The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-01-30
RANDOM CHIPS.
OR srcH AS MAY BE PICKED up EVERY
DAY.

Now that the Cairo and Vincernes
railroad IL fixed fact-,he contrac,
having been lei, and work to be common
cod Mt once, Jorgensen i. prepared to cell
All kinds Of groceries cheaper than any
ether house in the city II
The funny man Of the city was stand.
Ing at a corner last Sunday, when there
passed him furbeloweI woman and sister,
past mddlc-age; There goes mutton,
dressed lamb fashion, said he; Yes, but
II is the black ono of the flock, reioin.
ed G..
Mueller and Miller, at the Thalia on
Sunday night was received by a full
house and with the most unequivocal
satisfaction. Mr.. Gustav Klingshor fully
sustained his previously earned reputation
ind, as we predicted, kept the house in
jolly humor with his grotesquc presenta.
ton.
Mr.. Chas. Mehner has Just received
from the publishers in New York, a book
of costumes, containing all the latest styles
Of stage equipment. He invites his friends
to call and examine the book, and if there
are any persons desiring articles in this
line, Mrs. Mehner has proposed to furnish
them on short notice and reasonable
terms. Mr.. Mehner also has a number Of
masks which he will sell or hire out TO
those who may want them. janl2w2
Mr.. X. J. Cundias till was tapped
yesterday, and $50 taken. Officers Shee-
= han and Martin were put upon the track
of the suspected thieves, and at about 9
o'clock last night bagged their game. Up
D on the person Of one Of the thieves was
= found one dollar bill, which Mr.. Cum
= df recognizes as having taken during the
e day, yesterday. One Of the scamps is
b. named Cusick, and is one Of the thieves
n Who wa. arrested by 5heeh,n about year
= since for attempting TO burslarize Ianny's
4 store.
n The lecture Of DR.. J.. q. Holland be-
fore the Young Mems Christian As,ocia-
n ton, last Saturday evening, was well at
: tended, and We have yet
o to see any Christian who
c was not entirely satisfied with the
}, matter and the manner of Timothy Tit
e comb. The Sccia. Under
4 tow was Tit,ombly delineatel,
y and quiet, Bostonian tone,
It not unmixcd with sarcasms and gen.
tie humor, pcrvaded the whole essay. 1t
was treat to those who liked it and proba-
III bly, repaid the hour given to its hearing.
e. Tomorrow night the grand duke will
es be in Louisville where he is to be enter
o. tanned with NIL the magnilcencc and dis
u.s. play which the people Of that city so well
I'd know how to cxibit By the time he ha,
a run the gauntlet Of the American cities
III in balls dinners and hand-shaking, he viii
have got pretty good idea Of how we dc
be things in this go.lorious country. The
i, only regret ia the whole matter, Is that II
re |. II. could not have an opportunity 20 Sc,
In how ace do il in Cairo. Never mind ne1t
n, year We arc going 10 import grand,r duke
nj Tor our own d.lccta,ion, and no one else
l. shall have any thing to do with him unit,
er We have used him up or are used up our,
e. selves in the effort to do HIM kind
1t is true that Blankenburg's Excel
,ior saloon j. now one Of the institution,
d Of the city. All drinkers who like really
y excellent liquors-whiskies, wines, beer
'e etc.-go TO the Excelsior saloon, which il
lie fitted up in splendid style. Blankenburg
'' who knows how to keep a saloon, spread,
~ 0, fine free lunch every morning and eve.
~ ming, and, as he forcibly expresses it
T.. 'Sweetens the lunch with music" He
To has employed the services Of a nrst-rate
I'd pianist, who make. the grand piano
r, which stands in ono end Of the saloon
IT, speak out in musical tones. Everybody
y is invited. The best order il maintained
IN and all improper characters suppressed
r. with nea.ness, chcapness and dispatch. Ev.
ar erybody knows that the Excelsior saloon
d, is at the corner Of Washington avenue and
,r Fourteenth street.
a The Sun is stupid, 1t asks the ques.
m ton: "Isnt it funny that of the three
NJ ! llleUlUeTs Oh Tue seltct COuncll whose time
at expires at the charter election, not one OF
\. them is q democrat ?" There are, includ.
o. ing the mayor, five republicans and but
e two democrats in the select council. Las,
year Lansden, Wood, Woodward Hurd
ia and Schulz were elected, and only two
p. democrats. Would the Sun rob the coun-
ell of all the democrats? The Sun
n also ask this question "Isnt it funny
, that the time Of all the republicans in the
, board Of aldermen except one expires at the
charter election2' Valdez, Klcb, Ftz-
> gerald and Carroll, democrats,and Winter
:, II noudescript in polilics-neither republi-
! can nor democrat, and VIM Buder, who
- declares he is no longer a republican, 90
- out Of the board. And yet the Sun is dis
! satisfied
There is good deal of talk on the
streets in relation to the new liquor law
which will go into operation in three
months from its signature by the governor.
" The prohibitionists are satisfied and happv
as they rpgarl il n comnroniso lo,,,.a.