The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-06-09
,LEAD-pENCIL JoTTN0S
AemoranduIas Made In the BE.
porter's Wanderings,
MONDAY.

There is going 10 be a wcddin,
mp on broadway before many week
more.
The City Council met this morn
ing and transacted the regular routin,
of business and then adjourned tC
next Monday night.
Miss Belle Green has handed in
her resignation as a teacher in ouI
public school. The vacancy caused
by her resignation will be filled be.
fore school begins.
The Comncrcc ferry boat, the
Gco. \. Cosby. is here running in the
place of the Cape City ferry aud viii!
rcmlin about a week while the Cape
City has gone TO Mound City for
repairs.
The editor of the Cash Book j.
kicking because farmer. from fifteen
To twenty miles away have TO serve
on the jury in the Common Plea
Court. The farmers however do moi
object. They like TO spend a week in
a great city once or twice a year.
Geo. II. Crumbs railroad from
the Cotton Belt road out TO Bloom
field has been completed aul is now
in operation. This gives Bloomfield
an outlet TO civilization.
The addition 10 the public school
building will be the largest buildin"
erected in this city Ibis year, and il
will give the contractor who gets the
contract a job on which he can gir'
employment to several .,:cchanics for
two or three months. An advertise
IN nj for bidders will be found else
where IN this paper.
-You should not fail to sec that e.
cellent Bear skin Shoe sold Nv W
H. IIuters at the "Gem Shoe Stor'
on Broadway.
There was only one bid handed
in for the city printing and that bid
was referred to the Judiciary Conn
miitee with instructions 10 confer
with the bidder 10 make some neces-
shy correction in the bid.
j. I. Schuchert having resigned
from the Street and Wharf Committee
of the Council the MAYOR appointed
+. a. Kage TO fill the vacancy. Mr..
Eage was the only member of the
Council who would have accepted
the appointment.
Call at the Gem Shoe Store" on
Broadway and see those Reindeer
skin shoes. w. II. Uuter's proprietor
n good fit guaranteed.
Our old friend Eleazcr Block
while at the breakfast table. yesterday
morning was stricken with paralysis
and tor several hours he was uncon-
scious, but to-day he is all right men
tally and is otherwise improving.
Mrs. Jane Glasscock of this city
is ninety years of age to-day. She is
the oldest wonn in Southeast Mis-
souri, aud probably the oldest in the
State. She enjoys perfect health and
is mentally as bright as she ever was.
She is a grand old lady and her
numerous friends will to-day wish
her continued good health and long
years of happiness yet.
The jury in the case Of the city
of Cape G~irardcsu VS.. Gertie Fisher.
charged with being the keeper of a
~man-catcher, returned a verdict
against the defendant and assessed a
fine of fifty dollars and costs. This
case was appealed from the police
court and the verdict of the jury in
the Common. Pleas Court is in ac-
cordance with the verdict in the
police court.
Cure your corns by wearing the
Seal skin shoe sold { he "Gem Shoe
Store on BroadwaybW IL, Ill uters
Scott Wilkinson and d.. l.. Hoff-
man are firing OH each other at long
range. Mr.. Hoffman challenges Will
kInson for q debate, but the Populist
leader declines to meet the man who
is looking for the cloud with = silver
lining. Our people can congratulate
themselves that these two mel cannot
agree to meet in debate, for when
wind meets wind a cyclone is sure TO
follow, and in these good cid Demo,
cratic times we are having trouble
enough.