The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-10-20
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the country this week.
Our ferry boats are crossing mover
wagons at five cents each.
Pete Carroll is confined to his bed
and we are sorry 20 learn is bad sick.
Chris Seiger of Anna, Ills, spent
Sunday with Claude Speak in this
city.
Capt. Schuchert is out collecting for
the advertisements in the fair cata.
logues.
The Cape City Steam Laundry is
one business enterprise in the city that
has no dull days.
The Joe Flory Club al Jackson Las
a membership of one hundred and
seventy-fve.
Richardson & Slavick are putting
a new hot water heater in the Sturdi-
want Bank building.
Hon Dick Dalton will speak at the
court house in this city on Wednesday
evening of next week.
Ed Pott is in St. Louis. 1t is ru-
mored that Ed is soon to lead a fair
young lady to the altar.
Our local politicians are betting
some of their surplus money on
National and State results.
The privilege men on the fair
grounds all did good business and
they were all we'll pleased.
The street cars are better patronized
now than ever before and they make
better time than they used to.
Bidders were not numerous at the
sale of town lots al Graysboro yester-
day and bidding was not brisk.
William Paar of Jackson, is vsiit-
ing relatives in Louisville, KY. He
will return home next Sunday.
When the time comes for planting
trees everybody will be expected to
furnish some trees for the fair grounds.
Prof. McGhee has been out making
speeches in this county. Professor
McGhse has left the Bryan party for
good.
Silver Dick won the big ace at the
fair Saturday. Silver Dick is always
a favorite at our fairs and he always
wins.
Farmers never had finer weather for
getting. their ground in order and put
ting in wheat than they have had this
fall.
The Fair Association will have
money enough to pay all premiums
and several hundred dollars as a
surplus:
The big steamer Hill City was at
our wharf this morning. She was on
her way to St. Louis and had very
little freight.
The St. Charles Hotel did a splendid
business last week. John h. Lyons
is a hotel man who knows how to
handle big crowds.
Merchants are now ready for the
fall and winter trade. Our local
merchants are prepared with big
stocks for a big trade.
DIR. A. Peironnet, who has been con-
fined to his room for a week or two
is now improving and will, we hope,
soon be able to be out.
Col. Thilenius is making a trip over
the county with Hon. Norman A.
Motley. All the prominent towns in
the county will be visited.
w. H.. Medley has moved out OF the
St. Avit property on Morgan Oak
street and now there is a good vacant
house for somebody.
Another fair on the new fair grounds
will demonstrate to the people more
ever that the old fair grounds were
too far away from the city.
UA Democrat and a monkey are Civ
ing nickel exhibitions on the streets in
this city. Other Democrats are in the
monkey business all over the country.
Tom Williams is the happiest man
in town. He has a brand new boy at
his house-a big, fat fellow, at that.
The young fellow came Sunday morn
ing.
The Board of Directors of the Cape
Girardeau Fair and Park Association
will meet next Monday at the court
house to settle up the business of the
last Fair.
Julius E. Umbeck, candidate for
Public Administrator, is in the city
to-day. MIR. Umbeck is a clever old
gentleman and a safe man for Public
Administrator.
For the fair next year the Houck's
Missouri and Arkansas railroad will
bring thousands of people, providing
our City Council will allow Mr.. Houck
to build into town.
The Scott County Rock Road raised
its toll gates on Thursday, Friday and
Saturday fair week but the gates on
the jackson Gravel Road remained in