Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1890-04-10
j. b. Tucker is still Fery

j. b. Tucker is still sery
sick.
| Quinn Collins has been
granted a pension.
Miss Emma Black of Bis
marck is visiting here.
"A full stock of the finest
laces has just been received al
w. S kiLg's, Lutesville.
quit paying high prices fol
Coal Oil. and go to w. s. Kings
Lutesville, where you can pur
chase the best for only fifteen
cents a gallon.
ALI parties wanting new
hats or trimming for old hats,
will do we'll 20 call on Mrs.
| Biggs, Lulesville, as she is pre-.
pared to suit the taste Of any
lady.
The candidates in Missis
sippi county are announcing al
the rate Of two to three a week
The crop is earlier there than
here. That is a mole southern
latitude than this.
"A mistake occurred in oul
local columns last week III
which it was stated that s. "A
Campbell had been sentenced
to six weeks imprisonment fol
bigamy. 1t should have read
six months.
In a litter of pigs dropped
near Poplar Bluff a few days
ago one of them had two heads
three eyes, two mouths and six
legs. Charles Worshaw owns
the SOW that dropped this
strange freak.
The party who holds the
courthouse warrants came down
Monday. He wants the Coun
ty Court to make some arrange.
nents about paying off the war.
rants 1t is not known at this
writing what will be done
The Zalma branch of the
G. &. Il S. w. R'y was so badly
damaged by the recent rains
that the people who receive
their mail at that place have
been ten days without any, but
they expect mail this week.
"A meteoric stone, weighing
several hundred pounds, fell
near GAINESVILLE, Texas, on the
18Th ult. Its descent was ac.
cohpanied by u roaring sound
like distant thunder. Striking
the ealth it exploded with a re.
port like a cannon.
The best coffee ever sold in
Bollinger county is McLaugh
Inns four ex (XXXX) Roas,
Coffee, There is only one place
where you can buy this coffee
at twenty five cents per. pound,
and that is at w. Kings, Lutes.
vile. Try it and be convinced.
The voters of Stoddard
county will decide at the ensue.
ing November election whether
the county seat shall remain al
Bloomfield or be changed 10
Dexter. The latter place is on
the railroad, but the former is
seven miles from it-at Dexter
We insert the directory
again this week. If there are
any mistakes in it we will take
it as a favor to be informed OF
the same. Some of the lodges
have probably changed officers
since our last information as
shown in the directory else
where.
Report says that the Farm
ington agent (August Thomp.
sen) of the Klausmann Brewery
Company, after the crusaders
had destroyed the beer, tele.
graphed the Company asking
advice what to do. The Com.
pany answered by telling him
to catch the prettiest Of the
ladies and kiss her.
lookout for your ours. A
gentleman bough. some ammu.
niton at Bohnsack's last Thurs
day ard said that he was going
to shoot the dogs that barked
about his premises of a night
That is right. A dog that will
gallop and bark around the
neiglborhood of a night ought
to be shot. Pepper ours if they
trouble yon.
II The tornado of the 9th ult
blew down several barns, much
fencing and trees by the hun.
dred in the northern part OF
Cape county. The dwelling o1
a colored man by the name of
James was blown down and
the old man received injuries
which resulted in his death. An
appeal has been made for aid
The darkeys of Cape Girar
deau gave the whites of tha,
place a good scare on Tuesday
of last week. Two school di.
rectors were to elect, but thu
whites were taking but little in
terest. The negroes, observing
this, quietly set about to cleo