins, bananas, or.
anges, onions, pumpkins, silks,
woods, minerals and metals. -
There are bananas 4 inches in
diameter and 7 inches long
Red peppers 3 inches in diane
ter. Pears weighing 5 pounds
each. Onions "a inches in cir
cumference and weighing I
pounds each. Potatoes tipping
the scales at s pounds. Quin-
ces II inches in circumference.
Squashes weighing 200 pounds,
and 50 on, and So on.
1t will thus be seen that there
issomething besides gold in
California soil.
Rev. J. T. Kendall speaks
through the columns Of the
Methodist Record about some
of Bollinger county's citizens
after this wise:
! "Uncle Jesse Lutes has been a
Steward for "a years and has
only missed two quarterly con-
ferences and at these times was
providentially prevented by
personal affliction, and the re.
cords show that his church al.
ways pays the assessments for
the support Of the ministry"
Of Rev. s. G. Biffle he says:
"They have as their Pastor
one Of the purest men | evel
knew. In every sense a chris.
ton gentleman, who is aided in
his work by Rev. +. Eaker, a
splendid young preacher. This
is Bro. Bifie's third year, and
the people tell me that they
love him more and more. He
does not blow his own trumpet
but in q modest way he is fear
lessly and faithfully looking
after all the interests Of our
Methodism."
OF the Whitener boys he says
"While in this community
spent one night each with Bro
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