The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-12-28

II. Rolston rs
say evening accomPsa
pride. The Doctors frienSsN4efsSn
land to shake his hand and congratu-
ate him.
Louis Hamilton. of St. Louis. came
down to spend the holidays with rela-
lives.
Miss Lille Profit, of Benton. came
up Thursday evening to spend a few
days with friends.
Maj. Brooks came home Monday to
spend the holidays with his family.
He will return to Arkansas next week
tc resume his work of surveying for
the extension of the st. Louis, Cape
Girardeau & Fort Smith Railroad.
Giboney Houck came home from
Columbia, Mo-. to spend the holidays.
William b. Schaefer, of Jackson.
was in the city Thursday. Mr.. Schaefer
will probably be a candidate for
County Treasurer at the next election.
Capt. Juden is improving and we
are glad to to be able to state that he
is now out of danger.
The river is falling, but there is no
danger of it going down as low as it
was before the big rise.
Peter Lehner will leave this evening
and those who fail to pay their taxes
to-day will have to go to Jackson to
pay.
The funeral of Mrs. Maria NJ. Mey-
ers took place at ten o'clock yester-
day morning. and a large circle of
friends followed the remains to their
last resting place. Mrs. Meyers lived
to raise a family OF children who are
an honor to her life and memory.
George f. Chappell and lady enter
tanned the teachers of the public
school at their home Thursday night.
Henry Kistner, of Egypt Mills.
vi US bO-udS anu ielt SOIIS Vi
stuff that helps along.
There is plenty water in the river
for staamboating. but there is no bus
mess for the boats.
Oar merchants did not sell half the
holiday goods they had on hand. The
bad weather just before Christmas
and the scarcity of money caused
to be dull.
f. S. McCarty did the handsomest
thing for Christmas. He sent the
DEMOCRAT a big fat turkey. If there
IS anything small about Mr.. McCarty
We have lever seen it.
The Albert Grocer Company has
'een doing Il good business for sew
rial weeks and we are pleased to see
t for a Wholesale house is a great
hing for our city as we'll as for this
of country.
The Elites had a ball at the River
view Hotel last night.
Miss Letta Jones who is teaching
chool down in Steddard county came
lone to spend the holidays with her
Our young and energetic friend
samuel Davis has quit going it alone.
lie sneaked off the other night and
a fair young belle to the a~ltar4ll
lay the bright light of the two De
full moons fail to shin1ld
non thu bonnv coun1a nc,
as
Mr.. r. L. Cannon returned home
'om Cairo yesterday afternoon.
Two colOred boys were playing with i.
gun Thursday when the gun was ac-
discharged and a load of
hot struck one of the boys in the
high, infiicting a wound that Will
robably make him Il cripple for lie.
Mike Heiserer came up from Benton
esterday evening to attend the ball
t the River View Hotel.
The +. z. T. Gun Club will do
Onor to DR.. Rolston. He is a MEM
of the club and the boys will not
low him to spend the holidays I'M
olested.
Patrick Fitzgerald, OF Cairo, was :
cry sick Wednesday and Thursday,
for several hours his physician
he would die at any moment,
ut he rallied and now he is improv-
g and is considered out of danger. /