The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-05-16

IL idi y uuifltOSS.
C William Bahn's new building o.
Main street is nearing completion. !
is II of the largest business house
. on Main street, and Mr.. Balm pro
poses to fill it full of hardware. Sucl
buildings As that are evidence of
steady growth in the mercantile bust
n ness of the city.
e We understand that the Jackson
= saloon men have enough signcrs tC
v secure q saloon license in Byrd town
X ship. The saloon will be located /:
mile outside the city limits and they
9 propose TO run 4 delivery wagon anu
supply all with drinks in Jackson who
n desire them.
Owners of dogs are not paying
/ the dogtax as promptly as they should
/, We saw tag number eleven this morn.
ing. There are no less than five hun.
dred dogs in the city and if taxes are
j. paid on all of them quite a snug sum
> will be added TO the revenue fund.
"A citizen of this place who owns
a farm five miles out in the country
went out the other day TO look after
!, his place. lie got lost, walked about
fifteen miles and then hired a farmer
TO bring him home in a wagon. He
never found his farm.
) When the dog-killcr in this city
begins TO slaughter the delinquent
. dogs and dump them in the river the
people of the little towns below here
will think it is raining dead dogs some
where up the river.
We want it distinctly understood
that we are not responsible for what
one merchant saws about another in
these columns. The matter goes in
as paid for reading notices. If one
merchant wants to pay five cents per
line for space to say something about
his competitors, that is his business
not ours.
We do not hear so much about
the stock law now as We did a few
weeks ago. DIR. Rider told some of
the members of the Council that they
had no backbone when it came 10
voting on Che stock ordinance and
that was the last time We heard stock
law mentioned.
-George Z. Clappell is at work as
CITY Register. lie has his Office at
the court house.
-Drs. Harris and Blomeyor have
put a new carpet down i'll their office.
They are determined to have the
neaicst office in the city and they will
have it when they get done fixing
up.
II the melon crop in Scott county
turns out well this season our retail
whisky dealers will have TO order a
supply of two-gallon jugs. The gal
Ion jug will be too small.
There are some thirty buildings
under construction in this city and
many of them are handsome and eX-
pcnsiyc buildings.
Tho new bank when organized
will be located somewhere on Main
strcct-probably in the lIirsch build
ing, next door to post-otfice.
In about three weeks from now
farmers will be looking out for hands
TO help them harvest their wheat crop
and this will he a good chance for
The city !oafcr who has been lounging
around all winter dcad-beating his
living off people who work for a liv-
ing. They can get work if they want
it.
John Gawronski, the Main street
jeweler, has just completed quite a
novelty in the way of a watch. 1t is
designed to be worn as a scart-pin
and the face which bears the hour and
minute hands is no larger than an Or
binary scarf-pin. Mr.. Gawronski will
Il
present this little novelty to one of
the "mOst pushing men, in the city.
w. ii. Medley's new bus is quite
an improvement over the old herdic.
1t is lighter for a team and it is much
more pleasant 10 ride in.
Mrs. Alois thinner, of IIehder-
son. Ky, is visiting relatives and
friends in this city.
Phil. A. IIafner, of the Scott
County NeTSbOy. is in the city. He
came up to attend the meetings in the
gospel tent, but finding the tent gone
he says he believes he will go TO Hot
SPRINGS for his health.