The news boy., 1896-05-23
SOUTHEAST NOTES.

Sikeston and Big Prairie Township
came down yesterday. Their bust
ness was to seek an interview with
DR.. O'Banuon, and try to induce
him to withdraw from the race for
State Senator in favor of John E.
Marshall, a Scott County candidate.
Mr.. Marshall was recently defeated
for Representative in his county, and
now seeks the nomination for Senator
We think it is asking too much of DR..
O'Bannon TO withdraw now. He
was first in the race, has made a
partial canvass of the district. is in
every way qualified for the Senate,
is fully in accord with nine -tcnths OF
the voters on the financial question,
wants the Office, is going to run for
it, and, "by jux, he is going to get
it. withdraw? Nit!
De Soto Facts: On Monday morn
ing about 5 minutes to II, while Mr..
Schuman was at the artesian well
in front of the Opera House getting
pitcher of waterfall at once the
flow changed its color to that of milk
and remained so for some time,
Judge Rankin says she has read
where water was turned into wine.
but, has seen no account of water
being turned into milk, and has run
across milk with considerable water
in it.
The following from the South
Missourian, might "pinch' some Of
our Industrious (?) neighbors. A
young man stopped on the corner the
other day, and looking over in the
court yard awhile, said: There is a
sight l never saw before. " Some
one asked him what it was. He re-
piled, II never saw grown men play
ing marbles where live small boys
play marbles. Strangers measure
up the morals and standard of a
town by what they see going on
around them. The progressive bust
ness men of this town neither play
marbles nor checkers in public.
Southeast Gazette About seventy
five persons went from this city on
the Lincoln transfer boat to Com
merce on Monday afternoon last to
witness the baseball game between
the Third Missouri nine of the Nor
NAL and the local team of that city
Three hundred citizens of Commerce
also were in attendance. The game
is said to have been pretty one for
the first few innings but both teams
played poor ball afterwards, as the
score, 19 to ii in favor of Commerce
shows. Our team declares that it
can beat the Scott county team and
will soon tackle it again.
| Dexter Messenger: John Peoples,
a laborer who has been here for two
weeks working for Fuller & Grant,
was arrested Saturday by a deputy
United States marshal and taken to
Poplar Bluff for examination for
violation of the internal revenue
laws. 1t is charged that Peoples has
been guilty of 'bootlegging" or run
ming portable saloon that he car
ried about his person when he lived
at Morehouse.
Cape Democrat: A number of the
Southeast editors who were here at
tending the editorial convention eX-
pressed themselves as being very
friendly to Hon. Marshall Arnold
One of the gentlemen told us conf
dentially that if Mr.. Arnold wanted
the nomination for Congress all he
had to do was to say so.
: Dunklin Democrat: The Dunklin
county melon crop will be fully ten
! days ahead of last year So far the
bugs have not hurt the vines. The
acreage this year may not be as
large as that of 1895, but the crop
will be more profitable, likely.
S. S. Barnes, defeated candidate
for the Republican nomination for
congress has annouced his intention
: to run as an independent" for the
State Senate. Poor Barnes
l. H. Ward, deputy postmaster al
Kennett, was sentenced to two years
in the Missouri penitentiary by the
U. S. Court, for stealing Registered
: letter.
The Dunklin Democrat has ordered
a power press. The Newsboy has
had power press for eight years
hand power.
: Charleston Call: The Browns, Jr.,
: baseball club OF this city will cross
J bats with the Commerce club on May
i2s, at Commerce