Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1901-07-10

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last week made deal for 5000
acres of land in Wayne county
which will be used by an eastern
syndicate for Il goat ranch. Mr.
M Morrison has still in view several
more deals which will prove even
larger, He is reaching out and get
ting northern and eastern capitalists
interested in Southeast Missouri
which is the most promising land in
all the state.
Marquand Cor. Fredericktown
crat-News: Aaron Hawn,
whose family reside here, but who
has been at work for the railroad
company at Poplar Bluff for several
years, was run over at that place
June 23rd, having one arm cut off
and received internal INJURIES which
caused his death three days later in
the hospitaI in St. Louis. His re-
mains were brought here last Thurs.
day and the funeral was preached
by Rev. George McGee Of Freder-
! ickt0Wn.
A boy can sit all dav on a sled
six inches square, tied to Il sleigh
moving eight miles an hour, but
could sit on a sofa five minutes
for 81. A man will sit on an inch
board and talk politics for three
hours: put him IN a church pew for,
ty minutes and be gets nervous,
twists and goes to sleep. A man
will fill his mouth With filthy tobac-
co juice until it runs down his chm,
and feels good but hair in the
butter kills Lim.
Current Local: Certificate No SEQ, 1000
was issued from head Office of the Mod
ern Woodmen Society at Rock Island,
H., the other day. John Daniel Myron
of Camp 1926, Kalamazoo, Mich, is Vhe
holder of the certificate, which is written
in the amount of $1,000. This means
that from date of organization to the
present time the Modern Woodmen soci-
ETY. has issued over 100000 certificates of
membership more than any other frater-
nal benefit society or life insurance COM
pany in the United States.
The clerk of the Marble Hill Camp M.
w. A. has just received a number of
certificates the highest number of which
is 805, ,544 which shows the rapid increase
in number this benevolent institution is
making.
Doniphan Hustler: The dry
weather has dried up all the water
pools and streams throughout the
hatwoods section with the result
that stock and game, deer, turkey
and such like, come to water near
town. Deer have bee;i seen in day
light and late and early, within the
past week, at the branch on the
| Warner road, just beyond the iail-
road crossing, not quarter OF u
mile from the corporation line.
Uncle Crockett Ponder's dogs, and
other dogs of the neighborhood,
have run deer from their covert on
the steep hill on which d. J. G..
Hancock lives, no later than last
Sunday. Wild turkey have been
seen inside the corporate limits of
the city within the past week or ten
days.
Jefferson Democrat: Sheriff Long
relates q curious circumstance he
witnessed on his trip to Fulton last
week. Among lot of insane pris-
oners being transferred from the
penitentiary to the asylum was a
negro who had lost his voice some
years ago and had not spoken a
word since. On crossing the bridge
at Jefferson City, he saw from the
coach aonelegged man and it excited
him so that he began trying to talk.
His curious efforts attracted the at
tention of all near him and before
they all knew what it meant be be.
gan TO articulate, and in short
time was talking vehementlY.
Campbell Citizen: Any one who
drives much over the county roads
in their present condition, will ap-
prciate the story Mark Twain once
told of minister who had an mr.
gent call In the country, which oblig-
cd him to ride nine miles over rough
muddy roads, The horse was skit
tish, the cart had no springs and
the poor divine was joltcd mp and
down until he almoGt wished he was
dead. The horse ran away ut last
and threw tho minister out In the
road When found he was asked Il
he was hurt and made reply that he
did not know, but continuedj "lf
ever 90 TO hell, ! want TO ride over