The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-07-02

last night. This is leap year and th
I, young ladies seem to be rushing ma
rimonial matters.
There are several new house
o under way of construction up o
3 Sprgg street. That street will 500
be the ~favorite street in the city TO
residences.
james McKcnna traded his fin
horse yesterday. lie get anothe
horse equally as good as the one h
traded and the horse he got is q gentl
animal.
We have heard little about
Trades Procession for fair week. |
we are 70 have a procession of tn,
kind it is high time we were movIn:
in the matter.
The yonng folks had a gay finn,
at the St. Charles Hotel last night
Mr.. Lucas, proprietor of the hotel
gave them the use of the large din
ming room for a ball and a large
crowd assembled TO keep step TO tht
melodious music of Prof. kasscls Or
chestra. Dancing began at about
nine o'clock and il was nearly two
O'Clock in the morning when the la>l
set quit the floor.
Seems to us we ought to get our
mail that ONE here i'm the afternoon
Fl little carly thar we are nov receiv-
ing if. 1t is all hour or more after
the mail train lands in East Cape be-
fore our mail is delivered at the post
Office Oh this side OF the river. There
is no excuse for this delay. Onr
mail should be delivered at the post
Office not later than 30 o'clock.
"A crowd of Chicago buns hit
the city this morning and they have
been trying all day TO drink all the
bug juice in toxin. The WAY they
started in this morning il looked like
they were going 10 clean up the
market, but they struck a saloon
about noon that makes a specially OF
harvcs: whisky and Il few drinks pat
them on their backs il good shape.
They are NIL Cleveland men
The Board of Education went
out to the Lincoln pubic school
building this morning in a body TO
view the grounds and make plans for
building an addition 10 that building.
The Board proposes 10 build an adj
dition the same size and style of the
building now used for the school. and
bids for the contract will be advcr-
tiscd for in the near future.
Mr.. j. w. McNastcr. of Sparta,
Illinois. called on us to-day. Mr.. Nc
Master is on lis way TO /alma. PoIlin-
ger county. 10 look at a large tract of
land he is interested in. lie will re-
to the city the latter part of this
week when he will look around 10
see what kind of an opening there l.
here for Il pressed brick factory. lie
has Just disposed of his interest in Il
pressed brick factory at Sparta. and
he saws he is now lookin" for a loca- !
lion to establish a new factory of that
Kind. lie thinks the Cape is a geoa4
.ocaticn. II
The Grand Army men of this
,ity are making an effort TO have a |
.-e-IInion of all the e.. \. II. Posts Of
southeast Missouri in this city during
mir week. and we understand they
ask the Fair Directors to give
hem the first day of the Fair. That
:. they will ask for the benefit of all
he tirkcts they can sell for the first
lay of the Fair. but will not ask for
from the tickets the AssOcia-
ion MAY sell. They say they al get
i've thousand people TO visit our Fair
he first day.
In the way of new residence
buildings this city is improving rap
idly. but our business enterprises are
along in the same old ruts.
They are holding their own but there
is no increase in traIe-nO rev en-
tcrpriscs srringing up-nO factories
being established TO give employment
10 people who are seeking employ
ment, and in fact nothing being done
to give the town new life. The town
is growing ~top-hcavy. Our popula-
ton is Increasing but it cannot con-
Iinue TO increase. for the simple c a
son that there is nothing here TO keep
people at work.
English SPAWN Lin.mcnt re-
moves all Hard. soft or Callouscd
Lumps and BlemiShes from horses.
Blood SPAWN Curbs. Splints Sweeney,
STILES, Sprains. all swollen
Threats. Coughs. etc. Save $50 by
use of one bottle. Warranted the
most Flemish cure ever known. Sold
by Rider u Whichterich, Druggists,
Cape Girardcau Mo.
WEDNESDAY
Look out for a good time at Will
Grove 18th of July.