Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1891-11-12

"A. Bohnsaok went to St.
Louis Tuesday as q witness be-
fore the United States Cironit
Court in the case Of old man
Green and Others charged with
connterfeiting. Their trial be-
gan Wednesday.
M0The POstoffice Department
HaA been asked to establish a
postofnce at Slinkard's Mill, six
miles north OF Bessville. An
Office at that place would be
very convenient. The people
will have no trouble in getting it.
1T is rep orted that Aeronag)
Ru ssell, who sometime ago made
a balloon ascension in Lutesville,
died ont day last week on the
/! train while en- route from Union
City. Tenu., to Columbus, KY
The report Is given by the
Charleston Democrat.
MIR. John Henley of Boil.
linger County, Mo-, is here at
tending the meeting of the Gen.
eraf Baptist Association. Mr.
H. is somewhat Of a pedestrian,
walking the entire distance from
his home to this city, 115 miles
in three days and a half.-Dem.
ocrat, Mount Vernon, Indiana.
Our Dumb Animals says
The power that controls this
country is the power of the
press. No political party o,
religious sect OF humane cause
can succeed without ii. The
men who most succeed in bust
ness or anything else are the
men who most literally use it
In some parts of Europe its
power is solnehat tsttered, hui
in America it is the bever tha
moves the wOrld
"A correspondent of Oul
Dumb Animals says that the
way to start a balky horse is tt
pick up one of his fore feet ani
strike the shoe a few times will
a stone. He cfairns TO- have
started several horses in thi!
way which had stubbornly r.
sisted more violent efforts Il
make them move. He also say
tfat he has never known thi
simple method to fail.
"A Publisher who picked u1
the trade" on making up tL
forms for. the first time, got
marriage and grocer's motto
} sandwiched so as to read: "Johl
: Saith and Ida Quay were untt
ed in the holy bonds of sour
kraut which will be sold by tn
| quart or barrel. Mr.. Smith
an esteemed Goldfish at 10 cent
, a pound Write the bride ha
} many hams for sale at a shil,
ing a pound.-Exchange.
Here oflate a number of a
r tempts have been made by a
, i,lcendiary to send Charleston
, Mo-, to cloud land in smok'
Judge Marshall's residence wa
set afire Sunday night, but wa
saved. Three arrests have bee
made. The Daily Eenterpris
says: "We have come to th
T conclusion that our city Is
the hands of a crew Of out law
and their work, that has so fa
been a failure, in the "hre- bug
line, is only to attract the pol
, ulation to one part of the cit
and continue their work b
: robbing the homes that are lei
ungvarded in the other part"
AT the first indication {
:. diphtheria in the throat of
!. child, make the room clos
!. then take a lineup and pour il
to it a quantity Of TAR and TUT
pENT1NE, equal parts. The
l. hold the cup over a fire so as
8 fill the room with fumes. tt
4 little patient, on inhaling th
a fumes, will cough up and sp
out all the membraneous matte
n and the diphtheria will pass o1
a The fumes Of the tar and tu
pentiue loosen the matter in tt
Q throat and thus afford the reli'
D that has baffled the skill {
: physicians. [Scientific America
;. The meeting in cooper.
! tive convention Of the Church {
Christ held at Pennington la
week was we'll attended and
t every way a success. The ol
D Southeast District was divide
! into two new districts and
Y portion attached 10 the St; Lov
J, is district. Pennington dist. il
D oludes the counties Of Perry, 8
Genevieve, Cape Girardsau, Bo
i linger, Reynolds, Iron, Madison
J. St. Francois aud, PROVISIONAL,
r Washington and Jefferson. Tt
+ Dexter district to include Ii
z remaining southern counties I
|. the old Southeast distric
It Pennington district is to me-
u n