Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1915-04-22
Southeast News.

N were destroyed The loss amount
n ed TO about $1,000, which was in
sured for $1,000
Una Hodge and Turner Bragg
charged with having bureularized
the Wiedor store ut Bell City last
fall made an unsuccessful attempt
TO break jail At Bloomfield April 8
Both Of the men were sentenced 10
the penitehtiory for two years last
week during the term d court at
Bloomfield
Irontor Register
There are more than 900 tracts of
land ON the delinquent tax book of
Iron county for the year 1914. this,
In addition TO something like 1000 u
the Mgriock -Crumb tracts that are
delinquent, The total amount Of
delinquent land tax in the county fu
the year totals $i552 rs. The amount
due as shown on the consolidated tax
bcok is SlQni499 Probably never
before. certainly not in more thnn
thirty years. has there hren such "A
large delinquency In lron county,
Scos' County pemacra,.
Back nt Antoine leSrands farm
about hall mile east oi Benton ia
an old abandoned cemetery contain.
ina the graves oi number OF early
settlers There are several monu-
meats with inscriptions. One h
deiicatrl TO II II Mckihhey. bora
1915. died 1874. another to Jerry
--------~- 9TH. name had been remov.
ed by the band Of timc) born 1915
died lS47 Still another has simply
the Initials T " W. siied is+t
There Is ouly one other having an
inscription an which can he de
chiphersd ]. \ Mcintosh.
Caruihasvlasa Republican,
Mrs Ceouse Moser. liviae out in
the country from Steele, gave birth
to twin boys last Monday. which
were GROWN tuaether The little fel.
lows sere facing each o4her and
we're grown together from their hips
up to their chests They ware alive
when born bur only drew "A few
hreathS They ~ere vie~si by
every o0e for miles around ils. |.
II phiprs af Holland. was :ie at
tending physician The bshies
weighed aiaait eaht or ten eo,mds
and were perfectly formed other
than stat<sd. Tn. interment was
held Tuesday aud ~as attended BY
eser hundssd pessons The m0tb-
a is getting along nicely, This
strange and Interesting piece ID
ne~s Was hroashi in 10 us by our
sood friend and subscriber. ]. Ii.
Sanders. who livsx laeishbor,
jackson Items.
..P B. Adams. a we'll known farmer
residing west Of Pcahontas, mourns
the loss Of a bunch II nine hogs.
among them two biooded brood sows
each With litter OF pigs a few days
old The story of their death is out
of the usual Mr. Adams had been
considerably pestered by dogs who
would come around at NIGHT time
and get into the slop bucket and
other places where they were not
wanted. To stop their deprsdations.
he put small quantity Of rough on !
rats in the slop bucket. but no dead
dogs Sere noticed afterwards. Evi-
IDENTITY forgetting about placing the
poison there, MFR. Adams poured the
contents of the bucket into the slcp
barrel. which contained feed for his
hogs, On Monday he buried eight
hogs and on Tuesday one more,
parm Adviser McWilliams went out
yesterday and made an examination.
which disclosed beyond any doubt
that the rat poison did the work. Il
contains a considerable percentage
Of arsenic, a mineral poison which
does not easily Dissolve. but settles to
the bottom. and that Is the reason
the hogs did not become poisoned
uutil the bottom Of the barrel was