The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1870-08-18

Business in police circles IL very dull.
The night watchmcn perform their solitary
rounds, night after night, wi,hou, gobbling
single law breaker. .,,
The steam packets. plying in the Padu-
cab, Evansville, Nashville and Cairo
trades are doing ~ paying business. The
line OF boats betwer Cairo and Evans
vile, lie one of the finest on the the rivers.
The public school. Of Cuiro, with Mr..
II. ). English II. superintendent, will open
on Monday, September the 9th. 1t is
highly desirable thst every child tina, pur.
pose. an attendance will take its seat
promptly at the opening Of the school.
There were about six hundred persons
present at the colored peoples barbecue
yesterday. The Phoenix brass band fur
nished the music. There was an abund-
ance Of ediblse, and they were well served
The value Of the three houses destroy.
ed by fire yesterday morning, |. put down
at ~, 750-less than one half of which WAS
covered by insurance.
We had the pleasure ofmeetug in our
city to-day, the Honorable George ".
Wall, Of Perry county. Mr.. Wall i. u
member Of our Democratic Congressional
committee, and is booked for veteran ser
vice during the pending canvass.
Tho brick and sand for Mcssr.. Reed
4 Mann's new cuisines. building ON the
Ohio Levee, are being delivered, and in
short time that costly structure will begin
to assume shape. 1t !. thought the bull.
ding will be resdy for occupancy by the
lst Of December.
What is in the way II u resumption
OF work on the new custom house and post
office Through the attention and in
Huence Of our able representative In Con.
gress, money to continue work Was secured.
Why, then, doe, no, the work 20 onq
AT the editorial convention held In Chi.
cago, on Tuesday, Nj. z. II. Griggs was
reelected prs.iden, of the Illinois Press
Association, and Mcssrs. Edwards, Rounds
and Boaton were elected vice presidents.
d. L. Davis, Esq, q the San, is the only
representative Of the Cairo press present.
The German school, under Prof.
Wirsching, will open on or abou, the lot
day Of September. Children Of English
parents will be received and instructed In
all the branches Of IN English education,
with the addition Of German, IL desired.
Prof. Wirsehing 10 an accomplished sduca-
TOR, and has conducted the German school
with signal success.
Harry Walker and family returned
from the Critteodsa Sulphur Springs, on
Tuesday evening. Mrs. Jef Martin and
child, and Mr.. Isssc Newton Ashton re-
turned yesterday evening. Mr.. Geo. =.
Olmsted and family are still there, the
only representative, Of Cairo on the
ground. The season will not close until
about the lst Of October.
Mise Alice Emmons, OF Beardstown, Ia,
been employed as first assistant in the
Cairo pablo schools. She IL said 20 be d
lady Of fine attachments. u Normal gradu.
| ate, and u teacher u experience. The only
position remaining vacant has been ten,
dered to Mis- Mary Kretzinger q; Jones
boro. 90
Tn. Raw ~ W c.slcv n,.ac,., :,
n very re.n.c,u,,. ,udis,c. IN N. chi.
tan church, on Eighteenth street, las
nigh, and will co,d,c, ..,y;c.. !, a.,
| same building nyaip mi. evepin, Tn,
| introduction of Il. into tho world s,m.,
the burden Of nj. 1i.cou,.o ,,., oy.,ir,
he is A very en,.r,,jniny .ne,L., .nd
handles his subjects with decided ability.
| "A gentleman walked four square. I,
inform us tina, his ice man, who has con
tpaeted IN deliver him "a, no,,a. ~ Il.
daily, during the season. actually left ten
pounds this morning. Of his own free will
AMI accord Ali. I. ~. a., -, a..
kind thu, b., cam, ,o Tho c.c,,.n.,.,
knowledge. h. d,.i,c.u. IN .,u, /, Jow, ="
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