The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-03-03
RArEs,
LEAD PENCIL JoTTNGs.
Memorandums Made in the Rs
portcr'5 WanderIngs.



Uncle Pat Powers is q bipge,
man than the city engineer. lie get
a cool hundred more for his gres
work as street commissioner. There
IS at last, nothing like being a wei
regulated uncle.-McnIphis Tenn.
Duly !StM:.
So they have an freshman by tho
namo of Powers heldfng Office Ii
Memphis.
Give US the dollars of our dad
dies oil the dollars of any other
Fellows dsddy-jusi so it will pay
debts and buy the necessaries of life.
The tie carriers will sSait soon
he made happy. The thousands of
lies on the river bank near the rail-
road depot will Bc loaded on bargcs
for shipment. as o o as there is a
little moro water in the river.
At the next election in Scott
county the county seat question will
probably be vettd on aghit. The
people of Morley have long hankerci
after the court hou &c and this year
they will make q hard pull to have the
rounty seal changed 10 their town.
They will never get the necessary
votes To capture the prize.
A lady and gentleman recently
decided 10 consult a spirit medium
The first question The lady asked was
how many children sta had. -Four
fspped lie spirit. The husband.
startled by the accuracy of the reply.
se?ped up and inquired. How many
children have H." Two came back
she answer. The husband and wife
lonEed at each other, with an cid
s:uifr. and rciireA non-bclieveps
There has been a mistake made M
where-Erchanyc.
Ef"C. G. &. Certain Chill Cures
tsnOt the best remedy you have
eyer n1ca fc- tiiiIis and Fever
your nisncj win be reTanGed.
Efie:a.ant 20 take. Large bottles
80 cents.
For saIc nv W. II. Cocrvcr, druggist
The mai who gets nal al what
the newspapers say about him should
rcturm thanks three ti!iits a day for
VIVA, the newspapers know about him
and don't say.
What this town nehl. most now
is a few iirst-class funerals. and until
II has them the chances are against us
becoming 4 great, prosperous and
growing city.
The programmes for the South
Eastern District Agricultural Socic y
Spring Races :re printed and ready
for distribution.
Peter Huber il in the city I
DIV. lie says that times in the coun-
try are harder than they are in town.
Children like "a take sc. &. {. !
Certain Grill Cure" the pleas
ant and guaranteed cure for
Fever, Asue and MHiaria.
Price so cts.
For lie by W. II. Cocrrer. druggist
-George W. Franklin. of Taskee.
is a candidate for Circuit Clerk of
Wayne county. Mr.. franklin is well
Qualified TO fill the office for which he
is m aspirant, and the Democrats OF
Wayne could moi find a better man to
take charge of that office.
The st. Louis doctors who at !
tended Mrs. Duestr0w thought they
had a snap, but it turns out that her
millionaire husband csnnot raise
enough money to pay his lawyers TO
save him from the gallows, and tie
big fees the doctors had been figuring
II their heads will not materialize.
The DEMOCRAT is for anything
that lie calculated to benefit the city !
and our people, and u people know
that, so there is no use coming to us
to ask us to support a measure that
will be a benefit to the city. We have
been laboring for the interests Of
Cape Girardeau for eighteen long
years and we are not going at this
late day to Try TO undo the good
WORK we have worked SO hard for in
the past.
We have been iadulgiug several
subscribers to the DEMOCRAT for a
long time; but We cannot wait on
them any longer. They must now
pay up or we will surely shut them
off. 1t costs rforey TO run a new
paper and we must have our pay.
Bob Jennings, of Dexter, called
ON us to-day. Bob is a printer. and
he has held cases in the DeSt0r Enter
Prise Messenger Office for several
years.
The Populists OF this county
will hold their convention early 90 as
10 give their candidates plenty of
time to stump the county.
There are several vacant store
rooms on Main street that would look
much more business-lfke were they
filled up with something 10 Sell to the
people. Vacant business houses arc
a bad send off for a town.
The people of Poplar Bluff Rave
Seted twenty-five Thousand dollars
for water works in that town. Except
ing Cape 6irardcau Poplar Bluff is
pss rest tewR in Southeast Missouri