Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1902-02-05
1southeast Notesn

1 Railroad Commissioners NcCul.
Tough, Rice and Hennesy went
down tho Belmont TO day to Morley
where they wsrn called to settle a
dispute between the Houck and
Iron Mountain roads over the loca.
toe of the new depot.
Fsederiekiogu Tnbuae,
| This week The Cathefine Lead
Company illed deed Of trust With
Circuit Clerk McCalIum for $780,
600 Ia favor Of The Germanla Trust
Company Of 81 Loais. The decd Is
made as security for sl60,OOO
worth Of bonds which will shortly
be issued By that company
BlAssrld vlodieaior .... :
BudsBvss, q iisIlermAn living near
Idalia, bad 90 exhibition 10 our ei,y
Saturday turtle head which weigh,
% about Is pounds. Mr. Bess In
compapy with bis son TiIden, aud
lson Rogers caught ths monster 10
. net at thcmouth Of Clear River in
the easlerupari Of this county. Ho
gives the following description; age,
about 500 years; length. . feet width
Of head from eve to eye, 8 inches;
weight, S60pounds. The head was
viewed by many people.
Dexter Messenger.
Possibly the oldest man IN Mis-
souri i William Kingsley. who re.
sides ia stoddard county. He is re
puted 70 be between III and 1870
years Old, and has resided 10 this
couniyIfor nearly half a century,
He was born 10 ireland before the
days ofithe French reyalution, and
was u seaman 10 the English navy
when the battle Of Waterloo took
place he was on one Of the transport
ships that carried the English army, |
under Lord Wellington, across the
channel 70 engage in the battle oil
Waterloo, and saw the victorious
troops land upon English soil again.
At the expiration of his term Of
enlistment be came America, and
has lived the greatest portion OF his
life IN this section Of Missouri.
He Is known in this county as
Irish Rill,m and has been we'll
digger ever since his residence in
Missouri, II Is only in the past few
years that be has been compelled to
give up his avocati0n.
New Msdra Res6sas
The Captain Progress. published
at CaPitan, lincoln county, New
Mexico, contains very interesting
account Of the recent. rich gold
strike inthst county and says that
The excitement and crowds promise
to rival the famous Cripple Greek
excitement ofa few years ago. Mr..
A. II Byrd, formerly of Southeast
Missouri, and still holding large
land interests here, bought the
original discovery for $4,000 cash
10 hand Mr. Byrd already owned
many good mines in that part of
the county but considers this latest
acquisition worth more than all the
rest put together and the price he
paid for it extremely low. Mr..
Byrd went to New Mexico in
search Of health, which be has
'ound and incidentally he is on the
road to great fortune too.
Charleston Courier
Two crooks we're arrested Mon
lay at Cairo who are thought to be
connected with The Morley bank
'obbcry, which occurred four or
i've weeks ago, A Pinkerton de. !
ectiye employed by the Am srlcan
Bankers Association followed them
i oand from several towns and
hey were jailed at Caro-, but not
NTH they showed resistance and
we're overpowered. Among their '
fleets was found bits. drills, eicc.
rie fanterps, jacks, skeleton keys, }
ippers, Eliminating caps, rolls of J
use, sticks Of dynamite. ratcbets,
hree ratber water boys partially
lied with ether or chloroform, and I
~o bottles containing nitro glycer, J
ae. They we're both armed with
4.callbre Smith & Wesson revolv. 7
RS. The gang IS supposed to hsve =
cracked a safe at East 81. Louis q =
hort time ago, and also attempted =
D rob the bank at Golden. =
$500 Cash Prize Contests. u
The Atlanta Constitutions Great Il
Offer for rna4 I