The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-07-19
THE BULLETIN.
Publieatfon once, Bulletin Building,
WsahAngt0u Avenue.
MIXAGRAPHS.


termittent showers.
Peaches Of good quality, and ripe,
SOC per box.
'-GM-pipes and new lamps are being
increased In needed localities.
is the small pox to run itself till II il
run out9 We gasp for developments.
An anti.Grantite persists in calling
Internal revenue, Internal revenue. OF
with his head.
We counted thirteen steamers at the
Ohio levee yesterday at 2 o'clock, besides
the barges.
The drain iron grating at the south
east corner Of the custom house square
has been put in.
-McKeigs new frame building, corner
Fifth street and Washington avenue, is
nearly finished. Lucky man.
LISA pity mosquitoes can't initiate the
good example set by The BULLETIN, and
present their bills once a month, only.
Hartman will sell tomorrow, at half
past Q o'clock, thirty barrels Of -four,
feather beds, feather pillows, bedsteads,
wardrobes, etc.
"A bet was offered by Greeley
man at noon, yesterday, to Grant man,
that the Philosopher would carry Illinois
by 10000 majority. The bet was not
taken up.
--Goldstine 4 Rosenwater yesterday
commenced to build brick addition TO
their extensive store building on Com
mercial avenue.
Pigs, big enough, old enough and
ugly enough to know better, with their
broods, are rampaging around the streets
with impunity. Police, attention!
The continued wet is doing much in
jury to the crops in Central Illinois. In
our immediate vicinity wheat and oats are,
for the most part, cut and stacked, or
housed.
"A gray-beard wants an old Folks ex-
curson on the T. F. Eckert; none, not
even grandchildren, under forty, to be al
lowed 10 participate. Who will initiate
the movement?
"A Texas Judge lately decided that bad
cooking on the part Of wife was good
reason for granting the husband divorce.
Our advice to Texan ladies-get good
supply of Burnett's steam cooking vessels
Diff.
Mr.. Fry, carpenter, residing on Pop
lar, near Twenty-Arst streets about build
ing brick dwelling house, on the last
named street. Mr.. Fry is an excellent
mechanic, and good neighbor and citizen
Let more such follow his example.
1t is unreasonable to expect that,
during the present elemental coalition OF
mud and rain, we can chase locals form
the Point to the Ills. G. r. r. bend, and
form the Ohio to the Mississippi. We
won't.
The new brick building of Mr.. c.
Il. Woodward on the levee, is being fin.
ished as rapidly as possible. 1t has 20
feet frontage and 1875 feet depth, and will
be occupied by that go-a-head merchant in
about two or three weeks, in good time for
the fall trade.
-Rumors are floating about, that capt.
talists from some Of the river cities are
buying lots for business purposes in the
vicinity Of the post office. We are bound
to furnish full particulars as soon as we
can ascertain details.
Scarcely an exchange reaches US, tina,
does not contain the names of hitherto
Grant-Republcan journalists forsaking
the rotten, sinking, dilapidated Gran,
junk, for the stately, well-found Greeley
ship. The Sun man will yet be swim.
ming for dear life towards the same ship
for safety. Well be or hand to throw
him a rope.
Yesterday, in the pursuit of knowl.
edge,::we caughta glimpse of floating 10.
cal over our head, and bya frantic effort
caught it. 1t runs to the effect, that q
gentleman named NJ. B. Harrell is to take
a prominent part in the imposing cere.
monials and barbecue to be held on the
approaching first of August. We have
often besought NJ. b. H., with tears in our
eyes, to change his erroneous theological
views, and put himself under the minis
teral guidance Of the Rev. Mr.. Shores
Nevertheless we warn him against "en-
tangling alliances" of a polemical char
acter, but have little doubt that his child
like docility, under the auspices of his
spiritual instructor, will carry him safely
through the trying ordeal; after which
his theology will, no doubt, be of less
mixed character than heretofore.
This is question to which We desire
an answer Has the city laborers, or men
having contracts with the city to build
sidewalks, the right to gobble-appropri-
ate sell--give away, the lumber that is
taken from worn out sidewalks? If they
have not, how and by what
authority does u negro teamster
named jenkins, brother of a negro
| sidewalk contractor Of the same name, OBJ.
tain the old lumber He does obtain II
and sells it, or gives it away and charges
for the hauling He may have proper au-
thority for this, but as we do not remem-
bsr any action Of the council in reference
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