The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-07-21


into the store room formerly occupied by
Mr.. Il. II. Cunningham, opposite the
steamboat landing They have removed
ali the counters and shelves and fitted up |
splendid business room. When the bus
isness season opens, they expect to drive
a lushing trade.
All kinds of foreign and domestic H.
quors, native and imported wines, are TO
be found in the extensive liquor house oil
that prince Of good-fellows VIM. Schut-
ter, who, we are glad to learn, is adding
daily TO the list of his customers, and IS
steadily increasing his business in every
direction around Cairo.
Yesterday afternoon, while the crew
OF the Indiana we're driving a drove OF
hogs from the stock yard to the boat, the
porkers made rush for the river aho
about half of them got into the water and
nine of them were drowned. Hereafter
it would be wise in shippers to put life
preserver on each hog.
| NIHtuuss VI lUc hIui VI
and Uhl, who lately left Cairo in search of
a more desirable locality in which more
business was done, and NOR money could
be made, has returned to the city with
| He says Cairo is the most buisn ess-like
| and promising place he has seen In all
his travels, and he has passed through
Kansas, Minnesota, Iowa, and Missouri
The rurnor that Rev. Coan intends TO
resign the rectorship Of the Church OF the
Redeemer is officially contradicted this
morning. Our authority for the local
item was the statement of one Of the
other ministers of the city, who informed
US that he had heard the rumor. Believ-
ing him to au fat on local church matters
and rumors we made the announcement
of Mr.. Cosn's reported contemplated
resignation.
The bids on the Southern Illinois
Normal University were opened or We'd
nesday last a. Carbonate. The bids were
as follows:
| W. r. Bushnell 4 Co., Mendoza, $4,000
Rspp, Robinson Darling, Carbondsle, $4,000
Fitzhugh 4 Rhodes, Springfield 1870
Morris II. FltEgibbon, st. Louis, Mo-, lls,io9
wickwire 4 Boyle, Cairo, 1880
Wickwire x Boyle being the lowest and
best bidders were awarded the contract by
the commissioners. The Governor must
ratify the award before Wickwiro * Boyle
are out of the woods
| Our old-timc fellow-citzen, John
Corcoran, Esq, is on visit TO his friends
in this city. Mr. Corcoran, who is WELL
known to all our people, is now superin-
tended of public schools of Coahomo
county, Mississippi, and will, in all
probability, be elected next sheriff of that
county. Mr.. Corcoran's Prevailing
weakness is his persistent radicalism-a
disease with which he has been afflicted
from his youth up; but socially he is
clever gentleman and will receive hearty
welcome home from all his old friends
without distinction of party.
l:-Deputy sheriff w. 5. Hammers and Mr.
Daniel Mussleman, of Union county,
passed through the city on Tuesday en-
route for Joncsboro having in custody
Jasper Graham, alias +. Brown, an cs-
capped horse thief. Brown was convicted
at the last term of the Union county cir
cult court of the crime of horse stealing
and sentenced to five years Imprisonment
in the penitentiary. On the way to the
| "a, LAT ba clirra1 ba he nj
cuffs OIL, and jumping from the train, cs-
capped. He was indiscreet enough to write
back 20 his friends under an assumed
name. From this letter the officers OBJ
| coded in arresting him in Mississippi
county, Arkansas, back Of Bearaelds.
Hammers discovered him blowing in u
field and, armed with shot gun, sur
prised him at his work. He surrendered
without resistance, and is now on his
winding way to Joliet
Marshal Cain is after the nuisance
maintainers with very sharp pole, and
proposes TO proceed to the extremity Of
| section 23l of the revised ordinances against
all citizens who may be reported to him
us maintaining any privy or privy vault.
hog PEN: manure heer, sink hole, slaughtc r
house, slop barrel, slop tub, slop bucket,
slop box, or any vessel or anything contain
ing slop or water, or any sewer, trough or
other thing used in the drainage of slop or
water in such place or manner as shall be
offensive to or likely to be injurious to
the health fany portion of the inhabitants
of the city" Anxious to have the city
cleaned up, but not being able to be ON
nipresent to see all nuisan ces, and not
having a nose as long us sermon with
which to smell out nuisances in every por.
ton Of the city, he invites people who
know of offensive places TO report them to
him at once, and then look out for lime
etc, or three dollars and costs for each
and every day each of the offensive places
remains unabated.
A good joke this on Mart Brown, the
great injunctor; A few days ago he re-
Quested Sheriff Irwin to so to Davidson's
sale yesterday and buy for him machine
rake, and ito sc. ii at any price" On
Wednesday evening Irwin was suddenly