The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-09-01
personal AND pEar,nEnr.

congregation of the Second Baptis,
church Sunday night. Mr.. Kelley has
been preaching in that church for sew.
eral years. He goes to Charleston
from here.
The public schools will open next
Monday morning.
Hon. Louis Houck is getting the
gravel on the ground to put on the
Cape Girardeau and Scott County
Rock Road. He says he proposes to
make this one of the best roads in the
country.
Sportsmen are having fine sport
now on the hickory flats in the swamps
where they go to shoot squirrels.
Married, in this city August 18th,
1894, by William Woleke, J.. P,
Albert 81. Hamilton and Lorena Hobbs.
Both of this county.
They are catching fish by the wagon
load down in the st. Francis River.
IAd'C sou UGH W tlc lOrbuHc teller.
is the question the old married women
are asking each other in this city.
There is oom in this town for many
improvements that should be made but
right now there is not much going on
in the way of improvements.
When the lawyers and doctors COM
plain of hard times other people ought
to be getting along fairly we'll, but we
are sorry to say that right now the
other people are not doing so we'll.
The City Council will meet in regu-
lar session next Monday.
Farmers say there are very fewpork
hogs in this section of the country.
They have nearly all been shipped to
the ST. Louis market.
Thomas Jones, (colored as a COM
planning witness in a State cas- got a
set back Monday that will surely do
him good for some time to come.
The Normal professors are all on
hand ready to begin their labors.
St. Vincent's Academy will open
next Monday.
John st. Avit. ST.. is still at Hot
Springs. Ark. and he will probably
remain there two or three weeks yet.
The Board of Education will meet
tomorrow morning at 9 O'Clock.
The Mayor and and the President
pro TEN of the Council are both out of
town.
Capt. Juden, of the ferry boat. Cape
City. is certainly a generous and kind
hearted gentleman. Poor people al
WAYS find him ready and willing to
help them.
F. A. Rage is up in Independence,
Iowa. He went there to see his horse
Silver Dick kick the dust in the eyes of
some of the fast racers.
II. 5. Doyle and wife and Stonewall
Hamilton attended the church festival
at Kelso.
Frank McLain says he is inclined to
believe the contest for the nomination
for Circuit Clerk will be very close but
he has hopes that he will be the lucky
man.
The merchant who advertises in the
DEMOCRAT has mo- time to stand around
ard white on goods boxes. He Is
needed in his store to wait on )
toners. Will the lazy mortals take a
hint?
Our old friend f. Block is again
confined to his bed. but We hope he is
not seriously ill.
e. Fl. Engelmann is o busy getting
out papers for the September term of
the Common Pleas Court.
At it's last meeting the School Board
instructed the Principal of the public
school to attend to the assigning of
teachers to the different rooms.
D. w. Wilson has rented a store
room on Main street south of CAMS
for the purpose of exhibiting his
patent feed boiler and coal oil stove
attachments.
Guy Wall has resigned his position
as driver of the mail hack.
Walter Trickey is moving to the
city. He has accepted the position as
druggist in Rider & McRaven's drug
store made vacant by the resignation
of Arad Ross.
The Board Of Education held a
meeting this Tuesday, morning. and
William G. Bergman, the old treasur-
er. turned over the books and papers
to L. +. Klostermann, the newly elect
ed treasurer.
J.. Dan Deane. of Carbonate. ILL.,.
is in the city. He came here to see his
brother. E. B. Deane. Sr.. who has
been ill for several days.
Henry Hopper returned home from
ST. Louis Tuesday evening.
The prospects for a large attendance
at the Normal this year are good.
Prof. Vandiver. who has just returned