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

-Fredericktown ordered a car loai
of lime from the Cape Lime Compan!
this week.
We printed sale bills this weel
for two good farmers who want IL
sell out and go West. We do not lik'
to see such men leave this county.
We met quite q large number o
our old friends and patrons from thu
northern part of the county at Jack
son yesterday. They all say the Dem
ocRAT is the best paper in the county
We added several new names te
our subscription list while at Jackson
yesterday and We are promised a large
list of new patrons from Appleton
and Oak Ridge. They all like the
DEMOCRAT.
One thousand dollars for q loi
fronting thirty feet on Main street
and right opposite the st. Charles
Hotel! Who would have dreamed
twenty-five years ago that property
would sell for such figures? Twenty.
five years ago this same lot would
have brought three thousond dollars,
We turned out several jobs of
printing last week and this for the
leading hardware dealer in Southeast
Missouri. Mr.. Lilly has the largest
store rooms aud carries more sock
than any other three hardware men
in this section of the State.
We call the attention of our read
ers TO the advertisement of the First
National Bank which appears else
where in this paper. This is the first
National Bank ever established in this
section of the State and we believe it
is the only National Bank south of st.
LOUIS III the Stdte.
Alexander Ross has opened up
a grocery store in his building up on
Harmony street and he would be
pleased to have all his old friends call
and e him when they want anything
in the line of groceries. lie has a
complete new stock of fresh groceries.
Mr.. E ii. Smith is here working
in the interest of q telegraph line
from here TO Benton. He proposes
to connect this place with Benton and
If he can meet with the
proper encouragement from the peo-
pie interested. We have long needed
a telegraph line connecting us with
these towns and we hope IL people
will subscribe liberally to this enter
The Buehrmann property OH
Nam and Themis streets in this city
was sold at Jackson yesterday by the
sheriff TO make partition among The
heirs. There were several bidders Oh
hand and the bidding was lively. The
.ot on Main street where the Post
Office building stood brought one
thousand and two dollars. and the
house and LOT on Themis street brought
Twelve hundred and torty-eight dol
airs. August Sliivclbinc purchased
both. and it is conceded Ly all that he
rot Il bargain.
Mr.. +. W. Flcntgc called on us
his morning to inform us that he had
Nothing to do with the article that
appeared in the fire sheet Monday
.vcning. and he says the use of his
name WAS unauthorized. lie made
40 statement to the editor of the
.orch-light procession and what that
.loncntity said was said on his own
responsibility. That settles it. We
are nothing about what that thing
about us. lie will have to get
ntO a house before he can command
he attention of respectable people.
L. w. Miller returned home yes
erday from Carlyle, Illinois, where
le had been for the benefit of his
lcalth.
Claus Kcrstner. of Gordonville, is
IL the city to-day. MI. Kerstner says
he DAILY DEMOCRAT fails to reach
i'm once in a while, and he does not
Ike to miss it for he wants to know
What is going on in the Cape every
lay.
-Adolph Firnhaber, of Evansville,
nd. is here taking orders for the best
of whisky manufactured in
his country. Mr.. Firnhaber has a
lost OF friends in this city. lie is a
lever gentleman and We are pleased
o see him doing a good business
fhen he visits this city.
Jas. F. Hatten, of Williamsville,
pcnt Yesterday in this city. MIR. Hat
en- is the big man of Wayne county.
lie is well fixed in the way of this
goods and he is possessed Of
be brains to make him one of the
most influential men of Southeast
lissouri.
THURSDAY.
The st. Louis Exposition will
pen next Wednesday night.
The sfeamer Tdlewild ia heiuo