The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-12-08
Personal AND pERrunsnr.

The Daughters of the Confederacy
are making preparations for their big
ball at the coul t house on the 9th oil
this month. They expect a large at
tendance from the, adjoining counties,
as we'll as our home people.
Nat Frissell purchased the hide from
the big bear that Ferd Lipp killed
Friday evening. Mr.. Frissell a y he
will have it dressed for a lap robe.
The bear was a Southeast Missouri
animal and Mr.. Frissell prizes the
hide highly for that reason.
Leo Doyle has served notice on the
City Council that the city must not
damage his property when constructing
a sidewalk in front thereof.
The water works and the new all
night electric light will be a big
advertisement for the city. The Gan.
mons are investing a big sum of money
in these enterprises and they should
meet with the encouragement they de-
serve.
F. A. Rage has moved the horses
and vehicles he did not sell to Ben
Gockel up to the Anderson Alternately
stable on Good Hope street. Mr..
Rage is now the owner of that prop
erty.
The quail law in Illinois is now in
force and our city sportsmen will have
to confine themselves to the Missouri
hunting grounds.
The st. Louis, Cape Girardeau and
Fort Smith Road is again running a
night train to connec with the Iron
Mountain fast mail at Williamsville.
The train leaves this city at 3:45 p. m.
and returning, arrives here at noon
the next day. This will give us the ST.
Louis mail about three hours earlier
than We have been receiving it.
Our pork packers are paying five
cents per pound for dressed hogs.
Otto Holm made a handsome gold
leaf sign for Will Warren to-day.
The case of the city against Frank
Unnerstall who was charged with run
ming a beer depot without paying a IL
cense was tried in the Recorders Court
Monday and a verdict was rendered
against the defendant. An appeal was
taken to the Common Pleas Court.
The City Council. al its meeting
Monday night contracted for sixteen
hundred feet of fire hose and four hose
carriages, the whole to cost fourteen
hundred and sixty dollars. Each of
the four wards will get four hundred
feet of hose and one hose carriage.
That was a jolly set of fire hose
drummers that were in the city Mon
day.
Louis B. Houck came down from
Perryville Sunday on the steamer
Idlewild. He says the Perryville rail-
road is doing a good business.
Drummers say that MI. Wright, the
Kelso merchant, is doing a big bust
ness at both his Kelso and Hamburg
stores.
The secondhand store business must
be a good business in this town. We
notice one of these store isfull of goods
of every description.
Adam Haesel has been in the city a
day ortwo. Mr.. Haesel is selling lots
of machinery through this section of
the country.
The Board of Education met Mon
day night and allowed the bill of
Richard Carroll for four hundred
chairs to furnish the chapel in the
public school building.
The rain last week put out the forest
fires to the great relief of the farmers,
who had been guarding their fences
for several weeks.
That bid of st. Louis Electric Light
Company for a franchise in this city
for commerciallighting is a bluff. The
company does not want a franchise,
but it it does want to brighten the COM
pany already here.
Bills amounting to two hundred and
eighty dollars were allowed by the
City Council at its meeting last Mon
day morning. This is the smallest
monthly expenditure the city has had
for a long time.
There are two many houses for rent
in this town. But the houses are
empty and the owners want to rent
them.
When the water works are completed
andthe fire hose are delivered there will
be a call for the organization of four
volunteer fire companies in the city
one in each of the four wards. Let US
predict now that the third ward will
have the best company in the city.
An effort was made in the City Coun-
ell Monday to locate three electric
lights on Spanish street. The vote re-
suited in a tie and as the Mayor has
no vote the proposition was lost. That
Spanish should have three lights all
will admit. The shade trees on that