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Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1897-06-24
UNION RIDGE.

Prof. 0. Nj. Schoeble has been sick
the past week.
Jacob Barks was In Cape county
last week.
J. M. Teeters is improving nicely
at thus writing.
Robert and Henry Thomasson
spent last Sunday with their cousin,
G. M. Johnson.
Miss Belle Rogers returned from
visiting her aunt Saturday.
Misses Lenora and Julia Schoeble,
accompanied by their brother Clar-
ence, attended the picnic Thursday
at Conrad's grove.
C. L. Johnson and W. B. Yount
attended church at Gross roads Sun
day night,
Miss Dora Barks and brother at
tended church at Hahn's chapel and
Bethel last Sunday.
The young people gathered at
the G. M. church harbor Sunday
morning and practiced singing.
Everybody was glad of the rain
that fell Monday night.
Wheat harvest will be over in a
few days, as the crop was not so
large this year.
Miss Dora Barks goes to Jackson
this week to visit relatives.
Mrs. G. NJ. Johnson and little
Stella visited at Mrs. Critics Mon
day.
Mrs. Grad Brown has been very
sick for few days.
Mrs, Carter of Glen Allen is
visiting her mother here.
Why don't the correspondent
from Lodge come again? You had
bettr come, kid" or you will be
an old goat.
Misses Liza and Nellie Sample
visited Miss Erma Petty Sunday.
E. f. Barks says: 81 have no
choice between the county papers,
but before signing for any other l
will send for sample"
Colby Cole is so improved that
he can walk very well now.
Miss Emma Cole is on the sick
list at this writing.
TooD AND TODD
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1897-06-24

This being my first attempt to
write to newspaper, l will send a
few items from this place and
chance it.
Health is good.
William Shepard of Burlington
is up on a visit.
W. b. Allen lost fine horse last
week.
Wheat harvest is here. We can
hear the song of the distant reapers.
William II. Critics formerly of
this place, but now Of Cape county,
visits John Graders family occa-
sionaIly. Do you mean business,
Buzz, or are you just in fun?
D. P. Grader has leased the
Schaefer farm and will move there
soon.
Prof. E. E. Robertson captured
very large ground hog last week.
He said it had teeth as big as an ell
ephant. Pretty large, Elmer, for
a ground hogs teeth.
MISREPRESENTATION is the first law
of nature" If you don't believe it
just come ont on Hog creek.
Loe Husl1ey and E. e. Robert
son are the only hunters in our
neighborhood at present. Elmer
says that there are two rabbits to
every fence rail.
S. II. Grader visited A. P. Grader
and family Sunday.
B. H. Ramsey has quit making
stavebolts and gone to farming.
Sol Kiel and w. G. Cochran had
q round the other day. No one
hurt.
"t;uess Me" seems to be dealing
in poultry.
Uncle Jonathan Mccain is very
low at this writing.
THE Press is alright out here,
and | close with best wishes toward
it and its many readers.
PETER SHIEK.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1897-06-24

THE board of regents of the Third
district normal met and organized
June IA. After an all day session
they announced the faculty for two
years to be: J. S. McGhee, presi
dent, mental and moral philosophy
political economy and pedagogics
B. T. Johnson, A. NJ, mathematics
Sherman T. Gresham, B. S., assist
ant in mathematics; Henry 8. Nc
Leary, L. B., Latin and etymology
William w. Wood, A. NJ, Englisf
language, literature and Greek; Mrs
Sarah f. Fuhri, assistant in Eng
lish language and literature; Henry
NJ. Ivy, M. S. D., physical science
and physiology, Miss Winifree
Johnson, A. B., natural history anc
physiology; Miss May II. Fee, civi
government, history and geography
Elmer II. Ealy, penmanship, draw
ing and bookkeeping, secretary @
the faculty and librarian; Otto Eek
hardt, music. Prof. McGhee, the
HOW president, has acted in that ca
paeity for the past three months
and has occupied the chair of math
ematics in the school for seventeen
years, and bis promotion gives en-
tire satisfaction.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1897-06-24
GLEN ALLEN,

/ have gathered a few items for
THE Press.
Miss Mamie Zimmerman has
closed her school at this place.
Miss May Loehlin is visiting
at Bessville and John looks re.
markablc disconsolate in her alb.
sence.
Miss Zettie Zimmerman left for
Sikeston Sunday, where she will
visit relatives and friends several
weeks.
Mrs. John McManus is still con-
fined to her bed.
A. g. Snyder was ut home few
days last week.
Some of our girls are wearing
the willow now in dead earnest
Cause why--H. Rail bid the Glen
q farewell last week,
Miss Clara Snyder has been very
sick for several days.
Our prospective postmaster and
the city barber has been absent O
few days. A detective is supposed
10 haye boon, monkeying around
town.
After spending several weeks
with her alaier u this place, Mist
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1897-06-24

The Weekly Constitution, published at At
lanta, Ga, has announced its fourth missing
word contest.
Ten per cent Of the money received from
subscribers who enter the missing word con-
test during the months of June July and Au-
gust will be paid to the person or persons
naming correctly the missing word in the fol.
lowing sentence:
"WE HAVE NOT ENOUGH
AND ARE PUT TO VERY AWKWARD
SHIFTS FOR WANT OF SOME"
There is not much doubt in the mind Of
the editor of this paper as to the word ex-
pressing that of which he has not been able
to secure enough, and he realizes the very
awkward shifts he is put to for want Of the
same, but the point is to find the very word
the author OF the s2rtence used in writing it.
By special arrangement of the Weekly Con-
stitution, that great paper and ours can be
obtained for one year at almost the price OF
one paper. Not only that but under cur ar
rangcm cnt with the Weekly Costituhon every
person who takes advantage Of this clubbing
proposition, subscribing for both papers,
will be entitled to guess at N missing
word. All clubbing subscriptions should be
sent to this paper with each subscriber $
guess al the missing word plainly written.
| The guess and the name and address Of each
subscriber will be forwarded by us to The
Constitution.
The Constitutions first "missing word
| contest" closed on the Ist Of January, and
bat one person Mr.. N, I. Britain, hard J.
working school teacher, guessed the missing
word, receiving therefor check for $I,o33. 90.
It's second contest closed on the lst of March,
its third contest closed on May Ist, and the
Weekly Constitution Of Monday, September
| 9th will contain the announcement of the
awards in which the cash is to be distributed
among the successful guessers in this new
contest.
The readers Of our paper who subscribe
jointly to it and to the Weekly Constitution
have free acca IS into the fourth contest just
opened; and it may be that some Of them will
get the money to be distributed on the Isl Of
September.
TIE PRESS and Weekly Consultation SI.2s.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1897-06-24

If the following dispatch to the
st. Louis Republic from Liberal,
Mo-, don't stretch things consider
able there must be o wonderful
blackberry orchard in that neck
o'woods: "The opening of the
blackberry picking season at this
place will take place next Monday,
when fally 10000 pickers will be
put to work. a conservative esti,
mate places the number OF pickers
already here at $4,000, with fully
5000 registered pickers yet to ar.
rive. A laRge number Of those now
hero are professional hohos, who
arc depending on back door hand
cuts for Subsistence until the pick
ing commences, They have been
arriving for tho past two weeks,
and came In box ears, on foot and
An oil manner OF conveyanees. no.
Hight Liberal "a being run on the
vide open order, and games and
dance balls are ia full blast right h
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1897-06-24
Jennie Miller returned to her home

Jennie Miller returned to her home
Sunday.
Miss Mamie says she was awfully
lonesome while Jimmie was absent
on his last trip.
G. o. B. is disposed to take a
little squib of mine to heart. All,
we'll, we cannot all see and think
alike. When preacher "goes up
against" his membership l haven't
word to say; but when he tackles
outsiders have, I think. as much
right to criticise him as he to find
fault with me. "A bird that can
sing and won't sing should be made
to sing" is all right, if he applies
the adage to his charge, but I think
he should stop there ToPsY.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1897-06-24
Sunday School Convention.

Following is the program Of the Bollinger
county Sunday School convention, to be held
at Glen. Allen, Mo-, Friday, Saturday and
Sunday, July I6, II and IS, 1897:
FRIDAY, Io:3oA. M.
DEVOTION.
Purpose of convention. Rev. w. A. Davault
General Discussion.
AFTERNOON SESSION, 1890.
DEVOTION.
Relation of Sunday school to church ...
... Rev. Pinnell, pastor M. E. {. south
Discussion ...... ...... ....., Mrs. Murphy
Effect of S. S. upon the community.
...... .........,.. Rev. w. A. Davault
General Discussion.
Music... ...... ,..... ............ Choir
EVENING SESSION, 7:3o.
MUSIC c.....,....,. ...... ......... ..Cholr
Morals, Manners, Temperance, and how
to terch them. ...,.. Prof. r. J. Hubbard
Muslc...'.. .... .....'...,.. ...... .....Cholr
SATURDAY, 500 A. M.
DEVOTION.
How to make S. $. interesting to all....
REV. VIM. Berry, pastor c. M. church
Discussion '.,'" 80" Rev. J. ?, Revelle
Music .........,. ,,,,,' Choir
Teachers meeting ..,,,.,, ...,..
Rev. ii. w. Marshall, pastor Presb'n ch
AFTERNOON SESSION, I:3o.
Music''.' ...' ~. ..... ...... .,,.,. Choir
Methods. Rev. Danner, past or M. Il. church
General Discussion,
Effect Of John A. Besadas upon religious
tenching ...,,, .,,,,,,,.,,,,,
Rev. j. c. lIembree, pastor Baptist oh
Miss Frances Il. Willard. -. ...,,.,,..
80" Paper by Miss Sue Belle Graves
Disc usslon nn..,,,,,,a, Miss Amalia Fischer
EVENING SESSION, 7:3o.
Mublc 80, '''''' '''' ,,t'', '''' ,'.'.' Ihuif
Origin and progress Of Sunday schools.
.,,," ,,.,,..n,.P Prof. S. NJ. DuI.aney
Discussion n,,...,..,..... Rev. I. X. Green
SUNDAY, 9 A, NJ.
Sunday School Mass Meeting and Lesson.
sermon al BapIs, church ....",,,
ur.,,...,,..,..R Rev. u. L. Bowman
AFTERNOON sRssioN, 4 y. N,
Mass Meeting and Lesson.
kvFAiA0 sHssloN.
Sermon al Methodist church. .,,,,,.,n
,kev. Barnhause. pastor NJ, Il. 4. south
nEkVnlcfiON,
W. A, nAyAuLI, President
Miss Rosa fi.gllER, ssclclasg.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1897-06-24
The Mobile & Ohio
Railroad Co.
THE SOUTH'S GREAT SHORT
LINE REACHING


Cairo, Memphis, New Orleans, Mobile, Nash
vile, Chattanooga, Birmingham, Atlanta and
all points in Florida and the southeast, con-
Meeting at Mobile with steamship lines for
South Florida, Havana, Cuba, and other
New India points, Mexico, Central and Sohth
America.
Double daily trains; betweenlSt. Louis and
Mobile carrying elegant Pullman palace
sleeping cars with drawing room and buffet;
also clean, easy riding day coaches on all
trains, making quick time and .Anre connee-
tons. Fastest freight service in the South.
$50, 900 acres Of the finest farming and tim
ber lands in the South in tracts to suit PSr-
chasers tor sale at low prices and upon easy
terms. Title perfect, Improved and unim-
proved farms; also government lands subject
to homestead entry. Most delightful climate
in America. For descriptive matter and full
information apply to the Alabama Land d
Development Co., Mobile Ala.
For information regarding rates. tick
cts, time tables, etc., apply to any ratl'
road ticket agent, or to F. l.. Harris,
Passenger Agent, 10 Sixth Street, Cairo,
Ills.
Z. +. POSEY,
General Passenger Agent.
JOHN G. MANN,
80 General Manager, Mobile, Ala.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1897-06-24

the center of the town. According
to an estimate made by the Fruit
Growers Association tonight, the
crop of berries viii run over 100
cars, and the amount Of money paid
out to pickers in the ueighborhood
of $4,000, nearly al Of which will
90 to the merchants Of Liberal"
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1897-06-24
Our correspondents.
ALLIANCE.
Health good at present.

Health good at present.
Farmers are making ready for
harvest.
Died-June II, at her home, neal
Alliance, Mrs. Carrie V. Webb
Rev. J. W. Nations preached hel
funeral Tuesday, 18th.
A man is in great luck when he
can capture sons-in-law who will &c
to work and open up farm for
him-at least that's my notion
about it.
W. J. Bollinger is about complet
ing some excellent improvements
on his place.
II. f. johnson, our merchant, is
doing an excellent business and
deserves to succeed, for he is 8
clever, accommodating gentleman
B. +. Johnson, our blacksmith
is building a neat residence in the
village.
Wishing THE Press and its force
success, | am, JAKE.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1897-06-24
OUR NEITHBORS.

Jackson Cash Book: Prof. e. r.
Graham will open high school at
Charleston, Mo-, in September.
Prof. Graham is an accomplished
educator and will please the Char
lesion people and the patrons Of
his school.
Conflicting reports reached mere
this week in regard to u shooting
scrape at WhitawatG last Sunday.
The most We have been able to
make out Of it is that james Kin
der, q merchaAt, attempted to kill
himself with pistol, but escaped
with only slight injury.
Frcdericktown Democrat: Farm
ington and Delassus will soon be
connected by an electric ailway.
Miss Annie Drum Of Marble Hill
is visiting Mrs. Thomas Hoiladay
this week.
Jackson Comet: Died--Monday,
June il, Amalia Bohnsack, aged 80
years, 9 months and 28 days. She
resided about two miles south of
Gordonvile. Her husband died in
1880. Her remains were inferred
in the huthern cemetery, Just south
Of GOrd0nv;!!e, last GHeBday. Z
Emmett Sutton, uCiOred, who
murdered 3 coloyed man named
White, at C&yo airardeau, some
.im2 last January, WAS captured in
Arkansas by Deputy Hhe"iT John
W. Taylor, Ike brought him here
last Wednesday.
Senath (Dunklin county, CORES,
pondence DunkIin Democrat: W.
R. Satterfe|d, of Caruth, was in
town Tuesday, making arrange
ments for house for his mother
and sisters, who are in Marble Hill
now.
Dunklin Democrat: ]. B. Blake
more has received notice Of his ap-
pointment by the governor as a
delegate to the International Gold
Mining convention, which will
meet at Denver, July 7, s and 9.
There are about rs delegates from
this state.
Herman Reddingius, the mer.
chant tailor, a native of Holland,
aged 81, who came here in the fall
of 1895 from Grand Rapids, Mich.
gan, committed suicide Sunday
morning, June 10, probably be-
tween 3 and O'clock, in his store
in the We'll block, using q 38-calibre
bulldog revolver as the weapon of
destruction.
Essie McMaren, aged Is, grand
daughter of W. II. Matthews, was
drowned in the Cutoff slough, Il
branch of Warner river, near the
home of James Byrd, eight miles
north of Kennett, three-quarters OF
u mile west Of White Oak, Saturday
morning, about daylight.
Marble Hill pitches horse shoes
for sport, now that the fishing sea
son is over, says The PRESS. Jast
stop and think minute, reader
and then answer if you ever knew
of horseshoe pitching to be practic'
cd in a live, prosperous town.
TSay, Ed'ard, did you ever try a
olive, prosperous town" long
enough TO acquaint yourself with
the ways Of its inhabitants?-ED
PREss.l
Charleston News; MIS-. Fannie
Moore shot and killed her step
father, William W. Williams, as he
sat ut his breakfast ut his home -four
miles west Of Locust Grove, this
county, and the young woman now
lies in Jail in this olty, charged'with
murder. A tale Of almost total do
pravity was unfoldoA az The in
quest but II must be stated that, in
spite Of the Developments regard
ing the moral character Of Williams
apparently woll known 10 all biz
neighbors, the dead man seems u
have bad good standing In biz
community because OF bis financial
ability Seventeen years ago h,
married 4 widow with two glll ELL
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1897-06-24
: Hill. Missouri, Thursday, June PA. 1897.
A Picnic to the Pole.

A Picnic to the Pole.
When the burning heat
Beats on the street
And the thunders roll and roll,
'Twuuld be good to go
In ship of snow
On picnic to the pole!
On picnic to tine pole
Where the Ice King has control;
'Twould be good to go
In ship of snow
On picnic TO the pole!
'Twould be fine to sail
In an icy gale
Where the Artic oceans roll;
Far--lar away
Over Baf6n's Bay,
On picnic to the pole!
On picnic to the pole
Where the Ice King has control;
What joy to go
In ship Of snow
On picnic to the polel
r. L. Stanton in Atlanta Constitution.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1897-06-24

Hon. CHAUNCEY +. BLACK Of Penn
sylvania, president of the Assooia
tion of Democratic Clubs, says:
1.-THE Chicago convention, which
nominated William Jennings Bryan
for president, marked an era in the
history of American politics as dis
tinct as the eras Of l776, 1900, OF
1860. The declaration made by
that now historic assemblage was
aptly and justly denominated {
second Declaration of Independ
ence. 1t was q bold, clear, fearless
assertion of the natural and legaI
rights of the common people to the
enjoyment Of their own property
and the pursuit of their own hap,
piness in their own way, as against
privilege and class, and subject
only to the needs OF government
economically administered"
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1897-06-24

The day, no doubt, is not far off
When the Indian tribes out West
Will hear of the new woman craze
And give the thing test.
And, if they do, the chances are
That it will happen then
Some chief, instead Of "Sitting Bull"
Will be called Setting Hen"
There is 4 man in Kingston IN. W who
has become insane from the belief that he i.
the homeiest man in the world. This woult
never happen to a woman. II she admitted
to herself that she was not quite beautiful
she'd die before other people should know
she thought so,
Il like those street pianos"
Strange taste! Why?"
81 can run away from them"
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1897-06-24
FIVE GOOD FARMS

For rent. Can suit almost any tenant ia
size and price. These farms have been
under careful cultivation, are well fenced,
with comfortable houses and good water.
In addition to these l have several Al
farms
For Sale.
Good land-perfeot titles. Call on or
address JOHN A. MILLAR,
Latin, No.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1897-06-24
Sans.

"THE single gold standard is a
foreign enemy that must be shot to
death with American ballots" Is
the motto of John ]. Lentz, candi-
date for the democratic guberatorial
nomination in Ohio. Hurra for
Ientyl
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1897-06-24
Training School Resolutions.

We, your committee on resolu.
tions, submit the following report
Resolved, That we heartily
thank the board-of trustees of the
MS: academy for their generous
tender Of the academy building;
Maj. John S. Hill and Col. T. e
Green for the kindly notices given
jim THE MARBLE HILL Press and
Lutesvllle Banner; and We further
recommend their~respective papers
as worIhy mediums for obtaining
the county news.
Resolved, That we favor Train.
ing schools and believe them neces.
sary to keep the teachers in touch
with the present educational pro.
gress, and that we endorse the
course pursued by the instructors
of the school just closed; be ii
further
Resolved, That we recommend
the course of Profs. Davault and
Hubbard in their worthy efforts to
promote the most healthy progress
of education in our county, and the
untiring efforts of these gentlemen
to raise the standard of education
in our schools, and render more ef
ficient the work of the teachers, and
that we especially commend the ac'
tion of Prof, Hubbard in his efforts
to provide the teachers of our coun.
ty with frst-elass, professional lit
erature, and to make Bollinge1
county the banner county in the
state in some of the best educational
journals in the United States.
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Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1897-06-24

PORTIONS of Kentucky, Indiana
and Nebraska were visited by Sc.
we're tornadoes last week, and Idaho
fairly reveled in a three-inch snow
fall. Great country, this Of Uncle
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1897-06-24

LAST week, at Doniphan, Ed
ward Branch Cowan, a native of
Iron county and we'll known at
torney, committed suicide by shoot
inc himself.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1897-06-24

THERE is fair prospect for in
creased trouble among the OHIO aHd
Pennsylvania miners. The men
are bitterly denouncing Mckinley
and Hanna.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1897-06-24

THE ladies of the Hermitage AS
sociation have just presented Presi-
dent Mckinley with hickory cane
in honor Of his visit to Nashville
The wood from which it was made
grew at the home of Andrew Jack
son, and Andrew Jackson is the
president who first made O determ-
ined stand against the attempt of
wealth to control American poll
tics through the corrupting iniiu.
ence of money. President McKin,
ley ought to feel great interest in
such souvenir of such man.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1897-06-24

$50 you want 10 marry Fred, do your
said the father.
'Ycs, papa replied the daughter with hei
arms about his neck.
"And go away and leave me alone?"
"Why, no, papa know Fred will be will
ing to leave mamma with you!"
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1897-06-24

THE Tennessee Centennial eX
position has more than paid ex-
penses from the beginning, and
without an increase of attendance
1T will still pay all Indebtedness and
running expenses, and have sur
plus left. An increase of attend.
ance. however, is certain, and we
congratulate Tennessee upon the
success other great enterprise. She
has broken the exposition record.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1897-06-24
EGasNHW NNts1n

Taken up by Monroe Lassiter and posted
before William Russell, justice of the reace
for Wayne township, Bollinger county, Mo-,
on the 9th day of June, A. ID. 1897 the fol-
lowing described property: One very dark
bay horse, with black name and tail; name
very long aad heavy; about 7 or years old;
and one light bay mare, with black name
and tail, right hind foot white above the
pastern joint, white star in forehead; about e
years old.