Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1901-07-17

caught IN the river late Wednesday
evening. 1t was the body of a white
boy about l3 years of age, but was
so decomposed that it was beyond
Identification and was Immediately
buried.
Cape Democrat: Poplar Bluff has
a population Of 5000 dogs and the
mayor of that town has declared
war on the whole dog family. The
dog owners of Poplar Bluff must pay
taxes en- their dogs or attend dog
funeral.
On Tuesday George Miller Of
Egypt Mills, together with three
others started to cross the river at
Moccasin springs, and the skiff over.
turned, and one of them, a boy by
name of Brown, was drowned. Mr..
Miller had a narrow escape.
Cape Democrat: Houck's Mis-
souri, & Arkansas will be completed
to the connection with the Kennett
road by the first OF August. This
will give the people of Pemiscot
and Dunklin counties an oppor-
tunity this year to attend our big
fair,
Jackson Herald: Last Saturday
night as Robert Klaproth, who livs
ed several miles below town, was
driving young horse, the horse
became frightened and ran away,
throwing young Klaproth out and
killing him. He was young man
about % years old.
Benton Record: Wheat in this
vicinity is about all threshed. The
yield is good and of excellent
quality. The largest yield reported
was 55 bushels per acre. Despite
the drop in prices farmers are gen
orally selling. Up to noon Wednes'
day $4,000 bushels had been shipped
from this point and the warehouses
are full.
Poplar Bluff Citizen: When you
meet newspaper man, don't tell
him about the people who are visit
ing you, or whether your wife's
grandmother is feeling well or not,
but tell him you don't know any
thing, and when his paper comes
out cuss him because he hasn't
given you half column fourdeck
scarehead notice. He will appreciate
your kindness greatly.
Oregon County South Missourian:
Senator George T. Lee will be the
cashier Of the new bank at Van
Buren, Mo-, which will be named
the Garter County Bank" and in
corporated with capital Of $4,000,
They expect to be ready for busl.
ness next Monday. This will be
quite a departure from the life of a
politician to that Of linancier for
George. However, we wish bin
success.
On July 5tb, the twin babies of
Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Gross of Green
vile, were poisoned by a little 3,
year old child of the family empty
ing the contents Of a bottle of medl-
cine into the milk that had been
prepared for them without the
knowledge of the other members Of
the family Both died in a few days.
Only few years ago they lost two
children by acid poisoning, says
the Greenville Sun 1t gives one the
horrors to think of the suffering
humanity has to endure from care,
lessness, Why are poisonous medl'
cines left in reach Of small children?
Dunklin Democrat: What kind of
people are they who deliberately
bring to town for sale bad eggs?
Just before the Fourth this town was
flooded with eggs that had been
"set" on for two or three weeks;
eggs that had been lost or mislaid
since last summer and eggs that had
been found out in the sun weeks be,
fore. The people who sold them
were surely hard up for Fourth Of
July money. 1t is just as dishonest
for country people to sell bad eggs
to town people as it is for town
merchants to sell diseased meat or
rotton or impure groceries.
Mr. Brooks, living on West Main
street in this city, brought his little
son, Green Harrison Brooks to this
office on last Wednesday. The little
fellow is three years old. His head,
instead Of being covered with hair,
has as nice a crop of Sleeps wool
on it as one ever saw, it is as white
and feels and looks just like sleeps
wool. Mr.. Brooks informed us that
he had had his boys hair cut twice
and it can be twisted and worked
up exactly as sleeps wool can be.
The boys beadS is a curiosity -
Frederlcktown Democrat-News.
Dunklin News: On last Monday
the first stake in the survey for the
extension of the Cotton Belt road
from Maiden TO Memphis was driven
by the surveyors in the center ofthe
big road near the railroad track in
this city.
Egom that point the line was run
directly along the big road until
Clarkton was reached, when a
slight deviation was made and when
about q mile south Of that village
was reached the line was headed in
an easterly direction and it seemed
that from there the surveyors would
cross the swamps or at least traverse
the low lands for some distance, and
possibly 60 to the east of them en-
tirely. The distance from here to
Clarkton was covered in quick