The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-07-20
THE BULLETIN.
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throwing corn in this vicinity meas.
ures eight feet in height with enormous
ears.
Perry Powers Was driving tandem
through the streets yesterday. Perry
knows how.
Fine tomatoes were selling yesterday
morning BY gardener Kimball for u %
Per bushel.
Dives Barnum intend TO visit Cairo
with his big .he~' He would stir the
dimes up lively IL he would.
The school directors have employed
fourteen teachers for the public shccls Of
sas city, leaving only four vacancies to
Re 1llei
The cid Cairci,es are contemplating
Ar excursion or the Eckert Persons who
have no; resided in the city ffseen years
need no; apply.
Weather o. the 18th. a dry consider
able showing O: blue with seudiing clouds
aceasionaily obsears,ins the phosAsphere
Of the lu,ninAry orb. Dictionary will ex-
plain.
Billy Martin has completed the as
sessuaent Of omitted personal property,
under the late order Of the county court
He obtained abou, $4,000 valuation in
addition to his frs; list.
The latest scenic sensation in our
town VAS tina. of two boys on CONNER
eial avenue sitting back to back on q pile
Of lumber with rod and line fishing for
two straw hats whieh::wouldn't bite.
We counted on Twenty street, q,
Al early hour yesterday morning, in one
bunch, six NANCY ours. These are dog
dsys-mad dog dsys-and owners should
be careful to keep their valuable canine
stock tied up, tax or no tax.
Owing 10 the unfavorable condition of
the weather, the work Of lowering the
sidewalks on Washington avenue between
Twsnty-hr., and Thir.y-eighth streets
Is not yet completed, but is being for
warded with all possible dispatch.
Green Massey, Of Santa Fe, lately
sent of specimens of the clay, called by
him terra alba, to Trenton, n. j. and has
been assured by the manufacturers of
queensware at that place, that his terra
alba is clay of which can be manufactured
frst-class queensware.
The Chinese "Joss" whs stirred up
those five lone apples in his amateur efiu.
sion which graced the columns of The
BULLETIN Of the 18th, saw them through
= magnifying lens. The whole FIVE could
have been laid on the open hand. Don't
be quite SO economical of the truth next
time. Catch Joss" ticking.
III you have the tooth.ache, il you
want an artificial set of teeth, if you wan.
gold fitting, if you want anything in
the dental line, 60 to the splendid dental
rooms of DR.. Williams in Neffs new
brick bailding on Sixth street. where you
will be satisfactorily suited seeundum
artem. 7-2Odtf
1t is with pleasure We record the pur-
chase by our fellow townsman, Mr.. Gun.
ningham, dry goods merchant, of q whole
block adjoining VIM. Halliday's residence,
North Cairo, wherein he is about to erect
q handsome brick edifce. Material is be-
ing hauled on the ground for that purpose
Mr. Cunningham has confidence in the
good time coming to Cairo, and takes this
emphatic method Of expressing it.
-Weare gratiHed to have it in our poy.
er to saylthat the affairs ofthe new f re com
pany (the Delta) in the fourth ward are in
promising condition. Thirty-s1 mem.
bers have paid up their subscriptions, and
their funds are somewhere in the neigh
borhood Of $500. This is doing remarka
bly, we'll, and is extremely creditable &c
the exertions both Of the projectors and
members. The officers are Capt Geo. b
Poor, president; X. NJ. Warren, vice
president; james Kynaston, treasurer
NJ. j. McGsuley, secretary. Place o,
meeting, at present, Warrens store, cor.
ner Of Eighteenth and Commercial ave
nue.. The engine house for the first tire,
months will be on the corner of Nine
teenth street. The secretary is negotiat
ing with Button & Son for fine fire en-
CINE. We shall be glad 10 furnish NOR
particulars.
! 1t is our sad duty to announce tn
, death Of Mr.. r. ]. Mumford, engineer oil
a the Ills. G. r. r., living on Poplar, nea
r Twenty-frst street. He left Cairo abou
two weeks ago on visit TO brother liv
q ing about twenty miles above Champaign
and on Monday last Mrs. NJ. received
dispatch informing her of his dangerou
state, and requesting her immediate pres
ence. Mrs. N. Immediately responded t
to the call, and yesterday a dispatch wa
sent to relative here stating tina
he died that morning. Mr.. NJ. was
stout young man, in good health when h
left, expecting an enjoyable time. De
ceased was quiet, industrious man and 8
good neighbor, and will be missed by hi
friends. His disease was chronic diar
rhea. He leaves no children.
THE PRIMEvAL's PASTORAL.
My grand fatherJoc was an ape.
His grandfather Twist was Il worm;
Each age has developed in shape,