The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-05-23
LEAD PENCIL JOTTINGS,
Memoranduras Made in the Re
porter's Wanderings.
Local ~Spltnfers.
MONDAY.


ed, and especially on Main street. Tn,
business men on Main street canno
afford to allow the street sprinkline
to be abandoned.
Yes, VI city is growing RICH
along, but its growth is not OF thai
nature to assure its continuance. The
buildings going up this year are dwell
ings and houses for dry goods stores
We have stores enough already. Whar
we need now is factories and until we
/ get them we cannot expect our city
to continue to grow. There may be
a little building squirt now and then
but it will not be a steady, healthy
growth like we would have if we
could get a few factories here.
"A little girl in her prayer illustrat.
ed the value of advertising. In her in.
nooence she said in her prayer: lord,
make me pure-make me absolutely
pure, like baking POWDER
Use Cheatham's Tastcless Chill
Tonic. better than pie, but it breaks
the chills off short and no mistake.
Guaranteed TO cure. so
Our people will regret to hear
that the Cape Girardeau Southwestern
is 10 be 10 longer the name of our
railroad, for ii was the Cape Girar-
deau Southwestern that put now life
into this town a few years ago. The
stockholders at 4 meeting last Saturday
agreed that the road hereafter should
he called the ST. Louis, Cape Girar-
deau and Fort Smith Railway.
VIII III. Wheeler will move TO
California as soon as he can wind up
his business here. lie has sold a large
portion of his property already and is
advertising the balance for sale.
The large plate glass for the front
of William Bahn's new business house
on Main street were discovered, when
the boxes containing them were
opened. to be a mass of broken glass.
There is nc way of telling how they
we're broken, but it is believed by
those who have examined the glass
and the boxes. that they were broken
by some person, and broken inten-
tionally too.
Ask your druggist for Cheatham's
Tasteless Chill Tonic. Distinguished
from the old original by the word
.tastelcss' printed IN red on all car
ICONS and labels. A new departure.
but the result of years of careful study
and experimenting. NO cure no pay"
Take it and be happy. so
There are some people in this city
who seem to want the public admin
istrator to settle with their creditors
after they are dead. They are people
who have plenty of money, but they
refuse TO part with it. We want no
dealings with such men.
Next Monday the Common Pleas
Court will in regular session.
The docket for this term is a large
ono and court will be in session ten
DAYS or two weeks.
The preliminary trial of G. W.
Ballard, charged with forgery. which
was set for last saturday before Just
ice Pepper a; jackson WAS continued
ten days later.
1t is said that the flesh of a goose
killed by an electric current is nice
tender meat and fine eating. Board
ing house keepers in these days of
electric lighting might use a few
ON their Dcefsteaks as an ex-
pertinent.
We still insist that Cape Girar-
dcau should have a first-class brewery.
There is 10 enterprise we can think of
that would pay so well as Il good beer
brewery here. The car loads of beer
that are unloaded here every week is
evidence that there is money in the
brewery business and the money sent
away to pay for these car loads ofbeer
should be kept at home.
&C. +. Siemers is building a large
two-story brick business house in
Gordonville. The second story will
be fitted up for a public hall.
There are seven doctors in one
block in this city. If a man meets
with an accident in that block he can
soon have a whole team of doctors
working on HIM.
We know of a good house that
will be for REM in a few weeks. Ii is
a large building and is conveniently
located for a boarding house for
Normal School students.
-Gcorge IIirsch is making some
improvements on his Main street
property.
TUESDAY.
Nam street was cleaned up nicely