The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-11-10

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Higgizsville Is now open
Mcberly furnishes brick TO pave
LeevcnHcrth fKaz) streets
The Schofcld pike county, schools
closed on account Of diphtheria-
Claude c Dudley and Mis Dena c
Jones were married Is HannitaL
The preliminary test Of TIE Kirks-
vile Wafer~works was satisfactory
B. C. Mitchell. IN aged and much
honored citizen. died At M~0rrfsVflle.
"A brother Of the mayor Of New York
Is hauling tie chips 20 Monroe City.
Monroe county
Geo. Lewis. in jail It Mexico for kill
ing his s~weetheart's father, has been
granted . fifth trial.
Peter DenQier, . German, aged Sc,
committed suicide IN St. Louis because
he could not pay . debt
Miss Alma Walker, Of centrslfa. was
married to n. E Norris. . wealthy
merchant Of Naples. Cal
Corder, Lafayette county. has 500
people, who viii soon have an oppor-
tunity to worship in seven churches.
The total legal registration Of St
Louis. according to the figures given
out BY the recorder Of voters. was s.
sea.
Mr.. Frank Parker dislocated his
shoulder near Greentop, Scotland
county, while coasting \ hill on =
bicycle
For the Improvement Of the Cas-
conade river in Missouri there Is an
available sum Of s5ssso, and $4,000
more Is recommended
Herman Jacobs, aged Il. was killed
by the bursting Of an emery wheel.
lei which he was working, in the St
Louis Screw Co.'S works
Mayor jackson, of Sheldon, Vernon
county. fined John Mcdonald for run
ming . liquor joint at that place. Nc
Donald was placed in the county Jail.
Mrs. E. Angelina Scally. who owns
over 1900 acres of land around Butler.
is not related to Lord Scully. the Irish
landlord. who has holdings in Illinois
and Kansas.
Mary J. Stillman. Of St Louis, al
leges as q a for desiring a divorce
from George +. Stillman that since
their marriage in May, 1881. he desert
ed her upward often different times.
George J. Gould has been hunting
game in Miller county. Dwight Tired
way, of St Louis, who wants an &c
counting of the affairs Of the Sedalia
& Warsaw road, got service on him in
two suits aggregating ss5o.OO0
John BARLEY, James Cole and VIII
lam Campbell. charged with robbing n
jewelry store at Greencastle. Sullivan
county, were arrested at Moberly.
Several watches and other jewelry
were found on the person Of John Bart
ley.
Mrs. Mary Hubanks, a widow at St
Joseph. confessed to having left her
babe In the basement Of q building,
where its dead body was found BY .
policeman. The coroner's inquest de
veloped the fact that the infant had
been murdered some time after its
birth.
On the st. Louis harbor only 323l
was spent by the government last year.
AMI this was merely for q low-w1ter
survey. The full amount which has
been estimated as necessary for the
m~aintenanee Of this harbor has been
appropriated and is now available.
SSi, Zoo.
In improving the Usage river in Mis-
souri, last year was spent $s,6S0. The
act of 1890. relating to this. authorized
the construction Of . dam and q lock
near the mouth Of the river. The land
for the dam was condemned last year,
and there Is available $780, f5. An APP
preparation Of e65. 00u Is recommended,
Ss5, 900 being for lock and dam and si0.-
900 for clearing the river Of obstruc-
tons
Mrs. Charles L. Keck, Of Sedalfa. has
been notified Of the death Of = baehe-
Tor uncle, Gottlieb Frnch. . former
Missourian, who wa devoured by Wild
beasts in the wilds Of California. where
he was engaged in mining for q quarter
of 9 century. He left . large sum Of
money In bank aud mining claims Of
great value, that win 60 to relatives in
Pettis, Cole and Morgan counties. as
the deceased left no win.
Isaac McClurg. . farm hand in the
employ Of Henry Sampson. near De
Kaib. disappeared from home. and .
few days later his dead body. partly
devoured by hogs, was found IN .
ravine. MeClurg was about 50 years
old and had been in SIMPSONS employ
for two years When found . bottle
partly filed with whisky was in one Of
his pockets. The gully banks are IS
feet high, and It Is believed that the
unfortunate man fell of while partly
intoxicated
At Springfield Joseph Walton and
Thomas n. Appleby fought. Walton
using . revolver and Appleby > Win
chester. The two men were 50 excited
that neither seemed able to take good
aim Appleby's son raised q double
barrel shotgun and fired. Walton then
fell with wounds in the forehead, which
are necessarily fatal. Thomas N. APP
pleby gave himself up to the sheriff
and was lodged in jail. Heinsists that
ne fred the fatal shot himself. but his
ION claims that It was his shot that
took effect, which version Is corrobo-
rated by the eyewitness Of the
tragedy. The woman ut the bottom OF
the affair was Applcby's present and
Walton's former wife
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