Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1901-08-07
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sued Thomas Burgee for % cents
Tho Cottage Hotel at Caruthers
willie burned the evening ofJuiy 28
John Hunt, a pioneer citizen Of
ST. Francois county died at his
home in Bonoe Tsrre, July 20, aged
SO years.
The Old Settlers Association Of
Jefferson county will hold their next
reunion at Victoria, September 81,
1901,
At Perryville July 27, louis
Fassold was preparing to 60 hunt
ing when he accidentally shot and
dangerously wounded himscif
| The Jefferson Barracks forest,
containing 1900 acres caught fire
July 28, and ragged three days,
practically destroying the magniE-
cent forest.
The Cape county farmers claim
the mills are not paying fair prices
for wheat, and are organizing for
the purpose Of obtaining better
prices at homo or seeking market
elsewhere.
Pennington Times: A ten.year.
old bov named Smith was locked
up in jail last Monday, by request
Of his father, for habitual thievery.
He will probably be sent to the re.
form school.
Advance Post: DR.. s. A. Mayfeld
was called TO Brownwood TO per,
form a.surgical operation fora man
by the name of -Bess, who had a
hand mangled by saw at the Pio'
neer Cooperage Plant at that place.
Eredericktown Democrat News:
Mr.. G. W. Lampher has rented his
place on the Ironton road to Dan
Whitener, and Mr.. Ed Lanpher will
nave to the farm south OF this city
and will add another story 10 the
house and otherwise improve il.
At TindalPs Mil. on Brushy
Creek, in Wayne county, Charles
Abrams was shot and killed by VIM.
Boyer, July 26. Boyer was placed
under arrest and is held for murder.
The trouble arose aver an intimacy
between Boyer and Abrams wife.
Fredericktown Democrat. News:
Last Monday night there was q tie
up of trains in this city, owing to a
scarcity Ofwater; one train laid here
for five hours and two others set
out their trans here while the en-.
gines went TO Bismarck for water.
Farmington News: Rev. ]. A.
Russell, the veteran one-urm preach
OF, we'll known in this part Of the
country, returned to his home IN
lulesvile Monday after helping in
revival meetings at this place and
Salem CHURCH near here, for the
last few weeks.
e. L. Buzzard of the Collins Ad.
vance says; We will accept wood,
corn, meal, wheat, -four, bran, chop,
feed, chickens, eggs, turkeys, ducks,
geese, apples, peaches, plums, pota-
toes, onions, pickles, lard, bacon,
pork, beef, parsnips. persilnmons
and coon hloes on subscription.
Jackson Herald: G. @. Yelling, Of
Oak Ridge, worked up an oak tree
on Hines Clippard's farm with the
following result: The tree made g.
500 boards, two cords ofstove wood,
u posts, and big brush heap to
burn. Who can beat this tree for
yield? 1t was three feet, eight inches
ut the butt.
Cape Democrat: Two new engines
for Houck's Missouri 4 Arkansas
Railroad were received here this
week. They were furnished in,
Chicago and are pronounced by
competent judges TO be fine engines.
Two nice passenger coaches also
purchased iD Chicago will be here
in d few days.
Charleston Enterprise: The ele-
vator at the Charleston Milling
Co.'S. plant IN this city has been fill
ed 10 It's capacity 100 thousand
bushels. The company has arrang,
ed for several warehouses in which
to store about thirty or forty thous-
and additional bushels it has bought,
None of this wheat will be shipped
except as -four.
jackson Herald: Mrs. Belle Hart
of Jackson; Mrs. Price, of Brazeau;
and Mrs. Oliver Harris, of Oak
Ridge left for Eureka Springs, Ark,
to be gone about a month for the
benefit of their health. Mrs. Hart
took the boat at Cape Girardeau
Monday evening, and was joined by
the other two ladies at Neely's
Landing ana Seventy.six Landing.
Work on the s. M. & A. railroad
extension from Mingo to Poplar
Bluff is being pushed as rapidly as
possible. which from reports given
out will be completed about thu first
of October. 1t is the purpose OF the
management now to extend this
branch to Pocahontas, Ark. This
road is said to be one of the best
paying pieces of railroad property
10 the state.
Exchange: One Of the members Of
this years graduating class in
Brookfield has already started TO