The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-05-02
LOCAL BREvlTlES.

Amanda Burns Is seeking a divorce
from Frank Burns, and on yesterday filed
her bill in ehancery, in the Alexander
county court.
We are informed that Gov. Dough-
erty, having great faith in the outcome Of
Cairo, Is making arrangements to erect
three large levee business houses
--Inscore Of Anna Is in town. We
have given him the freedom Of the city,
and hope the mayor will not be offended
at this liberty.
The Lutheran picnic yesterday was
success IN every particular. The day was
pleasant, and the old and young folks en-.
joyed themselves hugely.
Able has received an other large sun.
ply Of wall paper. He is on the war path,
and resolved TO do his work In the best
manner AT the lowest prices.
-Gen. Reed Of the Mississippi Central
railroad has started from Cairo, with a
corps Of surveyors, over the proposed line
Of the proposed extension of the Mis.is.
sippi Central railroad to this city.
The board of health had meeting
the other day to provide ways and means
to exterminate the smallpox. The deter
mination Of the board has not yet been
made known 10 the public.
The storm Of Tuesday night was
quite severe. The rain was q torrent
from the clouds, the lightning was
sharp and the thunder sounded like the
applause in the Cincinnati convention.
Tho beautiful +" snow balls " from the
garden of Mr.. Thornton, placed on our
table yesterday morning, have been
pleasure to our eyes ever since. The
donor will accept our thanks, a thousand
times repeated.
"A gentleman from the coun-
try not n thouand miles
from Cairo, proposes, IL he can
procure the necessary lots in an eligible
locality, to build in this city Grst-class
hotel building.
The alarm Of fire yesterday morning
was occasioned by the burning out of n
chimney in a house on Eighth street.
The Hre-alarm bells made dreadful dis
turbancc about the matter, and all the
engines were very promptly on the
ground, but only one-,he Roughs, we be-
| lievc-threw water.
Only thirty-tbree permits FOR vaccina.
ton have been issued by the city clerk
since the order Of the council. The peo-
pie who desire to be vaccinatcd at public
expense are not the people who read pa.
pcrs, and the council neglected to have
dodgers printed.
On Tuesday Mr.. Henry Slack moved
from Eighth street TO corner of Sixth
street and Jefferson avenue. During the
moving, a roll Of gros grain silk, contain
ing twelve yards, was lost. If the finder
will return the silk to Mr.. Slack, reward
Of s. will be paid and no questions asked
Samuel Subway is in the city canvass
ing for advertisements for Meals State
Gazette, published at Dyersburs, Tcnnes-
see, and for pamphlet in which the pre-
miums Of the next annual fair Of the
Dyer county Agricultural and Mechan-
icsl Society is printed. The Gazette is
n live paper published in live commu.
nifty.
The Mound City correspondent o.
this valuable journal, does not appreciate
the "short.sleevc and shirt.collarles,
habits Of Cairo business men. He lives In
quiet village where the people have
nothing to do, and not in Cairo wher,
the business men are so busy they canno
afford to take time to either put on thei
coats or the useless and injurious vanit,
known by the name Of shirt-colar.
Police business yesterday was decid
eddy lively. Dick Winslow, profans Of
fensive and abusive language, was anet
S. and costs. Jail. Andrew Rely, drunk
enness, So and costs. Jail. Jno. McClair
ditto. Green Stuart, striking his wife, fine
. $40 and costs. Jail. Frank HencamI
!. abusive language, s. and costs. Pale
Thos. Reilly, abusive language, s.. Jai
English and Simpson, abusive Language
S. and costs, each. Jail.
The table Of contents for Littel
Liring AGe for the week ending April q
r comprises the following; Henry War
Beecher Part First, from the Contempcl
n AIRY Review; The Strange Adventure of
n Pheton by William Black, from McMi
lans Magazine Richard Steele, fror
n Temple Bar; Story of the Plebiscite, fror
Cornhll Magazine; Modern Manner
s from Temple Bar The Christian an
d Pagan Ethics, Spectator; The English Q
a of the Prayer-Book, Saturday Review
i NJ. Theirs, Economist; Easter Eggs, Pal
s Mall Gazette; New japanese and Chimes
!. Treaties, Pail Mall Gazette, and severa
A poems, among these "a Spirit Song" fror
r the German Of Novsls,. by George Mac
9 Donald.
n Our Paducah neghbors are now in
G condition Of excitement over speech G
Ex-Governor Anderson, who told thcr
sometime ago that iron might be manufac
y turcd at Paducah safely snd proftably.
+, The governor is one of those fine talker
: who can do much with his tongue, but tn
u first thing he should have taught the y,