The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-07-18
LEAD ENC JoTTINGs.
Memorandurns Made in the Re.
porter's Wanderings,
Local ~SPltnIers.
MONDAY.

And now the thirsty will b,
thirsty no more at jackson. The
City Council of that town has granted
saloon license TO I.ail & Hoffman,.
City Marshal fiirsh has been re.
modelling his Office. and now he ha,
1t nicely and conveniently arranged
There has been trouble again in
the Schnock family. The old maj
had his Sol arrested for disturbing
the peace of his family and Justice
kimIncl assessed the Young man one
dollar and costs as his punishment.
Our grocery merchants do not
seem 10 understand each other. Some
OF them are selling twenty pounds OF
sugar for onc dollar while others. try
ing 10 ignore Bill Mckinley. are hold
ing IN TO old Democratic prices. and
give fifteen and eighteen pounds for
Il dollar. Ask how many pounds for
n dollar when Won go 10 buy sugar
and go 10 the merchant who will give
You twenty pounds.
-MegriIHine cures any headache
III 30 minutes. Samp'c fire. The
DIR. Whitehall McgriEIine Co. South
Bend. Ind. Sold by Druggists.
died. in this city .JglH 18th. 1891.
the infant sou of Mr.. and Mrs. y. Haas.
aged two months.
Charley B%lat1per is thrcshing
wheat on the lIouck farm III the
Southwestern part of the city. The
wheat on that farm will. we under
stand, turn out about thirty bushels
10 the acre. That is a splendid Weld
for old ground that has been in cult
Walton for nearly sevcnty-fivc wears.
Water works we need, and water
works We must have.
Some sports went ont 10 the Big
Lake Yesterday ncar Hrcchw:. Il and
caught a iinc lot of gam" fish. They
say there are lots of fish there but
the wafer is yet too high for good
ii hing.
-Mcclranirs are at work Putting a
new front III Tia" Rodney buildiu.
nov occupied by Thomas Powers.
WhrEil.c work l. completed the first
floor ruf The building viii bc occupied
by Phil IIoch a. 4 furniture store.
We predict tia, the purchase OF
the Campbell and krnnet road down
in Dunklin county bT Mr.. Louis
Ii"uck Is the beginning Oi a move TO
build a railroad f ON Cape Girardeau
10 Memphis. Tennessee. See if our
prediction does o come true.
The saloon at Jackson will not
he located in University Row. That
Row is now monopolized by mel
who 90 behind the door to do their
drinking. The new saloon will be
located at the butt end of the street
that runs north from the Cdsh-BOOk
Office.
The plans for the new Sturdivant
Bank have been received at the Bank.
They we're drawn by J. Il. Lcgg, of
st. Louis. and if they are followed
the new S%turdivant Bank building
will surely be & structure that the
people of the Cape will be proud of.
Over in Murphysboro, Illinois.
they arrest men for vagrancy. If
we had a law of that Kind here our
city jail would have TO be enlarged
20 cover a ten acre field.
If our people would look a little
ahead they would stop this building
of one-story houses. II costs but
very little moro TO put another story
on a house after the walls for the first
story arc up. One roof covers all and
very little more time will be required
to build a house two-stOries than l.
taken up in building One-story. y
two-story building, whether for resi-
dence or business, is more convenient
and will always cause the house 10
sell for double the money that a one
story building will bring.
We are in receipt of the catalo-
que for 1S9O-9l, of st. Ninccnt's
College, and we find il a very inter
esting little pamphlet. The names of
the students who attended that old
and popular institution are published,
and looking the list over we find that
they come from nearly every State in
the Union-sOme of them come from
homes hundreds of miles from this
CITY and this fact shows that old st.
Vincent is known far and near and Is
considered one of The best colleges i'll
the country.
The editor of our evening con-
temporary is confined to his bed. He
got another saloon advertisement in
his paper last week on the take it
out" plan and he took too much of ii
out at one time. That's what laid him
up. His phi. stefan is dosing him on
sweet milk and vinegar.
j. \. Weber is i'll the city. Mr..
Weber is now travelling for a new
house, and we understand that his
new house is a better firm than the
one he formerly represented. Adam
is a good salesman, a clever gentle
man and we would be pleased to see
all our business men give him their
orders.