The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-12-10
GENERAL MATTERS.


year. The market is well supplied.
County Court will adjourn tomorrow
or Tuesday. A large amount Of business
has been transacted.
The central elevator is doinga good
business. From thirty TO forty cars of
grain are being unlooded daily.
The levee yesterday morning present.
ed very quiet appearance, owing prob
ably to the GOODNESS of the morning.
Mr. s. Walters has purchased the pat
ent right for new window slide. 1t is
said to be a very con venient as well as use
| full invention.
! -EI-Sherrif Myers has caused n mand-
anus to issue to compel the County Court
to pay him the sum of $4,000, claimed by
him as due on account as Sheriff.
The Ohio river at this point is lower
now than it has been at any time during
the season, and it was lower this season
than it was ever known before.
"A meeting of the stockholders Of tho
Cairo and Vincennes railroad was held in
this city yesterday afternoon. We have
no knowledge Of what action was taken.
The levee below sixth street, has been
lined for several days with wagons to be
shipped South. They are from the Kan
kaSee wagon manufacturing establish
ments.
The revised ordinances of the city are
now in full force, more than ten days hav-
ing elapsed since their adoption by the city
council Police Magistrates bros, and
Shanncssy have commenced working un-
! der them.
The celebrated spiritualistic magnet
ic DR.. Cherry, will be at the residence Of
DR.. AFTER, on Tenth street on Tuesday,
and at the residence of Mr.. NJ. b. IIar-
! rell, on Wednesday next, where those de-
string his services arc invited to call and
consult with him.
Martin and Billingsly, night police
men for the fourth ward, complain that
the reason for their not having more cases
before the police courts, rs owing to the
fact that their BEATS are in that part of the
city where there are but few saloons and
other places of resort.
Tonight Thalia will perform Carl V.
Holter's great play entitled Leonore," in
three acts. First net, The promise; second,
the betrayal and third the wedding. The
members of tue Thala have spared neither
time nor expense TO make this play n sue
cess, and it is to be hoped that the house
will be wol Glled.; that they may at Least
make back their expenses
On the first day Of January the sig
nal stations along the Ohio and MIS-
sissippi river will receive, in addition
to the report of tho condition of the
weather report Of the rise and fall Of the
rivers II; all important points. This re.
port will be Of invaluable service 70
steamboatmen, and we shall publish
it regularly every day.
We have received II copy ofthe rouaq
amateur published at Cairo by Will Chris
man IL Co. Young Chrisman will be re-
membercd HS the little shaver who had a
miniature printing office on exhibition at
our Fair grounds last October Its CAV
little sheet, and its motto is Do good and
make money" We hope it may be sue
cessful in both. Paducah Kentuckian.
"A couple OF New York sports, who
went to New Orleans TO witness the
Mace-Coburn mill, which came of near
that city lest week, were at the St. Charles
last night. They are en- route to New
York. Mace and Coburn came up as far
as Memphis, by the same boat They
give Cairo the cold shoulder, as they
60 by way of Louisville We are sorry
very
Mr.. b. S. Hsrrell has now on hand
one of the largest and most complete
stocks of furniture ever. brought to this
city, and is prepared to sell them from
hve to ten per cent cheaper than any
other house in town, Mr.. HIS long expe-
fience in the furniture trade is n sufficient
guarantee that he is able TO furnish goods
Oh . reasonable terms as can be purchased
= anywhere in the city.
AHe custom OF the police officers AL
loving persons who are destitute of means
wherewith TO procure lodgings, to slecp on
the floor at police headquarters. is ripbt
, enough, but the officers should be coror,l
TO sec that the doors leading into the othor
city Offices and council chamber are &C..
i. curly closed. OF course, 1t is not the du.
" OF any particular officer 10 see that tho