Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1892-01-14
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Lyman Kinder returned
from Columbia Tuesday.
DIR. C. M. Wilmer left Tues.
day for his former home in In.
diana, where his father 10 very
sick.
The PRESS is the official pa
per of Bollinger County, and il
you want your work done &C.
cording to law here is the place
to get it.
An amateur minstrel troupe
which vas recently organized
in Ste. Genevieve announces
that it will make a tour of the
neighboring towns.
John Chaplin got full of
liquor, sat down on the railroad
track near Poplar Bluff and was
struck by a moving train and
killed a few days ago.
Our prices have been such
that we have but a few pairs of
Winter Boots left. Will sell
them low down. ASK our prices.
2w o. J. SNIDER & Co.
"A scientific writer prOmis.
es rs mild winters for 1000
years. We would not advise
YOU to part with your over coat
on the strength of this.
Mis-. e. H. Shields of Pied.
mont glsdened the heart Of ev.
cry widow In that town by pre-.
senting each one Of them with a
fat turkey for Christmas.
The Ripley County Bank
did a good years work, bring
ing in to the stock holders the
cheerful profit of 7per cent.
ON the money invested.
-The 27th Annual Fair Of
the Southern District Agricul
tural Society will b. held at
Cape Glrardeau, No., October
IL, 70, 13, IA and 10, 1892.
The "Queries" corner in the
PRESS seems, from the number
of answers received, to take
with the school children. They
will be continued for q while.
We were Just thinking what
a convenience it would be I'd
have Lutesville and Marble Hill
connected with a telephone, and
for that telephone to be free for
the public's use.
The Daily Enterprise says
that from two to three deaths
have occurred in Mississippi
county daily for the past two
weeks-pneumonia and la grip.
pc are doing the work.
Remember that W. E.
Rockwell keeps a complete line
of general merchandise in the
Masonic Hall buildingin Marble
Hill. which he will sell CHEAp.
Call and see him.
IO-Dr. .. A. Sander has been
appointed on the penson ex-
aiming board at this place,
vice Dr. O'Kelley. resigned. The
| hoard is now composed Of Drs.
|C. 4. Sander, J. G. Cubbage and
A. Sander. I
The jackson Cash. Book
complains because there are so
many offenses Of an indictable
character which are reported
from various sections Of the
county that escape the attention
of the grand jury.
Two careless Pennington
lads were out hunting a few
days ago, when one Of the boys
gun accidently went of: the
whole load entering the foot of
the other boy, which will leave
him probably cripple for life.
There seems to bs a show
to raise the steamboat sunk
near Waverly. Mo-, in 1862.
With the river as low as it is at
present, the boat is but two feet
under water. The craft is said
to be loaded with gold, whisky
and steel.
The Daily Era of Cape Cir
ardean has been numbered
among the things Of the past
since Jan. l. thus Cape Girar-
deau adds another victim to it's
list Of dead newspapers, and
keeps up its reputation as a
newspaper graveyard.
Frank Blake, an Arizona
man, stole 500 sheep in broad
daylight near Los Lunas, CAL,
and drove them into q canon,
which he held with a Winches.
ter rifle against 10 herdsmen'
They finally drew of and be
escaped with the sheep.
-Bess 4 Whitner's store at
Marquand, was burglarized a
few nights ago. The outside
hull Of the safe was blown open
with powder, but The burglars
could not got in to the buglar
proof walt, and they only gol
about 926 worth Of gVods fol
their pains. There We're three
burglsrs-two STRANGERS and
one young man Of rather orook'
I'd character who lives neat