Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1902-03-26
ASoutheast Notesl

land, was burned. Several head OF
cows add horses were burned.
There was $3.50 insurance..
Apotber big drainage contract
was let IN Pemisoot County March
rs. IL 10 said that three hundred
square miles Of country viii be bene.
iilsd by ths somplOtiOn ofths work
contracted,
At New Madrid, 10 his iustruc-
tions to ths grand Jury the first Of
last week, Judge Riley, smoDg
other thlngs called their special at.
tention TO the lynching Of The
negro Wright.
The Odd Fellows will have their
annual celebration at Charleston,
Apnl2b, aud the drummers are
making preparations 10 have their
celebration st the same place,
May 10 aud IL.
The democrats Of New Madrid
county will hold u primary election
April 2G. when they will nominate
n county ticket, and express thar
choice for United States Senator
and Congressman.
| Jackson Herald.
The house Of Joe H. Gall, Of near
Bee, was burned on last Friday
evening. Nearly all the contents
OF the building were destroyed.
George Green, who lived upstairs,
lost everything be had.
Ironlon Register
The granite quarries all promise
TO be quite busy getting out paving
material this summer. The outlook
now is that there will be several
hundred men at work 10 the vicinity
of Graniteville this summer.
During the recent term OF circuit
court at Bloomfield the grand jury
found IA bills of indictment against
the saloon men in Stoddard County
chiefly for selling liquor on Sunday
and to minors, say the Bloomfield
papers
The cases against II. H. o'KellY,
A. 4. Smock and John Adams, who
l.were charged with attempting TO
defraud the N. W. A. camp at Por.
tageville, of which much was said
by the papers down there last
spring, were nolIe prosecuted in
the Circuit Court at New Madrid
last week.
The debate between Prof. N. B.
Henry OF Marvin Collegiate IDsti
tnte and DR.. ]. J. Martin Of Carleton
College, on the trust question, at
Harrington last Thursday night
was an interesting and highly en-
tertalng argument. The proceeds
amounted to S75 and was applied tC
the endowment find OF Carleton Col
lege.
Doniphan Prospeci-News.
! State Senator George T. Lee, o.
Van Buren,, has written a letter tt
Governor Dockery in which be ap
peals for state aid for number o
: families in the southwest portion o
! Carter county which are rendered
destitute by the effects Of last sum
mcr's droutb. The senator claim
that at least 100 families there ar
t actually starving and have no pos
slble chance to raise q crop the com
. ing season without outside aid.
/ Irondale Lead Miner.
The Columbia Lead Co., have
force of men repairing their mil
? at Esther. They have received
large supply of coal and no doub
? will be running full force at an eaI
ly date.
< Last Monday on an eight hou
a shift ut shaft No. 2 of the Centra
! Lead Co. at Flat River, commonl..
called Theodore, two-hundred an
twenty nine cars Of ore were hoiste
4 with a single cage. There were q
d least a dozen trips made with mer
8 This is quite arecord, the averag
t number of cars hoisted on an eigh
d hour shift being about one.hundrc
: and eighty.
D jefferson Democrat;
It There is probably not anotht
ft county in the land where farmer
% suffered worse from last surnmer
as drought thar they did in this coun;
N but the county is able to give th
> assistance necessary and there is \
Is thought Of applying for outside ali
"a In many respects we are more TO
a tunately situated than are oth'
l. drouth stricken districts. We haN
IS had no other calamities to conteT
u, with; a good many farmers hay
VI obtained work IN st. Louis and
the railroads, and others have bee
" able to dispose of wood and 9th
i things 60 as to keep the wolf fro
v the door, but number are now
~ distressing circumstances and mn
n- have help. Private charity b
es already becn resorted to Qip numb
e. of instances, and merchants al
~ other business men have extend
s. credit-in some instances beyol
~ the safety mark, but this shou
not be depended on. A systemaf
v plan by which all would bear th'
en- proportionate part would be bett,
We 1t won't do to let any one star'
as and those who are destitute shou
Wo in some way be helped to he
themselves. The subject is nj
!, being seriously considered
's thoughtful persons, and proI
's' lPIap gay ee expected seea'