The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-11-24
PERSONAL AND PERTINENT.

teachers. There should be one more
teacher in each one of the schools.
The hay and hay press belonging to
Louis Houck on the Houston farm were
destroyed by fire last Friday or Fri
day night together with the hay shed.
Capt. Jeffords has just completed
and launched a new flatboat that is. we
understand, to be used as q sand boat.
Otto Holm, the artistic decorator.
returned home from Poplar Bluff Sat-
urday. Mr.. Holm informs us that he
has a big lot of work at Poplar Bluff.
The people for whom he works can
rest assured that they will get the best
of work.
Judges and Clerks OF Election for
Cape Girardeau township who have
fees due them for services on election
day can get their money by calling on
Henry Hopper at the court house.
He that fights and runs away will
live to fight another day.
Sheriff Randol is at jackson this
week auctioneering of the stock of
goods of the defunct Chicago Bargain
store.
Scott county farmers who do their
trading in this city are pleased with
the way Mr.. Houck is having the Rock
Leveo fixed. They say when the work
is completed the rock road will be a
splendid road and they will then have
no complaint to make about the toll
they have to pay.
Capt. Juden ferried the man VINO
vas robbed in East Cape Saturd ay
over the river free of charge and then
gave him fifty cents with which 10 buy
his family something tie eat.
AS oon as the water works are in
operation we Will have an all night
system of electric lights. The two en-
terprises will be a big advertisement
for orr city and we may expect them
20 bring us mere business and better
times.
Peter Maui has been employed as
clerk and book-kaeper at the Cape
Brewery. Pete is q good book-keeper.
an honest. honorable young man and
ne are pleased to know that he is to
have a job at the brewery.
The Cape Breweryand Ice Company
has declared a dividend of ten per
cent to its stockholdesr.
Cannon Bros. will put the price of
electric lights within the reach of all
our people. rich and poor. and they
expect TO put lights into nearly every
house in the city.
Mrs. j. ". MCLEAN is making an
effort to have a collection taken up for
the Orphans Home in ST. Louis. she
has asked the teachers in our schools
to aid her in her efforts by asking
each student to contribute = nickel to
a fund for thai purpose.
The Government is a. SLOW about
removing the wreck O. fhe ~s.earner
Albert Willis that is ondangeripg our
wharf, as Congress was about passing
the Wilson bill.
Tic farmers OF 5cottcounty are talk
ing Of crawling the dirt road through
the swamp. The Undertaking would
be q big one as IL you'd cost a large
sum OF money.
c. T. Lewis informs Us that the hay.
hay press and shed that we're destroy
eli bv fire on the Houston place last
week vera wor:.h ut least -four hundred
dollars. No insurance.
Jas. .AIeKenna is nowint the commits
sion business and he is handling lots
of steamboat freight. Mr.. McKenna is
well acquainted with river men and
also with the big commission houses
in St. Louis. and he a therefore
handle the business consigned to his
care to advantage.
The Union MillingC Company has q big
lour trade down in the lower counties.
They snip hundreds OF sacks Of -four
every week to countrymerchants along
the railroads in Southeast Missouri.
d. n. Scivaliy has qualified as jus
tice OF the Peace and he will now take
his seat on the wool sack.
Thai auction sale of nine Thousand
dollars worth of dry goods Q going
on in Jackson is giving the merchants
of that town time TO rest.
Ferd Lipp has a fat bear he expects
10 butcher as soon as the weather gets
= little cooler.
When bankers complain of dull
times what are we Door devils to do?
.Ju~stice-elect Sivally has been attend
ing the Justices courts since the cleo
ton to pet pointers.
Leon j. Albert, L. f. Klostermann,
D.. \. Glenn andF. w. Potthave been
appointed as delegates from this city
20 the Trans-Mississippi Congress
which meets in ST. Louis or the 18th