The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1870-08-23

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The county cour;--probutc side--i
still in session.
-Mcssrs Reed and Mann's new brick
business houseis progressing favorably.
The vegetation that has ovcrgrown
t. noccupied portions Of the city ie'"'
myrads of crickets and grasshoppcrs.
"A little deaf and dumb boy, son OF +" E
I Boyle, fell from high pair oil 't'''S' ."
Saturday evening, aud fractured MS "''"
The building on the corner "'
Twelfth and Washington Is undergoing !"
repairing and repaini'ng process that
viii make il good as new.
Pat Fitzgerald, of the sunhower
saloon, has ordered u new bot of car"m bill
,iard tables. They will arrive aeXt Sat.
urday There is no finer billiard hall in
southern Illinois.
The report, which was charged to the
account Of the telegraph, that Prus'ion
William had been captured by the French
created very little sensation, for the rens-
on that il was not believed.
There must be general changing out
of the latch string on the occasion ol our
Sabbath School Convention on the 9Th,
9TH, and 18th of September At least four
hundred visitors must find Accommodations
in private families.
Grapes are becoming quite plenti-
full in market, but maintain an excellent
price. They retail at ten cents perl pound
being four cents per pound more than
they command in Chicago.
MIR. II. +. Potter, of the Mound City
Jouraai, is one of the number of Illinois
editors now out on grand dead head trip
through the northern portion of Uncle
Sans don,inions, actual and prospcc.
tive. ....
Tho first births reported for rcgistra-
ton, under the birth and death ordinance,
are two sons and two daughters to Mr..
and Mrs. T .Omcat. The sttsndine physi-
failed to verify the report by attach
ing his signature.
--Mc.srs \. X W. Budcr opened their
new music store yesterday, according to
promise Their stock Of musical instru.
men,s is the largest aud best ever opened
in this city. Call around and look through
it. We will guarantee that you will be
oourteo,Isly treated. E Be-. 81. (
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railroad iron, cons igncd TO Gen. WinsloN
have been received by the 1llinoi, Central
railroad company during the past few
days. Three or four thousand tons, 70
the Bcllcvillc and Southern Illinois rail
road have already gone forward, and Their
is more coming.
George Whitcomb, Esq, writing iron
her Majesty's dominions to the Charlestol
Courier, says, ~ stopped awhile II. Mack
NAV, where found II. Watson Web
and family, of Cairo, enjoying the fine Nil
~"a M,i"s A--a----.-.. s---~---.a -i.i'
Ash We don't exactly envy Wat III
cnioymen, Of his luxurics, but we can
help wishing that We had some of EN-.
Tho net amount of Stat
taxes derived from the tax
able property Of Alexander count,
for the year 1869, i. S22,226 40. OF ,hI
sum $1,000 twill go into the eount
treasury, in cash, to assis, in paying tn
expenses of our mupcrs and criminals
| The balance ~. 5G5 90 will 20 into IN
the State Treasury.
The committee appointed by the cit.
council to revise, correct and cqualize tn
assessment of the city property for ia
year 1870, entered upon thu discharge o
their duty, but finding the work assignee
to them of immensely greater magnitude
than they anticipated, they propose TO al
the council to relieve them, and to taxi
such action us the necessities Of the ca,,
demand.