Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1904-05-05

for the Southeast Missouri Drum
mer's Association which meets ther
May 26-27 and %.
At New Madrid, April %, tn
residence of Judge Joseph Hunte
was destroyed by fire. The loss il
estimated at $1,000.
Dunlziin Democrat.
The loss by the burning of r. J
Douglass's gin and sawmill at Ca
ruth was at least $4,000, he thinks
with no insurance.
Charleston Courier.
Three Dunklin county boys who
ran away recently, played the part
of the "Prodigal Son" to perfection.
sleeping one night in a hog pen.
| They were glad enough to get back
home in a day or two.
st. Mary Times.
| The river has practically. over
| flowed all the low lands and
drowned a large acreage of wheat
againt and isstill rising. However,
it is thought that it will be on a
stand by night. Some families
have moved out Of Bois Brule
Bottom.
James Middleton, age 60, who re-
sided near Bonnie Terre, drowned
himself in Big River. His mind was
unbalanced and in an unguarded
moment he slipped away and sue
ceeded in taking his life, which he
had attempted once before with
! carbolic acid, says the Lead Belt
News.
1t has been given out that Mr..
Houck is planning a net work of
electric roads for Southeast Mis-
souri,. The main line ofthe proposed
enterprise is to leave Jackson and
60 by way of Cape Girardeau to
Graysboro, and~~thencc to Benton
and by way of Oran or Morley to
Sikeston and thence to Maiden.
with branch lines to other points.
One of the main line passenger
trains was wrecked up at Kimswick
on the Iron Mountain road last Sat
urday. Four persons were killed
and fifteen or twenty injured, some
of them seriously. There had been
a wreck on the main track which
required the use of the side track |
for passing trains and instead of
"slowing up" the engineer under
took to go thru running at the rate
Of 55 miles an hour. His reckless
ness cost him his life.
Marquand item in Democrat-News.
y triple wedding will be cele-
brated next Sunday morning at the
residence of Willis Aslinger, about
two miles north of town, when Viii
liam Green will lead to the altar
Miss Ida Aslinger and Joseph Nc
COrmick will lead Miss Effie Asling-
er, and Anderson Aslinger will lead
Miss Hester Mccormick. This will |
probably be the most remarkable
wedding in the history of the coun-
ty, three Of the contracting parties
being brothers and sisters and will |
be united under one ceremony.
Potosi Journal.
1t is reported upon good author
lty that an extensive electric rail
way system is being projected for
this section Of Missouri. The plan
is to run one line from Jefferson
City in this direction, to Southern
Illinois, taking its route thru this
county and the lead belt Of st.
Francois county. Anotherroute is
to extend from st. Louis thru South
east Missouri into Arkansas. 1t is
stated that The promoting company
Is already organized with $3,000,0 900 !
capital, and that the plans are soon
to he developed into practical work
upon the proposed system. \ rep
resentative Of the company is ex-
pccted in Potosi within the next |
three or four weeks to obtain the
right-ot-way and depot facilities
here. This enterprise should meet
with the hearty encouragement of
the people in this section of the
state.