The Cairo evening bulletin., 1869-01-21
LOCAL BREyITIEs.


j. Il. Clcaver, who acquired an cxperimen.
tai knowledge, in this city, that he is not q
lawyer, is nov trying to determine if his
forte is not the show business. He is exhibit
ing in Springfield painting representing
tholast hours of president Lincoln, "two bits
admittance, and money refunded fyou don {
like it, 1t Is not known that he dresses in red
flannel, and beats drum at the door to drum
up an audience.
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Of the acts and resolutions of the last con-
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An individual intoxicated TO a point Of
extreme lmberness, visited at least half
hundred houses yesterday, under the singular
dcluson that somebody had concealed his
dog which bore the fascinating pet name of
Bloody Badger Getting kicked from n
gcntleman's door yard, a. reward for his
impertnoncc, he gave up the hunt as useless,
although not entirely "bootcss,"
The pendency of bill to abolish the court
of common pleas renders it doubtful whether
The office Of city marshal, another year, will
hc worth the seeking. We hear of no asp-
rant for the position. Should the bill pass
tie marshal viii be little else than a dog
killer.
The caving of the river bank, u short dis
tancc below the mouth Of Cache exposed the
end Of coffin, which, being opened, was
found TO contain the bones ofa full grown
person. 1t was judged, from appearances,
that the body had been deposited there fully |
twenty years ago.
The Southern Illinois Emigrant Aid Soci-
ETY. should press its claims for donation upon
the attention Of the present legislature. The
Kentucky Legislature appropriated $4,000
Inst wcok TO a kindred project in that state.
Work on tho new customhouso Is tempora-
~ suspended Delay attending the procure
mcnt of sandstone vcneoring is the cause we
understand. II congress will vote another
S!oo,ooo 90 The project, Il will be finished and
ia use by next January.
The beauty and cheapness OF the Bulletin
job-work are worthy of the highest coinmen-
dat.on. Il Is no longer denied, now, that
Cairo can compete with Cincinnati, st. Louis
and Chicago. Tho work of the Bulletin Of
ice Is, dc general thing, superior In anish to
any brought here from abroad.
The choicest peach and apple tres, grown
IN Sogthcrn Illinois can be- obtained from
Villa Ridge through tie house Of Mr.. j. X.
Frost, Ohio lcvoc
A Geckhand with very bloody "ki,scr,'
and stomach charged 20 di,tcn.ion with
"rot-sut' g"aycly Informed u that he van.
gui'hoi Mike McCoolc IN a fgh, of six hun
drod rounds and Wa, now contemplating the
conversion Of himself into threshing ma.
chine 20 operate among the Cairo negroes. 4
blow from his iis,, hc sai would kill mule,
and five didn't believe it, all We had 10 do
was just to hold s,lll and let him try Il! Hal
haw hoh
The westherwile -ay that the circle visible |
around the moon last night, betokcn, gfaling |
wgn''.~; N..a', ing interpreted means |
that there arr probabilitic, ofan early fall Of ,
rain or snow
Thc Mound City journal says that, ii such |
o thing d possible, McKcaig who is spoken
of for .iy circuit judg,4hip, know, lc.s law |
than Mccartney. We deny the possibility Of |
such cx,rcmc Ignorance.
Charley Artcr packed to-day, the largest |
hog brought TO the Cairo market thi. season. \
It. net weight was ijl pounds, 1t measured /
four feet four inches sround tha neck, aud six .
feet seven inciei from zip TO tip. II was
"cultyatll' az VMs c.ise.