The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-08-01
THE BULLETIN.
Publication once, Bulletin Building
wnshingtOm Avenue.
LOCAL ITEMS.


at soc. per bushel.
Weather cloudy yesterday p. m.
threatening rain.
Boys were swimming about Philips
wharfboat yesterday, in the Ohio.
Grapes are still retailing at 25 cents
per pound.
Marshal Cain keeps perfectly cool
and collected.
Police business has been whitfield
down to the thin point Of nothing.
Peter Chul's has the handsomest
frontage" of any business house on the
levee-or in this city.
Mrs. Sam Halliday's brick store on
Commercial avenue, adjoining DR.. Arters,
has the roof nearly on.
The sidewalk lum Der robbers continue
to 60 along unquestioned by the city au-
thorities.
-Messrs. +. Bross and A. Comings are
the Alexander members ofthe Democratic
Liberal Senatorial Central committee.
"Wednesday next is the day of the
grand social picnic to Paducah on the
Eckert.
Prof Kruger will lecture in the
English Language, at the German school
building, 7th inst.
Peter Carl, blacksmith, is putting up
small dwelling house on Washington
avenue, corner of Elevnth street, adioin-
ing his blacksmith shop.
A grand pleasure excursion is on foot
to come off on the 9TH instant, on board
the steamer Eckert to Paducah. Further
particulars will be given.
Burnetts Steam Cookingj Vessel saves
nearly half the fuel and Is per cent
weight which is lost in cooking the old
way. Sold by A. HALEY e-2Olm
The colored Methodist barbecue comes
off to-day. We expect there will be
large crowd at the raising of the church
building, If the weather does not interfere
Jones, it is said, will open his canvass
for Clements in Cairo, and Winter says
he will pay out 81 900 at least to get him
good crowd.
The nomination Of Mr.. Ware for SEN
ator is satisfactory to the Liberals and
Democrats of Cairo. They are unani-
mously in favor of his election.
Greeley campaign song books are be-
ing sold by Grant man in town. There
is no call for Grant campaign songs.
Only one song needed for him hereabouts.
'Hark from the tombs doleiul sound
A regular communication of Delta
Lodge No. $685. F. and A. NJ. will be held
in Masonic Hall, this Thursday evening
LIST of August, A. ID. 1872 A. l.. 1872.
Visiting brethren cordially invited to at
tend. JAMES A. PHILLIs.
Mr.. Winter-Jack-ha gone back
on his Liberal first love, and how can the
other Liberals get on without him ? Bet
ter than with him. He is decided draw
back to any party he acts with.
Some two or three of the ice-creamists
and confectionists on Commercial avenue
near Eighteenth street have played out
and vacated. Effect of not advertising in
THE BULLETIN.
The railroads drag along-that is to
say, they drag to us who are SO anxious to
have them completed, but they are being
crowded through MS fast AS men, horses,
energy and money can crowd them.
That Greeley Club, when will i, be
forthcoming Since the Wall conven-
ton there has been apathy in this city
and an ipdispostion to do any thing for
Greeley or anybody else. Can't we get
over our pout, and begin to stir things
Mayor Lansden has definitely taken
his stand for Greeley and Brown, and, al.
though he will not make himself conspic.
uous in the canvass, will, continue to do all |
he can in quiet way for the cause of Lib
erslism.
Mrs. Gardner backs out and apol. |
ogizcs to her abused husband. She has |
asked the Lord and Gardner to forgive her.
she says, and believes the former has lis
tened to her prayer. Gardner should
profit by the example.
Mr.. A Comings, ono Of the really
earnest Liberals of Cairo, was chairman Of
the Alexander delegation in the Jones'
boro Senatorial Convention. Comings
has no sympathy with the scallawages who
sought the Liberal organization to become
candidates for office.
The Hibernian fire company have
nearly completed their new cistern in
front of their engine house. We meekly
suggested TO Nc. that it would hold ten
gallons. We are alive to record that we
came within $50 barrels of the mark. 1t
is IL feet deep and IA feet in the clear.
The descendants of old dog Trou md |
lot more, have q littls "onpleasantless
frequently about town. Why amt they
kept up? These are mad dog days and