Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1915-06-03
Southeast News.

WV taAE'A WYNN Nv
were from South Texas ami were
consigned to Portland, Maine The
freight charges on the car was $500
lllmo jimphcute,
A car load Of honey bees passed
thru this city this week consigned to
parties in Colorado They were
shipped from Arkansas and were in
a stock car which was screened in
Ilmo hmplicute.
Last Friday night the Frisco
station was broken into and robbed
Of about 10 pounds pF ginseng and
golden rod root Tais stun IS QlpI-
ed ut about ST per pound No ar-
rests have yet been made,
Advance New Era.
MANY binders are heing sold IN
this city. 10 the 400! farmers who
are the backbone nj the country
Wheat will yield as large or even
greater per acre this year, in spite Of
the ravaees Of the I!essian fly Many
more acres have been planted TO
wheat. That means a much better
crop than We had last year The
price bids fair to b.n higher. some
think 81 90 10 ST 25 per alshcl Corn
too, IL in very good condition. so Is
the hay crop With all these IN
view. we should tetl that We are in
deed lucky. What better could We
want'
lllmo ytmplica,o
Last Sunday morning about | 30
O'Clock. Tote Nayt~rry, a fireman
on the Cotton Belt was held up by
two gucn near the round house and
relieved Of II jewet watch One
held gun un him ss,ilr TIE other
relieved him of has tltae piece The
hokl up Was Immediately reported
assl Officers wrat tn the sSrtle. bat
could get TO trace NJ the highw ny.
men A few minutes AFTER the hold
up an attempt was tnasse to enter
the residence al Master Mechanic
u NJ nnty. wlto lives neHt The scene
Of the hold up. hps the would-te
robbers ~ere lrighisneSi away II IS
though, tha, the sasae men did
both iotAs
Ja-k~rss tsc.a q Cape Republican.
Three sons q. Fred GeTlrr ot Perry
county Nere here Saturday. and
they tell wonderful fish story.
The river Mississippi being on a
rampage just at present, has backed
the waters Of Apple Greek, the line
htweea this county and Perry, np
In such manner that the bottoms
along the same are oveftlo~e'i Yes
terday. Sunday, these boys noticed
q great fish tloundering around in a
field. and az once started IN pursuit.
When the fish was finally landed II
was found that ii was so-callei
"shuveEhill ca" measuring ten feet
and eleven inches, The boys thought
that, because Cape county had sot-
ed for stock Law at the last election,
Cape county fish had no business to
roam around in their fields, aud ar
rested the whale,
Dexter Messenger.
Some one asks The Messenger
about the condition of the oil well
on the Garner farm about three
miles northwest Of Dexter. The
drill is still in a alimestone-sandstone
rock, at a depth Of about 26O0 feet.
This rock formation was struck at a
depth Of 5O0.feet below the surface
of the ground and the drill has gone
down 2iO0 feet with slight variation
in the character Of the rock. The
first 200 feet was through clay and
sand, then for 800 feet through
quicksand. when the rock was en-
countered. It's an enigma to what
. depth tins rock extends. This well
was started about two wears ago
and has already cost the stock CON-
pany that is behind IL financially
several thousand dollars. Two or
three weeks ago some one started
the report that the drill had gotten
through the rock. and good oil had
"a ..-,.k th,e r,t,nrs