The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-01-23

-Csndidates tor matrimony q oh.
|, tain Marriage License by applying in
person to Henry A. Asthols, Notary
Public, Office on Themis street, nea,
Middle.
The City Council held q .pecial
meeting last night to consider: the
bid Of New York man to put in
water works here, but - yet NO CEN
tract has been entered into.
Reserved seats for Father M.
gents lscture-Marriage and Divorce
for sale at Miller & Wilson's drug
store. Secure your seats before the
choice selections are all taken.
The mails have brought no st.
Louis daily papers to this city since
last Sunday. Why is it that we can-
mel get U nails!
There are ore people In the city
to-day than we have noticed on our
streets for several days. Scott coun.
ty was well represented and nearly
every man from down there brought
. jug with him.
Some moro machinery for the
brewery was received to-day aud Il
will he placed in the brewery thi.
week.
The town il full of drummcre but
they r not doing much business.
Our merchants are not in a humor to
buy new goods. Business 10 too dull.
Col. Mitchell Il still confined to
his bed. The strain aud WORRY in
performing the duties in the editorial
department offs Democratic paper in
this city was more than he could
stand. 1t would hot have been SO
hard on him had he not undertaken
the herculean task of boosting TWO
Democratic Normal school professors
into political prominence. That I'M
dertaking was enough 10 make a dog
sick.
Pedestrians have been crossing
the river all day on the ice. They
say there Is no danger in crossing SO
long as the snow remains on the ice.
Our people will use artificial ice
next summer. Our ice dealers will
not put up any ice this year, but will
get their supplies from the Ice fac
tory.
They are opening up saloons in
Scott county in every little town in
the county. and the Scott county wet
men will soon qucnch their thirst.
VIM. Meyer received a telegram
this morning from jackson, inform
ing him of the death of Albert IIenc.
cke, brother of Herman ~Iiencckc. his
bartender. The deceased will bel
buried at 10 o'clock Tomorrow
morning and his relatives in this city
will attend the funeral.
The transfer boat cut her WAY
through the ice TODAY to the rail-
road incline ver at East Cape. Now
il the icr holds on the transfer will
begin transferring carr again to-mor-
row.
The Ford Dramatic Co. closed
their engagement in this city last
night and departed on the 1910 train
thi, morning.
The Cspe is getting 10 be quite
popular n a show town. Two shows
a week. besides other amusemcnts. i,
putting our Young men to some hard
study to find the "wherewith.'
We have oftcn heard Of it maxi
ing a man sick near unto death by
poking hi. head into a halter anu los.
ing his all and two or three years
time besides, but we never thought it
would have made him equally sick
when he vas fortunate enough to get
his head out of that .haltcr, even at
that heavy loss. do you catch on.
Colonel
-Wc heard a man say this morn-
ing that he intended to cross the
river on a sleigh to-day drawn by
two horses. The fools are not all
dead yet.
The new propri.tors of the Dem
ocratic wing of the Normal organ tell
people whom they drum for business
that they are just rs good Al a bank
for all their liabilities They don't
say what kind of . bank-sand bank
or National Bank.
-Mcgrimine cures any headache
In 80 minutes. Sample free. The
DIR. Whitehall Mcgrimine Co, South
Bend. Ind. Sold by Druggists.
The Era, under its new manage
meut, 10 the organ of the Democratic
wing Of the Normal school. The
Democratic professors in that institu-
ton wan: office and of course they
must have IN organ.
Married people and those con-
tsmplating marriage cannot help feel
ing an interest in Father Nugent's
lecture on Marriage aud Divorce at
the Opera House, Monday evening,
January Is.
1T was said last week that the