The Cairo evening bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1868-1870, 1869-01-09
LOCAL BI,EyIrlLs.

LOCAL BREyIriEs.
Mr.. j. +. Mccartney, prosecuting attorney
Of this judicial circuit, was in the city to-day.
Tabcr Brothers are driving brisk trade in
the watch and jowelry line. They have dash,
energy and all the elements Of success.
Hulen is putting down new floor in his
grocery store and carrying on business at
the same time.
The Cairo Bulletin Office is now rs com
plctc ms the finest in the state. II Is
turning out specimens Of job printing which
cannot be cNccllcl anywhere. And our prices
are so low.
Candidates for tho municipal Offices are be-
coming numerous. For mayor, there are
about eight Richmonds in the field, and at
least twenty for city marshal.
The hop at The St. Charles hotol last night
was a success Success with the Nonpareils is
matter of course They know no such
word rs fail and in the business of tripping
the light fantastic toe whore can their equals
b. found? Tho music was fine, AID the sup
pcr-neel we say more than that ii was
spread by "minc host of the st. Charles,
than whom there is no host better able TO
please the palate of the most fastidious cpl
ure?
Marshal Hogan late last evening arrested
negro woman in possession OF large lot
at stolen goods.
Tho 0c, to amend the city charter Is now
before the legislature, ana will in all proba-
bility be enacted and'go into operation before
the next municipal election. II 80, the cleo
tor Of Cairo must elect mcmbcrs of the select
council M we'll rs members of the lower
house.
Sheriff Myers has entered upoa the duties
Of hi- Office in an energetic and bu,iness-liko
manner Under hi, administration, we pre-
dict the affairs OF tn lrir's Office will We
handled with energy aud ability, Few men
have more dash than Myers. lie will make
model officer. BY an advertisement in this
mornings paper, we learn that he proposes
60 visit the county precincts for the purpose
Of collecting the taxes now due for 1868. On
the ed inst he will be 1t the hOCse of Jacob
Hnrtlnc, in lakewood; ON the 2Sd Mt the
house OF mrs. Mitchell, in Unityi on the 2Gth,
NJ Il. 4. Edmondson's, in Clearcrccki on the
9th, q; \. j. Hanks, in Clcarcrock; on the
2sth, at Thobcs; on the 10th at Santa Fe; on
the 3Oth at Goose Island.
The subscription lists Of the Bulletin are
growlngbig by degrees and beautifully large,
Why not? Only fifteen centsper week.
Pat Fitzgeralds loss at the late fire was
not less than four thousand dollars. Quite IA
sum this 10 go Mp in smoke. But he was more
fortunate than Bambrick and Cain, who lost
everything they owned in the world, and are
to-day penniloss.
A lot of boys, white and black, were busy
to-day working among the ruins of the sa-
looms lately destroyed by fire. Their labors
were rewarded by the discovery of many sill
yer pieces, which, no doubt, formed part of u
special FUND set aside by one Of the unfortu-
nate, for the days when specie payments
would be resumed, and metal would again
clink ON counters.
meeting Of the committee on bylaws
lately appointed by the Cairo Emigrant Aid
Association, held meeting Mt the Office o.
Allen, Webb 4 Butler last night, and per
formed the work in hand. Very important
regulations and rules were adopted, which
We will publish in full when they shall have
been written out in detail by mr.. Butler t,
whom the committee assigned the labor
A change has taken place in the firm o
Mark, Parsons Co., Mark going out and
Mr.. Davis comingin. The firm title is now
Parsons, Davis X Co. The senior of the ne,
firm is Il frst-class business man, and la
added great deal to the business prosperit
Of Cairo. The firm is making arrangement
70 remove from their present stand to thei
rooms in the new building of Thornton o
Tenth street
There is case of small pox in the hous
near tho corner,of Third and Washington nv
enu,, and in the "Mansion House" a negr
boarding house. corner Of Fourth street an
Washington avenue. There is no small po
notice on the "Mansion House." and the Nc
tice On the Third street house was put up onl
last night. win our city officials see to
that tine provisions of tho ordinance in regar
70 houses containing small pox are carrie
out?