The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1872-12-10


owne 70 " fec. ,ha. our gas wen,
'enp'sss'y ." las. night, W were unable
% sss ssss small part Of the ,slesrsphic
''p'ss W. his morninss paper. We shsll
Prsv'os ourselves to-day. however, for
NY .nergsscy ,ha, may hereafter occur.
pnxvrrrps.-Oup ticket 10 the Louis
VILE lottery didn't draw the capital pri,e !
nor any other.
The police have very correctly put .
stop - keno. Faro should, We are bold
soough 70 suggess and will, We venture to
remark, next receive their tender at.
tsnsions.
On Sunday night last the Indian
summer weather which had prevailed for
. few dsys changed TO . severe ,empera-
turs and since then, shivering limbs and
blue noses await people who venture on,
cf doors.
The patient OF 10 now . familiar fea.
surs on our streets and avenues.
Tho City National bank 10 selling
foreign exchange on oil the principal ci,is'
In Europe, a. lowest rates. Now is the
time to remember the old folks at home.
We would advise oil to open an &C.
count with the Enterprise Savings bank,
- saving 10 gain. All should open an &C.
count before the commencement Of the
new year.
Tho Memphis Appeal very thruth-
fully says that the Mobile and Ohio road,
under Ito present management has gained
the confidence Of the public and 10 becom.
ing one of the Test roads in the country.
The sarnings Of the road in November Of
the present year we're $55000 more than
In November last ysar.
Judge Baker 10 holding court at
Vienna this week.
Capt. HAmblston was in Cairo yestsr-
day.
John Marcy, formerly Of Cairo, lately
Of Louisville, Kentucky, died 10 this city
yesterday afternoon, Of smallpox. Mr..
Naxsy was 10 good circumstances and
had made arrangements TO establish =
pork-packing house here. He leaves .
wife aud family in Louisville.
Ice commenced running out Of the
Nississippi river Sunday night.
-Selden and Twins combination
troupe who used TO play in the old De.
Asnes theatre Of this city, appear here on
the 10th In the Athsnsum. They will re-
main here for . brief season, or . season
not brief, II they draw good houses.
"A very large congregation listened to
the fourth lecture Of Q series Of lectures to
young men now being delivered by Rev.
M. Thsysr 10 the Presbyterian church.
Il was on the Duty Of Young Men, .
fruitful theme. Next Sunday night Mr..
Thsysr will closs the series BY . lecture
on the Young Mans Reward.
"A Mrs. Hawke, who IL on her way
from st. Louis u New Orleans, has been
staying At the passenger depot Of the l.
Q. r. r. for the last I've days. unable to
80 further on her journey for want Of
means. With her are I've small children.
She 10 10 extreme destitute circumstances
aud b compelled 70 beg for money 70 feed
herself and young onss. Where are our
eharitablp disposed psopls' Where are
the Christians Of the city, L., them
now practice their precepts.
Tho Gazette Gays;
With large number Of our citizens, we
are not inspired with admiration for the
progress Of the Cairo and st. Louis railrosd.
In the hope that IL would be rushed through
70 an early completion the counties along
the line consented TO the narrow-xauxe pro-
positiou-thus surrendering AL prospects Of
northern connections or through business,
and all the benefits growing out Of eompe-
tttion with other lines. The road. trining A.
it, cost, and inconsiderable a. il the labor in.
volved In its construction, 10 not completed:
and the report now reaches us that IL will
not be completed until the middle Of mex;
summer. 1.-THE company retains any power.
the people demand that they employ II in
stimulating the contractors 70 increased ex.
ertiOis.
The contractor made contracts 10 Eng.
land for iron, and the contracts s,ipu-
lated that oil time lost BY reason Of
strikes should b sddsd 10 the contract
time. Several strikes, Of long duration,
occurred In the works OF the contractors
who wsso 70 furish the arst iron, but the
Iron contracted to b delivered last was
delivered arst This fact accounts 70,
much ofths delay 10 the completion Of the
road, but We believe with Gazette tha.
there might b just little more dash ex.
hitsd BY the gentlemen who are building
Il.
One Of the horses ct Hsllidays coal
yard died Of the spisootic yesterday morn.
Ing, and one, the property Of Mr.. Stair,
died on Sunday.
Tho weather, during the day on Sun.
day, wss very pleasant, and the churches,
morning and evening were all we'll At.
tended.
Three smallpox patients were taken
TO The pest house on Sunday. There arc
now sixteen there. So far a. we are in.
formed there are casss at this time among
rssidsnt families.
Mr.. Duning, with her three children
"" taken in charge yesterday by the
county authorities, the woman being I'm.
able 70 maintain herss and f.-u- OF.