The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-12-29
PERSONAL AND pEarlNeNr.

viii Frenzel came home from Littl
ROCK, Arkansas, tospend the holiday
with his parents. Will is miller in
olg mill at Little Rock. He tells u
the mill has a capacity of four hun
dred barrels of -four per day. It run
day and night and then cannot suppI,
the demand for -four.
August Bierwirth and William
Woeleke elected members of tn,
Board of Directors of the Fair Asso
citation last Saturday.
Sam Davis is going to build himseI
a house out in the West End mex
spring.
This is rough weather for railroad
building but two hundred men are Law
ing track on the Kennett and PENIS
cot county road.
Died, in this city, December 18th,
1894, Aida, infant daughter of Mi. and
Mrs. julius Fisher. aged one month
and one day.
The remains of a man by the name
of Taylor were brought to this city
from st. Louis Tuesday for intermept,
Died, in this city December 18th.
1894, Fredoline Frueh, aged about
forty years. The deceased had been
confined to his bed for severalmonths.
The snow. the snow the beautiful
snow, it came n day after Christmas
this year. true to Hicks prediction.
This is the last week of free railroad
passes. The railroads have all agreed
to discontinue the pass business.
The bids for printing two hundred
copies OF the revised ordinances OF the
city will be opened at the next meeting
Of the City Council. The ordinances
will make a hook of over two hundred
pages.
The sleigh bells are ringing, and the
young lady who has a fellow with a
uad is happy.
The holiday trade in this city this
year has not been what it was in form
Or years but our merchants tell us that
they have sold more goods than they
expected to sell.
This is the kind of weather that
makes the coal dealer smile.
Two ladies we're invited out to spend
Christmas Eve. with a friend. When
they arrived they found the door lock-
cd but the lady of the house was peep
ing out from the window. She had
changed her mind about wanting
company.
There has been no big money made
In this city this year but considering
the general hard times our people can
be thankful that they have lived and
are still holding their heads above the
disastrous financial wave that has
rolled over the country.
The Jackson saloon-keepers handled
more money last Monday than was
handled by the Jackson bankers. A
saloon in Jackson is next thing to a
gold mine, and the saloon-keepers out
there are all gentlemen too.
Every citizen who has the welfare of
the city at heart should make a new
resolution on the first of January that
he will p~atronize home for everything
he wants that he can get at home.
That is the way to build up a pros
porous city. Leave all your money at
home and it will do us all some good.
From and after January first We will
send nc papers from this office until
they are paid for in advance. We do
not want to hurt the feelings of any
of our patrons but we have concluded
to adopt the pay in advance rule and
re propose to begin on January first
and from that date on our motto will
be, no pay in advance no paper.
The trains have all been behind
time since the big snow storm but the
snow is not going to delay them after
to-day.
The steamer Cherokee will continue
to make regular trips as long as the
river remains open.
The Columbus clock now on exhibit
ton in Painters Row on Main street
is certainly agreat piece of mechanism
that all school children should To-
Peter Lshner is in the city collecting
taxes. He will remain here till Sat
urday evening to give all Taxpayers
an opportunity to pay up.
The stockholders of the Cape Brew
cry and Ice Company will be paid a
dividend of ten per cent. on their stock
on the first of January. We n glad
that we have one enterprise in the city
that paysdividends to its stockholders.
We should have more such enterprises.
The street railroad track is showed
under and the street cars are having a
hard time and a hard road to travel.
John L. Miller has purchased him
self an immense ice box.
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