The news boy., 1894-09-22
SOUTHEAST NOTES.

Bro. Flynn, 'of the Southeast Ca
sette, read paper before the Mis-
souri, Press Association at Lebanon
last Wednesday, entitled, THE Ed
itor and Politics.
A bottle factory is being talked of
at Festus. They have the raw ma.
terial. certainly. Also, the saloons
which earned for the town the local
name of ''Tanglefoot" get away with
q host of bottles.
They had frost in Jefferson county
on the 10th inst.
Linus Sanford, of Jackson, offers
himself as prosecuting attorney in
Cape county. AS he is good Dem
ocrat, his chances are mighty poor.
Mrs. Ellsworth and her son, Press
ly, of Randol, Cape county, both shot
Henry Stiff, a neighbor who had de-
famed the character of Mrs. Ellis
worth's daughter. The mother was
arrested, the son decampcd and Stiff
is likely to recover.
Perry county Fair was held last
week and Stoddard and Jefferson
county Fairs this week.
De Soto has new fire engine but
no water to work it with. Well, we'll!
Bro. Story. of the Hibbard Nerve,
now lives with his wife S relatives in
Arkansas. A daily paper at a cross
roads grocery took more than nerve
to run it. Hence the end.
"All things come to those who
wait" The man who struck Billy
Patterson has been found. Gilman
Johnson is his name. and he is held
to the grand jury of Mississippi coun-
ty for stabbing Billy three times in
the breast.
We rewelcome to Southeast Mis-.
souri, E. w. Hoag. ex-editor of the
Poplar Bluff Citizen. Every once in
while Mr.. Hoag sells, rents or lends
his paper to somebody. Somebody
makes a mess of, and Mr.. Hoag re.
sumes his property.
A tobacco stalk six feet two inches
high is the challenge product of St.
Francois county.
The Wilson Bros. from Arkansas.
have been showing the queer al
Maiden. They were arrested as
counterfeiters.
Anton Klump, of .Perryville, died
from the effects of a sunstroke re.
ceived about two months ago.
We are sorry to observe that the
Jefferson Crystal Mirror is printed
on patents dated away back. The
Republicans of that county should dc
better by their organ than they do.
Bro. Wilson is an honest, hard-work
ing man, and deserves better sup
post than he receives.
VIM. Zimmerman, digging vel
in Jefferson county, fell into it anG
was killed by fracture of the skull.
Perryville is out of the woods. She
is a railroad town. When the cars
pull into Charlottesville next Christ
mas, the river counties will all be il
the nineteenth century.
The Bloomfield Vindicator ISSUED
daily edition during the Stoddart
county Fair.
Henry Billings was indicted by Tho
Bollinger county grand jury for mur
der in the first degree for the recent
shooting of w H. Smith, at Lutes
vile.
A telephone exchange is likely Il
be instituted in Cape Girardeau.
Daniel Heilig, a citizen ofJackson
was held up and robbed of a gok
watch and fifty dollars in broad day
light, near Wheatland, ILL.,, Tuesda!
of last week.
Dunklin county needs cotton picE
ers. Soc. per 100 will be paid.
The school commissioner of Mi.sis
sippi county was fined $25 aud cost
for granting a certificate to 3 teach
er who failed to pass anexamihation
Appealed.
The opening speeches of the Dem
ocratic campaign in Mississippi coun
ty will be delivered by Col. Bento
and Hon. e. c. Grow, at Charleston
on "Wednesday, September 29' say
the Democrat. Since the 29th come
on Saturday, we presume the Sc
got turned upside down. But VIII
can t we have II rallyin Scntt county