The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-05-07


Strawberry festivals WIN soon be the
rage in shis city.
--"CAwing ivory" is the latest Cairo
name for piano playing. ~
The delinquent list Of the county col
lector is in the hands of the printer.
There will be meeting Of the Rough
and. Ready FIRE company tomorrow night.
The Tobacco Fair Of the Ballard
Warehouse of this city will DO held some
time in June ne1t.
The Fat Contributor will lecture be-
fore the r. n. Q. A. on the evening Of the
Goth inst. .., ,-,....
When last heard Of Gen. Burnside, Of
ca v.R. r. fame, was At the Fifth avenue
hotel, New York city.
We protest that the present weather
Il psssiferously mean. II Is as disagrees.
Ne . tax.psying.
--On Friday night the Silver Corne,
Band ssrsnaded Mr. r. Pohle who depart,
fos Europe to-day.
COORDINATION win be administered t.
children in the Catholic church to-day by
the Bishop.
H. Houpt is the Cairo agent for the
Inman Line of Liverpool, New York and
Philadelphia Steamship.
"A present city official and an ex-Al-
derman had fight on Friday night. The
official batted the ex Alderman on the nose.
The German Dramatic Association
will perform the great farce Of 1.-TWO
Gents and One Servant tonight at Phil
harmonic Hall.
John w. Mckee has employed the
S,n 10 deny the assertion Of TIE BULLE-
TIN that his throat put him in bed. We
apologize. On so important subject we
desire To be exactly right.
The spirituslists are preparing for a
contest with the spirits OF darkness in
Cairo. One Of their most talented lectur.
ers is to come down on US soon like the
wolf on the fold.
HAS increased wealth q favorable eff
feet upon the morals of people ?" is the
question that will, - debated before the
Y. NJ. c. A. on Monday night, in the lee
ture room Of the Presbyterian church.
Concerning the verses which we pub
iish on the fourth page of THE BULLETIN
to-day Geo. ID. Prentice said: "One
might Be almost willing TO die IL he knew
that such beautiful tribute to his mem
ory - In Msmorism' would be written"
Sol Silver has been photographed and
the picture is very striking
Likeness. II Astters the original some
what, it 10 true, but no one could make
Sol. believe this. Ask him for one Of the
photoes. He has number for distribution
among his friends.
We call the attention Of the public 70
the card Of Nj. II. Houpt, practical watch
maker, published in our advertising COL
ums this morning. Mr.. Houpt, who is
located st PIC Warrington avenue, has
always on hand fee stock of watches,
clocks, jewelry, etc.
John T. Rennie has made Greenf fields
ferry boat a great Institution, by putting
into II a hrst-rate engine that drives it
along through the watsr at an astonishing
rate Of speed. James Bib commands the
craft which makes regular trips between
Cairo and the Missouri shore.
The interesting letter from Vienna,
Austria, on the outside ofto-days BULLE-
TIN, will be read with special interest.
Miss Mary Stafford, is well known to
many Of our citizens. She is lady of
many and varied accomplishments, and
has added TO her other requirements, the
experience and observation Of extensive
travel. The letter referred TO was copied
from the WossaS's Journal.
Mr.. j. H. Chambers, Of Si5 Locust
street, st. Louis, delivered to Us yesterday
the Arst Ave numbers Of Chambers I'm
cyclopedia, Shakespeare, the History Of tho
World and the National Portrait Gallery.
Mr.. Chambers has taken about one hun
dred and hfty orders for each Of the above
works, and will continue his canvass of the
city during the present week. The works
are all frst-class and should be in tho
library of every book-lover.
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