The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-12-15
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this morning for st. Louis.
Charley Uunerstall will move into
his new building in a few days.
The hen is on a strike and the price
of eggs is gradually going up.
The big electric railroad man from
Belleville, illinois, is in the city.
Down in Dunklin county the farm
ers fatter their beef cattle on cotton
seed.
The show windows in our big stores
n reminders of the approaching holt
days.
a fight and a runaway on the Levee
this afternoon created some excite
ment.
Mrs. Fristoe, mother of Jas. Fris-
toe, is in the city visiting relatives
and friends.
Lou Rodney is up from Oran to see
his sister, Mrs. j. N. Whitelaw, who
is dangerously ill.
The city council will meet again on
the 18th of this month to tackle the
railroad ordinance.
Leming & Lamson put a new safe in
their Office in the Sturdivant Bank
building this morning.
There are several divorce cases
docketed for the January term of the
Common Pleas Court.
If we get all the railroads that are
headed this way we will surely be in
it as a railroad town.
DR.. Peironnet, who has been in poor
health for several weeks is still very
feeble anu remains indoors.
There is talk of another newspaper
venture in the city with a prominent
young lawyer as chief editor.
DR.. Patton has moved into his new
house on Themis street. He has one
of the incest houses in the city.
Hog meat will be hog meat mex,
summer anu the man who is able to
buy now should lay in a supply.
The Graham Earl company had a
very successful week here last week.
They went from here to Perryville.
The stockholders of the Cape Brew
cry & Ice Company declared a divi
dend of 5 per cent. at the meeting las
night.
The good people of this town should
begin to think about doing something
for the poor, TO give them a happy
Christmas.
The DEMOCRAT is now the only
newspaper in the city and we mus
insist on those who owe on subscrip
ton to pay up.
The surveyors for the electric linz
railroad are going over the ground.
They were as far as the three MILF
creek yesterday.
Don't get excited if the we'll borer'
at the brewery strike oil instead 0
water when they bore through tina
mountain of rock.
At the stockholders meeting las
Monday night the old board of direc
tors of the Cape Brewery & Ice Com
pany was reelected.
Nohing has yet been heard OF th,
prisoners who escaped from the Jack
son jail, but Sheriff Gockcl is dCins
ali in his power to cantnra them.
The S. NJ. X y. l.. Il. has ordered
a fine clock to be placed in the sky
craper of the new depot building. !
will be an illuminated clock and ca!
be seen day or night,
The Western Poultry u Game Com
pany is going to move into the AIber
property north OF the Riverview Ho
tel. The building is now being fitted
up for the purpose.
DR.. \. Peironnet was down town to
dav for the first time for severa
weeks. The doctor has been confined
TO his room for a long time and We
are glad to see him GU again.
John L. Davis, city marshal of Nal
len. died at his home in that town las
week. Deceased was the son-in-law o.
the late Lewis Brown of this city, bav,
ing married Miss Clara Brown in thi;
city in 1891.
The little child of Mr.. and Mrs. Oh
lie Astholz died at Jackson on Wed
nesday. December l., having been il
for several weeks. We extend sym
pathies to the parents in this theil
saddest hour.
\ Rails county farmer, says an eX'
change. lost a COW in a very queer
nj one night last week. The ami
NAL got into the summer kitchen an(
found and swallowed an old umbrella
and a cake of yeast. The yeast fer
menting in the poor beasts stomach
raised the umbrella and she died il
terrible agony.
w. H. Pirkey. real estate agent fol