Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1914-08-13

Southeast News.

campaign JUST ctoScu orHdn 'as'
spring.
Blythcville Courier.
Has anyone seen the White Book
latelye The subscribers In this city
who waeercd their coin aklinst the
promise Of the Cape Girardeau editor
to make good. seem 10 have lost
Nothing has been heard Of the erst-
while editor for some time, nor has
the magazine shown up for several
months Wonder IL we we're stung?
Campbell Citizen.
Four thousand. three hundred and
six,y.five votes were cast for the
democratic candidates for collector
Tuesday. the largest democratic vote
ever polIed In Dunklin county. II
wss thought tina, no, more than $500
votes would he polied in the primary,
and that il any one Of the seven
candidates cot 500 votes he would
be the nominee
"A,,he home of Uncle Ed Lincoln,
says the Liberty Tribune, they
mourn the death OF Polly Brown,
Pc, quail that died last week. The
quail was four years ok. and l'ai
been hatchrd from an eek found In
the woods. The bird stayed in the
house and would always answer
when called by name, The bird
could ~htsrle three or four different
ways, and hast year II layed twenty
seven riggs
Casw.sctsyslls TAesnosFmt
Col. A. l.. Oliver returned from
Washington Saturday evening, He
was called to that city on business
connnev,wi with M~ appoinsmen, as
United States attorney for the East
esa district 2 Missouri His maine
was s~nt ID the senate Saturday aad
II is more than llksiy tha, he will be
confirmed darine the week, and will
take possession of the office within
the next two az three weeks.
Farnangson Newe
Scores of people, during the past
few days. have gathered along the
banks of Big river. near Hunts ford,
In search Of fish A tank II molass'
IS was bafstct In II railroad wreck
n, a hritiae near lrundale ole day
las, week. and the contents entered
the river. driving the fish to the sur
tace They have b~scn caueh, and
carried oil almost by the wagon load
The molass%s affected the water In
the river as far as Hunts ford
Iscutoa Democrat,
Chas. Mason. a prominent citizen
Of vamiuser. committed suicide al
i3o Tuesday afternoon by takine
two ounces Of carbollc acid DE-
ceased was the member of a well
known family and was in the prime
OF manhood. He had recently met
with severe financial losses over
which he brocdti and this probably
led TO the act Or liaw held the
inquest and the verdict was suicide
There is much regret expressed
among his numerous friends, as he
was a popular man,
Caru,herSville Republican.
II SENS strange TO chronicle squat
ter" troubles in thickly settled
county. but they are brewing. There
seems to be belief. all at once, that
some fine farming land is still own
cd by the government, and so can be
homes,eaded and. rs a consequence
in the lower end Of the county. sew
eral men have "squatted" on farms
Monday. two men. Chas kirk and d
man named Earls. who were stakinf
off claims on the j. T. franklin lake
farm. became engaged in a quarrel
over their boundary lines and kirk
shot Earls. fatally. il was thought al
first. but he is still living. kirk. We
learned. has not a very good reputa'
ton. lie was arrested bv Constable
Hammie Smith and placed In jail
here Mrs Matte Powell. who owns
!, 10, Of land near Cottonwood Point