The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-08-06

by former members of the Relief
Corps as this organization was dis
continued some years ago. The foun-
tain, which vas erected several years
ago, was donated to the city, but had
no plate to mark it so the above plate
was donated. 1t was attached to the
fountain several days ago.
Mrs. Chris Sander has gone to AL
lenville to visit her sister, who is re-
ported to pe seriously jill.
Sam Sherman returned from St.
Louis yesterday afternoon, where he
went for short social visit.
Mrs. L. F. Klostermann, Miss Alma
Kiehne and Mrs. Capt. Stout, who
have been visiting in st. Louis for
several days, returned yesterday.
Mrs R. NJ McCombs and her daugh-
ter, Miss Helen McCombs, and Mrs. J.
w. McCombs .,r., Of Jackson, Mo-, yes
terday visited friends in the Cape.
Mrs. Alder J. Schmidt obtained
divorce in tie Common Pleas Court
yesterday. She was also given the
custody of then two children. Schmidt
formerly was contractor in this city.
He desterted her several years ago,
she stated in her petition.
Luke Young and his brother, Glenn
Young, both carpenters for the Fris-
co, recently purchased the Gentry
Tailoring Shop at Good Hope and
Frederick streets in Haarig. Luke will
be in active charge of the shop and
Glenn will continue on the railroad
and split his time between the two
occupations.
Mrs. B. w. HAYS, wife of DR.. B. w.
Hays of Jackson, yesterday was visit
ing Mrs. Ben Caldwell in Cape Girar-
deau.
Fire which started in waste paper
basket in the Gem Restaurant at %
Main street Monday night was extin-
guished by employees before it did any
damage or spread to the fixtures of
the eating place. The fire department
been extinguished.
was called out, but by the time the
men arrived prepared to throw water
on blaze, the restaurant fire had
Mayor Rage, acting in the capacity
of Justice of the Peace, after listening
to the stories of Lawrence Shy and
Henry Haden, two-negroes who were
arrested for fighting at Main street
and Broadway Monday night, SEN
fenced each to 10 days in jail yester-
day morning.
Members OF the Bartender Union,
with their wives and families, Sunday
afternoon went to the Bend, three
miles north Of town on the Bend road
for a picnic. A crowd of nearly hun
dred attended and dancing of all
kinds, Juggling contests furnished
large share of the amusement. The
crowd went to the picnic in buggles
and automobiles. The big part of the
picnic-the eats-topped off the day.
Manning kimmel, who has been
spending few days in the lower
counties, returned to this city yester-
day.
JIG. Kies and John Putt distributed
five Thousand Homecomers' buttons to
five thousand. One hundred of these
are numbered alike and during Home
comcrs' festivities any two persons
having buttons bearing the same num-
Members Of the Retail Merchants
Association will meet at the rooms OF
the Commercial Club tonight.
John P. CoGnor of Morris, N. j., an
attorney, working in connection with
the drainage proposition south of the
Cape, yesterday was in the Cape con-
ferring with }. NJ. Floss of the Floss
Construction Company and John F.
Alden, of Rochester, n. Y, on matters
relative to the drainage work.
The City Steam Laundry received an
automobile truck yesterday which will
be used in making its deliveries over
the city. The truck supplants the
horse and wagon, due to the increase
in business which demanded speed.
E. Richmond of Dublin, ireland, is
stopping in the Cape on business.