Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1905-04-13
Southeast News.
Oran Citizen.

| Oran Citizen.
| The grand jury was in session a
Bloomfield last week, so the Courier
said, and in the same issue of tn,
paper we notice that the editor wa!
having cellar:dug.
Scott County Citizen.
Over at Cairo, Ills, 1t is said tha
owing to the number of womans
| clubs babies have to be born in the
night in order to find their mother.
at home.
| Charleston Star.
The NJ. f. Church South members
have purchased the Simpson lot on
South Main street, opposite the
Baptist church, as q site for the
new $4,000 church. They paid
$4,000 for the lot.
New Madrid Record.
Hon. Jas. d. Fox, judge Of the
Supreme court, division No. 2, ar.
rived from Jefferson City Tuesday
to visit his daughter, Mrs. J. K.
Robbins. The judge, who has been
appointed one of the commission
ers on the erection of new Su.
preme court building, was in New
Madrid and dined with ex-State
Auditor a. o. Allen Thursday.
New Madrid Record.
Early Friday morning the govern,
ment steamer, Mississippi, arrived
here with the river commission on
board on their annual tour of in
spection of the river and harbors.
The boat slowly ran up and down
the river along the harbor work
here giving the commission a
chance to view the same and the
needed extension work, and then
passed on down the river. At a
meeting in st. Louis the commits
sion decided on great improvement
of the river and the accomplishment
of maintaining 9-foot channel
from ST. LOUIS to Cairo is assured
with other work from Cairo on
down.
Cape Democrat.
This morning Samuel F McClatch-
ey of Egypt Mills drove to this city
for the purpose of buying supplies
for his business house, and hitched
his team in front Of the Albert Gro
Gerry company house. While pur-
chasing groceries, wall paper, etc..
which he loaded into the wagon. a
passing railroad train frightened the
horses and with surge they broke
the hitching rein and started on a
run. Diverted from q straight line
they ran over a pile ofsand and into
the river and were lost to view. An
effort was made to save them, with
out avail, and horses, wagon and
contents were a total loss. Mr.. Nc
Clatchey says he paid 1925 for the
team, outside the wagon, and csti-
mates his entire loss at about $500.
Elvins Labor Herald.
The organization of Lead Belt
telephone system is a foregone con-
clusion. Every business man thus
far approached by the promoters
has taken at least $50 worth of
stock. People are resenting the
forced increase of price for tele-
phone service in a forceful manner.
They have ordered out their phones
and are clamoring for the control
of the St. Francois County Tcle-
phone system or the immediate Or
ganization of new company.
They argue that when the Farming
ton Telephone company was at
great expense of building and i'm
proving the company paid expenses
and made money at the old rate,
now, since it has monopoly on
the telephone business, the compa-
ny wishes to oppress the people.
There is positive indignation and
effective opposition. The Lead
Belt will not be without phone SER
vice long, but will have a phone
system of its own.
The old saying that he who makes two
ears of corn or two blades of grass grow
where only one grew before is real bene-