Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1915-08-12
eest crop ever grown in this section

| ''N"''' '~N' ''Nh i'tlNF'IdN- NEWS,
This is q year of bic things
snakes included, G. W. Skages wa.
IN town yesterday exhibiting the
stuffed skin Of a giant rattle snak,
which he recently killed within a
few feet OF his house east OF tow n
The snake was So inches long, g
inches around and had II rattles.
We believe this is one Of the biggest
rattlers ever Killed around here
John Clay KILLED biz ra,tIer near
town Monday afternoon The snake
was fo,r feet long and had ten
rattles
IT Joseph Observer
Going to htd with the chickens
can be carried too far In antlcipa-
ton Of being delayed overnight when
he went 10 the county seat. a Cape
Glrardeau farmer took TO town with
him a couple Of Young roosters in
place Of an alarm clock At dusk he
went 10 a delivery wagon belonging
to an entire stranger There he and
the two Young roostcrs went to sleep.
Before the roostcrs had their oppor-
tunIty a policeman gathered In the
tFio, and all Of this is nha; the farmer
told the Judge the next morning
FaHm.ngloo Times
The preliminary bearing before !.
7 Lolman. justice uf the peace. of
sam Dns> Was held nt the court.
house on last Monday. and after ex.
amining five witnesses an the p,rt Of
the state and three un the part Of
the defendant. Esquire Lulman au-
nounccd that he would hlnd Do>s
over to await The action uf the
Grand jury and fixed his hund al
$1,000. which Dnss very promptly
gave Il will b" remembered that
!k~S killed a man BY The name of
Hunt at e picnic at tlsins. july 3
E'reavillr Journal, 7
Tom Marler host a $3.50 span of
mules and narrowly ESCAPED dro~n-
nk himself Tuesday morning. when
as team hackei u aEol .1adei with
travel toto thu 81 Franc is river at
'edar tIluff The ~cig OF the
oasied wagon drc~ the ,r m down
he steep cmhankmeut IN the deep
waters 0E the riyrr where Il drowned
itmoa instantly MIR Marl.r was
lauhng eraVel for the Cedar Riu1
uad when has team became fneh-
eued aud began 10 bach. The rear
sart of the wagon swervei down the
terp incline Of the bank and was
icaHy enough to drag the whole
utllt into the river.
a special 70 the Vt Louis Repuh-
c from Benton, dated August !.
ays. County Coroner L. ? tIaw
fas called 10 limo. ~ miles north
{ here. this afternoon to hold an
lQnest over the body of Helen Hill.
) months old The hahy's grand
loiher. Mrs Katie King. had placed t
er on the back porch to play SO
lat her crying would not disturb |
er mother. who had been sick for L
bout three weeks with typhoid I
Yer The baby fell into a lard can (
,ntalnine about seven inches OF '
ater head first and was drowned a
he coroners Jury returned verdict
accidental drowning. il
ape G,rardeau Republican. II
\ number Of jackson boys motor D
out TO Whitewater river last Sun u
~ to take a bath in the fine. cool D
ater Of that stream. and were hav- q
( a good time in the river, when IL
e shower came up, a sudden d
Ish of lightning. a crash. and everv g
y in the water sank at once. F"
ley all came to the surface again, IL
me of them calling for help and IL
making for the shore. Reason: u
Ie water had been temporarily II
arged with a strong voltage of a
and. water being the best u
on earth. the boys were y, .,
severely shocked. No one was III
rf hnueyar hut tho hnxe .h,,L