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MIXED UP. Everything of Local Form To Found That is of Interest. MONDAY. be The Bonney boys will begin the publication of their paper at Puxico next week. The new outfit is expected daily. We wish them success and sincerely trust that they will meet with no such disaster as befell them a few -days ago. We can now distinguished the dif ference in the length of the days. They are growing longer rapidly, and ore many moons have passed the pfing poet will -make his appear ance from his winter quarter and sing Ms song of coming spring. Rudolph Stehr and Ed Ruehmann, formerly bide dealers on the Levee, have desolved partnership. j3 xz .Several parties trying to cross the -iver yesterday in a skiff came very near losing their lives, but were for tunately rescued after receiving a severe ducking. A young gentleman who has been in business here told us this morning i hat he was much wiser in some things f he did not possess as much cash as ix; did a while back. The hacks between here and Jackson i ill do a good business this week. The trains missed connection yester day and the city papers failed to ar rive. Seveial of Mr. Klostermann's friends spent an enjoyable evening at bis residence yesterday. There will be no boats until some of the floating ice has passed away. Our merchants wore out very little -shoe leather today waiting on custo mers. However the pants department and the comfortable arm chairs saw ervice. Rev. Tate, we are infonned, is mak ing preparations to take an extended trip through the larger cities in the ast and west in the interest of his -.-.hurch. May success attend him in his endeavor is our sincere wish. A young man was out calling on his ieighbors about midnight last night "trying to borrow a gun to shoot a supposed thief that was in his smoke house. The loud report of a gun was heard, but there was no shrink or cry f distress followed. The little hoglets. "hat were, are still quitely reposing in iheir former place in the smokehouse undisturbed. Conrad Stehr, who has been dan gerously ill for the past few months, ' r-ame down to his place of business this morning 'or the first time in sev eral weeks. T. B. Sims has purchas-d the -learner Bunion and will remodel and ix her for a passenger boat. it is reported that she will enter the St. Louis and Cape Girardeau trade. It is rumored that we will have .-ihout. four boats in the trade hetwe-'ii iii-re and St. Louis next spring. If '.hat houid In.- the case the probabity "is that the fare lietwcen here and St. Louis will Ix,- so low that the poorest will In- able to visit tin; me : ropoiis and view the sights. Messrs. Suckmann A- Boss t.-li u.--.hat they will cioso out their stock of -onfee;ionary within a week or ten days whan they will open up an ele- jant and elaborate stock of gents' furnishing goods. These young men .ue both well versed in this line and iieiVg so well known they will un- Joubtedly do a prosperous business. SH'aUiu- of lino and artistic work 'Cir ui'enfiou was drawn to-day upon t life-.-'iZ'.'d crayon drawing ol Gen. . Meridian on exhibition at the mam moth ib-y goods house of Mr. D. A. . Menu. The picture belongs to Mr. MiiL.f uml is used as a six-cimen of .he work done by the house which he represents. H i: an extraordinary b-autiful piece of work and deserves comment of the highest praise. We know of a young gentleman who ame a considerable distance to see a voting lady and spent about eight hours with her Sundav evening and -again paid her a visit early Monday morning. During the quite, but -or.ic.vhat early tete a tele, the young man abruptly arose and with a long, sorrowful, but anxious expression up- -.on his face. Kg the young lady to excuse him as he was very sick. The fact of the matter was. on leaving his hotel his mind was so occupied that he had forgotten to eat his breakfast, and worst of all, he had left his puree lving uikmi the bed in his room. He soon returned with a bright smile il luminating his face and in the pres- enee of the fair one he heeded not the ringing of the mid-day beiis. TCESDA y. -limns'' waul to liewarc now as the itv is preparing a stone pile. A number of our lawyers are attend ing court ait Jackson this week. The Cape City Holler Mills calen dar for ?!W is an elegant piece .f work. The Joerns properly in Haarig which .luit.-iived bv fire a short time ago, will be Ve-built early in the spring The rrand jury spent the entire day .n one case yesterday. At this rate the business will not be finished up Albert Phelan left onjthe earlytrain this morningfcafter.fspending several days here on business 'not to be men tioned. Everybody is complaining of their inability to collect bills. Perhaps it would pay to adopt the plan of em ploying female collectors. The Leap Year party which occurred last night in the Masonic building was a success in every way. The young folks enjeyed themselves highly and danced until an early hour when they sought their repose with the samo old feelings as is customary "after the ball." We are ready at any moment to accept a position to distribute bills at the rate of 00 cents per hundred. That is the proposit:on which was tendered the city Council for distributing five hundred dog tax bills. However, the Council cut it down to one dollar and fifty cents which is ample, pay for the work. A marriage ceremony, which was rather a quite affair, occurred in this city this morning at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Baumann, on Sprigg street. The contracting parties were Mr. Theodore Bouerle, a wine grower of Henderson, Ky., and Miss Mary Baumann, of this city. The marriage ceremony was performed by Rev. Father l'ruento of the German Catho lic church. Only a few of the most intimate friends were present. We extend to them our best wishes and congratulations. WEDNESDAY A heavy fog hovered over the river nearly all day. Xot a great while until Valentines will Ik; thought of. The dirt roads are muddy and in a very poor condition . The Union Mills have out a very pretty calendar for l.H'.Mi. John Hatcher, formerly a typo of this city is here visiting friends. A large lot of poultry was brought to this city yesterday where it found a quick sale. Nearly all of our attorneys are out of the city. County Court is attract ing their attention this week. Mr. Muedigcr still continues to get out wood in the swamps. His work in gmen never quit, rain or shine. Our street cars are not doing the business they should do. Seems like our .Mian! would rather walk than ride. The ferryboat McGregor has leen layed up for repairs. The machinery is being overhauled, likewise the en tire bout. Last. Monday was the i:!7th an ni ver sify of George Washington's wedding and it was celebrated in royal style in Xew York. Work is still progressing on the new St. Charles building and they are in hopes of having it completed !).. early spring. Thiv is considerable business be fore the couutv court this term and it i-i liein.' disposed of with as much rapidity as possible. Street car collisions and accidents are of .'rcqueiit occurauce in the cities, liai no collisions or accidents here. ):ir cars are run with care. This is the right kind of weather to bring on spring fever. Judging from J,the looks and actions of some lieople that disease has already struck t.iv towi.. Merr-. Sackmann and Boss expect to have their new house ojiened before j spring. They intend to put in a first- class stock of iurnislling goons anu employ able and skillful tailors for their clothing department. We are often reminded of that cyni cal expression of lalleyraml lan guage is a means whereby we conceal our thoughts." With more of truth ho might have said our hearts. The gay words, apparently carelessly said. often come from heart and lips mat wonder at their own recklessness. A jierson going about looking broken hearted is an unusual signt, out. 11 all the gay tongues should lie silenced save those whose hearts were gay. this old world would lie hushed into death-like stillness. Hope, like the morning star, comes at darkest hour. As sad as hearts often are. and dreary as the world sometimes appears, tnere are exceeu- in"lv few of those dark hours liefore dawn unlighted by the blessed, though eften faint rays of the lieautiftil Star of Hoe. Poets dream of thee, Hope. lovers sing ot tnee. anu men anu wo men fi.'hting the battles of life often . .... . , . have gone uo.vn in me su-i.f. u... true, having realized thy promise here. but. Hope, we believe thy rays heightened the way of Death and light ed them even unto the Father's throne. THURSDAY. The ferry ltoats have trouble in landing on the other sid of' the river on account of low water. Yeung Burton who was injured on the railroad last Tuesday and who is at the hospital in this city is slowly improving. Our spring poet is struggling sav agely to be realeasei from his cage, but we can't afford to let him out yet for a while tit least. A certain yorung gentleman made himself scarce yesterday and departed for parts unknown. He was uneasy about the grand jury. The prices at the gymnasium - will be one dollar for three months for sen ior class. Twenty-five cents for chil dren. Lessons every Saturday after noon. Robt. Tirmenstein, of Jackson, is the father of a bouncing big baby boy. The new caller arrived last Sunday and Bob is as proud as a boy with his first pair of paints. Genius rushes like a whirlwind, tal ent marches like a cavalcade of heavy men and heavy horses, cleverness skims like a swallow in the summer evening with a sharp shrill note and a sudden turning. n exchange tells a story of a man who determined to spend all he made during the first year in advertising. H3 soon found that it was impossible. for the simple reason that the more he advertised the more ho made, and after a strenuous effort to -get rid of his money in aivertising. he had to give it up. Our young friend Julius Hanny, manufacturer of the two famous brands of cigars- "Washington" and 'Princess" is having an exceptionally big run on these cigars. They are made of fine tobocco and as a smoker they cannot be beat anywhere. There is a touch of poetry in every being, if he will only get out of the grind of business long enough to find it. Man is a many-sided crystal, and all the sides need to bo recognized and kept polished. It would be dangerous to the conceit of our aver age American business man, with his ceaseless drive of bargain and money- getting, to take him out of affairs. and place him besides a mountain stream, or in the wood. He would wake up te the humiliating fact that he was utterly uninteresting to him self, and fail to discern "songs in the running brookand sermons in stones. " The most effective remedy for this state ef things is the use of poetry. No one who gives ten minutes a day to reading poetry can be entirely un interesting, and noone needs poetry so much as the man of intense business activity. It saves him from materi alism, drudgery, monotony, and that flatness which robs life of its savor, and makes it a thing of weariness. The adage. "Honesty is the best policy" we think in this age of pro gress and reform, ought to be made over. Who is it who finds it true in the race of life? Who is it who be lieves it holds good in attainment of success': Who believe honesty is bst, but certainly the word policy doesn't fit in our mind just there. When we think of honesty as a gift, an attribute of friend or self, we feel proud, but when we remember friend or self as oolitic we inadverdentl v doubt the friend and and hate the self. Honesty ! is Ix-st 1:1 all tilings: wuat we ay anu what wo do for here and the here after. Policy may be good in some things v.e say and do here, but surely not for the hereafter. We ljclieve we will risk saying, although not a Bible scholar, the word policy, so far has not !ce:i squeezed in that blessed book even by the revisers. Hence we think tl.e :.bove adage would Ik- mure to the point and real iv truer nit ran mus. jloliesiy isaiw?i? .;?-;. ,uin ....... , ciiiniilitiu. Hi .LV.I tile " FRIDAY. , wood-sawing contest by wtnucnl That "tvins up to date and quite pal. The "sawing.-' I hear, was successful: But the "say-nothing" part, how was that? Many are tiif complaints of parties having hogs in the swamps of the mysterious disappearance of their porkers. It would lie a good idea to hunt these hog thieves and giv them their just punishment. The second service at Christ's (Episcopal) church will Ix-. until further notice, at 3:30 p. m. on Sunday instead of 7 p. m. The subject for next Sunday's discourse will le "The Use of Social Vestments." From Jefferson City comes tin- start ling news that Commissioner Jere Fruin has resigned from the Police Board. After two years of faithful and active service. Tuesday Col. Fruin forwarded his resignation to Gov. Stone and it was at once accepted. A "hold-up of the Kelso mail hack was reported to nave o.-curn-u iron the Blue Hole, just south of this city . . . ... i i the other evening. Mr. Weiiner. wht shot and killed John Fullenwider in the !!e:n! last Saturday was acquitted by Ihe grand jury yesterday. This y?ar will undoubtedly bring forth manv marriages. Our young ladies are aware that Leap Year will not occur again until I'.too. This has been examination week for the little folks at the public school. The steamer Bachelor will make her regular weekly trips between here and St. Louis. Mr. Blake, representing tne Buck Stove and Rar.ge Company, of St. Louis, paid us a pleasant visit today. The City of Paducah. running in the Anchor Line trade, rasped down yesterday afternoon. CITY GOVERNMENT. Proceedings of the City Council. Regular Meeting. Monday Evening, Jan. 6, ISiKi. Board met in regular session with .the Mayor, William H. Coever in the chair, and the following members present: Messrs. Bierwirth. Blomeyer. Demp sey, Galusha, Lind and Vogelsang. Absent. Messrs. Adams and Snivel- bine. The journal of the proceedings of the last regular and adjourned meet ings was read and approved. Mr. Adams appeared in his seat during the reading of the journal. The several officers reports for tha month of December were presented and read in the order named as follows: auditor's report. Bal. in Treasury Nov. 30th 7,13 09 HKCEIPTS FOR DECEMBER. Of Christ Hirsch, Collector S.82S "' Of John Grieb, Marshal 78 85 Of Gustav Stein. Weigher !1 50 Of H. L. Hunze, Weigher 14 75 OfHy. Vastorling, Weigher 35 70 Of James McKenna, Port Warden 28 00 Of Geo. II .Chappell. Clerk, viz: 71 2 ForH. Meystedt, for pipe f'i4 .":! For G . Hirsch, for pipe 6 75 For Sturdivant Bank. interest 12 months . . 69 72 Total receipts for Dec i ii.m 36 14.321 4") 2.3) IS7 Disbursed Bal. in Treasury Dec. 31st, !!.- COLLECTOR'S KEI'ORT For taxes years 1S!I3 lS!t5 $12,020 78 RECEIPTS. ti.'.t(i7 62 22 21 120 80 For interest on del. taxes Formci-chants ad val. taxes FROM LICENSES. VIZ. Photographer Id (Hi Merchant 3 oo Wood and coal yard 10 00 Vehicles 25 00 s 0(1 FOR St'KCIAL TAX RILLS. Repairs on Broadway lietween Sprigg and Frederick street.. Between Lorimi-'!' and Spanish Sts. . . Improving Middle street be t w e e n Broadway a n d Themis streets 12 im; 41 2:: 33 5 00 1 00 Salt cemetery license. . . Total col. for Dec. . POLICE JCIKlE's Xundx'!' of cast's i. REPORT. Fi es assessed 1 1 oo 15 35 r, oo . 14 50 S 11 50 I54 35 Police Judge's fees.. Attorney s ices. ...... Police fees Witnesses Total At'CtirNTED Ft' AS By labor By cash Bv remitted by Mayor foluiws: 24 00 7 si 5o I42 12 I'nsati-tvjd. 00 154 MARSHAL'S REPORT. Fines and costs collected Police Court, si casus. J.'os t53 inclnsivu. Amount of execution Satisfied, viz: in the i'4- to jjl.M 35 By Cash By labor By remitted by Mayor Bv sm-alislied 7- "C. 21 oo :::t ."o 12 oo 54 :-5 STREET COMWISSIONKIC'S REPORT. Due .arious team-ters and laUtrers for work done and gravel hauled, distributed as follows: Merriwethcr street. X. Frederick street Good llile street. . Aquamsi street Schtuter Alley .1 Ikl 12 5o I '.' 3 75 1 ; X. Main street gravel . Themis street Frederick street 3 75 3o '.'5 FIRE CHIEF'S RFJDRT. One regular drill. All inciiiiers orescnt. One lire December th m mem- Good Hoie strevt. (Joerns) bers present and working. On montion of Mr. D-mpsey said report was received, ordered filed and the Clerk instructed to issue warrants on the oeneral revenue fund in favor J of and for the amounts due the several parties named in said reports. On motion of Mr. Bierwirth the Street and Wharf Committee were granted further time in which t re port on remonstrance of property owners protesting against improving the north side of Good Hope street between Sprigg and Frederick streets, referred to them at meeting of Decem ber 2nd. The Committee n Claims to whom, at last meeting was referred the ieti tion of James X. Hartzell asking the Council to relieve him from the pay ment of interest on his delinquent tax es, reported "that they cauld not rec ommend the granting of the prayer of petitioner for the reason that the same could not be done legally." Said committee also reports that warrants in payment of the bills of the Home Electric Light Campany. were issued and tendered to Simon Hartzell. mana ger of said company, and refused by him. On motion of Mr. Dempsey said re port was received, concurred in and ordered filed. A bill in favor of Dr. Werner Schmidt for services at hospital at tending two patients in June and July, amounting to $8.50 was presented, read and on motion of Mr. Blomeyer referred to the Committee on Claims. The question of compensating P. D. Hopier for distributing "dog tax" notices, was brought up and on motion of Mr. Blomeyer he was allowed l .50 for said services and the Clerk in structed to issue a warrant in bis fa ver on the general revenue fund for said amount. The following bilN were presented and read. Gottfried Hartung. For attaching four gongs to hose cart 10 00 Andrew Adams, For disposing of one cripple horse.. 50 For impounding and slaving dogs.. 4 50 $5 00 P. II. Dempsey, For drayage on pipe and cement.. Wm. H. Wilier, For services, acting Police Judge Glover and Flurth. For grate and put ting in s. w. cor. Themis and Ievee Otto Holm. For painting tire house. 4th Ward.. James G re-sham & Son, For lumber street use . Hirsch Bros. For 3 brooms .tire department . CO .50 ti 00 1 ?0 liO Franciscan Sisters. For attendance and board McMahan (3 days' Perry Hopper. For 1 load f wood Mayor's order B. Balm. For I port. Elec. lamp : council room ) Southeast Gazette. 2 CO 1 25 . 00 F o r publishing Collector's notice six wis ks John Grieb. Marshal. For attendance and salary December. . Fred Steirnle. For rent lire house 3rd Ward ( 3 mos. i Wm. Iiegenhai'dt. For rent tire house 2nd Ward (5 mos. i C. (J. W. W. and so 00 : oo 15 oo Elec. Light Co.. For 2! are lights for Dec. at S 25 each Conrad Lind and Andrew Adams. Forimpoundingand feeding sttick R. II. Juden, St. Com. For salary Dec For boarding pris oners :3'.i 25 :oo 33 35 17 .V. 5o W SPECIAL 1VLICE. W. J. Penn 3 days 4 5o Philip Maag 1 day 1 5o Aug. StafTregan 1 day I 5o Geo. Hutiiniiinn J day 75 s 25 W. H. Bohnsack. For repairs to city tools Ecrnhard Bahn. For coal oil. etc.. per Marshal 3 20 For fuse, power. H-r St. Com 3 50 Wm. H. Wilier. As sessor, For bal. tin salary 1S.-, to lS!Hi Geo. F Chappell, Clerk. For fees 3 month: account rendered . . For extending taxes on land and per loo sonal assessment books and making copy of said books and extension foot ing, etc X. Wichterich. Treas urer, For salary 3 mos.. E. D. Englemann, Police J udge, Forsalary for3mos. 125 00 62 50 50 00 B. F. Davis. AttTy, For salary far 3 months 50 0(1 On motion of Mr. Adams said bills were allowed and th Clerk in structed to issue warrants on -the gen eral revenue fund in favor of and for the amounts due the several parties named, excepting the proportionate parts of the bills of the Clerk, Asses sor and Treasurer applicable to the levying, assessing land expense inemdent to the collection of the tax es. warrants for these amounts to te drawn in favor of the officers named upon th funds entitled to hear same. The following resolution was pre sented and read and on motion of Mr. Adams adopted. Resolved, That the Treasurer be and is hereby instructed and author ized to transfer the sum of ?t7.78 now to the credit of the R. R. Comp. Int. Fund to the city Funding Interest Fund. Signed. Arc Bierwirth. The following communication from the Mayor was presented and read: Cape Girardeau, Mo. Jan. 6th, 1896. Mr., President pro tern and gentle men of the Council: s doubts have arisen as to the application ef certain sections of cer tain revised ordinances for the pur poses originally intended, and for the purpose of avoiding a misconstruc tion of said sections, and to save use less litigation in the future, I would respectfully recommend that you take some action in the matter either as a body or through your Judiciary Com mittee, by having an erdinance intro duced repealing or amending the sec tions referred to. It is not necessary to particularize the sections that in my judgement should be amended, but your attention is called'to the License Ordinance. I also submit for your consideration. whether or not you think it advisable to inact an ordinance establishing a sewer system for the city. Complaints have been made to me regarding the dumping of ashes, offal and other accumulation into the river in front of the wharf, some steps should be taken to prevent this. Regarding Out Lot "H" deeded by Lorimier to the city for public school purposes. I think that the property in question should be deeded to the Board of Education of the city, con ditionally, to be used for the purpose originally intended. Under the law the Council is im powered to levy a tax for the purpose of sprinkling and cleaning .stitits, and in my judgement the Council should take advantage of it by enact ing an ordinance to that effect. In conclusion I would suggest that the city make the experiment of having a rock pile provided for prisoners to work at. so as to provide some means for payment of costs and line;., which otherwise would not lie paid. The ex p"ii"e of arresting, prosecuting and taking care of prisoners now exceeds, in a majority of cases, the amount we receive from them, for the reason that the city has but little work that these prisoners could do. ncspectfully submitted. William H. coerver. Mayor. On motion of Mr. Adams said com munication was received -and referred tit. the Judiciary Committee. I The resignation of Peter Carroll as j sptfial policeman was read and on motion of Mr Bierwirth accepted. Mr. Blomeyer moved that the clerk notify the sexton to comply with the ordinance referring to his office con cerning making monthly reports to the Council. Carried. The clerk slated that the semi-annual statement would lie delivered to the printir the coming week. On motion of Mr. Bierwirth the Fire Chief was instructed to dispose of. to the liest advantage, the two old lira engines and old hose cart and the htise that belongs to the small engint. Sale to te subject to the approval of the Mayor. Mr. Blomeyer moved that the Mayor lie authorized to sell the old city scales to liest advantage. On motion of M r. Blomeyer the Street and Wharf Ctmmittee and Street Commissioner were instructed to select a place for the purpose and prepare a "rock pile"' for city pris oners, confined in the city jail to work at. On motion of Mr. Blomeyer the board adjourned until Monday even ing January 20th at 7 o'clock. Geo. E. Chappell. Citv Clerk. 70 00 Hot Five Yean. J. C. Simpson and wife, arrested for burglary at Pocahontas, wen given a trial at this term of the Cir cuit Court and Simpson was sent Bp for five years while his wife got two years. She protested, asking to b given the same sentence as that of her husband, but her plea was in vain. ithis week.