Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1894-12-06
SOUTHEAST NEWS.

was made to aSsasSlnate DIR. b. j..
Anderson at Hornersville. The
doctor was sitting in his house with
his wife, posting up his books,
when some one fired a load of buck
shot at him through an outside win
dow, three of the balls lodging in
the back and shoulder, but FORUM
ately producing only flesh wounds.
The report of the gun and screams
of Mrs. Anderson attracted the
neighbors, but when they arrived
the assassin had run away. Who
he was or why he should have re-
sorted to such a cowardly plan to
murder the doctor, is not known.
Dr.. Anderson used to. frequently
be in trouble with his tenants and
others, but it is not known that he
had had any recent trouble. If he
has any idea of the identity of his
cowardly assailant he does not make
it known. 81.
An old Dunklin county citizen
was Dragging the other day that
though he had but one daughter he
had four living sons-in-Iaw, his
daughter having been divorced from
three and had that day been mar
ried to her fourth husband.
The gin and cotton house of
Baird, Satterfield & Co. at Senath
was burned Nov. % at l o'clock
a. m, and with it about thirty bales
Of seed cotton and twenty bales
that had been ginned and pressed.
The engine and engine house were
saved. The fire was first discov-
cred in the west part of the : build
ing, away from the engine.house,
and it is supposed that it was
the work of an incendiary.
The 26th day of December, 1877,
the Southeast Missouri Teachers
association convene at Piedmont,
and continued in session until the
evening of the 2Sth.. At this, the
first session, there were seventy
members enrolled. The meeting was
one of the most enthusiastic the
writer has attended. 1t is to the
credit Of Southeast Missouri that
she took the lead in organizing
district associations. Is she still
in the lead?
The nineteenth session will be
held at Piedmont, December 26, 27
and % next. The local committee
of arrangements, Profs. R. L. Dan
iels, J. H. Lucy and E. L. Hume,
are making every preparation to
give US hearty welcome and make
our stay pleasant and profitable,
Piedmont never does things by
halves. She will entertain us roy.
ally, as she has always has done
The programme is nearly ready for
the printer. Each ore given a lead
ling place on the programme was
consulted about his part and his
i part and his consent thereto secur.
4 ed before his name was used. The
railroads will give the usual reduc'
ed rates.
!! 1t is hoped that the Association
will be we'll attended by teachers
school officers and friends of edu-
cation-and, if it has any enemies,
by them also. Everybody is invit
ed to attend, and all interested par
ties are urged to be present.
NELSON B. HENRY, President.
| DeSoto Press: John Baker, an
old citizen who resides with his
son-in-law, M. Harrington, was
found dead in bed the morning oi
the 8Oth ult., having evidently pass
ed away through the night. He
retired the previous night IN his
usual health, after eating a hearty
supper, and made no complaint Of
being unwell. An inquest was held
by DR.. Auerswald and verdict Of
death from heart disease returned
| Iron Mountain Caboose No. us
was discovered to be on fire in the
Bismarck yard at 1886 the morning
of December l. The flames had
complete control of the car when i,
was discovered, so that all efforts tc
extinguish the blaze were unavall
ing. On the flames dying down
the remains Of a human being wore