Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1895-04-11
SOUTHEAST NEWS.

UoFefHor Otohe mas approved tnf
bill to sell thestate blind institute,
located at Morgan and Nineteenth
streets, st. Louis. The hill also
provides for new home to be lo
Gated in a portion Of the city better
adapted to the Requirements of tie
institution. The following, COM.
missioners have been appointed to
make the sale: Senators J. N. Ba'-
lard, Of Clinton, and Robert DruLi.
of Marble Hill: Represe, tative>
John W. Drabslie, Of st. I. uis; }
f. Gmeiich, of Boonviile, and Frank
r. O'Neil, of St, I.oHis,..
Hon. Champ Clark Of Pike ccun.
ty will lecture at Poplhr Bluff to.
morrow.
DeSoto Facts: Gus Euler, while
firing one of the passenger en- gines
the first of the week, shoveled his
gold watch which fell out of his
pocket, into the fire box.
Poplar Bluff Citizen: Last light
a band Of unknown persons can
onaded the two story brick house
in East Poplar Bluff with brick.
The house is occupied bs Mrs.
Smith, and is a place Of i'll repute.
The front door was bursted to pieces
and all the downstairs windows
broken out.
T issKteFg NJ essenger: John Harper,
who was wanted here for the shoot.
ing of Christian Larsen over year
ago. was brought hack Sunday and
lodged in the Bloomfield jail. He
was captured near Kingfsher, in the
Indian Territory, and delivered
over to Sheriff Patterson, WI 10 went
after him. Harper is a bad man, or
at least leaves this impression from
his conversation. He was convicted
ofrobbing the store of Charles Bar
ham at Idalia about four years ago
and was sentenced to the peniten
tiary for a term of two years.
While being conveyed to Jefferson
City he jumped through the car
window while the train was running
forty miles an hour and made his
escape. A broken jaw was The re-
suit of his leap; and this caused his
capture a, few days later. The
crime for which he IS now incarcer-
ated was the wounding of Christian
Lar during the holidays Of 1898
at dance two miles from Dexter
The shooting eemed to be without
provocation.
A correspondent from Burford
vile TO the Jackson Cash Book says,
"Your Lutesville correspondent
says Lutesville is improving very
fast, which is a fact, as every family
in the town Of Gravel Hill has
moved to that town except one."
jackson Cash.Book: jackson is
now, by reason of the extension OF
the city limits, substantially and
securely democratic city. Next
spring a democratic ticket will be
put in the field and of course elected.
There is some talk Of the Cape
County Milling company dlscon-
tinuing the Burfordviiie roller. miii
as merchant mill and farming it
into custom mill.
A special Of the 4th to the Repuh-
lie says that at Cleonia village
nine. miles south, of 6reenville,
Nayne county, John W. Spain was
mtrdered by his halt-broEscr,
George Spain, and stepbrother, viii
liam Rice. John w. Spain, the
murdered man, was q blacksmith,
and the, trouble arcse over some
wagon wheels and resulted in
general fight. George Spuih was
armed with y club and William
Rice, witha, ghn. In the fight John
Spain was kpocked liieless by Rice
and Spain and died in a few bonrs.
George Spain was captured this
morning and logged in the county
Jail. Rice was captured rear Poi,
lar Blur BY q posse Of forty men,