Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1911-08-17
Marble Hill. Missouri, Thurso ny. August y, 1911.

ton, or not enough TO make IL profit
able. UnleSSS some arrangements
are made Tor caShing them the war
rants will likely be- below par soon
The Bank Of Pennington has about
$4,000 OF the county paper
Lead Bolt Nev..
The capitol proposition having car.
ned. IL is not worth while to inquire
1s To who was back Of the distribu-
ton in the lead belt of literature
which stated that the new building
would be- built by the nou-uniOn
labor With foreign material The
facts are that many weeks before the
election. the democratic majority on
the building commission announced
positively that only union labor
would he employed and that Missouri
material would be- used wherever
possible The granite Tor the build.
Ing will come froip ST. Francois and
Iron counties
Cuufh"r.yi,ie Democrat
Noah Gricr. boy aged about Is
years. was drowned IN the MiSsis-
sippi north Of this city Wednesday
afternoon while in swimming He.
in company with two other boys
atout his own age. were in the river.
and young Grice Got beyond his
depth. and went down before assist
aace could reach him. Grice was
an orphan hoy. aud had been living
with relatives in this city and Cot
tonwood Point. for the last few years,
and was living with the family OF
Jack Tate Of this city. at the time Of
his death. Up 10 this morning. AUG
II his body had not been recovered.
and reward Of SO is offered for il.
Poplar Bun Citizen.
Col II y Philips, lawyer and
deep student Of the Bible. from a
legal standpoint will till the Chris
tian church pulpit two sunday even
ines in the absence Of the pastor.
the Rev " NJ Baker. who will de
part Monday 10 spend a month in
search oi cool brcczes and better
health. The colonel whose lectures
to a large Sunday school class on
several occasions have created great
interest. will deliver a lecture at the
Christian church on the evening of
Sunday August 6. on the topic
The Divinity OF Christ On the
evening Of August 20 he will lecture
at the same place on The Worlds
Peace
p.uyuIo sun.
On last Tuesday afternoon a violent
electrical and windStorm came up
from the northeast which left dam
age in its path The barn Of Joseph
NelShrod OF near the Saline was
struck by lightning and burned to
the ground 4 lot OF hay and some
oats were consumed by the flames
The harm was small one. but TO
lose il and the feed at this time of
the year makes il pretty bad There
is some insurance on the barn No
live stock was burned. At Highland
the storm blew the steepIe from the
Catholic church and wherever the
storm passed through it blew down
the corn and in some places pretty
bad
Bloomfield Vindtcator
Joe Brown who lives on Dr. Turn
baushS farm three miles south Of
this city, brought to this office last
Tuesday a rattleSnake which he kill
ed that day on the place where he
lives. The snake was by careful
measurement five feet and one and
a half inches in length, about 8
inches in circumference in the larg,
est part and had Is rattleS and
button. This makes three rattlerS
Mr. By)wn has killed ON the same
acre of ground in the last twelve
months, two last season and one
this, One OF those killed last year
was very near as large as the one