The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-01-31

The ro0sters are Growing, u e
hens are laying, the farmer is bring
ing lots of eggs to market, but the
price still holds fast at fifteen cents a
dozen.
And now comes a Little Rock,
Ark, man who is looking for a loca-
ton to start a bank. We will surely
have a new bank some of these days.
Next Monday the ground hog
will venture out from its lair and
what it does then will be a forecast of
the weather for six weeks following.
"A few weeks more and there will
be a rise in the river that will admit
of the large steamers running. This
will revive business in the towns along
the river dependent OH river naviga-
ton.
DIR. Peters, the o%culi-t, has moved
his office from the Harris Building.
He now occupies a room on the
second floor of the Arcade building,
corner Main and Themis streets.
Frank CAM has received his list
of costumes, and parties desiring suits
for the Owl Mask Ball will do we'll by
calling Oh him early and making their
selection.
I'm the case of Judge r. I. Wilson
against the John j. Moore estate
suit for legal serviccs-the jury re-
turned a verdict in favor of Judge
Wilson for seven hundred and fifty
dollars. Judge Wilson's claim was
$1404, and we are of the opinion that
he ought 10 have every cent of it.
If the business men Of this city
who are so anxious TO have a new
bank started here don't patronizc the
new bank when it is started more
literally than they do the city news
papers the cashier of the new enter
prise will not have to spend a great
deal of time counting the surplus
cash CT hand.
We understand that Mr.. r. j.
Moss is negotiating for a fast side.
wheel steamer TO put in the place of
the steamer Idlewild. We hope he
will succeed in his undertaking, and
We hope too that if he succeeds the
people along tho river between here
and st. Louis will give the new boat
their patronage.
That arc light that illuminated
Spanish street a few nights n week or
two ago, is no longer a light. Mr..
Hartzell put il up there because he
saw it was needed and because n large
number of citizens petitioned the City
Council to give them a light there,
but the Council failed TO provide for
il and il was not used. Mr.. IIartzell
could not afford to run il at his own
expense.
We publish to-day a commnn:ca-
ton from editor Flynn in reply to a
card from Prof. Vandiver published
in a little one-horse sheet published in
this city. Editor Flynn takes nothing
back. lie says his criticism Of Prof.
Nandivcr's DE Soto lecture was fair
and just and to prove his assertion he
asks the Professor TO publish his lee
ture or submit il TO q committee of
clergymcn and let them decide as 70
The justice and truthiulness of his
criticism.
Judge Sebastian Albert will take
his seat at the first regular term of the
County Court next Monday as Pre-
siding Judge. His friends, during the
campaign, claimed that he would do
wonderful things for this city ~ifelected:
lie was elected, and now the people
Of this city will lie looking for some
of those wonderful things. The
beautiful court house on the hill
stands az a monument TO Judge Will
liam G. Schneider, whose place Mr.
Albert takes.
"A few very pointed reasons why
Cheatham's Tastclcss Chill Tonic will
be q great success: IL is absolutely
free from all deletOrious ingredients:
as pleasant TO the taste rs honey: an
absolute and never-failing cure for all
malsrious complaints. Guaranteed TO
cure. What more could you ask. 81
Charley Hannah. proprietor of Tie
Main Street Shoe store, has q pair OF
boots on exhibition in his show win
dow that were made in England. Cap
tain Sharp had them made, and they
arc a present from him TO James F.
Brooks. The boots are manufactured
from leather made from the hide OF
a porpoise. The boots cost twenty
dollars in the shop in England, and
Bill Mckinley made Capt. Sharp pay
eleven dollars import duty.