Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1901-08-21
people 81 that town will Try % cleo
waterworks.

succeed IN the good work.
Ligo Site who was cut by Ben
Wilkerson, IN an alteration al Rock
Point, August 0, died the following
Thursday. WiIkerson Is under bond
for his appearance at court.
William Brown was run over and
killed by the cars near Dudley,
Stoddard county, August 10Th. The
supposition is that he placed himself
on the track with suicidaldntent.
Charlottesville Democrat: Tn Q
business men Of this city are tired
Of dead beats and 'slowpays and
have formed an Association for
mutual protection from that class Of
| people. Z
Jefferson City Press J. Il. Wells,
4 OF Dupklin county, has accepted a
position at the pchitentiary. He is
weil-known here, where he served a.
term as sergeant-atarms of tho sen.
ate, a few years ago.
A number of the laborers who
were grading on the Poplar Bluff
extension of the s. M. h A. railroad
went on strike August 8, claiming
that the contractors work them
eleven hours day and discount
their wages.
Douipban Prospect News. Bows,
remember that Il is not the young
man that smokes cigaretts, drinks
hop tea and shoots craps who is the
young man wanted for the positions
OF trust and preferment. If you
woald be a man whom honor seeks
leave of those petit vices.
Caruthersville Democrat: Horse |
thieves are certainly working with |
flourish in this county. Last week |
they stole three mules aud a horss |
from kirkpatrick. Two mules from
Joe James and a mare from Tom
Darnall. A hemp bandage, appl.
cd IN Texas style, might prove a
good preventative.
Dexter Messenger: Editor Harty, |
q product of the good old county oil
Stoddard, should be happy man.
He has the only paper in Carter
county, is a director and stakeholder
in the bank there, and can print his
own checks and have them cashed.
This is a monopoly that few news.
paper men can boast of.
Kirksville has a mayor named
Dockery; East ST. Louis, one named
Stephens and the mayor of Shelbina
is Mr.. Bryan. This also suggests
that William Mckinley of Boonrillc
is popular hotel clerk aud George
Washington has just been admitted
to the Missouri penitcntiary.-CaIi.
fornia Push.
One of the lucky drawers at the
Kiowa- Comancne land lottery is
named John Campbell. Ifsome tel II
low has perpetrated a joke on us by
entering our name and winning n
l60acre tract for us, and we are
able TO catch bim, we'll make it in
teresting for bim.-Donipban Pros {
pect News.
Better keep still Bro. Campbell
till you get your papers.
Winona Democrats: You can't
scare some mon worth q cent. Over Q
In Eminence lived q certain man
who had tried every kind of "sure !;
cure for drunkenness' known to the a
civilized world. One night when {
be was worse than usual they load s
ed him in u carriage and drove TO
The cemetery. The man with the t
Jug was placed between two graves, o
The idea being to share him. When c
be awoke in the morning his ex. +
was: "Resurreclion day. fl
BY gum und I'm the first man on
he ground, whoopee.' 0
Fruit.Growers Journal: The best S
from the standpoint of =
profitable cultivation is said by a
writer in the Indiana Farmer, to
,e the Burnette. at began to lipen 4
Imong the earliest varieties and held u !.
,ut the latest ofany; IL averaged the lo
argest, being larger than VIM. Belt, se
Nick Dinner. or Seafore, b
MAXWELL only bearing a few larger ri
,erries and was next in value to The ar
3urnette." II is claimed that the 70
3urnette can be picked at third of p"
be cost Of other varieties. Crescent. ar
Beder Wood, dried up on fo
he vines while Burnette did we'll. sa
Democrat. News: By the explosion 20
f lamp last Thursday, Mrs. Tbos. tn
living near Nine ia 6,
Iotte, was so badly burned that
he died within a few hours. She az
Tas cleaning up the supper dishes a.
nd thought there was no fire in the III,
love; she had a coal oll lamp that SO
saked, lighted, and she set it on est
he stove IN which she supposed
here was no fire; in few minutes be
here was an explosion and Mrs. S. 20 20
as wrapped in flames. oI
We understand her husband was Of
adly burned about the hands and %
rms trying to extinguish the flames. The
he leaves two small children. Her for
smains were buried in the cemetery sat
! Mine La Motto.
Geo. CLARK plead guilty to horse +,
ealing 10 the Bollinger county cir =
nit court last week and was SEN
need 10 the penitentlary for two
ears. Because Of reported en- 10,
ebled condition of his mind he was ,be
1roled on good behavior.-Pied. sor
ont Review. 10
Say Bro. Wilson, you ought to sou
n vour information from a more n