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Marble Hill press., 1896-07-30

We have frequently challenged
one Tom Green to publish in his
so-cslled newspaper, the Lutesyille
Banner, his record as il appears in
the BolIinger county clerks Office,
but 50 far without success. We now
invite the people, the honest voters
Of this district, to look into it and
see what manner of man he is.
Marble Hill press., 1896-07-30
couNrY cENrRAL coMM1rrEE.

e Pursuant TO the call Of the chairman the
democratic central committee met at the
courthouse in Marble Hill at o'clock p. M.
July 25, and was called to order by the chair
man, Geo. B. Myers. All the townships
were represented.
Moved and carried that the democratic
mass meetings be held in the different town.
ships for the purpose Of electing delegates 10
the county convention TO nominate candi-
dates for county Offices on Friday Aug. 2r, at
O'Clock p. m. and that the said delegates
elected meet at the courthouse in the town Of
Marble Hill on Saturday Aug % atrr
o'clock a. m. OF that day for the purpose Of
nominating the candidates as above stated.
That the delegates are to be elected as fol-
lows
Union township, Patton, 3 delegates.
Whitewater, Sedeewickville, y German, Ta-
vid Bollnger's, rs; Crooked creek, William
Kitchens. 8; Crooked creek. Bessvila :, Fill
mAse, John $. Drnn's, s; Lofance, Marble
Hill, 2g; Liberty, Drum. "a; Wayne. ZalEna,
Ii delegates. CRoRGg h. MYRRs,
Secretary.
Marble Hill press., 1896-07-30

A JEFFERSON Cry dispatch says:
It is generally conceded by all
we'll posted politicians that Col.
Stephens will receive the nomina-
ton for Governor on the first ballot.
Up to Saturday evening forty-two
counties had instructed for him.
lie has now 243 instructed and pied
ged votes, not counting the sixty
seven delegates In st. Louis, which
are not contested. This gives him
j total or $40 votes, q torty.three
more than enough 10 nominate him.
Seventy-one doubtful and opposi-
tion delegates have been selected,
with l64 more yet TO be selected.
The convention will be composed d
Marble Hill press., 1896-07-30

TIE republican senatorial con-
vention at Williamsville last Tues
day nominated Tom Green, alleged
editor ofthe Lutesville Banner, and
author Of the following funny para
graphs:
"Gold is an unseen tyrant,"
The goIdbug advocates should
die hard"
"Some that are advocates Of a
gold basis strikes us are strange
dogs in the sheep pasture"
He is also the "author" of some
afidavits to which we have fire.
qpently called his attention,
Marble Hill press., 1896-07-30
THAT Bryan and Sewall will be

That Bryan and Sewall will be
elected is now foregone eonclt,
sion. The silver convention in
dorsed them unanimously, while
the split on the vice presidency il
The populist convention will only
serve to strengthen Bryan and can
not stop the election of Sewan.
Marble Hill press., 1896-07-30

$50 delegates. Of the 154 yet to
elect it is safe to say Mr.. Stephens
will receive at least 100 votes. Mr..
Ball has instructions only IN Pike,
his home county, and Maj. Waddill
has secured instructions only in
Daviess County.
Marble Hill press., 1896-07-30

MAJOR DENNIS is making q
thorough canvass for judge of the
court Of appeals, and we hope he
>yill receive the nomination.
Marble Hill press., 1896-07-30

Lon Y. STEPHENS has enough in
structed delegates to nominate him
Eor governor.
Marble Hill press., 1896-07-30

THE nomination of Bryan and
6ewall is being heartily indorsed
all over the country.
Marble Hill press., 1896-07-30

WONDER If Tom Green can be in
duced to say word about that
tssworn circulation" of his?
Marble Hill press., 1896-07-30
State Normal School.
Third District, Cape Girardeau, Mo.

Next term opens Tuesday, Sept. !. 1896.
Full corps of teachers, specialists in their re-
spective departments. Tuition free. Incl
dental fee only S. per term. Board only
$2.5o to $3 per week. For catalogue address
W.'D. VANDvER,
Cape Girardeau. Mo.
Marble Hill press., 1896-07-30
Il, SGnuE ERlNC c.
Mer chant TaiI0r.
Warren Building, Lutesville, No.

Respectfully solicits the patron
age Of the citizens Of Marble Hill
and Lutesville and vicinity. He
will keep iu stock a good line of
the best fabrics manufactured and
guarantees a perfect fit. Give him
a call.
Cleaning and dyeing Of ladies
and gentlamen's garments prompt
ly attended to in the latest and
most improved manner.
Marble Hill press., 1896-07-30


4 TIE banks ofNew York, Chicago,
Philadelphia and Boston have again
shown their patriotism by coming
TO the replenishment of the treas
nry gold reserve. That reserve is
now over the s100.000.000 mark,
The point which has come to be the
accepted reserve for the redemp-
ton Of our outstanding legal-tender
notes. It may be said that the
banks deserve no special credit, for
they cannot afford to have the gov.
ernment pushed into a corner and
compelled to sell bonds at this nm
propituons time for such sale
Chicago Inter Ocean.
9Again shown their patriotism 7
Il good. How long has il been
since the Inter Ocean was decrying
the administration for allowing the
banks to raid the treasury. The
patrioss,p we notice, include Held.
elbaeh. fcEelhoimcr & Co., who
have raided he treasury pf many
millions d gold Il theaiast few
Marble Hill press., 1896-07-30

s'You shall rot press down upon the
brow OF labor this crown of tltornS;
you shall not cruelty mankind upon 4
cross of gold. ."-~W. ]. Bryan.
Marble Hill press., 1896-07-30

The democratic state convention
meets at Jefferson City Aug. B.
Marble Hill press., 1896-07-30
University of the State of Missouri.
CoLumBIA. Mo-, Iuly i. 1899.

COLUMBIA, Mo-, July IS. l399
To 7. MONROE ROBINS. CLERK OF THE
COUNTY COURT OF BolLINGER COUNTY,
MISSOURI
DEAR SIR-Under the provisions of sec
ton S753, Revised Statutes of Missouri, 1880,
your County is entitled to send to the depart
ments Of the University Of the State of Mis-
souri, at Columbia and Rolla, during the ses-
sion ending Iune l. 1897 eight students,
above the age Of 10 years.
The requirements for admission may be
found in the University catalogue for the
current year. For such catalogue apply to
Ae University Librarian at Columbia.
Examinations for admission will be given
at the University on Thursday, Friday, Sat
urday and Monday, September Cd, 4th. 5th
and 9TH, preceding the opening of the Uni
versity The session Of all departments will
begin on
Tuesday, September 8th, 1890,
and will continue unit! the first Wednesday
in June, 1897, except that Of the School Of
Mines and Metallurgy, which will begin and
end one week later.
Under the provisions of an act of the last
General Assembly, each County is entitled to
one free scholarship in any department.
Ample provision has been made for the ed
ucaion and care of young women in all the
classes Of the University.
You will please. after giving two weeks
publication to this certificate transmit to me,
on or before September Ist, list Of the
names Of all the youths in you County who
intend TO make application for entrance into
the University at the commencement of next
session.
Board can be had in the University clubs
at SL75 to S7.oo pei week; in private families
at $500 to $3.50.
Permit me to call your attention to the ap-
pended extract from the Statute. Very truly
yours, j. G. BABB,
Secretary Of TIE Board Of Curators.
.The Secretary Of the Board Of Cufators
shall cause 70 be transmitted to the Clerk Of
each County Court in this State certificate
stating the number Of pupils that such County
is entitled to send to the State University The
next scholastic year, which certificate shall
be published BY each County Clerk for two
weeks in newspaper published in such
County, the expense thereof 10 be allowed
by the County Court and paid for out of the
County Treasury.
Persons desiiing TO enter the State Uni.
vcrsiiy at Columbia, Of Rolla. arc required
10 make known 70 me their intention On OF
before September Ist 1890
Mokkof KcElRs.
Clerk OF the County Court Of BoIlinger
County, Mo.
Marble Hill press., 1896-07-30

Drum & Kinder have made great re-
duction in prices OF clothes. They haye
the largest rand best selected stock of
clothing ever brought to Bollinger county.
"Boys viii be boys" but yol can't afford
to lose any Of them, Be ready for the green
apple season by having DeWiH's Colic &
Cholera Cure in the house. Winners drug
store.
Marble Hill press., 1896-07-30

J. NJ. SEIBEEE and A. 4. Lesueur
are now safe for q denomination.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-05-07
VERY EASILY PROUD.
a Rotten Record Brings Pride to tho
Republicans.

a Rotten Record Brings Pride to tho
Republicans.
Some of the republican organs are
presenting the record of the house at
Washington as lone to be proud OF. :
They swell with qualification over the
fact that all the appropriation bills
have been passed!
There was never any trouble in get
ting appropriation bills passed by q
republican congress. Under Reeds
rule in the Fifty-first congress the
house spent a billion dollars, and
the speaker was very proud OF it.
But he was not so pulled up when the
returns came in the next November and
he saw his party buried under an ava
lanche.
Is it thing to be proud of that the
house has Appropriated $20,0OO,0OO or
more in excess of the revenues and
made but one effort, and that not an
honest one, to supply the deficiency
Was the unconsidered Endorsement OF
the presidents Venezuela message
Joint action which checked the business
revival and cost the country millions OF
dollars matter to be proud OF?
If do-nothing, presidential-politics,
1ingoism and bunOmbe session Is
thing to be proud OF, it is the sort OF
pride which the good book says "goeth
before 4 fall."-N.Y. World.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-05-07

Mexican retired into the shadow with
him. They whispered together. and
the sheriff seemed to be trying to dis
suade his charge from some purpose.
But Vasquez was resolute, and the
officers retired with deprecatory
shrug.
''Soon there was a tramping of feet
without, the key turned and the iron
doors were thrown open, changing. Two
men bearing coffin and followed by
black-coated undertaken, with pair
of trestles in his hand. came in. The
coffin-a fine one, studded with silver
headed nails-was placed on the
trestles, and the brigand, cigar in teeth,
stepped up and inspected it with lively
interest. He half squatted and ran his
hand along the side.
ats too short he said with sur
prise, looking at the awed undertaken,
who assured him it was all right-that
it should be measured at the top, not at
the bottom.
"It's high cried Vasquez, with o
wave of his hand, pleased at the quality
of the coffin, which had been provided
by his friends. The undertaken thought
he referred to the lid, which was
rounded, and said it was the fashion to
make them that way.
"'Oh! he doesn't mean that said the
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-05-07
Neither Dead Nor DYING.

Some time ago the gold-bug press OF
the country announced that the silver
movement and bimetallism were dead.
With a great flourish of trumpets it
was said that 1.-THE sound money" COM
mittee of the New York chamber of
commerce would send out no more OF
its gold-bug literature, deeming it un-
necessary, as the whole country, save
a few western miners. had been con-
verified to the single standard and con-
traction. Evidently, however, the an
nouncement was premature, for not
only is the silver movement very much
alive in parts of the country where no
silver mines have ever existed, but the
food of single standard literature con-
tinues to flow in an uninterrupted
stream from the New York chamber
Los Angeles Express.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-05-07
HOW PERuvIANs CELEBRATE.
Christmas Eve q Season of Qualifications
Bull Flights After Church.

Christmas Eve q Season of Jollification-
Bull Fights After Church.
A Christmas celebration in Peru has
| peculiar features. In the cities, and
more especially in Lima, there are be-
wildering scenes of activity on Christ
mas eve. The streets and squares are
| crowded with gayly-dressed people.
| Droves of asses are to be seen in every
direction laden with fruit, boughs from,
| The mountains, liquors and other mer-
chandise. Ice stalls, provided with
chairs and benches, are crowded by
the perspiring pleasure seekers, who
| End ice necessary on sultry Christmas.
AS night approaches the streets are
packed with a noisy people, and joke
and jest and merry pranks become
| the rule. These are participated in
| 1lostly by strangely attired persons in
masks. Music of guitars, gathering
castanets and pebbles rafting in
gourtls fill the air with mingled discord-
ant sound. No door is closed. There
are music and dancing and the distribu-
| tion of gifts in every house. All are
welcome to enter. Strangers are sure
OF hearty welcome, and to be a for
pitality and to receive a double well
come. All ceremony and restraint are
absent.
Suddenly the scene changes. The
midnight bell at the cathedral has
summoned ali to mass. The houses
and streets are nearly deserted, while
the churches. with their decorations
and blazing tapers, are thronged.
Again on Christmas morning the
streets are crowded and the markets
are thronged, but at nine o'clock the
churches are again filled. After the
services come the feast and the games
and the sports. Of all the sports, bull
lighting is the favorite, and the Christ
mas fight is generally the best OF the
season, as eight or ten bulls are fire.
4uently killed on that day, besides sew
eral horses, and not infrequently one
or two of the fighting men. In this
sport women appear to take more en-
thusiastie pleasure than the men.
When night comes there is a grand
procession, headed by the priests and
monks, who are followed by the sol
Tiers and people. All are gayly dressed
and many in fantastic costumes and
masks. Banners, flags, streaming rib
hcns and green boughs are carried, and
music fills the air. In the midst of
the procession there is held aloft the
figure of the Madonna bearing in her
arms the Holy Child. After a long
march the procession returns to the
cathedral. there disbands. and the
Christmas celebration is at an end.-N.
y. Herald.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-05-07
II win Not Help,

A manufactures Of farm implements
In an adjoining state, who is waiting
for McKinleyism to bring the promised
good times, mentioned his hopes and
expectations to the editor OF journal
devoted to his industry. In reply he
received the following: "You have my
sympathy, not on account of five-cent
potatoes and Accent wheat, but be-
cause of your extreme credulity in
thinking for moment that the election
Of Mckinley will make anything better
than we have now. It is not necessary
for you and me to quarrel about it; the
chances are he will he elected. AT all
events, if money can buy him the place
he will get it. Four years from now we
will be just as much poorer than now
as we are worse off now than 20 years
ago. It's all right, though, it takes a
good deal of sweating to make people
see what is necessary. but in Gods time
it will come. write you this so you
will not be deceived and expect Nc
Kinley's election to help you pay any
bills.''-St. Paul Globe.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-05-07

IL Is IOO 5HOhI> SAlD FAoQOEZ-
editor, scornfully. What he means is
that it's nifty
eyes, nifty" agreed the Mexican,
glancing gratefully at the San Jose
journalist for supplying the right word.
Yes, yes, it's nifty
Gle put his hand inside, felt the pad
ding, pressed the little pillow and, with
an upward firt of his cigar, observed:
"'Nyell, shall sleep there pretty
WELL
''He turned away toward his chair.
"'Devil take me, Vasquez, if you
haven't nerve!' exclaimed a reporter,
admiringly.
"'What would be the use of being the
other way?' he said, calmly enough.
but there was sharp thrill in his tone
that limited at the agony in the Gagged
mans heart.
lon the next morning Vasquez
walked out into the small Jail yard,
climbed the steps of the scaffold, gazed
indifferently at the gaping mob of men
below, threw wistful glance beyond
the walls at the blue hills, on which he
had ridden on many a fray with his cut
threats, and then gave all his attention
to the CHASTITY business of the moment.
'fThey sought to inhibition his coat.
He waved them aside politely and did it
himself. He assisted the hangman in
adjusting the straps and ropes, glanc-
ing down to see that his feet were pre-
cisely on the crack, kissed the crucifiX
held out to him by the priest, and bore
himself with patience and dignity while
they drew over him white shroud and
placed on his head and shoulders great
black hood. I am ready he said,
serenely. closing his eyes.
"And that was the last of Vasquez.
Ontario (Cal) Telegram to the Phi]a-
n oil T;r,oc
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-05-07
Tho Greedy Monster.

The gold standard is the ruling pas
sion with the salt water aristocrats. It
SO dominates them that party, religion,
national honor and sympathy for OPP
pressed peoples struggling for the COM
monest rights of mankind are all cast
into the fire rather than it should be
endangered. With the gold standard
is linked avarice and the grasping
selfishness of trade-vices SO over
whelming in the natures of those who
have set up the golden Mcloch that
their earnings must not be imperiled
merely to resent grave national insults
nor to protect the country from great
future perils. These sordid, grovelling
limitations of manhood are assaulting
congress to turn it aside from it's patri-
otto stand for the Monroe doctrine and
its sympathetic words for brave and
struggling Cuba, lest war might follow
from England or Spain and their prof
its be disturbed and the inhuman
money famine be relieved. Denver
News.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-05-07
THE PEOPLES MONEY.

Tho Common People of tho Country Seldom
Sec Gold-They Arc Familiar with Sill
YER.
In his late speech at Kansas City ex-
Gov. Boies, of Iowa, claimed that the
common people favored silver-that
they never saw gold, and knew but
little of it. except by hearsay. but that
they all knew Of and handled silver.
He violently opposed the payment of
the national debt, or any part of it, in
gold only, despite the disparity of gold
and silver now, because the two metals
were on parity of sixteen to one at
the time the debts were made, and he
held that the credit of the United
States would not be injured by making
the holders accept the money due
them, no matter what it's intrinsic
value, because their contracts read
''in coin of the standard value of the
United States on said July IA, 1s73"-
that being the date of the funding
bonds. He also thought that the value
of the gold dollar W as being vastly in
creased by the actions of the United
States, and held that a dollar now
would buy twice as much as it would
in 1873. From this, he argued that the
purchasing price OF the dollar itself
had increased, and that the products
were stationary.
In 1873, Mr.. Boies said. wheat was
worth IA per bushel. The uncoined
bullion necessary to make silver dol
lar could be exchanged for substan-
TALLY four-fifths Of bushel of wheat.
At the present time the same grade of
wheat is worth about 63 cents. The
bullion necessary to make silver dol.
lar can be exchanged now for the same
amount of wheat that it could in 1873.
The owner of gold dollar in 1878
could purchase with it substantially
four-fifths of a bushel of wheat. To-
day he can buy with the same dollar
twice as much. The farmer who owed
81, 900 in 1878 and had 8O6 bushels of
wheat, could sell it for enough to pay
his debt. To-day the same farmer ow-
ing the same debt, would be compelled
to sell twice as much to meet his obli-
cations. The American tramp, the
governor declared, was the product Of
the demonstration of silver and the
establishing of the gold standard.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-05-07
WHY Wait Further.

All the European countries profess
to be- willing to consider the question
of returning to bimetallism, but they
say they can do nothing until England
moves, and England has planted itself
on the gold standard and declares it
will not move from it in the slightest
degree. Why should it, when it is the
creditor nation of the world, and by
keeping the world to an exclusively
gold standard, the value in other COM
modities of it loans and credits of all
kinds steadily increases? But why
should the United States await the
movement of England, when England
gives notice that it will not move? Is it
not old enough to go alone?"-
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-05-07
LITTLE VASQUEZ NERVE.
The Last Hours Of a Dreaded
Mexican Outlaw.

The subject of the recent conviction
OF several of the notorious outlaws in
the southwest came up for discussion
IN party OF ranchmen and miners at
the hotel in this place the other evening.
Every one in the party had had long and
varied experiences in California, New
Mexico and Arizona since he came across
the plains with an OK team or across
the Isthmus in the SOS or early eos,
and naturally all had interesting recol-
Iections to tell of what they had seen
OF wild, lawless and irresponsible
characters on the plains and among the
mountains.
Col. Dan Fillmore, who is one of the
principal cattlemen in Ventura county.
and came to California in the 40 days,
told the most interesting "Reminiscences
of the evening.
II reached Sacramento" said he, ain
the days of the widest and most
bonanza-like days of gold washing
along the creeks and through the
canyons of central California, and in
the 46 years since then have as a min
ing prospector and later as cattle
MAN seen a good bit of the genuine
frontier life. and have had some deal
ings with desperadoes and outlaws.
First and last, have been a witness to
the hanging of 81 men, and the shoot
ing of several more. think have my
self acted as an officer of the peace in
the lynching of IL or IL of the most
cruel, deliberate and scheming bandits
that ever figured in class literature. But
gentlemen, the calmest, coolest and
most collected man I ever saw in the
presence of an appointed and memorable
death, the one who seemed most in
different to his doom, was that famous
little misunderstanding outlaw, Tib-
urcio Vasquez, who was hanged in San
Jose IA years ago. I have seen many
men go upon scaffold and under the
hangman's moose with an affected nerve
and an apparent carelessness of their
fate, and have heard men call that
nerve, but it was all summoned and ex
hibited for the last few moments only.
Now Vasquez had the genuine article,
and while he appreciated fully that he
had but a day longer to live, his constant
effort was to make those about him as
cheerful as possible.
Tiburcio Vasquez was, as you re-
member, the son of prominent family
in Chihuahua, Mexico. His grandfather
was on intimate terms with Gems.
Iturbide and Santa Anna and was rich
20 years ago. Young Vasquez was
given good education until he was
16 years old, and was to be sent to Bar
celona, Spain. for college education,
but he was born with too wild, desper
ate, lawless and cruel a disposition.
When he was scarcely more than 81
youth he broke through all restraint
at home and at school and became al
outlaw. When he was % or % years oid
he had developed into the boldest and
most ruthless brigand we cattlemen
and miners along the Rio Grande re-
:gion ever knew. In the summer of 1879