Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1902-01-29

more conceruing II.
puakin Dsmoear i
Judge. W N Evans, who was
chairman Of ,he meeting at 81. Louis
recently Of the chairman and score
tary Of the democratic county cen
tral committees Of the state, has
gieen out the names Of lhe men who
are 70 formulate uniform plan for
county organization. The. commit
teeis composed ofDr. d. II. Shields,
Marion county; s. P. Sniith, ST.
Joseph; Chas. e Reed, Chrisllan
county; W. r Edgar, Iron county
Kelly Pool. Boone county. The
committee will meet at an early
date and begin the work assigned
70 them. =
Drul1in Democrat i
The oewfalIroad bridge across the
river above Commeroe is TO be 10
Gated al the1ower end Of the village
qi Tbebes, at the head of the Chain
Of Rocks. and about 4 mile and a
half below Gray's Point, the locality
originally mentioned as the most
suitable place for crossing the
stream. The bridge is to bela can
tllever slruetcre with middle span
OF $50 feet n the clear, and two
spans of500feet each. dti 10 have
s6b feet space above the highIwater
mark Of 1874. The Iron Mountain,
Cotton Belt, Chicago and Eastern
Illinois and other rallsoad com
,panies are Interested In The project.
Cash Book
The Southeast Missouri Mining
and Prospecting Company have
purchased n first class diamond
drill. IL will be shipped about
February 4. Work will commence
on their leases near Gravel Hill N
Ahis county. The company has
made arrangements to employ a
man thai has had 25 years experis
ence runnAng drill and mining.
| This will be the first diamond drill
ever shipped to this or Bollinger
county. The company seems to
mean business, and lhe work Of
prospecting for ore will go right
on as soon as the drill arrives,
rrouion Register
No s ran into the engine Of q
freight train at JorA 10 switch
about midnight Thursday. The fire.
man on the passenger train. named
Wagner, received Injuries from
which he died the following day.
| l.. M. Taylor, the engineer had his
hands badly lacerated. DR., Mar.
shall, the local surgeon, was sum.
i moned and took the men TO tho
hospital ut 81. Ji0ais Friday. Wag
Der was very weak from loss Of
\ blood and died the following day.
The wreck was oceasioned by The
passenger running by Gag put out
by the freight crew.
Irondale Lead Miner;
I While sinking a sleve.pipe hole
for a diamond drill on the Schultz
farm, four miles east Of this place
some workmen of the Bonnie Terre
Company unearthed massive bone
supposed 10 be that of masiodon.
The bone was about fouy feet long.
and seems to have once been longer
one end evidently having been bro
ken off. 1t is about eigkS inches
wide, and at the ball the end
which probably belonged to the hip
joint measured l8 3 4 inches in cir.
conference The bone was found
in natural clay formation at q
depth of 1S feet. A number of toe
. bones of large sizew also found
The Bonne 1erre Company will
! search for the remainder of the
: monster skeleton
CarutherssiIle Democrat
Pemiscot county is developing
, faster than any Of her nelghboriDg
counties. The Democrat man has
, noticed tbe broad expanse Of felled
forests 10 his rambles in the coun
try, which will be growing corr
and cotton next year. Everybody
/ who gets out can not help noticing
D the largo fields Of new groasd to b
: put 10 cultivation this coming sea
, son. Banker W. E., TalIey, who i
: in close touch with the progress ant
development Of the entiro county
estimates the acreage of new lanC
J to be put in cultivation this year a
. 1000. This is wonderful expan
g sion Df the tillers domain, but th
I half has pot been told. The worl
of clearing our area las just begu'
: and will continue year by year til
= Pemlscot will be the farmer
paradise.
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