Fair play., 1896-12-05
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI.

Fhc SppilCauts hit Out io' WV ~"
Soto postofiice.
There 10 talk of establishing . hame
factory at Cape Girardeau.
The young men of Farmington will
soon furnish fine club room.
A chrysaAthemum show was held
at Cape Girardeau this weeS.
Caruthersville claims the finest
school house in Southeast Missouri.
A new cornet band will bo organ
lied at Pennington in the near future
Butler county candidates have fallen
into line aud are con,estiDg the cleo
ton.
DeSoto is putting on city airs Al
X ray machine is at work in that
town.
The parOchial school at Frederick
town was damaged $500 by fire re-
Gently.
A chicken thief was shot and dan
gerously wounded In Cape Girardeau
last week.
The Cape Girardeau public schools
were closed last week on account OF
diphtheria.
Editor Mitcl,im OF the DeSoto
Press is candidate for Labor Com.
missioner.
Dexter will soon have a new spoke
and hub factory which will employ
about sixty men.
The editor of the Ironton Register
will spend the winter in AshevI!le ,
North Carolina.
Two women had q "rough aud
tumble" fight on the streets of Pied
mont last week.
The Thatcher.Smith Comedy Com
pauy beat the printer out OF his bill
At FredericktOwn.
Bloomfield will iasue bonds to the
amount Of 81. 200 for the purpose Of
her streets.
A. P. Shriver, editor of the Rey-
nolds County Outlook, died at his
home at Cenireville last week.
A lady evangelist, who claims to
heal the sick by divine power, is
holding a revival near Jackson.
The store of Jacob Lutes at Mar
3uand WAS entered by burglars one
night last week and robbed Of $40.
An interesting feature Of the Bonne
rerre Register is the write up of the
business men Of that town BY II. J.
Roy.
Capt. Charles q. Tiiden Of Jetfcr-
,on county 10 q candidate for Ser
yeant at Arms Of our next State
Senate.
The football game between the
'tudenis of the Cape Normal and
Institute, Pennington, re.
'ulted in q tie.
Our exchanges are advising their
10 vote aud work for
|. reduction Of railroad Inilsge from
hree TO two cents,
Coutesting elections 10 the order of
he day in Jefferson county. Both
Democratic aud Republicans have
lied notice of contests.
Several of our exchanges are IN
avor of the next Legislature enact
ng a law compelling railroads TO stop
III passenger trains at every county
eat.
Representative elect Arnold of St.
francois county is out in an open
etter stating he will vote for Hon.
1eorge q. Yes, tor United Sistes
senator.
The Republican is the name Of a
lew paper recently started at Charles
on with Democrat and Repub licxn
o editors The paper will be indie.
eudeht in politics.
A Farmers Institute, under the
usplces Of the State Board of Agri-
ulture will hold a three days session
1 Pennington commencing Decem-
er 18th.
-. The editor of the Freilericktown
Democrat dissipated SO much Thanks
living Day be was unable to attend
he Southeast Missouri Press Associa-
lon al Dexter.
DIR. Lee Tu:ley killed seven wild
nrkeys while out hunting last Sat-
rdsy night and maintains his reputs.
ion as the bose nimrod of Bonnie
'erre.--Democ'at Register.
Petitions are being circulated in
owns along the Iron Mountain Rail.
Dad asking the officials Of that road
D again put the Arcadia AccrInmo.
alton train on the Belmont branch |
nd it Is thought their request will be
In last weeks issue the editor of the |
onue Terre Register published u card |
eDyiHg the statement made in the
otosi Independent n couple of weeks
20 wherein it was said the lead com.
snies OF st. Francois county had cut
ages ten per. cent.
The southeast papers published
own in the swamp country want our
sxt legislature to pass bill for the
rainagc OF the swamps and suggest