The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-10-13
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The hard times considered, the Fair
this year was . success.
Sportsmen can now have some spor.
shooting quail. The season is open
for all kinds of game.
Up at DEVILS Island the channel In
the river is SO narrow and the water
so shallow that steamboats, find il
difficult to get through. One boat
aground there blocks the river so no
other boat can pass.
Herman Petzoldt, of Pocahontas,
offers ten dollars reward for the return
to him Of a new set of wagon harness
stolen out of a wagon at Crawford's
Landing Friday night, October 5th.
When ten thousand country peo-
pie turn out to zee a circus it is evil
dent that the farmers are raising some
thing besides forty cents wheat.
A trades parade would not draw as
large a crowd of people as the circus
drew to-day, but a trades parade dur
ing Fair week would be worth thous-
apds of dollars to the business men of
this city, and it would help the Fair
too.
Frank Z. Burrough is nowcomforta-
ably located atuhis country home, and
he does not come to town every day.
The hog market is on thedown grade
and farmers will again be- isappointed.
> There is less than three feet of water
in the channel of the river in some
places between this city and St. Louis.
One merchant tells us that his store
took in over fvehundred dollars Mon
day-circus day. Had it not been for
the circus one hundred dollars would
have been a big days work for Mon
day.
Dr.. G.. S. Cannon, Democratic
candidate for Coroner, was in the city
Monday. Mr.. Cannon is a clever
young man but in politics he is with
the wrong crowd.
The special train on the Houck road
brought nearly eight hundred people
to the big show.
Frank CAM is settling up his bust
ness preparatory to moving to st.
Louis.
Monday was pay day on the water
works and the boys put their cash in
circulation as soon as they were paid
off.
Mr.. J. E. Franklin, who is interested
with Hon. Louis Houck in several
thousand acres of land in Pemiscot
county, has been in the city several
days. Mr.. Franklin is a man of some
means and a fnancier of recognized
ability.
When We get our street signs up and
our houses numbered there will,he no
excuse for a man to get lost in our
big city.
Louie Brenig couldn't make cigars
Monday. He has a new arrival at his
house and the little fellow is a cigar
maker. Louie don't devote all his
time to making Henry Clays.
There we're nine thousand seven
hundred and eighty-seven people at
the Ringing Bros. show Monday
afternoon and about five thousand at
tended at the night performance. No
hard times when q show comes to
town.
Sporssmen on the hill have a pack
of hounds in training and a little later
on they will have fine sport shooting
rabbits.
There is not much river business
now. The river is so low that people
are afraid 70 travel by boat and there
is rery little freight business doing.
Our furniture dealers should be on
the look out for there is going to be
some weddings in the city between now
and the holidays.
One Benton paper accuses another
Eerton paper of humbuggipg the Cape
merchants.
Some of our city officials will go up
to st. Louis on the S0th inst. to answer
to the suit brought against them in
the United States Circuit Court by
SapuaI Rucka Law
The Circuit Court of Scott county
will convene at Benton next Monday.
Frank CAM is settling up his bust
ness. He wants to get through in
time to GO up on the steamer Idlewild
next week to st. Louis.
E. n. Engelmann, c. F. Betten and
J. y. Medley started out this morning
to make a tripyover the county.
DR.. Ruff accompanied his family to
ST. Louis Monday where they go to
reside for a while. DR.. Ruff himself
will remain in this city and practice
his profession.
Our saw mill men say the lumber
market is dull now and it il hard for