Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1915-06-10

communities and most Of the money
paid to them by the growers is re.
manning at home.
Oran Tribune.
A young man by name of Homer
Ferguson stole horse from p. a.
Stocks last Sunday Marshal Coons
was notified who started in pursuit
and captured the fugitive near the
city limits Of Campbell. who nad the
horse in his possession The accus-
ed was brpueh, back and locked up
in Jail. Monday he was arragned
in Squire Hills court where he waiv-
ed preliminary hearing and in de-
fault OF a $500 boud was remanded
10 the county jail TO await the ac-
! lion Of circuit court
Portageville Southeast N.ssourtan.
/ Wednesday morning when A /.
TFoSper went tn his restaurant he
! found shat robbers had been in there
and gone with about fifty dollars
! worth Of cigars and cigarettes Mr.
Trosper thinks the rol,ber or robbers
were we'll acquainted with the place
and that they had key aS tie doors
were no, broken in any way and
there were no signs OF forced en-
tran, C He says he is not able 10
spend the money for blood hounds.
but thinks he could surely catch the
rohber II he had them.
poniphan Democrat
The Gazette puhltsed at West
Plains says right now Howell coun-
ty Is just about busted The con
solidate,i back tax books which has
just been made ont by the county
clerk shows that taxes tn the amount
Of so, ais - are due and owlne to
the county and have not been col,
lcc;ed IL Is the duty of the county
court 10 force the collects of these
taxes In fact, the county court
should NOT have settled with the
county collector in March and ac-
ccpteti the settlement with these
taxes remaining unpaid
Jackson Items
Lightning AT times pl ~ strange
and inexplicahle prauks During one
oF the thunder storrns a few nights
ago a bolt struck large wild cherry
tree Oh the farm of X A Haertling.
six miles southeast Of jackson, not
at the top but about three feet
above aud cut the tree completely
OIL. Not only that. but the force OF
the lightning tore out the stump as
completely as big charge ol dyna-
mite could have done il, pieces too
heavy for a man TO lift being thrown
far away The trunk Of the tree
settled down in the hole where the
stump had been.
Benton Democrat
Cleve Davenport was arrested at
Lambert Monday evening on a
charge of stealing chickens. He
brought three chickens TO Marshall
Mercantile COMPANY and sold them
IL was known a warrant was out for
him for taking other fowls so the
sheriff was summoned, After his
arrest he made confession of hav-
ing stolen nine chickens. including
those he just sold. The latter were
taken from the coop OF Albert Scott
two miles from Commerce. Cleve is
now in Jail and has abundant time
to reflect over his errors Ii is a
penitentiary oifense to steal chickens
after 900 O'Clock p. m.
Desloge sun.
A mule belonging to the Desloee
Consolidated Lead company was
killed almost instantly Monday af-
on their yard near the
furnaces, The team was
being driven by Marvin Eaton and
he had just unloaded some supplies
for the car repairers when the ground
gave away and one mule fell into a
hole some Twelve feet pulling the
other mule on top, The mule
first falling received a broken neck.
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