Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1903-08-05
Southeast News.
ThestrikIng miners in theleOd belt
haye returned to work.

trouble with lis waterworks.
Nothing hirthcrhaa developed ia
the murder Of tholittlo girl In stod-
dard county. This prisoners, ttvo'
NydUns and Mccombs, have been
taken 10 St Louis for safe keeping.
Rev. ]. Leslie Allaworth, pastor
Of the Prosbyteian church at Cape
Girardeau, was drowned while bath.
ing in the Mississippi river At that
place July 20. Ho was a young
minister and leaves a wife and two
small children.
Governor Dookcry on July 80,
leppoipted 1Ian.s Louis Beuek Of
Cape Gifardcau delegate 70 tie
rransmiasissippi Commercial Con-
greas which win be held at seattle,
Waah., August 1871.
The FrAternAI Order Of cOloniala,
a 1AssiEei belly;;s society, has been
organised under the laws Of Mis-
souri'with headquarters at Jackson.
Verify. the ffaternal benalft aocities
are becoming numerous,
In an alteration two milessouth
Of Blodgett July sz, Grant Wallace
struck Frank Miller over the eye
with a pitOhfork. Miller died from
the injury the following Friday
morning and wallacSls held for
circuit court.
Southeast Missourian.
Charles Austin, one'ofthe six men
implicated in the killing of the
woman in Pemiscot county over a
quarrel about fence, was found
guilty Of murder in the first degree
last Friday in Caruthersville. The
jury was out just FIVE minutes.
Cape Girardeau Democrat
L. ]. Albert, jr., cashier OF the
sturdivant bank, has BEEN appoint
led major Of the Sixth battalion of.
the National Guards of Missouri.
Mr.. Albert takes q gerat interest in
the home guards and he will make
1t his business to have his battalion
show up with any in the state.
Clarence Wlgger, member of an
organized gang of highwaymen
who have been operating in the Lead
Belt sometime, and who made his
escape from Prosecuting Attorney
MAFbury recently by lesping fromn
moving gtrain, has been captured, and
has confessed to his crimes, and
peached on bis pals who have also
been arrested and placed behind the
bars.
Harrington Times and Herald.
Last Wednesday night Mr.. John
Moran Of Libertyville had a couple
ofine mares stolen from his pasture.
They were tracked to Pennington
Thursday morning by an armed
fposse in search tof tho the thieves,
but here their tracks were4ost. Mr..
Moran offered 800 for the recovery.
A couple Of days afterwards the
animals canae up to Mr.. James
PiRkston's near Little Vine church,
and he at once notified Mr.. Moran.
They had been ridden bareback,
and for some reason the thieves had
abandoned them.
Dexter Messenger
With a bullet hole in his head, lit
tie Walter Myers, five Year old son
ofMr. and Mrs. Fred Myers, ofDex-
ter, has been making astruggie for
Life since Sunday, and his condition
has shown slight Improvement
each day since the wound was made.
The wound is the result of an acci-
dent. Sunday he and his eight-year-
!old brother, Delbert. were playing
about the house. Mrs. Myers went
to q neighbbrs fora bucket ofwater.
Willie she was away Delbert found
bis fathers pistol concealed nader q
pile of quilts, He took it out and
playfully pointing it at his younger
brother, pulled the trigger. The
bah struck Walter in the corner OF
the right eye and piowed its way
clear through the head. The ball
was a 88 calibre. Ii is mystery
how the little fellow lives, and his
case is remarkable in view of the
fact that such wounds usually pro-
duce death almost instantly.
Dunklin Democrat.
It is currently reported that Tire
III, 900 acres of land sold here last
week by the Indiana company to
the st. Louis company, brought IS
anaere! Less than two years before
most off was held at $3.50 per
acre, and three years before, 1000
acres Of it was sold by the county
for s1.25 per acre. Is this not bear.
ing ont the prediction of the Dunk.
lin Democrat For six years 1t has
urged the county to hold on 10 it