The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-08-29

The DEMOCRAT is not going to
enlarge yet a while. 1t takes very
favorably in Its present size.
Philip Stoll received a check
Tuesday for one hundred and sixty
dollars to cover the loss be sustained
by the recent fire on Main street
Hon. Marshall Arnold left for his
home this evening. Mr.. Arnold
was not pleased with the notice the
torch-light editor gave him. He says
he has met with lots of fools in his
life but this fireman who does bust
ness under a tent takes the cake.
One of these days something is
going to drop in this city that will
create o sure enough sensation.
Whisky and business will not mix,
but there is a man in this city who is
trying tG make those two articles mix
whose heels will strike the ceiling
and strike it hard, aud that before
a great while.
The plans for the Sturdivsnt
Bank building have been completed
by the architect and accepted by the
Directors of the Bank. We have not
seen the drawings but we understand
that the building will fade anything
in the way of a bank building in this
section of the country.
The dog license business is a lit
tie dull this week owing to the fact
that the city attorney is absent from
the city attending Circuit Court at
jackson.
Judge O'Bryan is pleasing every
body during The present term of court
now in session at jackson.
The store room lately vacated by
D. a. Glenn is being renovated and
fixed up in fine style for the new firm
of Bohnsack & Stratman. These
young men are now in st. Louis pur-
chasing new goods and they will open
their store some time next week.
They will open up with a complete
new stock.
We are keeping an eye on a Ger
tain man in this city whom we be-
friended in time of need at a cost to
of hundreds of dollars. He is one
of these smiling faced sneaks who is
friendly to your face but is contin-
ually stabbing you in the back. One
of these days we will pull the blanket
from over him when a blizzard is rag
In 1913, we see by The market re-
ports published i'll a paper that was
published here in that year. wheat
was worth only fifty cents per bushel,
rOrn fifteen cents and whisky eighteen
rents per gallon.
We called on Alexander Ross
Yesterday and we were somewhat
surprised to find that gentleman up
10 his ears i'm business. lie was at
work opening up a fresh stock of
new groceries. lie has just got in
MS stock and it is fresh and good.
Mr.. Ross informs us that il is his in
to keep the best groceries in
lie market.
"A Scott county man killed a
on the rock lcvce last
tuesday that measured seven feet
mi four inches from head to tail.
1t had thirty-three r%attleS, and was
according to the rules for
'cconing the ages of rattlers, thirty
hrce years old. That snake had a
place in the swamp before the
The new bells for st. Mary's
Church have been placed where they
and where they will remain as
ong as the church stands as a re-
to the hayward sinner that
here is a sweet bye and bye, and they
will no doubt call back many a man
ust rs he is about to step over into
he path of the wicked. They can be
leard for miles away and it matters
lot to what church the weary pilgrim
Fans the bells will remind him all the
ame, that he should turn AWAY from
he paths Of sin and 20 where all
,ood people go.