The Cairo evening bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1868-1870, 1869-01-12
LOCAL UREyITIL.>.

The board of health wants 10 establish, ?
temporarily, II smallpox hospital somewhere
in the suburbs Of the city. See advertisement.
Louis Houck, esq, formerly Of this city, is /
practicing law in st. Louis.
Mason has become a commission merchant, I
and is located on Ohio levee.
Louis Mathews valuable price-current Is
issued every Tuesday and Friday
We did not report the names of the mem
beers of the board of health correctly ycster-
day. Ii j. constituted us follows: The may
or; John p. Gibson, first ward A. Susanka,
second ward F. Vincent, third ward and
James Carroll fourth ward.
A special meeting If the chamber OF com
merce will be held ut the store of G.. ID. Will
hanson, tomorrow afternoon at three o'clock,
! for the purpose of appointing delegates to the
! Chattanooga river improvement convention.
Mr.. j. II. Bloomfield, formerly of Dun
leith, Is wheat inspector at the central eleva-
tor in this city.
The levee to-day presented a lively appear
ance. Business was brisk, and everybody
was in II good humor.
James Smith and Ida Bell, colored, were
before Bross to-day, charged with stealing
watch and chain, valued at s25, from William
Smith. After hearing the evidence the
squire held the parties to bail in the sum of
$500, each. In default ofpayment, they were
sent to Jail.
Jennie Rose, the negrcss who was sent to
the penitentiary from this county, for killing
her husband, has been pardoned, and is now
in Matoon.
The central elevator, of this city, is now
ready to receive all kinds Of grain, in bulk
from cars, and to deliver the same in bags or
bulk in barges or boats.
Senator Mum Is taking the lead somewhat
in the state senate. He was chairman Of the
committee that waited upon the governor and
Acknowledgements to inform them of their
election.
The bill to abolish the court of common
pleas of this city, passed the senate last Sat-
urday.
Not one Of the prominent radical politi-
, clans of the city have been visible upon our
streets for week past. They are all at
G Springfield picking the state goose.
There is II movement on foot to consolidate
our two ferry companies.
| Mr.. j. q. Lynch, county clerk, will, we I'M
derstand, visit the state capital in few days
@ not to do any lobbying, but to BIO Il locker
> on in Vienna.
u Probate court will convene next Monday
There is II great amount Of business to b.
disposed of.
1 Mr.. John p. Fagin, our obliging and eth
n cient city clerk presides in his office like
= born clerk, and bears with patience all thu
It slings and arrows which city clerks of Cairo
a must from the council take. During th'
presidential canvass, so interested was he II
the cause ofdemocracy, he put into his once
deputy, and devoted all his time to labor for NJ
e party After the election, somewhat dlscour
1t aged but still undismayed, he returned to HI
y, post, and has been industriously engaged in en-
SIS deavorng, by II careful outstanding of scri
70 salary, to darn the holes politics made in nj
% not very plethoric purse. He has made
faithful and competent officer,
We stated few days ago that the small
pox was in the Mansion House, at the corne
5, of Washington avenue and Fourth stree
q We are informed that the disease is not j
Y. that part of the house which is used for tn
entertainment Of boarders.