The Cairo evening bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1868-1870, 1869-01-16
LOCAL nRENITIEN.

An average OF thlrty-nNe lands are en-
gagged in the work of finishing tho elevator.
Billy Williams is pushing forward the I'M
dertaking set on foot by his deceased uncle
and will soon furnish Cairo with first class
Bourbon distillcry. We shall avail ourselves
Of an early opportunity to notice this cstab-
lishment in detail
No branch of productive industry could be
pursued more proftably in Cairo than the
manufacture Of furniture adapted to south
crn markets.
Elder Shores sermon on creation is spoken
Of rs ponderous effort worthy of publca-
ton.
a lecture by wild Edgcrton," the distin-
guished American traveller, author and poet,
is spoken of as one of the probabilities Of the
present month.
The next subject Of great public moment
that should arrest the attention of our au-
thorities, is the erection Of city water works
The nonpareil society will give calico
ball at the st. Charles hotel, on next Friday
evening. Young ladies and gentlemen are
all astir about the matter already. 1t will
no doubt be the plcasantest affair of the kind
ever given in tho city.
Christian church building on eighteenth
street, Is the largest Sabbath school ever or
ganized in Cairo.
We have heard ofno new cases of small poS
since Thursday morning. The whole number
Of cases in the city, including those among
the blacks will not exceed twenty-five.
A mother with her four little children
lives in frame house on twentieth street,
and in An adjoining room is a negro family,
wherein there is an aggravated case Of small
pox, The poor woman Is unable TO move out
aud the negroes won't. II the little children
escape the dreadful disease, the escape will
look very like provdentiai Interference.
In many Of the sidewalks built three or four
years ago, the process Of decay has COM
menced. At frequent intervals holes have
been formed about large enough to admit %
the passage of foot, The council, being
economically inclined shoull take hatcho,s
and nails, and turn ont personally on hole
hunt.
\ little school boy fcl from the high ,ido.
walk opposite the German school house, yes
terlay evening, aDl 90 he remained perfectly
motionloss on the ground, II was feared for
home, and if he received no internal inju-
RIGS he sat his plays again, before this time.
School teachers can scarcely be too exacting
in their inJunctions in reference to pupil.
scuiling and playing on tie elevated portions
Of the Sidewalk
Mad dogs-numcrous enough elscwhcrc--
have not made their appearance in Cairo
Neither have veOcipedcs
An elderly uptown spnster, sour a. citric
acid, declared that she cant bear children"
A wag, who sees double meauing in every
thing expressed hi. hearty coincidence, with
the additional and unnecessary remark that
she ought to be thankful that her mother was
more fruitful
Tho freshest and largest oysters, for sale by
the case or can, to be had in Cairo, are kept
by G d. Williamson Ohio levee.
If the court Of common pleas il abolished in
what win consist the duties of city marshal
Gne large New Foundland dog has
straycd ~ been stolen from the owner, who
ADVERTISE for return Of his canineshp in our
Peoples Column
Al immense red and white Transparency
that is TO proclaim the whereabouts of w in
ters European Hotel" Was drayed TO its posi-
ton yesterday morning An individual Of
dim vision (but otherwise respectfully read
the inscription, winters Ethiopian Hotel
With comment which Was tSptamount to.
swell, IN De dam he passed on, infinitely
disguised that such parade should be made
10 catch the custom Of negroes.
A deck hand wearing pair of eyes vo-y
skiilfully sea ia black putty Pambulate1
the streets tns morning proolaiTning his
ability to VIII. avery large assortment OF
white men, ana 10 literally chew-up all the
negroes that could be brought within his arms
length. Possibly ho'is able to accomplish al
nc claims ability to dol but his appearance
unmlstakAbly suggests that he has found It
rather rough work 80 far.