The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-07-11

bushels per day, and the mill will soor
begin running day and night.
There is a silver dollar in thi,
town that is surely a curiosity. 1t il
s ornamented on either side with the
great American eagle. No date OF
its coinage is shown, but tile brand OF
the New Orleans mint marks il and
goes to show that it is genuine
money.
John Juden's team ran away
yesterday up in Donnybrook. Mr..
Juden had his team attached to a
stacker and the top of the machine
struck the arc light and tore it down.
. We call the attention of the read
ers of the DEMOCRAT 10 the advertise
ment OF ID. y. Glenn which appears
elsewhere in these columns. Mr..
Glenn is getting ready for his new
house and he is selling goods at cost
to keep from moving them.
The fleet little steamer Idlewild
came in this morning flying light.
The commission merchants at 81.
Louis were not yet over their 4th of
July celebrating and they couldn't take
the time 10 box and ship freight.
The proceedings of the City
Council meeting held at the court
house last night take up considerable
of our space to-day, but to the
citizens OF this city it Is good reading.
Right now is a good time for
merchants TO push their business and
get rid of their spring and summer
goods before the fall trade opens up.
Farmers will now have plenty of
money from their wheat crop and they
will spend il ifthey are offered proper
inducements.
Otto Frederick's new house on |
Good Hope street will soon be ready
for the ~plastcrcrs.
ID. 4. Glenn sold a big bill of
goods at wholesale Yesterday TO a
mercantile firm at Wappapello.
The %semi-annual statement of the
Cape Girardcau Building and Loan
Association will be found elsewhere
in to-day's paper. This Association
has been a great benefit TO the poor
people of this city. and we are pleased
to know that it is doing a successful
business.
Cape Lodge No. 1876. \. o. L. W.
meets tonight in the Masonic Hail.
regular monthly meeting.
The hands from the lower College
farm passed through the city this
morning on their way to the farm
north of the city. They finished
threshine wheat on the lower farm
yesterday and they wen to the upper
farm to ihresh the crop raised there.
Alexander Ross will soon have
his house up on broadway ready for
occupancy. lie has Il nice house and
the location is u pleasant N for a
residence.
We heard a gentleman say the
other day that he had fifteen hundred
dollars TO loan on good real estate Sc
We will am the gentleman
TO any one who desires to know him.
Our millers are paving eighty
per bushrl for wheat. and they
are rcCriIin ing lots of il AT that price.
district deputy Grand Master
W. V. Lecch and Jas. Mckcnna. of
Cape Lodge. /. q. o. f.. will install |
the officers of SYLVAN Lodge at Jack I
tonight.
The City Council of Jackson was I
10 have held another meeting last !
to consider the matter of grant L
saloon license, but we are informed
hat nothing was done, no quorum '
being present. This is n way of
LONG business. but it is the jackson
way, and nobody is surprised. I
People who go and come TO tins
city by the railroads over in Illinois l
lain that the dust along the route is
sufiocating. :
Right now business of all kinds =,
a little slack in this city, but this is
he dull season and we are doing -,
moderately well all things considered.
We will see better times within the ,
next six weeks.
Who will occupy the Fougen +,
building when Buehrmann closes
Iut? =,
John W. Taylor is papering Will :
lam j. Meyers saloon. =,
The late publisher of the South I
'ast Baptist is something ola pugilist. q
lie stood up for several rounds and f
a big six-footer the other day.
newspaper men have TO 9
light once in a while the same as other =
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