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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-03-21
Sailing Vessels Of the Future.

The era of the wooden sailing YES
sci, according to the captain of an
American ship, is passing away. He
predicts that within fifty years the
wooden deep-sea ship will be as are
as the wooden steamship is now. He
says the steel ship is lighter, cheaper,
and in proportion to the size of hull
has greater carrying capacity than the
wooden craft. Freight rates are eight
times as low as they were when the
'Dreadnaught" made her famous run
to Liverpool, and to carry freight
profitably the hold of the modern ship
must be capacious. and her crew must
work cheaply. Machinery for hoist
ing sail has lightened the work of the
sailor-man and cheapened his labor.
The British shipyards are turning out
big steel sailing crafts with a rapidity
that indicates that they have come to
stay. Within the past few years q
fleet of about twenty monster four
masters, all measuring more than
1000 tons, have been launched. Some
of them r the puritan" "Engle-
horn" ~Falkland,- "Craigend,- "Elgin-
shire" "Dhmfrieshire," "Robert Hill,'
California and "Glenalvor."-Neu
York; Sun,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-03-21

The ladies of the NJ. Z. Church of
this city, will give at the Opera House,
on March 30th, a musical and literary
entertainment.
The church has resigned all right,
title and claim to the proceeds of the
former entertainment, given at the
same place, and for the same purpose.
And, as the ladies have been uutir-
ing in their efforts to secur some Of
the best talent of the Normal and city,
and have prepared an excellent pro-
gram. cordially and earnestly solicit a
liberal patronage, assuring the public
that this entertainment is distinctly
for the church.
Now, as the Normal teachers and
students, although SO much pressed
with school duties, so willingly and
kindly give their time and talent to
these public enterprises, it is but just
and right that the people should show
their appreciation Of their kindness by
a full attendance.
A full program will appear in due
time. Remember the entertainment
will 60 this time.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-03-21
Ordinance No. 45S.

A Ordinance to amend Section !, Of Ordi-
- nance No. $50. being an Ordinance. entitled
IAN Ordinance defining what acts are INSIDE
mcanors. aud providing for thei. punishment.
apIf Jyed April 18th. lss2
BIZ Ir ORDAINED by the Mayor and Council OF
the lily OF Cape Girardeau as follows:
Session j That sec.'ol ., OF Ordinance No.
$50, being an Ordinsi ce entitled ''An Ordinance
defining what acts ar fnisdemcanors, and pro.
yidinG for their punishment. approved April
9Th, lss., be amended by adding Immediately
After the wori, '.shall ne deemed guilty of q
misdemeauOr, " the following words ''and on
conviction thereof shall be fined not less than
ffty dollars. so that said section when thus
amended shall read as follows: ''Section VII
Whoever shall In this city, wear or carry upon
or about his or her person, In o concealed man.
ner. any pistol, dirk, howie-knife, revolver,
slunr shot, brass. lead or iron knuckles. or
knuckles OF any metal, or any other deadly
weapon. and whoever In this city, shall go into
any public assemblage Of persons. having upon
or about his person, any deadly weapon, shall
be deemed guilty Of q misdemeanof, and Oh
conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than
ffty dollars, provided however, that all officers
Of the law who may have to carry arms in the
Of their Official duties, and all persons
engaged in militia drill, under the laws of the
state. shall not be subject TO the provisions Of
this section.
SECTION II. This ordinance shall be in force
and take effect from and after its passage.
Approved March 10th, 1891
l.. J. ALBERT, Mayor.
i. A HOCH, Register.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-03-21
How 10 Make AIumfnum.

There is probably no other metal the
usefulness of which is so extensive as
aluminium, and yet its practical utility
has been successfully demonstrated
only very recently. AS q matter Of
fact, the metal was known long ago;
but, although its advantages have been
realized, the great cost of its produc-
ton has always prevented its coming
into general use. Electricity has. how
ever, come TO the rescue in this, as in
SO many other departments OF indus
try, and by its agency aluminium is now
produced At such a low cost that II bids
fair to supersede iron and steel in many
instances.
Aluminium exists in nature in the
form of an oxide so refractory in its
character as to make reduction in any
ordinary iurnac, impossible, and tke
only means which have been found
available for its reduction on a COM
mercial scale is electrolysis. The pas
sage of the electric current has the eff
feet of separating the pure metal from
Its surrounding impurities, and the
economy of THE process compared with
The methods heretofore employed is
remarkable.-New York Telegram.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-03-21
A Voice from the Grave.

A pathetic story is told in connec.
ton with the photograph. A judge
in a southern State came to Cincin-
natl not long ago, says a writer in the
Commercial Gazette. lie had never
heard the monograph. When he
visited all office he spoke into the tun-
mel, and was amused to hear his own
voice repeated afterwards through the
tubes of the machine.
Two days after he returned home
he died suddenly. His daughter came
to Cincinnati on business. and while
here a friend took her to hear a phon-
ograph. 1t was a curious coincidence
that she should have been escorted to
the very Office her father had visited
but a short time before. The young
woman, who a in deep mourning,
was very much entertained by some
of the musical selections the phono-
graph repeated. The operator after
wards picked up a cylinder from a
pile, placed it in the phonograph, and
said: Listen TO this"
The young woman placed the tubes
again to her ear, the bar was pulled
out, aud the cylinder began to revolve.
Before a dozen words had been re-
the woman in black swooned.
Not until she recovered was the cause
of her fainting known.
The voice that had come to her ears
the phonograph was that of her
dead father. 1t was as q voice from
the grave. She afterwards purchased
a monograph, and the cylinder con-
her fathers speech was given
to her. 1t is carefully treasured in her
southern home.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-03-21
They Want Connection With Cape
G~irarSleau.

The people of that lively little city,
West Plains, out in Howell county.
want the Cape Girardeau Southwest
ern Railway to connect them with
Cape Girardeau. West Plains is on
the line of Kansas & Memphis road,
but the people are not satisfied with
that road. They want an outlet to the
Mississippi River nearer at home, and
this city is the place they are look
ing to.
On this subject the West Plains
Gazette says:
We have it from reliable sources
that West Plains can secure the Houck
extension if any efforts are made in
that direction. From what we can
learn it is not a settled fact that the
road will 60 TO Mammoth Spring, that
is, if inducements are held out that
will justify ii in going elsewhere. We
believe that Mr.. IIouck will run his
road where the inducements are the
greatest and the profits the biggest.
The people of Mammoth Spring realize
the Importance OF this road. and are
straining every nerve to get it. for
which we do not blame them. but not
withstanding their efforts the road
can be secured for West Plains if our
people have not lost all their enter
prise and town pride. Our chances
for more and better railroad facilities
are fast slipping away from us, and
unless something is done soon we will
forever be in the soup. so far as another
railroad is concerned. People of West
Plains, do You realize that there are
more empty stores and houses in this
place than ever before! Why is this:
Simply because the lack of business
and enterprise is driving people away
from us and keeping away those who
desire to come. TO remedy this we
must do something. and as a starter
we would suggest that an effort be
made to get the Ilouck extension. Let
a meeting of the citizens be called by
the Mayor, and committee appointed
TO wait upon Mr.. Ilouck and learn
what he is willing TO do. We can rest
assured that he will never GENE to us
unlimited. for railroad men are seldom,
if yer constructed that way. This is
al important matter and we hope YOU
will think of it in that light.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-03-21
FOR MAYOR.

FOR MA1OR.
We are authorized to announce
WILLIAM V. LEECIT,
as candidate for the Office Of Mayor Of the city of
Cspr Girar,icau, at the ensuing city election
We are authorized to announce
DIR. JOHN ID. PoRTEEFIELD,
as a candidate for Mayor at the ensuing city
election,
FOR CITY MARSHAL.
We are authorized to announce
HENRY a. AsTHOIZ,
as a candidate for reelection to the Office of City
Marshal at the ensuing city election.
We are authorized to announce
CHRIST. HIRsH,
a. a candidate for election to the Office of City
Marshal at the ensuing city election.
FOR CITY TREASURER.
We are authorize l to announce
NICHOLAS WICHTERICH,
ass candidate for reelection to the ONCE OF
City Treasurer at the ensuing city election.
We are authorized to announce
ALEXANDER Ross,
as O candidate fOr the once Oh lily lIcdsuiei AZ
the ensuing city election.
FOR COUNTY SCHOOL CON-
MISSIONER.
We are authorized to announce
B. +. LUSK,
OF Oak Ridge. a candidate for County. School
Commissioner subject to che votes OF the ,pe0-
ME at the annual school election to be held on
Tuesday. April I, 1881.
FOR ASSESSOR.
We are authorized to announce
THEo. BESEL,
"a a candidate for the Office Of City Assessor at
the ensuing city election.
We are authorized to announce
WILLIAM ii. WILLER
as a candidate for the office of City Assessor at
the ensuing city election.
FOR CITY COUNCILMAN.
We are authorized to announce
GUST. STEIN,
as & candidate for Councilman from the Third
Ward.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-03-21
DR.. J. ID. Portcrneld for Mayor.

by the request of a number of citi
ems we take pleasure in placing be-
fore people the name of DIR. j. ID.
Pcrtertield rs a candidate for Mayor
of this city at the ensuing election.
The Doctor is no stranger to our
people, having been q citizen of this
place for two years past, moving here
from Commerce.
lie is a gentleman of fine business
qualities, rnterprising and fully up
with the progress of the times. He is
a careful financer, having started a
poor boy, and by close attention to
business and strict economy smassed
a competency without depressing any
me-. lie served as Mayor of Com
for a number of years, and that
so successfully, that he brought the
town out of debt, established her
credit, and gave her clean and passable
streets, something she never had be-
fore.
The Doctor is a large property
holder and deeply interested in the
well being and prosperity of u city,
and will make an experienced, pro-
gressive and safe executive.
DR.. Porterfield knows nothing of
this announcement. He is not an
aspirsnt for the office and we do not
announce by his authority. The an
nouncement we publish is by authority
of his friends. They authorized us to
announce him and paid the announce
mont foe ont of their own nOcEetS
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-03-21
49, -
Lights Ont,

WHEREAS, the Great ConquerOr,
Death, has again called to surrender
our Comrade. Henry Amelung. Pri-
vate Co., lst Mo. Engineers, therefore
be it
Rcsolred. That in the death of Com
rade Amelung, who was a faithful
soldier of our country, we extend to
the widow and her family our deep
sympathy in their loss of husband
and father.
Resolred, That in token of respect
and regard for our vetern Comradr.
II charter, gavel and badges be
draped in mourning thirty days.
Resolred. That a copy of these
resolutions be furnished the family of
our deceased Comrade. and copies be
furnished the city papers, and that a
page of Our record be devoted 10 his
memory.
Submitted in f.. {. and L.
&. " TRAvIs.)
a. BIERwIRTH. Com.
WM. WOELEKE-)
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-03-21

CIV. Ballard. the business manager
of the bursted Anchor Music Com
pany, has been located. He is in
Laredo, Texas. This morning Sheriff
Bierwirth t%elegraphed to the author
tiles at Laredo. to arrest Ballard and
hold him. Ballard is wanted here for
selling a forged note to the Jackson
Bank. The note. we understand, is
for some eighty dollars.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-03-21
Better Than q Hollow Tree.

The following reads well, but is
probably untrue:
"A sofa with a history fell into the
hands of a neighboring upholsterer
the other day for repairs. When taken
apart there were found between the
back and the cushion forty-seven hair
pins, three mustache combs, nineteen
suspenier buttons, thirteen needles,
eight cigarettes, four photographs, 217
pins, some grains of coffee, a few
cloves, twenty-seven cuff-buttons, six
pocket-knives, fifteen poker-chips, a
vial of homeopathic medicine, thirty
four Jumps of chewing gum, fifty-nine
tootb-picks, twenty-eight matches and
four buttonhooks. The sofa belonged
to q man who had seven unmarried
daughters"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-03-21

The Western Union Telegraph
Office is TO be moved to a room in the
second stopy of the Harris building.
A room is now being fitted up for that
purpose.
We arc sorry to state that Mr..
Henry Siemers, son of Mr.. George
Siemers, is very sick, but we hope to
be able to state in a few days that he
Is recovering.
How about our street railway?
We are anxious to see it in operation
and feel that 1t would not only be a
very important enterprise to our city,
but it would be also literally patron
lied by our citizens.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-03-21

They Know Him Down In Wayne
Ceansy.
Bloviator, around on Main street, is
known down in Wayne county. He
was sent to Williamsville while he was
holding q clerkship under Lee Merri-
wether, aud we have it from good
authority that while at Williamsville
his associates were the hoodlums of
the town.
Here is what the editor Of the
Williamsville Transcript has to say
about Elevator:
Or memory serve us well enough
to remember that Chas. n. Mitchell
C held a position under Lee Merri-
wether as inspector bishops, factories,
etc. at a very modest salary tor a short
period: and why he gave il up, we are
at q loss to account. However, since
his retirement from Office he. in ON
mol with his dear friend Merriwethcr.
present the appearance of q lunatic
whenever the name of Gov. Fraucis
is mentioned in his presence with
favor. Indeed he polls over with in.
dignation and wrath il you SO much
as say that David X. Francis has made
m excellent chief executive of the
State. But we know something of the
disease editor Mitchell is troubled
with, he was disappointed because he
did not get q position which he was
not competent to fill. MitchelT's fits
of temper will avail him nothing but
gall and bitterness and his life among
the people of Southeast Missouri will
short if he persists in his slanderous
remarks of al honest, intelligent adj
ministratiOn of affairs of the State by
a noble adherent OF principle and
truth. Take rare, Neu Era. or Won
may hear something that will forebode
evil 10 YOU.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-03-21
Roasting or spen, surp,u..

Until next December Democratic
papers will be full of TRADES about
Republican extravaganza in appro-
priations. Whether these censures
are in any respect deserved or not
they will produce on impression on
the public mind. The next Congress
will be closely watched to see whether
it is more economical. lift cuts down
expenditures for the needful work of
the Government it will be justly EN-
sured. If it cuts off pensions for
Union veterans it will be condemned.
But if it appropriates as large an
amount as the recent Congress it will
be compelled to increase taxation in
order to prevent national bankruptcy.
The recent Congress began its work
with a large surplus to be distributed,
and that exists no longer. There is
not offered to the Democrats next
winter as pleasant an alternative as
some of them now imagine.-New
York Tribune.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-03-21

MAYORS PROCLAMATION.

In conformity with the charter of the city OF
Cape Girardcau, and in Pursuance of an Ordin-
ance entitled, ''An Ordinance providing for n
Special Election to decide a proposition whether
or not the city of Cape Girardeau shall become
q city of the third class under the Revised Stat
utes of the State Of Missouri - Approved March
10th, 1881. A special election will be held on
Tuesday, the 9TH day of April, 1891 for the pur-
pose Of taking the sense of the qualified voters
of the city Of Cape Girardeau, whether OF not
the said city shall become a city Of the third
class under the Revised Statutes of the State of
Missouri -
The vote on said proposition shall be taken by
printed ballots, and all those voting in favor
of the same, shall have written or printed on
their ballots after such proposition the word
Yes" and all those voting against the same,
shall have written or printed on their ballots
after such proposition the word no"
Election TO be conducted as prescribed by law
and POLLS to be same as use1 for the city cleo
ton held on the same day
In virtue Whereof have hereunto set my hand,
~ and caused to be affixed the seal Of
SEAL said city r this 10Th daS Of 1I March; ISL
Attest: P A. HDCH. CITY Register.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-03-21
A CITY Of the Ehird ClRss.

Some fellow, signing himself New
Charter writes a long and meaning
less communication 10 the Main street
sheet, in which he says hat he cannot
understand why the people of the
Second and ThirdWards voted against
the proposition TO make this city a
city of the third class when the voters
in the First and Fourth Wards voted
nearly two to one for the proposition.
That is easy to explain. The people
of the Second and Third Wards helped
to make the rock streets in the First
and Fourth Wards, and now it is
sought, by making a city of the third
class, to compel the people residing
on dirt streets to macadamiZe their
streets at their own expense.
There is a Niger in the wood pile
in this city of the third class, and later
on we propose to rOut him.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-03-21
THE BAND PLAYED FANNIE ROONEY"
A Dying WOman's StrugEIe BetWee
Husband and Church.


A brass band stood at the grave OF
DR.. Shoettly at Egcrten, a small place
near this city, a few weeks ago. says q
Springfield, o., dispatch, and played
Little Annie Rooney" and a variety
of lively tunes as the clods fell on the
coffin of the dead physician. 1t was in
accordance with the expressed wish.
His dying injunction was that there
be no mourning or appearance of
mourning on the occasion of his fun
eral. He made a provision for the
payment of $25 from his estate TO the
band should the leader carry out his
instructions to the letter. The leader
did so and got hi. money.
The doctor was al infidel. and
sought in this way to show his con-
for religion. lie directed that
there should he neither singing nor
praying nor any form Of religious
at his grave. Ills request
in this regard was also complied with.
His neighbors were shocked beyond
expression at the funeral, but none
so than his wife, who was a de.
vOut Catholic.
Mrs. Shoettly, who was a hopeless
and knew that she must soon
lie, was overcome with grief at the
strange name of her husbands
burial. but, as she loved him devotedly,
she determined that she must be
buried by his side. 1t is said that a
ettcr was written to Rome asking
what should be done in the case, and
hat an answer was received that, in
of the sacrilcge at the physi-
;ian's funeral, if the wife was laid by
he husbands side the ceremonies of
he church should be omitted.
For a long time the woman's desire
o lie beside her husband struggled
With her religious feeling, but love for
Ter husband finally conquered. a few
lays ago she died and was taken to
he cemetery without ceremony, fol-
only by a few of her late hus-
,and's friends.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-03-21

A DMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.-Notice 10
IA hereby given that letters Of administration
with the will annexed upon the estate Of Arm
E Dorman, deceased, have been granted to the
undersigned by the clerk of the Cape Girardeau
Court Of Common Pleas Of Cape Girardeau
county. Missouri. bearing date the second day
of February, ISL.
All persons having claims against said estate
are required to exhibit them to him for allow
ance within one yea from the date OF said LETT
tiers or they NAV be precluded from any benefit
OF such estate; and II said claims be not exhib=
tied within two years from the date of the pub
~iication of this notice they will be forever bar
red. b. +. SPEAK,
mch2ln4l administrator
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-03-21
No. 455,

An Ordinance providing for the condemna-
ton, opening and establishing OF an alley in
range C., from Independence street to Themis
street, in the city OF Cape Girardeau, Missouri.
WHEREAS, q majority of the property owners
on the alley as designated on the city map in
range G., from Independence street to Themis
street. have pctitioncd the Mayor and Council,
that the said alley be established and opened as
alley for public uses and purposes, and
WHEREAS, the Mayor and Council have been
unable to obtain from the owners Mrs. NJ. II
G.. HOuck and Louis Houck a REIMBURSEMENT of
sufficient ground in range C., hereinafter de-
scribed, and as shown by the city map, for the
purposes Us aforesaid:
WHEREAS, the Mayor and Council deem it
necessary and eNpedieDt that said alley be
opened and established for public uses, there
fore,
Re IT ORDAINED, by the Mayor and Council Of
the city OF Cape Girardeau, as follows:
Section /. That the City Attorney be, and he
is hereby authorized, empowered and required
to institute condemnation proceedings In. the
Recorders Court of the city of Cape Girardeau,
Missouri, under the provisions Of the charter of
said city, and section (j0J of ordinance No. 1853
being an ordinance entitled IAN Ordinance
regulating the practice and pleadings in the
Recorders Court Approved April -, Iss2,
for the purpose Of condeming, opening and es-
tablishing to public use as an alley, q certain
piece of ground in range c, as shown by the
city map, running north and south, and de-
corner of Main and Independence streets run
westwardly with the north line OF Independence
street, one hundred and three QG3 feet to the
place of beginning. Thence nOrthwardly par
allel with Main street one hundred 400 feet to
the south end of aa alley. Thence t~estwardly
parallel with Independence street nine and
thirty-three hundredths @. 33) feet. Thence
soutiwardly parallel with Main street one
hundred (l0O) feet to the north line OF Indepen-
dence street. Thence eastwardly with the north
line of Independence street nine and thirty
three hundredths %. s3I feet to the place of be-
ginning" Said strip of ground being at, and
on the sOuthern part Of said alley, and belong
ing to Mrs. NJ. fl. G. Houck and Louis Houck;
and such condemnation proceedings, shall in
all respects conform to the requirements of the
charter and ordinances relatiDgt TO condemnation
proceedings, to the end that said alley when SO
condemned. shall be established and open to
public use.
Section III. This ordinance shall be in force
and take effect from and after its passage.
The above and foregoing ordinance having
been presented to the Mayor for his approval,
and the same not being returned with his ap-
proyal within three days. said ordinance became
a law Notwithstanding, under the charter Of the
City. Attest, this lIth day Of March, 1881.
p. A. HoCH, Register.