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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-06-02
SQUAN CREEK FOLKS
Jep Jones Tells Of Some Schemes to Ad-
vertise SQuan Greek.

Squan Creek was runnIn' along as
smooth as grease, and thar was never
a better sezun fur fish and oysters,
when Moses Parker got up at u meetin'
of the Liars club one highland says:
Thar amt no reason on the face Of
this airth why this town shouldn't be
as good summer resort as Atlantic
City or Cape May. We've got the same
ocean, heap more marsh land and
'sleeeters, and the crabs, clans and fish
ar every mite as good. We orter hev
10000 people here instead Of 1900"
I'm agreein' with Noses" said Tim
othy Higgins, as he stood up. "Natur'
sartinly intended Squan Creek TO grow
and spread out, and why she hasn't
done it beats my time. We've got
the ocean and bay; we've got fog
horn and a bell-buoy; we've got 90
boats in our fleet, and the climate here
is good fur consumshun. How them
towns got ahead OF us is more'n | kin
make cut"
II was putin sum shingles on the
roof of my barn to-day" says Abner
Williams, land stopped my work TO
look around. With the bay, the ocean,
he marsh and the town thar amt an
other SIGH sight in America. 1t made
my heart swell with pride to look
around, and can't understand why
Squan Creek amt boomin'. Mebbe
Moses Parker has got sum plan to Of
fer?"
II think l hev," said Moses, as he got
up agin. 1--WE bin turnn' this thing
over in my mind, and it's my opinyun
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-06-02

II don't reckon George Washington
could hev licked the British with 10,-
600 bottles, but do believe they'll
bring 5000 new people to this town. l
hev read that the fndin' Of bottle
was what made Chicago, and what's
good fur Chicago is good fur Squan
Creek"
The circular told all about the town,
and bein' printed in red ink they made
a fine show through the glass. The
women and children corked 'em up,
and when all was ready we sent 'em
out on the tide. There was all kinds
Of bottles, and as the 10000 Of 'em went
bobbin' out to sea, lchabod White
waved an American flag and Joe Saun-
ders fired Off his double-barreled shot
gun. Fur four days the price of prop
erty went up, and in his enthusiasm
William Morris bought hull keg Of
paint and gallon of oil to paint his
house The Liars club was holdin'
its usual Friday night meetln', and sum
of the boys was Gggerin' on how long
it would take one of them bottles to
drift across to Japan, when thar Gums
a telegram fur Moses Parker from
Cape May. 1t said that every last one
of them 10000 bottles had drifted
ashore thar, and If he wanted the
corks at five cents Il dozen they would
be pulled out and sent on, C. o. D.,
When Moses read the telegram thar
was SIGH indignashun that seven fights
WIS goin' on to once, and fur week
after thar was a lawsuit every day.
If it was singular why all them fish
swum down to Atlantic City, it was
still more strange why all them bot
ties went bobbin' Off to Cape May. Fur
a few days it was kinder agreed that
the Lord was again Squan Creek and
didn't want her to spread, and the
preacher had hard work to talk us out
O. it, Most folks was fur givin' up,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-06-02
CRAM WAS CALM.
ODD study of the Grent Commander
Through a Fiery
Ordeal.

sob, It was an intensely interesting
study-my study Of Grant at close
range in the Wildcrness!"
The speaker, says n Bridgton (Me.)
correspondent, was Rev. Theodore Ger
IRISH, a Maine veteran of the civil war.
repeat his story as heard him tell 1t.
"Ah. can never forget that terrible
day in "a, when was fought the first
of the two days bloody battles of the
Wilderness" said Mr.. Gerrsh. IL at
the time lay wounded under tree,
close to Grants headquarters in the
field, and hour after hour watched
Grant
while serving as private in my
regiment was severely though not
dangerously wounded, and, like great
number of others, was taken TO the rear.
! was paced under small tree, and, us
1t happened, within few rods of the
spot where the leader of that mighty
host Of union warriors was conducting
the blttle. In fact, l was so near TO
Grant that could see every motion he
made, and critically study him in the
momentous, fearfully responsible role
he was playing.
"And such study!
"Why, 1t is not hypcrbole to state that
ii was worth all the pain and disability
endured then and thereafter from the
effects of my wounds.
There stood the silent man of des-
tiny in front of his little tent; a man
plain and unpretentious, holding in his
hands not only the fate of his vast army,
but the life of our nation us 'one and
inseparabie,' yet as cool and self-pos-
sessed as If he were merely reviewing
a brigade of militia on training day.
All about him was wild excitement and
seeming chaos. In front Of him, and for
miles in extent, the unceas!ng roar of
artillery mingling and alternating with
the rattle Of musketry, the bug,e calls,
the shouts of the contending troops;
now nearer and more terrible, now
seeming farther away; anon the crash
ing of shell in dangerous nearness,
causing temporary scare in the vi
cinity of its fall; while added to the
appalling din was the element of I'M
certainty and intangibility, causing
that almost overpowerng mental strain
which comes of dark anxiety and fore
bodings of disaster.
Everybody was agitated except him
who had most cause for travail.
"Staif officers would galop up every
few minutes, to each of whom he would
give brief written order for trans.
mission TO some brigade or division
commander, perhaps involving the fate
of thousands of brave men. Orderlies
were dashing hither and yon. Gen,
Meade, on his alert charger, was so
nervous that he could not long remain
in the saddle, but would dsmount and
pace the ground awhile, remount and
sit short time, then off and walk as
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-06-02
| a-C7gTSD J
FARfla.!GARDEN.
.s--.e8l,.. Essrr8INI. i2aJf.S$2ss21.S
THE SAN JOSE SCALE.
The Bane of American Fruit ana a
Great HIndrance TO Our Export
Trade In Fruits.

Austria has legislated against Amer
lean fruit because she objects TO the i'm
migration into her territory of the AS
pidiotus perniciosus. If you don't rec
ognize the name, be informed that it is
the chronological title for the San Jose
scale, which in turn is the appellation
of minute tree louise that is particular
ly destructive to orchards. On account
of fresh fruits, plants and fruit refuse
being the favorite vehicle of travel for
the San Jose scale, an Austrian decree
excludes all American fruit shipments
that on examination show traces of the
insect.
This little speck of scale, no larger
than the period at the end of this SEN
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-06-02
CAPTURE OF A VETERAN.
In Chief OF the Old warriors
Headquarters.

"Say, mister, have you seen mean
Ioollin' little cuss with blue suit an
brass buttons on hangin' raoun' here
this week?" said tall woman to the
clerk of Lewiston hotel.
Don't know that have. How mean
does he look" was the reply.
Gle pretends to be veteran" contin-
ued the woman, regarding the clerk
over her glasses, "an' ginrally about
grand army time he disappears from
his wife's bed and board and goes off
and liclSs the hull south. want to
see him. 1 want him to come home an
shovel snow"
Up the corridors came the sound of
laughter.
a party of veterans were telling tales
of war.
A familiar voice smote upon the air.
The woman's lips closed tightly.
81 tell We, comrades, jes' enjoyed
that air fife at Charlottesville more'n
u did the hull darned muss from fus to
Ias. Ye see, Ginral Jackson was off
ON our lef' trOmpin' like the very
devil to outfank the union lines. That
air mornin' my cap'n lie sez to me, seq
he: 'Jabe, you take a detachment of
five men an go aout an see what
S5tonewall's doin'l Ef you suspect
ef you suspect, seq thatthere's any
Hind o. sneakin' err beatin' aroun' the
bush goin' on, you jes' lay low an ky
hoot for the union lines Well, seq I"
just then a woman showed through
The throng and linked her arm in his.
The words died from his lips. The
fight died out of his eyes. A spasm
passed over his countenance that left
1t sickly green, the color of the hide
of sour cucumber.
"Jabez," said TIE woman, "be you
here N'lyin' agin'? What made you
take that air boss and drive him here
10 this G. A. R. spree2 Hev' you been
a-drinkin'? Hev' you been a-forgettin'
Of your commandment not to lie? Did
you tell those gentlemen that as fur
al you got to war was to Augusta, and
fhet you got so feered over there thet
YOU was sick for three weeks Ginrul
jackson! You little lynn thing youI
Did you tell the grand army men that
YOU was drafted and that they couldn't
find you fer six weeks where We was
s-hidin' in the woods?
''Come home, Jabcz-the caows and
The pigs need ye."
And the little man in the blue coat
looked up into the woman's face with
a gray misty, fearful look in his eyes.
The glad light that had been in them
Vvas gone. His little bit of glory was
at an end.
Poor old fellow-after all.-Lewiston
Journal
You Don't often Meet Him.
n is n wise man that doesn't reneaf
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-06-02
A HINT FROM BOSTON.
The Time for Making General De-
mand for Permanently Good Roads
Has Now Arrived

People who travel on their wheels for
long distances into the country at this
season frequently find the mud of con-
siderable depth, even when the dust is
blowing in the city.
The bicycle will not have performed
its first mission until the roads in one
place are just rs good as the roads in
any other place, and the roads at one
time of the year just as good as at any
other time of the year.
The people who live in the country,
until quite recently, had alphabetically
settled down to the conclusion that
country roads must, of course, always
be worse than city streets, and worse in
the spring of the year than at any other
season.
But this is a conclusion of mind that
the advent of the bicycle has disturbed.
There is no reason in the inherent con-
dition of things that the city should
have any advantage over the country
in the matter of public tLoroughfares;
and it has been often demonstrated that
ii is possible to make road that shall
not be a mud river in the spring or
dust-cloud in the summer. A good road
is as good at any time of the year as an
other, barring those unavoidable sea-
sons when 1t is drifted with snowbanks.
All modern cyclists should demand
that all roads should be uniformly good,
and uniformly good at all times. 1t
will be some time, of course, before this
demand can be universally complied
with, but the time has now arrived
when it is not an extravagant demand
to make.-Boston Globe.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-06-02

"Maud. 1 am almost afraid to go and
see your father"
you needn't be, Harry. When he
asks you if you can support me in the
style to which l have been accustomed
tell him you can support me great
deal better than be could ever have done
if it hadn't been for mammals money"
Chicago Tribune.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-06-02

Attorney-You say this defendant
kissed you in dark room?
Fair Plaintiff-Yes, sir.
Attorney-Will you please explain to
the court how you came to enter dark
room with the defendant?
Fair Plaintiff-Oh, it wasn't dark
when we went in. turned the light
out afterward.-Chicag go Daily News.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-06-02
She Arose to the Occasion,

He-They say dreams go by contra
ries. Do you believe it?
She--Yes, think they do.
He--Alas, dreamed last night that
you had promised to be my wife.
She-And 1 dreamed that L had re-
fused you.-Chicago Daily News.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-06-02

Mangel wurzels and rutabagas give
good satisfaction for general stock
feeding.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-06-02

An orchard of apples on a large scoio
should be composed of few winter va
rieties.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-06-02

You Don't often Meet Him.
1t is a wise man that doesn't repeat
his own wisdom.-Chicago Daily News.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-07-09

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DEMOCRAT, ST. LOUIS. MO. and
get seven consecutive Issues OF that
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and, above all. for the strict impair
TALLY and absolute reliability of its
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GLOBE-DENIOCRAT.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-07-09
Trustees Sale of Real Estate.

WHEREAS. James NJ. Morrison and
Ida A. Morrison. his wife, of the
county of Cape Girardeau and State
of Missouri, by their certain deed of
trust dated the t~wenty-tirSt day of
August. 1888. and recorded in the
Recorders Office of the county of Cape
G~irardeau in book o. of Trusts and
Mortgages, on page four hundred and
thirty-five (435) conveyed in trust to
the undersigned trustee the following
described real estate, situate lying and
being in the county of Cape Girardeau
and State of Missouri. tO-wit:
All of Lot numbered twenty-five (22l
in range III" as shown in the plat
of the city of Cape G~irardeau, being
seventy.five (I5) feet front on Lorimi' r
street by one hundred and eighty (1S0)
feet in depth to an alley.
And. whereas, said note has long
since become due and payable accord
ing to the true tenor. date and effect
of said note and remains unpaid.
Now therefore, notice is hereby
given that |. the undersigned trustee,
at the request of the legal holder of
said note. and by virtue of the
authority in me vested and in pur-
suance of the provisions of said deed
of trust. will on
Saturday. the Thirtieth Day of July,
y. ID. 1898,
Between the hours of nine O'Clock in
the forenoon and five O'cock in the
afternoon of that day at the east
court house door in the city of Cap
Girardeau, county of Cape Girardeau
and State of Missouri. sell said de-
scribed real estate at public vendue
to the highest bidder. for cash in
hand. to satisfy said debt and interest
expressed in said note together with
costs and expenses of executing this
trust. WILLIAM G.. BERGMAN.
iuly9nl2 Trustee.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-07-09
RESOLUTION CITY COUNCIL.
To Grade and Gravel Good Hope
street.

Whereas, in the opinion of this
Council. it is necessary that Good
Hope street from Sprigg street to
Spanish street should be graded and
graveled, therefore BE it
Resolved. That said Good Hope
street from Sprigg street TO Spanish
street be graded and that said Good
Hope street from Sprigg street t.
Spanish street be graveled, excepting
that part Of said Good Hope street,
from Sprigg street to Spanish street,
between the street car tracks and
twelve inches outside each rail. and
be it further
Resolved. That the cost of said
grading be PAID out of the Street
Grading Fund and the cOst of the
crawling be assessed and taxed
against abbutting property owners.
and the city clerk is hereby authorized
and instructed to publish this resolu-
ton in the newspaper doing the city
printing. for two consecutive weeks to
the end that said work may be done.
FRANK UNNERSTALL.
Cape Girardeau, No., June 9th, 1898.
l certify that the above and fore
going resolution was adopted at a
regular meeting of the City Council oil
the City of Cape Girardeau held or
! Monday evening. June 9TH, 1898.
GEO. f. CHAPPELL.
June s. 1898. City Clerk,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-07-09
ordinance 80. 500.

IN Ordinance providing for the
grading and gravelilg of William
street between Sprigg and Pacific
streets in the City of Cape Girardeau,
Missouri.
WHEREAS. The Council of the City
OF Cape G~irardeau. Missouri. on the
18th day of April. 1898. in regular
session declared by resolution that it
was necessary to grade and gravel
William street from Sprigg street to
Pacific street in said city. and
WHEREAS, Said resolution was pub
lished in the DEMOCRAT, a newspaper
doing the city printing, for two con-
secutive weeks. and no remonStrance
having been filed with the city clerk
by the resident owners of property on
said street liable to taxation for such
proposed improvement, within ten
days after the publication thereof.
therefore.
BE it ordained by the Council OF
the City of Cape Girardeau, Missouri,
as follows:
SECTION |. That portion of William
street from Sprigg street to Pacific
street is hereby required to be graded
according 10 the established grade
thereof. and when thus brought t.
Grade and the road bed shall be thor
oughly settled the same to be deter
mined By the Street and Wharf Com
mittee. said street shall be graded
eighteen tlS) feet in width and the
depth as hereinafter set out. tO-wIt:
The gravel shall be four ~ inches
deep at the outside lines of gravel
and gradually increased in depth to the
center of said road bed or street,
where it shall be ten (10) inches in
depth: said road bed shall be twenty
(26l feet wide. The gravel to be used
shall be of good quality subject to the
approval of the Street Commissioner.
SECTION ,. The City Engineer is
hereby required to make estimates of
cost of the work herein and file the
same with the City Clerk. and if the
same shall be approved by the City
Council. the City Clerk shall thereup-
on advertise for proposals for gravel
ing.usaid portion of said William
street in the name and with the
material as provided by this and Y
listing ordinances: said advertisement
shall be in the usual form, the last
insertion to be at least ten (10) days
before the time advertised for receiv-
ing bids. If any bid shall be accepted
the city shall enter into contract with
the successful bidder for said work,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-07-09

No direct military object will be
by The capture OF Santiago
remarks the London Times. This i Il
mistaken Judgment. Santiago's cap
will deprive Spain of her greatest
stronghold in Cuba except Havana,
will take out of her hands forever the
most powerful squadron which ever
sailed out of IA Spanish port. and will
make the officers and men of that
squadron and the soldiers of the
Spanish garrison prisoners in Ameri-
can hands. The capture may do even
more than this. 1t may create up
risings in various parts of Spain. and
bring on the domestic CONFUSION
which must come sooner or later as a
consequence of Spanish calamity in
this war. Santiago is "A long way
from Havana. of cOurse. The army
which captures Santiago will have to
be transported to some point much
farther west before the march on Hava-
ma formally begins. Nevertheless the
moral influence of SantiagO'S fall may
have an important effect on SPANS
temper and domestic condition. and
shorten the war.-Globe- Democrat.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-07-09

subject to all the conditions, limita-
tons, stipulations and bond, o re-
ouired by this and existing ordinances:
and if no bid is accepted, the City
Council may, by resolution. instruct
the City Clerk to re-advertise as In
the first instance.
If said work be constructed by con-
tract or otherwise. the cost of gravel
ing shall be apportioned. assessed,
taxed and collected. as is now provid-
ed by ordinance. and the duties OF the
City Clerk. City Engineer and Street
Commissioner. in relation thereto
shall he in conformity Herewith.
SECTION 3. This ordinance shall
be- in force and take effect from and
after its passage.
Passed by the Council June 20, 1898.
WILLIAM II. COERyER,
President of the Council.
~ Approved this 20th day of
) SEAL June. 1898.
49, WILLIAM II. COERvER,
Attest: Mayor.
GEO. Z. CHAPPELL, City Clerk.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-07-09
Capt. Noon Killed.

The name of Captain Harry 3.
Moon. of Company b, 10Th infantry.
appears in the list of killed at the bat
tie of Santiago. as published in the
St. Louis papers to-day. Captain
Moon was q Cape G%irardeau boy. and
the news of his death is Il great shock
to his many friends here. On every
hand Fan be heard words of praise for
him. He was Il general favorite and
a nobler man than Harry Moon does
not live.
Capt. Moon was Il brother to Mrs.
J. w. Limbaugh. of Jackson, and
Mrs. II. =. Peironnet OF this city.
Mrs. Moon, who is now in this city
visiting relatives. has the sympathy
of the entire community.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-07-09
Zeal Estatc For sale.

Two lots in the town of Stroder-
Vile. on one of which is a fairly good
dwelling house.
Eleven acres of timbered land on
Hickory Ridge.
Eighty acres Of timbered land with
in three miles of Egypt Mills.
Forty acres OF timbered land about
two and IA half miles of Egypt Mills
Will be sold cheap for cash or part
cash and balance good paper.
For further particulars and de
scription of land call on
BEN H. ADAMS,
DEMOCRAT Office. Cape Girardeau'
Mo.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-07-09
Trustees Sale of Real Estate.

WHEREAS. Fritz Willer and
ohanne Willer. his wife, of the county
If Cape G~irardeau, State Of Missouri,
by their certain deed of trust dated
the eleventh day of May, 1897. and
recorded in the Recorders Office of
Cane Girardeau county. State of Mis-
souri,, at Jackson. in Book ~" page
27I. conveyed to Christian Steinmeyer.
trustee. the following described real
estate. situate, lying and being in the
county of Cape Girardeau and State
of Missouri. tO-wit:
All of Lot number forty. seven "a
and one hundred and two (l02l feet
from the north side of Lot number
forty-eight (4S) in range e" in the
city of Cape Girardeau, the same be-
ing two hundred and fourteen (2l4l
feet front on Pacific street, by One
hundred and eighty l1S0) feet in depth
on Bellview street as laid down on the
plat of said city of Cape Girardeau,
which said conveyance was made IN
trust to secure the payment of IA Ger
tain prOmissory note in said deed OF
trust mentioned aud described, and
whereas, said note has long since be
come due and payable according to
the true tenor. date and effect thereof.
and said note remains unpaid, and
whereas the said Christian Steinmeyer
has refused to act "a trustee. and
whereas the sheriff of Cape Girar-
deau county. Missouri is duly author
lied to act in his stead and execute
the said trust.
Now, therefore, notice is hereby
given that |, the undersigned trustee.
at the request of the legal holder OF
said note, and by virtue OF the power
and authority in me vested, and in
pursuance of the provisions of said
deed of trust. will on
Saturday. the Thirteenth Day Of
august, 4. D. lS98.
| Between the hours of nine O'CLOCK
in the forenoon and five o'clock in
afternoon of hat day, at the court
house door in the city of Cape Girar-
dean, Cape Girardeau county. Mis-,
souri,. sell the above described real
estate at public vendue, to the highest
and best bidder for cash in hand to
satisfy said debt and interest mention
ed in said deed of rust. together with
the costs aud expenses of executing
this trust.
iulyGnl1 JOHN H. JENKINS.
Sheriff and Trustee.