The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-04-07
MIXED UP.
Everything OF Local Form To be
Found That IL OF Interest
MONDAY.

Don't forget If you use Putnam
Fadeless Dyes you don't have to sen6
for a package for wool and one fol
cotton. Each package colors al
fbers. Sold BY W. II. Coerver. Il
The Democrats of Cape G~irardeau
township held a convention at the
court house last Saturday and in
structed their delegates for every
body except Bryan and the constable
of Cape G~irardeau. That old Demo.
cratic unit gag rule was introduced in
the shape of a resolution and passed
BY a vote of sixteen to tw~enty-one.
Every now and then a travelling mar
comes to this city gets drunk and then
proceeds to curse our hotels. Now
these drummers don't have to come
here. We can live without them and
our hotels will do business just the
same and not have to be bothered
with drunken drummers.
Staythat barking by useing Ballard
Horehound Syrup. 1t arrest the
cough, allays irritation of the throat,
and relieves CONGESTION of the lungs
in a day. 1t is safe and pleasant to
take, and v disapoints.
50 cents. I.Ben. Miller. 25nd
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Lind returned
last night to Cairo on the steamer
Hill City.
The ordinance giving the right of
way to the Southern Missouri & Ar
kansas Railroad Company to build
a passenger depot in front of the Riv-
erview Hotel was passed this morning.
With five or six exceptions the whole
town was for the passage of this or
dinance. The vote on the ordinance
stood five to two. The FIVE who voted
for the passage of the ordinance are
readers of the DEMOCRAT of course.
Small precautions often prevent
great mischiefs. DeWitt's Little Early
Risers are very small pills in size, but
are most effective in preventing the
most serious forms of liver and stom-
ach troubles. They cure constipation
and headache and regulate the bow
els. VIM. 81. Coerver.
The Bulletin and the Argus of Cairo
are engaged iu asomewhat heated dis
cussion yer certain improvements
contemplated in that city. The Bull
letin favors anything that will help
boom the town, and the Argus wants
the city to go slow and not increase
the burden which now rests on the tax
payers.
Matters in connection with the big
fair to be held during the first week
in May are moving along nicely. An
effort will be made to make this one
Of the greatest events that has taken
place here for some years.
The Chicago & Eastern Illinois
railroad expect to commence the cree
ton of a s2S. 600 depot and hotel COM
bined, at Thebes sometime this
week. The site for the structure will
be or the lots formerly owned by B.
+. Brown s. Co. The hotel will be a
moder nup-to-date building.
Running sores, indolent ulcers and
similar troubles, eventhough of many
years standing, may becuredby using
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. 1t
soothes, strengthens and heals. 1t is
People who have visited Thebes lat
ely say there is a big boom taking
place there. The price of real estate
is going up so fast that few people
will be able to try anything there in
a short while. 1t is stated that c. y.
Marchildon has refused $1,000 for 2
corner lot that he would almost have
given away a few months ago. The
old court house on the hill has been
purchased and converted into a board
ing house.
Richardson & Siavick have secured
the contract for the plumbing in the
new Phelps Dempsey block on Main
street, and will N work at
once. There were several bids put in.
but that of the firm named IA the
lowest. These young men are new
corners here and have Just started in
business in the Cape. They are prac'
teal men however. understand their
business thoroughly and propose to
do only first class work.
TUESDAY.
The councilmen who voted to give
the railroad permission to come into
town voted the sentiment of three
fourths the people of the city.
In justice to the travelling men who
come here often and do business here
we will state that the drummer re-
ferred to in yesterdays DEMOCRAT
raj a whiskey drummer.
Moments are useless if trlred away