Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1903-06-24
Southeast Newa.

IN tSSNNN ANONf1s
The BaptIstcoilsee AZ Farniusiou ha
been cold and will DO converted into
sanitarium.
Greenvilla Is without saloons. A ro,
cent term Of tho county court refused :,
renew the licenses on the petitions pre-
sented.
A young man named House was nc.
cldently killed near Hiram last wcdnes.
day. He was cutting timber whom the
tree he was cutting, fol among some
other trees from which a limb new bach
striking and killing him almost instantly,
as the Acknowledgment In the last Issue
Of the GeenSille Sun.
a highly respected young man by the
name Of John Smith was run oyor and
instantly killed by tho cars at Allenville,
June is. The young man had employ.
mont at oran and went 10 Jackson on
Saturday TO visit his parents and expect
cd 10 return TO Oran Monday, but as he
could not catch a train going south be-
fore e:SO p. m, went to Allenville that
morning for pleasure trip, and while
there attempted to board a moving train
with the above result.
Current Lohl. Il
A most heinous orime was committed
at wihona about midnight on the 18th
Inst. Little Della Johnson, nine years
old, was murdered by an unknown assas-
sin by the blpw ofan axe, George John
son, who wassleeping in the same room
was severely put with knife at the
same time. Profound mystery sur
rounds the whple circumstance, neither
the assassin nf the motive being known
But "murder vill out" and 1t is to be
hoped that tho assassin, together with
the accomplicei II any. will be given
the punishment they deserve.
HillSboro Demoetat
The case OF thb st. Francis Mill Co. Va
Sugg ct al, that has been on file In Dunk
lin ncounty has been sent here on change
OF venue. In regard to 1t Circuit Clerk
Dietrich received a letter from w. p.
Finch, Circuit Clerk Of Dunklin county,
Z
saying; ~ send YOU the corpse. II has
reposed peacefully in this Office for %
years, and It seems like desecration to
disturb the ashes pf our aged and respect
ed friend. We bequeath you the sacred
relic. Three or four generations of clerks
in Dunklin county have wrestled with it
and mourned overit, Willsend you cost
billby installments.p Itisa suitinyolv-
ing the title to large tract Of land IN
Dunklin county.
A Birch Tree special TO the ST. Louis
Globe Democrat says. w. S. Booth,
Of Winfield, Kan, owns a tract Of land
in the northeast portion Of Shannon
on which, according 10 indioa-
tions, is located one Of the richest gold
ever found. He had a number
Of samples over al ssa'1iiineTica this week,
which was taken from this land several
years ago, which he has had assayed !
and which runs well up into the hun
dreds Of dollars to the ton. The assayer
pronounced it as being as rich gold
quartz as he ever assayed. from any
The quartz is black, and when
rubbed with a piece Of steel becomes a |
shining mass of gold over It's surface.
A capitalist offered Mr.. Booth $4,000 |
tor the land, which was refused. Mr.. |
Booth is in the county now for the pur-
pose Of making an investigation, but
las been deferred frotn doing SO on ac-
,ount Of high water.
Sikeston Democrat
To show tho rapidity and force of the
present rise OF waters, the case of James
Mccain is very striking one. He is
'arming one mile and half below Sar-
rents Switch on what is known as the
5oddard farm about four miles east Of
own. Yesterday at noon, he took his
iorse from Che plow and went to his din
Ter, as the water lacked about 216 feet
Il being up to bis crop he did not suffer
my uneasiness, but went up the
slough" to see how his neighbors were
tetting along. Imagine his surprise
vhen he returned at 3 o'clock to find
lis entire crop submerged, not a blade
ticking out, and he was compelled to
wade water waist deep to get his gear
md plow.