The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-01-24
clock they were all vending their weav.

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ing way to the steamboats, lying n. the
wharf They were evidently passengers
and steambos. hands ont on lark. 10
the eyes Of Our citizens, who are unaccus-
toned TO exhibitions Of inebricty thev
presented n pitiful spectacle, and every
person who saw them--tha. +. 90 say, every
Cairo person renewed biz resolution to
never drink again. Davis, Of tie SIM.
'ook solemn oath to never touch any
thing stronger than cider, and we raised
our hand IN a vow against Weiss beer
and every other weaker drink.
The business men of Cairo, while
they have, with commendablc zeal en-
deavorcd TO secure their share Of the
trade coming from varous points
accessible to Cairo, have unwittingiy neg
lected to make an effort in Massac, John
son and Pope counties, and hence trade
and con.ign uents of products from these
counties are secured by other points -Padu-
cab and Evansville. This trade is worth
seeking after, and can be secured by
proper effort let it be made Cairo pos
sesses every advantage in the fight, and
will be successful, ifher business men arc
valorous.
The Unity bridge dedication seem. to
have been the occasion for high old
time, in which the county courts of Alex
andcr and Pulaski, with citizens of Cairo
and Mound City and the rural district, in
dulged and proved themselves iubilart
men at open air drinking. The grand feat
ure of the dedication was the breaking
of a sparkling bottle of Mississippi water
with bottle Of Ohio river water on the
bridge over the center Of the Cache,
eventually as the chronicler Of the &C.
casion expresses it, to "fnd its reunion at
Cairo Judge Bross and Councilman
Schulz represented Cairo, and both per-
formed the responsible duties with great
sciat.
Black pales before white Another
triumph Tor George, the Barber y
George Reening has given his black assist
ant "a ticket of leave" and put in his
place barber from Chicago who in point
of skill and experience has no superior in
the country. With this help, and Geor-
ge's personal presen, cehe expects to make
his shop the grand center Of attraction
with all who want shaving, hair-cutting,
hair-dressing, hair or whisker dyeing per-
formed in the highest style of tho art.
Come on then, and single trial will salts
fly you that nowhere else in the city can
you be served more promptly or satsfac-
torily. Shop, corner Of nth and CONNER
cial lw.
1t is true that Blankenburg's Excel
sior saloon is now one of the institutions
of the city. All drinkers who like really
excellent liquors-whiskies wines, beer.
etc.-go to the Excelsior saloon, which is
fitted up in splendid style. Blankenburg
who knows how to keep saloon, spreads
fine free lunch every morning and eve
ming, and, as he forcibly expresses it,
'Swee,ens the lunch with music. He
has employed the services of Grst-ratc
pianist, who makes the grand piano
which stands in one end Of the saloon
speak out in musical tones Everybody
is invited. The best order is maintained
and all improper characters suppressed
with nen,ness, cheapness and dispatch. Ey-
erybody knows that the Excelsior saloon
is ut the corner of Washington avenue and
Fourteenth street.