The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-04-02


afternoon ut the former church tie exer-
clses were of most interesting character,
ana were participated in by large con.
course of Sunday school scholas.
We are informed that the hands en-
ployed by Mr.. Timothy Booth, between
Cairo and Mound City, on the Cairo and
Nincennes railroad, struck for higher
wages yesterday. Mr.. Booth has been
paying $3.50 per day for laborers. The
men demand $l,75 per day. What will be
the result of the strike, is hard to tell.
The dance to he held at the st. Charles
on next Friday evening, will not, as here
tofore stated, be under the direction of the
Terpsichorean cub, as that organization
has been defunct these many weeks. A
number of young men of the city are the
getters up of the coming dance, which
will be independent Of any and all clubs.
The scholars of the Parish school will
give an exhibition at the First (coored)
Missionary Baptist church, on Wedens
day evening, April Sd. On the evening of
the 4th, at the same place, the Aid society
will give supper for the benefit of the
church. Everybody is invited to attend,
REV. Il. j. SHORES, Teacher.
Tho sidewalk on Fifth, between Wal
nut and Cedar streets is q source of great
tribulation to number of young gentle
men of the city. At the postoffice, now
city iron store and at II leading boot and
shoe establishment on Commercial avenue,
we have heard it pronounced II disgrace to
the city. BE patient, gentlemen, Me- Hale
will be on hand in due time and put the
delapidated walk in good order.
The ball of the st. Patricks Benevo-
lent society at Schecl's hall last night was
well attended. The party assembled at an
early honr. Between eight and nine
o'clock dancing commenced and was kept
up until twelve o'clock, when supper was
served. After supper, which, by the way,
was one the best ever spread in Cairo
dancing was resumed and kept up until a
late hour this morning. Everything pass.
ed off quietly, and the occasion was one
long to be remembered by those who par.
ticipated in il.
-Messrs. Elliott & Haythorn have
received large lot of the Eureka" shoes
with the patent wire.l lock stitch, which il
is said will not rip. This stitch being wire
| upon the outside, cannot chafe off as the
old stitch does. 1t will not rip, is more
| pliable than any other seam, is smooth
| upon the inside as hand work, and there.
fore makes the shoe more easy to the foot
while it has the appearance of two rows o.
white silk stitching. They are warranted
to be an excellent shoe, made Of the bcs
of material. Give them trial. 3-3ltf
Attention is called to the card of DR.
j. G. Sullivan, to be found under the head
Of new advertisements IN to-day's paper
DR.. Sullivan has in his possession letters
from j. NJ. Keller, NJ d., Prof Precept
and Practc of Surgery Jas. Holloway
NJ. D., Prof Chemical surgery; G. w
Kelley, Prof. of Anatomy, and L. Good
man, Prof. of Obstetrics, all of the fac
ulty of the Louisville Medca
College, which is known tc
be one of the best establishment o
its kind in the country. Dr. Sullivan il
well-known to the people of this commun
ity, and we are sure will receive tina
encouragement he SO richly deserves.
Cairo, Illinois, April LIST. 1872
The following is table showing dali,
and monthly mean of barometer and ther
mometer; monthly velocity of wind an,
amount of rainfall, with the prevailing
direction of the wind for the month o
March, 1872;