The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-07-19
THE BULLETIN.
Published every morning, Monday ex
cepted.
CITY NEWS.

Ward pcrsevcres in the collection of |
the street tax.
The Thalia Assoc alton thanks every
body in a card this morning.
Mayor Lansdcn is absent from the |
city, attending court at Taylorsville.
MIR. Geo. Mackie, well-known in this |
city, has been seriously i'll for week past.
Squire Merrell, of Goose Island, called |
upon US yesterday. lie says the crops in
his neighborhood are splendid.
The Sun, of this city, is out for Mr..
r. L. Goodell for ongressman-a,-largc
Amt it?
| Yesterday evening, at o'clock, We
had thunder and lightning and "lots Of
rain"
In the absence Of Mayor Lansden,
Councilman IIuri was elected by the
council mayor pro. te"'
We have n very young new moon
mountaineering, with promise of bright
nights for some time to come.
--Robertson and Holmes were appointed
and confirmed police constables by the
council at the joint meeting last night.
There has been thirty applications for
the position in our public schools made
vacant by the death of Mr. English
The Grafton of Mr.. Jaeckel, at tho
peace celebration on Monday night, was,
we are informed, an eloquent, polished
and forcible production.
| The case of Bardell rs. Pickwick, 9TH
erwisc entitled Dukes Us. Mcclure, occu-
pied the time and attention of the circuit
court all day yesterday.
Why should not Cairo rejoice in hel
knights Of Pythias, tooi She has Mason
: and Oid--Fellows, bu, of the Pythian
Knights not one.
5 Mr.. Albright was suddenly Gale,
q from the city last night 10y Telegram in
!, forming him of the dangerous illness o
! his father who lives near Jonesboro.
--7He Paper says city scrip is selling
for 9Oc on the dollar. lncorrect-yery.
The lowest price for "oi scrip" is 95r,
and Understanding scrip is at par.
The Southern Illinois Methodist Con-
ference will meet ia this city on the 27th
Of September next. About three hundred
ministers and laynen will be in attend
ancc.
Col. Taylor has agreed to give the
county the right of way through the trus-
tees lands for road from Cairo TO Mound
City. The county court, ut as early day
AS practicable, propose to build this much
needed, almost indispensable, road
The council, on motion of Mr..
lor, adopted resolution last night re-
questing the governor TO appoint Mr.. w
i. Halliday director of the Cairo and st
n Louis railroad company for Alexander
county.
-Schuh, Weirsching, Schlessinger ant
y somebody clse-names not known to US
: sang the Watch on the Rhine in spen
| 'N ~ - ~ s"N pchSc 'Si'pfutipH oh SiOii
= day night, and brought the garden dowI
in thunder OF applause.
The United States circuit court, Al
Springfield, has granted the defendant q
new trial in the case Of Frick rs. Aexan-
der county. The county court propose to
clean Prick out on the re-hearing of the
case.
The printer beat tho Deltas in Tuy
BuLLErIS yesterday morning, y task tho
Mound City Pastimes failed to perform
the evening before on the fed Of IN. b,,
end ball. In some way the printer marked
the "outs runs, and the "runs" "ou,s,
The council, last night, appointed
, Messrs. Taylor, Stratton ana Walder 10
investigate the sanitary condition of the
city and report such measures as may DO
necessary TO abate nuisanees, and Other.
wise yeu0va.e the streets and avenues.