The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-12-12

We have no miliionaires here
neither have we any dynamite bombs
but we have lots Of cranks. Million.
aires, dynamite bombs aud cranks are
q dangerous combination, but SO long
as We have only one of the article
that goes to make up the combination
we are cafe.
"A "r0on" set q box containing all
opossum In the Arcade Saloon yes.
terday evening and went off and lett
it there. The opposum got out of the
box last night and got in among the
whiskey bottles behind the bar turn
ing them over and breaking several
that contained the very best.
"A prominent merchant says: Il
have sold Megrimine for over a year
and guaranteed it to cure any head
ache without bad after effects and
have not found a single case 1t did
not relieve. Sample free. The DIR.
Whitehall Mcgriminc Co, South
Bend, Ind. Sold by druggists.
The work of putting down a
water pipe from the river &c the
brewery was commenced this morn
ing. The water for brewing beer
and manufacturing ice will be pumr-
ed out OF the Mississippi River.
The Schubert Quartette, of Chi
cago, Illinois, will appear at the Opera
House in this city Saturday. Decem-
Der 10th. The Schuberts are the beat
singers in this country and it is not
often that they visit the small cities.
In less than four months from
now our brewery will be turning out
beer and we predict that it will no:
be long thereafter till the st. Louis
beer depots here will cease to be.
The people of Scott county are
anxious to again vote Oh local option
and they IRE petitioning the county
court tu order an election 10 give
them an opportunity to tackle that
question again. If the election is or |
dered it is believed ihc county will
go wet thi, time. Many who voted
dry ut the last election will vote wet
if they are given a chance to vote
The merchants of this city claim
they have never experienced a.
dill times at this season of the year.
Usually. they sa:, December Is one of
the best months of the year for bust
ness and trade: but not 30 thi. wear.
This month has beer 3 dull one from
first day and it gets worse instead
Uf better.
There are some three hundred
cars i'm the tniirJad yard over
in East Cape Girardesu waiting to be
transferred to this side of the river.
and the transfer boat will continue 10
ruin dar and night 6H they arc all
over.
The advertisement of the Lori
lnicr Mills appears elsewhere in this
paper. We al know the L.Orimicr
Mills for itsy tiirn out a. good flour
rs is manufactured in the country.
We fake pleasure in calling the
attention ri DIR readers To The advcr-
tisemcnt of Tic Weekly Globe-Demo-
which appears in to-day'> paper.
II is the lartstst as well as the leading
paper in this country.
their advertisement and then
for it and we will guarantee
you will never regret the small
you pay for this large and ya!u-
iole paper.
The Owl Club has decided to
give a ball on the 18th of December.
We will send the WEEKLY DEM
and the st. Louis GIoJc- Demo
year to any adj
for one dollar and sevcnty-five
tents. Come OH and subscribe for
Two OF the best newspapers in the
country.
The "nigser- is still a "nigger" if
he resides iii Jackson. The voters of
that Old mOss-back town voted down
the proposition last Tuesday TO build
the colored people a school house.
The Democrats of Jackson do not
want the colorcd people educated.
The educated colOrtd man votes the
ticket.
The young ladies of this city are
about leap-vetf parties al
They propose to make it
warm for the old bachelors next year
and they are going to bsgiii the at
tack early in the year.