Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1891-03-26
The "lone fisherman" will
soon reap his harvest.


soon reap his harvest.
Wayne county has -four
candidates for school commits
sioner, one of them a lady. Mrs,
Ellen II. Grisham. \
Marriage license:-R. M.
Alternately to Emily P. Myers;
John Mccoy to Elizabeth Dill
lin; E. G. Upchurch to Martha
Wallis.
A free fight over ten cents
resulted in the death of one
negro and the arrest of the 9th
ers, charged with the killing, in
New Madrid on the 18th inst
The affair happened at Il nigro
gambling den,
And now onr sister county
of Madison enters the ring
with a lady candidate for
School Commissioner. Miss
Glaves is her name. Butler Co.
also comes out with the name
of Miss Mary Hills, asking for
the Office in that county. X
Miss Susie p. Watts, a
daughter of the late Rev. Fl. S.
Watts, whom every old citizens
of Southeast Missouri will re
member as Rough ard Ready
has announced herself as\a can
didate for School Commissioner
in St. Francois comfy.
If you happen 10 notice
that fine new watch sign hang
ing over the door of the, cold
hu1el," ".jnst walk right in and
you will be delighted at the
display of watches. clocks,
spec'acles, fine jewelry and
Just the neatest daintlest station
cry. Oh, my! Go and see.
Under the supervision OF
Miss j. r. Park there was or.
ganized at the Academy on last
Friday evening a society OF
young ladies and gentlemen,
called the "Chatauqua SccieEy.'
The object Of the meetings. are
mutual improvement in The
knowledge of the great poets.
The case of the saloon keep
ers VS.. the crusaGers--that is tt
say. the ladies and their sup
porters who broke up the
saloons in Lathrore over {
year ago-was tried in Liberty
Mo, last week. The jury was
out two hours and returned ;
verdict for all the defendants.
The fronton Register is re
snonsible for the story tha! il,
graveyard at Belgrade there il
a tombstone with the followin.
inscription Gu it:
"Mary nm liz, acre at rest
With hel lead pn Ahrahsms breast,
1t is nice for Mary Ann,
! But eathcr tough on Abraham
witnesses before the grant
Ij,uy:--Henry Killian, Sidne,
johnson. George i Myers, w
l.. Dellinger, l., b. Adams
john w. Null, L. +. Propst,
s. Viden, ,jessey Cook, 'Murne
Cook. RuheGt Edwards. P. S
/ Vngen. Lonrrecja Bidwell
Charles Bidwelj. i4enry Euorge
luter Miller, J. NJ, Critics, S. ?
Presnell, e, 2. Shayrock, Ran
sen Habs, Wa. Mccormack
Sheridan Casinger, Philip Shell
John Harli*(sr( William II
Nat last the much-mootet
question of lhe half mile dis
lance from the corporate limits
of Lu,esvil!e towards, and into
the town Of Marble Hill ha;
been settled. Monday the Coun
ty Surveyor strnci< uut from
Lutesyille with chail and com
pas bound in a bee line for tn
county seat, and t.0isRed VI
the half mile string when with
in about fifteen fAetn OF Thoma
| 'leel;ers' stable. So anothe
war cloud has been dispe,le,
and ,I- goose hangs higa"
Safe blowers Iiaye hee1
"ge'ting IL their worts" III Pop
lar Bluff. The safe nI jhe "Sen
ale saloon' was o]rNrd, III
cracksinen securing &l33 30 il
checks, which they threw away
and $3.50 80 in cash and Il go!'
watch and chain vNIuel II
Sl75, besides damaging 'h
safe and plate glass fYnnt t
| The annount Of 5000. No arrests
The safe of Thos. S,oks G
CIarkton was blown open Tn
Friday before the burglary at tn
Bluff. Fifty dollars was secnl
by the thieves.