The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-05-14
BREyITIES.

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the day to-day. g.
(. memphis Is becoming blower of III
f frst-water, and as impudent as Paducah
The box and basket factory is bu;
zing-turning out goods with the most a
tonishing rapidity.
Esquire Shannessy's court yesterda
was like banquet hall deserted. Bros
ditto.
The new furniture factory of Eichho
Brothers has been rooted, and tho machin
cry is being moved into il.
Mr.. and Mrs. Obadiah Jackson, Of Chi
cago, are in tho CITY stopping at the 81
Charles.
The Ferris spiritual woman is dc
nounced as humbug by many and as o
the elect by others.
-Jno. Rees desires to sell his prop ert >
known as the Flora Garden, TO some pri
vate family for dwelling. He will sci
at a bargain. ..-. ...-..-
On Tueeday next the Orphan Asylum
Trustees and the Lady Managers will NEE,
at the lecture room OF the Presbyterian
| church.
Our friend. Gen. Burnside, has been
! elected Grand Commander of the Grand
Army Of the Republic, and will now, as a
matter Of course, build the g. & V.R.R
TO the COW problem published in The
BULLETIN Of the 18th inst. Mr.. A Com
ings return. the following answer: ale
received for the second COW thir,y.six dol
lars twenty-five cents.
The little baseballers Of the city had
u champion game yesterday The Up
Town Club played against the Down
Town Club and was beaten. The score
stood SIS against 81.
What has become Of our promised
storm signal? The Sun man has this
matter in chargc-is the great stormy fell
low, and ought to keep his eagle eye
upon Il.
The Sm gives US the dictionary def
hnition Of "Hebreriam,' 20 prove that IL 10
not an animal; but we are still of our
former opinion. We insist that the one
KEEP, at Barclays is Gagged.
"A young gentleman who attempted
10 row number Of young ladies to Mound
City on Friday, landed them two miles
below Cairo on the Kentucky shore. The
ferry boat brought them back.
While removing the large stones
which formerly made the vault in the late
Egyptian building, James Summerwell
had the index finger of his right hand
crushed, and James Msehan his right foot
badly injured.
Mr.. II. T. Gerould, formerly superin.
tendent of the gas works at Decatur, Ills.
has assumed the superintcndency Of the
gas works in this city. Mr.. Hiram Bixby,
late superintendent, /, still in the city, and
we hope he may make arrangements to
remain permanently.
Las, week, Messrs. Kerr 4 Co, of
Mound City, loaded car Of wagon mate
rial at that place for San Francisco. The
Car will go through without breaking
bulk, and the freight will be $500. This
week the same firm will load car of
choice poplar for the same destination.
Yesterday handsome young thief at
tempted 10 steal pair of shoes from d.
Hartman's auction store and was caught
in the act, and is now in the calaboose
boarding with William McHale, Esq.
His face bears the marks Of Somebody
handiwork. We did not learn the rasca!s
name.
The attention of Mayor LAnsden
is directed to the brilliant" gas light at
the corner Of Ohio Levee and Eighth
street. 1t is scarcely bright enough to
make darkness visible, and If placed in
the darkest corner of the nethermost re-
cesses Of the darkest regions of the uni
verso it wouldn't look larger than very
small pins point.
All Burnett, Americas favorite
humorist, assisted by Miss Helen Nash,
the accomplished dramatic and poetic re-
citationist, will entertain our folks at the
Atheneum, on Tuesday and Wednesday
evenings, next. Mr.. Burnett, in his line,
has no equal in this country. His tricks
Of transformation, and facial powers, are
wonderful, and his entertainments the
most amusing We ever witnessed
City Attorney Pope has commenced
proceedings against Alderman Winter for
selling liquor in less quantities than gal
lon without license. Jack has been jog
ging along quietly and uninterruptedly
for some time without license, but has at
last been brought up with short turn"
This is right. The city exchequer needs
funds, and Mr.. Winter has no better right
to sell liquor without license than Louis
Herbert, even If he is all Alderman.
The religious awakening that has
seized the colored population of Cairo is of
the most astonishing kind, Nearly all the
cooks, chamberrnaids and nurses have got
IL, bad. Those who have not been bap-
tlzed are about to be; and church going,
spraying in my heart and singing
golden slipper hymns, have become
fashionable advertisements with ladies of
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