The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-24
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MONDAY.
S The Fair Association made MOI.
clear money from the Fair last wecl
than has been cleared at any prcviou
Fair for many years. Reducing tn,
admission fee 10 twenty-five cent
draws the crowds.
Finer weather could not have
been had for the Fair than we had
last week.
Circuit Court convened at Benton
to-day and will be in session all this
week. Some of orr attorneys will
have some business at the old county
seat of Scott this week.
This is m year when there was
no gambling allowed on the Fair
grounds and it was oie OF the best
and most successful Fairs we ever
had. This goes TO show that we can
have 4 Fair without the gumbling
devices. Many men who attended
the Fair last week went home with
money in their pockets because there
were no gamblers there to take it
away from them.
The City Recorders Court was
in session two or three hours this
morning dealing put justice to meu
who violated the city laws last week.
Now the Fair is over. LEI us 90 to
work for the progress and advance
ment of our city. md at the same time
do what we can for our own indi-
vidual interests. We have shown
what we can do TO make our rity at
tractivc during Fair week. and now
we should endeavor to continue in
the good work and make our city
attractive all the the time.
The Murphy>boro par'ers say the
people uf that city who visited the
Cape last week were delighted with
our city. They returned home prais-
ing city and people. The citizens
of Cape Girardeau. they say are the
most hospitable people they ever met:
Our merchants all had 4 good
trade all last w'.rk: We understand
that one firm claims TO have taken in
sixteen hundred dollars cash dnring
the week. but we are inclined to think
they stretched the story a little.
A man from New Madrid county
who was here all the week at the Fair
with a race horse had to borrow
money 10 20 i,oint on. lie bowed in
his wealth for bad liquor.
The foundation tor the new
Masonic Hall building: corner of
broadway and Spanish street. will
soon be completed. That bnildiug
will he another monument 10 the
building boum of 1891.
The DEMOCRAT had a big boom
last week In the way of new sub
scrilrrs and they irt still coming in
this week.
-Gcurgc Il. Rodgers killed \. II.
Herbs in 4 saloon at Cottonwood
Point. l'emi-cot county. on Saturday
night of last week. The killing WAS
done in a s%ainui.. The TWO mrn stood
face to lace firing Till Krri's tell dead
the fuoT with Il bullet IN his heart. |
Rodgers made his escape and has not
yet been captured. Herbs Was con
of Pcmi>cot township. /
Bert Wilson was the onl, grocery
merchant in ilr city who made Il dis
play in the Floral Hall at the Fair.
Bert is MI energetic Young business
man. aud he deserves credit for lis
effort 10 help maHc The Fair attractive.
PROT. X. c. Norton delivered a
very interesting address at the court
house last Friday night 10 the mem-
bcrs of the q. \. Il. Posts who met
here IN that evening. Prot. Norton
IS nh able man and whenever and
wherever nc gets up to make a speech
he is listened TO with the greatest
interest.