The news boy., 1896-05-16
SOUTHEAST NOTES.


Hayes, deceased.
Oregon county is to have new
Jail. They should be careful and not
follow the example of Scott county
and get it too small.
Rams Owens, formerly railroad
conductor on the Iron Mountain, got
into a fight at Charleston and got
one OF his ears nearly bitten off.
In breach of promise suit, tried
at Jackson, last week, Ellen Yount
got Judgment against Chas. Haren-
berg for 81, 600. Look out, boys; be
careful what you say.
The Madison County Democrat
says that some people ''borrow their
neighbor's paper and thus get the
news like the tramp gets his break
fast-by sponging. Correct.
A Cape county overseer warned
his road hands to appear for work
Monday morning. On Sunday they
went on Il fishing spree and on Mon
day only one man was able to show
up.
Southeast Gazette: If the Demo-
cratic party adopts u free silver
platform at Chicago it will elect the
next President and revolutionize the
financial policy of the civilized uni
verse.
Fredericktown News: A man who
never takes his home paper, in re-
sponse to an "ad" in an eastern
magazine, sent 80 cents for q pocket
fire escape. A few days later he got
New Testament.
Constable Hill, who shot and
killed Prosecuting Attorney Walker,
of Iron county, about year ago, was
tried last week and convicted of
manslaughter and his punishment
assessed at two years in the peni-
tentiary. A new trial was asked
for.
Pemiscot Press: Last Friday
morning the dead body of man by
the name of Delaney was found near
Avenue Landing. 1t is supposed
that Delaney was waylaid and mur-
dered by sixteen-year-old boy by
the name of Landrum. No arrests
have been made.
Stoddard County Democrat John
r. Tanner, republican nominee for
governor of Illinois once killed a
man and sought refuge in Butler
County, Mo. He was arrested a few
miles south of Poplar Bluff, taken to
Illinois, tried, convicted and securing
new trial was acquitted.
Cape Democrat: We have made
arrangements with Capt. Burton of
the steamer Idlewildfor free steam
boat excursion for the Southeast
Missouri editors who will meet here
on the 18th and 10th. The boat will
take the newspaper men to Com
merce and return on her trip Satur-
day.
Cape Democrat: Little Henry
Hoffmaster the Tom Thumb OF
Missouri, was passenger downfrom
st. Louis to-day on the steamer Idle.
wild where he has been with a ship,
ment of stock. Henry is the small
est man in Missouri. He is nineteen
years old, torty-two inches in height
and weighs about forty-three pounds,
Messenger: 1t was bad piece OF
politics to defeat Mr.. Motley for re-
nomination. Although he was acci
IDENTIFY elected two years ago, the
fact of his success would have beer
to his advantage this year. The re
publicans can not elect anybody this
year, but they could have come
nearer electing Mozley than they car
Snider.
South Missourian: The fruit mar
of Oregon County, S. w. Gilbert
has % acres in Strawberries. He
began shipping last Monday; is now
working about 200 hands, men, womer
and children, a day picking and crat
ing Strawberries. Says his crop will
pay him about $5OO.OO per acre
There is not piece of ground in tht
county that has more stone on il
than this field.
Bluff Citizen: Attorney G. A
Standard says he thinks some pro
vision ought to be made whereby tn,
Probate Judge of county be givel
jurisdiction in a certain class O
petty misdemeanor cases which nov
90 on the circuit court docket. Will
such an arrangement many mino
cases would not burden the circui
court docket and business would b
greatly facilitated: