The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-01-04
MIXED UP.

the OCCASION IL was CUT OF slgnt.
August Covert was in the city yes
serday.
Our pork packers are receiving lots
OF dressed hogs now.
Free lunch at Sackmann's saloon
tomorrow night.
Go to Sackmann's saloon to-mor-
row night and get a free lunch
Another earthquake shock was felt
by many of our people last night.
For the chance it had the cold wave
that struck this section last night was
a fairly good sample ofwinter weather.
Our merchants are all busy taking
stock.
Oscar Cramer returned home from
St Louis Thursday evening.
John A. Snider, of Jackson, was in
the city Thursday.
Our lawyers viii all attend Circuit
Court at Jackson next week.
Theo. Besel went down to Caruthers-
vile last Tuesday on railroad bust
ness.
Rollin B. Andrews, stenographer
in the railroad Office, has treated him
self to a handsome combin alton desk
the finest desk of the kind ever
brought to this city.
The Bloomfield Fair Association
failed to pay its bills the first year of
its existence. We notice some of our
exchanges that published its .adyer-
tisement last fall n growing because
they have not been paid.
The firing of the cid cannon at Jack
son on Christmas night broke the
glass in several business houses.
Jackson sports always load their
guns too heavy.
Capt. John F. Schuchert informs us
that he carries his own insurance on
the Opera House. He says the in
rates are so high here that he
cannot afford to insure the Opera
House.
Sheriff Randol was in the city
Thursday serving some papers for the
January term of the Circuit Court.
uMiss Fox, daughter of Judge Fox,
of Fredericktown, is visiting Miss
Irma Houck at Elmwood.
Gust SCHNEIDER, representing the
Otto Durre & Co., liquor house of
Evansville, Ind, will visit this city in
a few days to call on his customers.
John Sackmann and John Boss
have purchased the Kimmel candy
store on Main street. They will close
the stock of candies out and about
the first of March they will put in a
stock OF gents furnishing goods. We
wish the boys ucces
Wilson Cramer, of Jackson, was in
the city Thursday. He came in to
attend a case in Justice Willer's
court.
DIR. McRaven, of Mcclure, Ill, was
in the city Tuesday.
w. V. Leech returned home last
Monday from Paduch, KY, where he
had been visiting relatives and old
Kentucky friends. Mr.. Leech says he
never had a more pleasant visit in his
life. He met many people with whom
he spent his boyhood days and they
we're all delighted to meet and shake
his hand.
The steamers Cherokee and Batch
elor came down Tuesday evening.
Both had fairly good trips for this
season of the year.
Mrs. d. S. Doyle went to st. Louis
TuesdaySon the steamer Cherokee.
Oscar Cramer and his sister went
to St. Louis Wednesday morning to
see their brother Maurice Cramer
who was injured by falling from a
street car Monday evening.
The boys were out Tuesday night
doing devilment. They filled the
streets full of plunder SO that they
we're almost impossible Wednesday
morning.
There is an ordinance in the ordi-
nance book in this city which says it
is unlawful to shoot a gun or pistol
with the, Tsg limits. That ordinance
should be Enforced.
Mai. Brooks will leave next week to
finish up his survey of the railroad
route from Hunter, Missouri, to Fort
Smith, Ark. 1t viii take shim till
about the first of April to complete
the work.
Charley Hume, an experienced en-
gineer, went with the Board of Educa-
ton to the public school building this
week to test the steam heater.
Cooper Cracraft was in the city last
Tuesday. Mr.. Crocraft tells us that
he is not an ~aspirant for Office this
year.
Ernest Ulrich received a pension