The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-21
TUESDAY,

oos VIC hEc 10 uhSe announcer We0Qlng
The young folks seem t6 be in it thi
year.
The DEMOCRAT Is C stockholdei
in the new Brewery Association. W,
consider that an investment that vii
pay handsomely.
William Mathews slipped and
fell on the slippery sidewalk thil
morning and received some painful
bruises. lie was, however, not ser
iously hurt.
Snow fell to a depth of seven in.
chcs in ST. Paul, Mimi, yesterday
That accounts tor our cold weather
last night.
Last night was the coolest night
we have had III. this section Of country
for more than a year.
The gable end of the wall of the
Arcade building tell in last night and
damaged the building adjoining now
under ours of construction 10 the
amount Of some two hundred dol.
lars.
Yesterday was a dull day end to-
da! is a twin brother to Yesterday.
The river has been on the rise
for two or three days, and steamboat
owners are feeling better.
Our weather prophet who pre-
dicted yesterday that the hard rain
would bring cold weather hit it again.
Last night a regular blizzard struck
this section and This morning ice on
standing water ~ts N inch end a
halt thick.
The first thing a stranger asks
when he strikes I new town is: "llaye
you a daily newspaper and n bank
The new brewery Association
proposes TO have beer on hand by the
first day of next April.
Alexander Ross hic purchased
+. Il. Deanc's stock Of jewelry and
will probably add new good, and OPP
en- up a iirst-class store in the rooms
now occupied by Mr.. Deanc
The .'aTcIs for the Incorporation
of the Cape, Girardcau Brewing and
Ice Manufacturing Company. were
forwarded to the Secreiar' of State
at Jefferson City to-day. The capital
stock will be twenty-five thousand
five hundred dollar. all but five
thousand dollars will be held in this
city.
Capt. IIH9yE. il running all his
roal waguns to-day. The cold wave
created Il demand tor coal.
The people oil Pe:ni.cot county
say they will h. rilin" OIL ear on a
/; railroad running through. their coun-
" b"r,'rc January l., 1898.
We notice that considerable cot
ton is coming iii nvrr The -. Lonis,
! Cape Girlrdrau & Fort Smili, road.
We do not know here this cotton is
! raised, but TO see ii comm. here re-
minds us IT the good old times when
the Cape ~aS the na-tc' hcad-quart-
crs for Southeast Missouri and North
ern ARKANSAS.
We are informed that Col. I. j.
Moss has about made Il deal for a new
and: elegant side-whcrl steamer TO put
in :il. trade in place of the ldlewild.
The boat. we are told. is now build
ing and will be completed by the first
of next March. Thenew craft is built
for a fast boat. and if Mr.. Moss gets
her .ie will m;;kc three trips 4 week
between this city and st. Louis.
Some hunters brought in a fine
lot of ducks to-day. They say that il
they had known that there was q
market here for such game they
could have killed a car load yester.
day.
Down in Dunkliu county coon
skins ere now legal curreuct and will
pay for anything except whisky. II
takes gold or silver 10 buy that ar
tic!c.
Every now and then we read
where q banker, a bankers wife or ,
bankers sister-in-law has fell heif TO
fortune, but never yet have We real
of such good fortune falling to thu
lot of q poor newspaper man. L
must be that the Lord wants TO sur
prise the newspaper man with all tn
good things when Lie calls him hoin'
10 heaven, but for u part we woul'
rather have a taste of some of thOs
good things while we arc here wait
. ing for the call.
III. S. DOYLE aud Tom Folke
vent over to the lakes in Illinois thi
!. morning to try their luck at shoot
2 ing ducks.
< The Adams Express office wa
moved to-day into a room over Wa
ren's grocery store in Painters Blocl
When our ice factory is in operl
ton our butchers can keep the
t neats nice and fresh and at much lc
G cost than they have had during IL
summer months.
81 "A st. Louis man tells us that ]
is contemplating coming 10 this CT
f to 90 into the brick business. He
IL a man who understands his busine
=. and lIn saws he is satisfied there is