The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-01-31
Inc meeting adjourned without fixing
upon any day for future assembling.

| .P'" any '"y ior future assembling
We have no hesitation IN recommend |
ing William Ehlers boot and shoe mako,
as worthy of most liberal patronage W.
know whereof we speak when we 50, NJ.
WORK is done in mastery manner al IN.
lowest prices. lie uses nything bu. the
best OF stock, and he cannot be excelled In
the delicate task Of making an cxact g.. |
Give him call at his shop on Twentieth
street, between Washington avenue and
Poplar street, nearly opposite the court
house, and we will guarantee satisfaction.
1t is reported that at some eastern
city they have established cooperative
baby foundry, where miscellaneous infants
are taken care of at so much per week.
We have had in existence here in Cairo. a
cooperative spankery for some time, but it
has not been well patronzed of late years
the tender-hearted parents of refractory
juveniles dc not place much reliance upon
any system of phlebotomy which is iadi.
cal or fundamental in its application. We
are convinced that the institution is better
patronized on Sundays than any other day
of the week, as the folks want to be out on
that day.
Mr.. Chas. Mehner has Just received
from the publishers in New York, a book
OF costumes, containing all the latest styles
Of stage equipment. lie invites his friends
20 call and examine the book and If there
are any persons desiring articles in this
line, Mrs. Mehner has proposed to furnish
' them on short notice and reasonable
terms. Mr.. Mehner also has a number of
masks which he will sell or hire out to
those who may want them, janl2w2
). business has been almost entirely sus.
;. pended here, owing to the extreme cold
!. weather and merchants and shippers are
at n temporary siandsiill We are inform
. cd that the underwriters have instructed
/ their agents here, to take no more risks on
:. the river, until further instructions. Not.
withstandlEg, the river here i. open and
, IN good boating order, and Cairo can still
maintain her reputation Of being at the
A head Of ri"er navigation. The fears of
p insurers will not permit risks owing TO
= the general state Of the rivers, SO a point
{. that is measureably safe, must suffer FOR
4 the lookup that the ice king ha. imposed
upon the whole country.
r The Miss Nancy Of the Sun is after one
,e IT with her broomstick, notwithstanding
,e she prospects IT. opinions, and want.
m him to respect hers. This is rather rough
" on ct and will be about as Difficult, a
II matter for him TO understand, a. it would
be 10 defend or sustain the SIX funda.
mental principles, or 10 answer the ques'
iion whether the crack Of doom ha. ever
been mended. The funny mixture OF re-
ligious bosh and political know-no,hing.
'g ism which Miss Nancy exhibits is refresh.
70 ing TO one who does not know that the
~ Iun is prac.icing the feat Of lifting him.
self over his theori.. BY the strap. Of hi.
As boots.
- Il; is grimly asserted in New York
Il :hA: FRS; elias: boiler explosion is in
= preparation fo- Alexis, delects.ion, as he
Aos.. down the Mississippi Now We Of
= The -ire-s. think fhI: IL hard, especially q,
4 New Workers know that the world has
o given up con,end.ng with that city, since
:. the little affair Of the Wcs,fe.d. Bat
= they may re', happy, after learning that
the Great Republic yield, 10 10 c-aft in
perfection and safety. When she left our
wharf to meet her illustrious guest a,
Menphis she wa. in perfect con-
dition in all respect,, and we feel sure that
> no side exhibitions in the way Of 1plo.ions
= can be got up, as the palm in that direc.
ton has long since been borne off from tho
a western waters by the East BE happy,
= oh Won Tromp.
The man in the moon Is said, in nursery
! rhyme, to have come too soon to ask his
way 10 Norwich but the man Of the Sun
' has evidently started too late in has political
e studies, and at the rate h. is progressing,
n will never reach the point where las, year 5
!. city election terminated. The last instance
n recorded, Of his extraordinary correctness
Y OF statement, is to be found in the Sun Of
4 Monday, and must have excited the won
: der every small boy and negro in the
city. However, there is satisfaction in
, the mind Of every one who reads his lu-
cubrations, which the editor himsclfis not
j permitted to enjoy as his time is mostly
= occupied in.pointing at errors Of all kinds,
a he should not be blamed for it is all that
he has to point at since he never g.s with
in pistol shot Of the truth.
i, is true that Blankenburg's Excel
? sor saloon is now one of the institutions
of the city. All drinkers who like really
excellent iquors-whiskies, wines, beer.
etc.-go to the Excelsior saloon, which is
fitted up in splendid style, Blunkenburg
who knows how to keep saloon, spreads
fine free lunch every morning and eve
ming, and, as he forcibly expresses it,
'Sweetens the lunch with music" He
; has employed the services Of Il nrst-rate
pianist, who makes the grand piano
which stands in one end Of the saloon
speak out in musical tones. Everybody
is invited. The best order is maintained