Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1912-01-18
Southeast News.

Il Jackson tems
Last Monday four future progres.
siye young farmers Of this county
left Jackson for the Agricultural col
lege at Columbia having won scholar.
shins at the corn show last November
They were sons Of Frank Grant. Geo.
Coca. r ? Taylor and the late Bud
McBYde A son Of Henry Bnnkkopf
ot Randol township left on the same
day by lhc way of the Cape.
Nsw Madrid Record
In Mavh 1910, Mrs Ada Hemp
bill. represented by 1mylor 4 Baker
Brewer 4 Riley, got judgment
against the city Of Morehousc for
$1,000 for injuries on defective side
walk. The city appealed To the
Z Court Of Appeals Last month
Judee Tayla argued the case for
Mrs Ilcmphill. aud Tuesday that
court affirmed the Judgment
DcSsto Pres.
John Welch. an old man who lived
In cabin about Two miles east Of
DeSoto. was found dead IN hts home
Sunday morning by one of his neigh.
tors Hewas fruzen stiff when found
he was about 0S years old. a
bachelor. and very cccentric. Sofai
as known he has no relatives In this
rounty. The remains were brought
h. DeSoto aud C0runeS Hensley held
mn inquest Monday. at whFh the /
bury returned verdict of death due .
b. self neglect aud exposure,
bcner Statesman
At the State Can sho~ Columbia. .
d. r ] Aahoney. wun first prize.
~hich ~as 500 cash and q Loving
rup ON the hest ten EARS Of Bonne
County White. There were 900 ex.
hihitns from every part of the state
Naho0ey also took first prize on
<hite and yellow corn In the
Southeast Missouri division. Hens.
~ Of Cape county. took se,Wld in
MS hnc. Nahoney will pu, the cup
D. exhibit tn the windows nf the
Ientral Land otiice here on his IT,
|lnn They don't make any greater
hrmers than Nahoncy This entire
sertiun pridcs In hts sucesS>
FgesteFsektawu t~mb~FRt-Ngws
On last Saturday when the mercury
II the thsFmomrtef was standing b'-
InM zcru. Il tramp walked frotn Mar.
qnand In Freslrricktown, arriving at
shc deio, about 900 p IN The poor
fellow had his fest badly frozen from
exposule Station Agent Engic per
Inittcd him to remain In the station
All night and the marshal secured
tAo meals for him. breakfast and
tiinner Sunday. and was inssru-
mental in raising funds for the pooT
to pruevvi 10 II Louis
Where he cnId receive permanent
Irca,neut. DR.. C. Il, Davis Era,itu-
ously treated him while at the
station in this city. The man had
gsc relatives w funds TO assist him
Hls right foot was 40 badly frozen
That II was feared amputation would
be necessary
MAIDEN Merit.
AT Gibson last Saturday night a
sgrange man. aee about 40 years,
suicide in the Frisco rail-
nm dcpo, by hanging himself with
| pitse III lace leather to a wall rack
The stranger that evening asked per
nission to remain In the depot du.
MI the night, and the request was "
|fHnted. Sunday morning when !,
M aeen, returned 10 the depot he !.
~ dumfounded to find his guest :,
al The man had told some one A,
|roalnd the depot that he was look A.
~ for work and had that day walk -
d eighteen miles in the snow storm. ),
AW unfortunate fellowl The oct Of =,
ekine his own life was rash one, l.
m no ore knows what he may have j.
afered. and perhaps death was J,
see,ly welcomed by him In a n,
range land where neither kith nor Il,
n could administer to him in the ,.f
"a Of distress God have pity on !.
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