The news boy., 1894-10-20
SOUTHEAST NOTES.

VII tHc GJJu uiJ. lOW WdJcE III
saw mill boiler 20 miles northwest of
Dexter caused an explosion, instant
ly killing two brothers named John
son and a young man named Lee.
''The Peoples Voice" is the name
of new Populist organ, published
at Poplar Bluff but printed in st.
Louis.
The Grandin saw mills are shipping
ten or twelve cars of lumber per day,
most of which goes west.
Champ Clark and Dick Bland are
to speak at Poplar Bluff OH Nov. 1st.
You can bet on big crowd.
B. Paterson, of Bonne Terrc, tried
to commit suicide by the rough-on-
rats route, but was pumped out be-
fore he could succeed. Blighted af-
fections again, it seems. St. Fran
co.'s county is getting to be notorious
for suicides. What S the matter up
there, anyway?
Fredericktown expects an influx of
at least one hundred families, owing
to the removal of the Bellevue Col
legiate Institute to that town.
The Taney county Republicans have
q daisy county ticket in thc field. A
murderer, a forger and an cmbczzler
are three of the nominees. The bal
ance are probably members of the
A. p. A.
The Dexter postof1ice lacked only
s2.33 of reaching the point which
would have made it "a Presidential
Office,
Dexter is talking up waterworks.
She certainly needs them, to Judge by
the frequency of fires occurring there.
Two De Soto lawyers in close sue
cession have been elected city attor-
nay, and both have been ousted BY
the circuit court for the same cause
failure to paytheir taxes promptly.
The corner stone OF a Masonic Tenn.
pie was laid at Festus on the 9th,
and that of sister Temple at Hills
boro on the Sth instS>
Hon. ]. J. Russell, of Charleston,
is doing about as much good Demo
cratic talking as any of them. Has
he Congressional bee in his bonnet:
A Pilot Knob 10-year-old saw the
circus and determined to give ira.
peze exhibition of his own, which he
duly advertized, but at his final re
hearsal he fell down and dislocatec
his elbow. Sic transit.
In Jefferson county candidates ira
vel in pairs andwork it thusly: They
find man busy plowing and know
that he hates to lose time, so one O.
them takes the plow one turn rount
the field while the other solicits Mr.
Hayseed vote. Then they chang,
off. Great scheme!
An old bachelor in Perry county
died the other day and left his pro
perty-some $4,000 worth-to the
county.
The Southeast Gazette compli
mented the NEwsBoY last week b,
reprinting our synopsis of State Au
ditor Seibert pamphlet.
DIR. Vincil, of St. Louis, made
holy show of himself at the laying O
the corner stone of the Festus Ma
sonic Temple by an indiscriminat
attack upon Catholics and foreigners
About four-fifths of his hearers wer
foreigners.
, One steamboat aground above th
Cape last week was sufficient to bloc
the channel. At Tiptonville a tai
man can ford the ,lriver. The waite
was never known to be so low.
! Circus day at the Cape brought te
thousand people to town. One stor
took in over $500. Hard times i
Southeast Missouri? Not much!
) The Cape Girardeau waterwork
expected to be ready in December.
Work has been resumed on tn
New Madrid harbor, for which an al
preparation of 5000 was made b
the last Congress. About 300 me
, are employed.
Dunklin county prohibited gan
, bling at her Fair this week. Right
r Just as guess: Hon. H. N. Phi
5 lips will locate in the Thirteent
Congressional District before 1S9'
S and try Judge Fox fall for Coz
S gress in that year.
Won't Do to Count Noses.
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