The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-08-25

here but a few months, but they have
shown themselves thorough business
people, courteous and obliging, and
the work they have done for different
citizens has been first class in every
respect.
The Democrats held their township
meeting at the court house Saturday
afternoon. The boys seemed to have
their war paint on and when it came
to voting for instructions for Cape
Girardeau men. they lined up with
their twelve inch guns with Lafayette
Caruthers in command. They knock
ed the instruction crowd out on the
first round when C%aruthers gave the
command.
The preliminary work has commenc-
ed on the S. NJ. q A. depot, and it
will not be long before a large force
of men is at work and everything be-
ing pushed as rapidly as possible.
Ed Regenhardt has the contract for
erecting the building. that is. all of it
but the wood work. The structure
will be a handsome n and will be a
valuable Improvement in all respects.
The young folks had a house NOV
ing party at the residence of Henry c.
Ossenkop Saturday night. Mr.. Os-
senkop has just moved into his ele-
giant new house on the corner of Good
Hope and Middle streets and the party
was given to warm up the new build
ing. A pleasant time was had.
j. S. Miller has disposed of the
Bloomfield Cosmos to n. A. Motley,
and he will locate at Forsythe, Mo-,
where he will probably become inter-
ested in another paper. The name OF
n. A. Motley now appears at the
masthead Of the Cosmos as editor of
that paper.
Cape Girardeau has a number of
excellent hotels, and this city is rap
idly becoming the Mecca toward which
the faces of the travelling men are
turned who happen to be in the ad-
joining towns on Saturday. They all
want to get to the Cape TO spend Sun
day.
The farmers in the Egypt Mills
neighborhood have finished threshing
their wheat. One of the residents of
that vicinity was in town to-day and
said that more wheat had been shipped
this year from cambridge Landing
than in any other year in his knowl-
edge.
The council at its meeting last
night granted Il permit to Henry HUM,
ST.. to build "a porch in front of the
Prescott House. The porch will be
similar in appearance to that in front
of the St. Charles Hotel. Mr.. HUM
will ommenc building the porch at
nee.
Col. j. II. Rogers of Ottumwa.
Iowa. j. in the city. Col. Rogers is
travelling solicitor for the Democratic
National Committee and he is here to
tap the pockets and incidentally test
the patriotism of our leading Demo-
Gratis.
The shortage OF - bushels of wheat
in a carload, which was spoken Of a
few days since in the DEMOCRAT mas
bee. satisfactorily adjusted. 1t de-
veloped hat the Joke was on the
shipper of tine wheat and not IN the
mill people.
b. 3. Bast viii sell all his house
hold and kitchen furniture. horses.
buggy and farm wagon at public
auction at the court house door
in this city on Saturday. september
LIST at ! o'clock p. IN.
Maiden i, to have a roller mill. a
tram road and Il slack barrel factory.
The citizens of the town have raised a
bonus for these enterprises and they
will be in operation within sixty days.
J. O. Mason. Assistant Superinten-
nent of the International Correspon-
dence Schools of Scranton. Pa. is in
the city for a few days and is a guest
at the Prescott House.
For sale.
Eighty (Sol acres of land a. in
c%ultivation) with Il 1 room house on
it. east of .Arbor in this county.
Seventy-nine ~ acres with 9-room
brick house, , good springs.
Ninety-six (96l acres. of which -
are in civilizations: also 40 acres in
northern part of this county.
Lot No. -. in range | (l20X112l.
The southwest corner of lot No. 20,
in range H, (jltxS0)
Lot No. u. range |. (914xlS0).
House and lot on Belleview street,
/ rooms, orchard. c~istern, cellar.
stable and buggy she'd (45x1S0.)
House and lot t5OxlS3) ) rooms,
cellar. cistern and chicken house,
lately built and well improved.
For terms call on
HENRY \. ASTHOLZ.