Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1901-10-09
Southeast Notes.


The people Of Pennington will
make an effort 10 furnish the town
with water from arlesian wells.
At Elvins, October 2, Otis Yates
shot and killed Roy Hornbeck, the
result Of family difficulties. Yates
was arrested and placed in Jail.
Cape Democrats
The military company has receiv.
ed It's arms and uniforms and Cape
Guardian is now going to have the
crack military companyin in the State.
The Cape Democrat says there
arc thirty or forty cases of typhoid
fever 10 the city, bronght on by hog
pens and seems very anxious to
know something OF their board of
health.
Durklin Mail;
A rich mineral "fnd" is reported
ia-=-naasass-=nAa =-taaGnshin. Ruiler
county. A bed of kaolin covering
forty acres and 81 feet deep has
been located ten feet below the saE.
face; beneath the kaolin is u layer
of rosin jack, IL IS claimed, three
and hall inches thick; and speci.
mems from the same locality sent
to the Rolla School of Mines were
found TO contain zinc and silver of
the best quality.
Cash-Book:
The Jackson Telephone Co.. has
purchased q $1,000 Express swith-
board with the latest improvements
for the central Office, which will bc
located in the new Exchange Bank
building. The city is to be return
ished with large poles 40 to 45 feet
high.
Jesse Robinson, an old citizen
we'll known in this county, was run
over by q train at Cape Glrardeau
and killed on Monday evening, He
had been living in the Cape for o
year or more and was employed at
Jennings lumber mills. Mr.. Robin.
son was an eX-Confederate soldier
and had relatives and many friends
in the county. His sudden death
will be regretted by many friends,
W. r. Waggoman, who had been
in thehotel business at Pennington,
quit very suddenly September %,
and took o night train and quite a
number of business men of tho town,
judging by what the papers have to
say, are quite anxious about him.
The amounts are said to range from
SO to $50 and cover about all the
lines of business and professins ex.
cept the lawyer, he will probably
require his services later.
Caruthersville Democrat:
Twelve years ago Ed. DePriest. d
saloonkeeper, but of good family
shot and killed constable named
Woody at Eminence, Shannon copn-
ty, without warning and without
provocation. He was sentenced to-
the penitentiary but "infuence" got
him ont. Last week DePriest, ali
ways a bully, met Woody's brother
on an excursion train. He applied
all manner of epithets to the lattet
and finally spat IN his face. You,
can push coward too far. DePriest
is now dead with bullet hole
squarely between the eyes and
Woody bas been rendered q vote of
thanks.
Where is there another scope Of
country similar to Southeast Mis-
soarii A country not more than a
hundred miles square with the same
resources. A country that yields
beautifully of wheat and corn, mel
ons, cotton and all the other varied
products oftbe farm. A country of
hills and daies, rich lands, fertile
fields and everlasting pastures. A
country that is known tor its fine
frults the world over. a country
with the largest ToR mines, the
largest lead mines, and great gran
ite quarries. A country that has aa
abundance of every kind of timber,
from the stately pine or the sturdy
esk TO the sad cypress or the grace.
full willow, A eosntFy with twenty
railroads and fifty rivers. A country
With sseh Ps0Flss ]. don't exist
zegheEs.