Cairo evening times. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1865-1866, 1865-11-12

tuIploycu III Ine StreeC-nlnnS JOD, burned OH
its fues on Friday. 1t will be four or five day.
before it can be repaired as to go to work
again.
AT AUCrIoN.-L H. Myers & Co., will sell
at auction on Monday, a large assortment, of
household and saloon furniture, and on Tues.
day a house on 10th street. See Advertise
ment.
FURs.-Mrs. E. H. Oswald & Co. have just
received from New York and now offer for the
inspection and purchase of the ladies of Cairo,
a large and excellently chosen assortment of
furs OF all the most fashionable varieties-n12ti
MAJOR KUYKENDALL, NJ. C.-Major Kuy-
kendall, M. G. elect was in the city yesterday,
and attended the great Railroad meeting at the
hall OF the Chamber Of Commerce, and was
called upon for speech. He gave bis views
on the matter at some length.
THE THIRD CIsTERN. This cistern at the
junction OF 9th steet and Commercial Avenue,
is being built in an oblong shape as required
by the necessity of making it shallow to avoid
The spage. This change is in accordance
with authority granted by the Common Council.
PERsoNAL.-Our friend Griffiths, special
agent of the Adams Express Company, is in
town, and his old friends are happy to
give him cordial greeting He is engaged
on a tour of inspection and superv ision along
the southern routes of the Company
-
For IrALY.-Our friend signaigo, formerly
of the Neacs, and now Italian Consul at Mem.
pins, passed through the city yesterday on his
way to Italy, where he will spend a few weeks
He gave a call. We wish him, with our
whole heart bon goyage.
THE DAVID TATUM.-The Alton Democrat.
after copying our notice of the new wharf
boat formerly the Dacid 7atum of the
Alton and St. Louis Packet line } says:
Long may the old hull prove useful to the
good people of Cairo, and if ever the ''whelm-
ing waters should cover that delightful city,
may the David Tatum' be the ark of saliva
ton at least to the editors, reporters, printers,
&C., Of the Cairo Press.
TOMORROW NIGHr.-To-morrow night. ev.
cry one who has visited the Atheneum during
the past season and admired the dancing and
acting of Miss Lewis, is notified to appear at
said place OF amusement, ON that occasion
the said lady takes her benefit, and very en-
PERTAINING bin will be presented As you ex-
Poetic be amused hereafter, fail not to present
yourself-dear reader
HUNTING ExCURsIONs-A large number of
our citizens are eagerly improving the season
N excursions to the Kentucky shore for game
The strangest thing heard yesterday was |
the shooting of q partridge by another Par |
fridge. A very pleasant party of ladies and |
gentlemen from Cairo, went over to the |
Missouri side the other day, and had rural
dance in the woods. There are plenty
of haze-nuts and hickory nuts to be had for the
trouble Of gathering not far from the city.
ACCIDENT -Yc=.ors,<.y- morning a named I
James Murphy, who lives on l2th Street, was |
drivinga mule hitched to a dray loaded with ,
wood around the corner of Leyee and 18th
streets, himself seated on the load, on a round
sticS-1Sr;.:3. 1lDl..d across the pile. Owing
to defect in the street at that place, which
caused u sudden jolt of the dray, the stick on
which he was seated rolled over, precipit ating
the driver to the ground, where he was run
over by the wheel Of the dray. The wheel
passed over his breast. Either by the fall or
by a kick of the mule, the man received a
severe cut on the head. He was speedily con.
veyed to his home, where his wounds were
dressed by Drs. Mcdowell Dunnng.
The Posr OFFICE News DEPOT, We take
pleasure in commenting to the patronage of the
Mt
the above named news depot. Mr.. Kerney
needs no words of commentator from us. He
is an agreeable gentleman, and has the addi-
tlonal qualification of being an energetic and
thorough business man, who brings to this po-
stion the advantage of previous. practical
experience in the same line. His stand is the
most centrally ard conveniently located of any
in the city, and there are none of our citizens
Who do not often have occasion TO visit it, Mr.
Keruey will receive, and execute promptly,
any orders for papers or magazines, and will
keep constantly on hand large assortment
not only Of literature, but Of all articles OF
stationery.
SOMETHING New. The Adams Express Com.
pany have made such arrangements as will en-.
able them TO receipt for freight to all access.
bic points South via: Nashville Heretofore
express mattor going South to Nashville, Chat
tauoogo, KuuAvnlc, a1a"s.. n~".o, MacUI
more remote interior Southern cities, they had
to 90 from Cairo VIA the l. C. r. h. to Cdin,
and from thence by serpentine routes, thus
causing veyatious delay and necesstating con-
siderable handling. Now through Adams
Express Company, it will go by steamer to
Jacksonville. 1913 miles, and thence by rail to
Nashville, 73 miles, from whence roads con.
verge to all Southern points of Importance
W. II. Griffith whom every one does or ought
TO know, is the special agent Of the company.
THE VETERAN REsERvEs.-Bre. Gen. y. Ii.
Hart, Paymaster General Of this Department,
arrived in the city last evening from Spring
field. This officer is charged with the duty
executing the general order of the War De-
partmeut in relation TO the mastering out of tho
members who elect to be mustered out of
the Veteran Reserve Corps. Cen Hart has
been all through the State and came to Cairo
as the last post On Monday next the mem.
bers of the Veteran Reserve Corps will be
called on to decide whether they will be at once
mustered out of the United States service or
will serve out their terms of enlistment and
the decision thus made will be final. All who