Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1902-11-19
Southeast News.

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The soutAeas, Missouri Teachers
Association will meet at De Soto,
November 1929. 1909.
Jackson Herald.
The Houck rallroad 10 Jackson Is
now being pushed aud before many
months Jackson will have another
railroad.
Jackson will have a SPECIAL slec.
tion December 0, when the cItizsos
will vote on proposition for water.
works and electric lights.
cash-Book.
II was rumOpsd on the streets
here this week that the Frisco Ry.,
people have bought from Mr.. Houck
his rightoEwSy for his Cape 10
Perryville road.
Burglars entered tho store of J.
Hinton at Allenville last WedneS
day night and blew open the safe,
but got liAtle for their trouble as
the safe contained but s8 in cash
and some papers.
cash-BoOk.
Circuit court was in session sew.
eral hours Tuesday. 1t was a spe.
cial term, called to Try q colored
man, Henry Rucker, for murder.
He plead guilty to murder iu the
second degree and was sentenced to
the penitentiarY for twelve years.
New Madrid Record.
The Game aud Fish Protective
Association is'bvsy just now look.
ing after the wagon loads OF nom
resident huaters who are striking
camp 10 the county. Deputy Sher
If Shields was sent out after a par.
by Tuesday. The association is re.
celv'Dg reports almost daily from
the hunting grounds and is using |
most vigiIant efforts to stop nom
resident hunting.
Penyville. san.
Jesse Blaylock, son Of John
Blaylock, of near Millbeim in this
county, happened to very painful
accident o~e day last week while
ont hunting. The dogs had run 8
pabbit in a hollow tree and while
attempting to extract the rabbit, the
guu was IN some unaccountable
manner discharged, the contents
entering the young mans body in
flicting o dangerous wound. DR..
Hudson Of this city was summoned
at once 70 dress the wound, and the
young man is getting along as well
as could be expected.
Advance Guard.
Buckskin Bills Wild West show
is going the rounds Of the towns in
Southeast Missouri and is reaping
a rich harvest from the suckers.
From every place it has exhibited
come reports Of robberies, cheats,
short change, ETC., some of the
steals amounting to two or three
hundred dollars. One fellow over
at Sikeston lost $500 iu money and
three or four hundred dollars worth
of notes. "A fellow that don't know
any better than to carry that much
money with him to a snide show
like that ought to have a guardian
for him.
Republic.
John W. Holleck, a farmer of
Bloomfield, who posed as pension
agent, was sentenced yesterday by
Judge Adams in the United States
District court to ten years 10 the
penitentiary, on plea Of guilty to
four counts in an indictment charg-
ing fraud in securing pensions. he
received three years on each OF two
counts and two years on each Of
two others, making the heaviest
total sentence ever imposed in this
court for 3 similar offense H0l !.
leck's offeBse was an aggravated
one, and Jadge Adams, in imposing
took occasion'to denounce
bis practices IN unstinted terms.
He declared be woald make 80 ex. I
ample Of bin, IN the hope that bis ,
late woaId deter others Of bis class
rom prosecuting their dishonest
practices ou unsophisticstsd wid-
,vs and orphans.