The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-05-11
HE BULLETIN.
Publication Omee. Bu11etin Building,
WashingtOn Avenue.

-Joncsboro people are eating straw
berries.
We hear rumors of several approach
ing marriages.
Strawberries and gooseberries have
appeared in the market.
-Mosquitos are one of the plaques OF
this section Of Egypt at present.
Sunday tomorrow. Services will be |
held in all the churches, we believe.
Yesterday was delightful day. The
"breezes in the treeses" all about town
we're cool and refreshing.
Barton. of Carbondale, who now lux
uriates in the post Office Of that bnrg, came
to the city yesterday.
"A large crowd of Cairo people, with
a sprinkle of Mound Ctyites, went to
Columbus on nm excursion yesterday.
John woodley was up before Shan
messy yesterday morning for drunken
ness He was. fined $3.50 and failing to
pay was sent to Jail tor eight days.
We have seen Il stated and re-state
It here for the benefit Of our lady-rcader"
that tallow candle laid in the box with
furs will obviate all danger from moth.
$. P. Wheeler, Esq, is in Shawnee
town attending court. The Gazette of
that city says: ave are truly pleased
to learn that he endorses Greeley and
Brown The Gazette announced mass
meeting of the democracy on Thursday
night, ut which Mr.. Wheeler was to be
one Of the speakers.
Somebody in the neighborhood of the
BULLETIN building was honored By a
serenade night before last, at "the witch
ing hours Of the night" but as this is the
hour also when the dogs for several squares
around congregate to do their midnight
bowling, the beauty of the music was lost
TO some extent.
The ladies Of the Presbyterian church
of this city are good fnanciers. At the
"sociables" which they have been holding
during the past five months, they have
collected five hundred dollars. The re-
pairs which have so improved the church
edifice, cost seven hundred dollars, and this
sum the ladies intend TO pay, having nearly
the requisite amount on hand, as stated
above.
The generator of Saup's soda fountain
exploded yesterday morning. 1t was be.
! ing charged by q colored man, who did
not exactly understand his business. HI
charged it up to two hundred, when i
burst with q rather loud report, scattering
!. the vitriol all over the frightened son o
Africa and hurting him some, though no
to any alarming extent.
We are informed that during tn,
recent high water in the Mississippi river
a number Of bodies, supposed to be those
uncarthed near Birds Point. The bank
being low and sandy in the locality of the
interments, the freshet cut the earth
away to such an extent as to expose the
corpscs to view. They were In good
state of preservation. We have MOI
learned what disposition was made o
them, but suppose they have been re-
inferred where they will rest undis
turbed.
About one hundred and fifty persons
attended the Presbyterian church sociable
at the house Of Captain Hurd on Thurs
day night, but the arrangements for the
entertainment of the large number were
ample. Tho young people enjoyed the
croquet grounds in the rear of the house,
which we're handsomely illuminated with
Chinese lanterns, highly. The reading of
the poem Bingen on the Rhine" by
Mrs. Charles Hurd was an intellectual
treat to all who heard it. The re-
freshments were delicious. Captain and
Mrs. Hurd may congratulate themselves
On having furnished an evening of unal-
loyed pleasure to their guests.
We referred some time ago to a
! movement in. congress looking to the
establishment Of ship-yards for the build
ing of iron vessels. The senate committee
on naval affairs have recently had the
bill under consideration, and a Washing.
ton dispatch dated Wednesday says
J., 1.-THE committee are not entirely in ac
cord in their opinions on the measure
:, but should the bill pass, one Of the yards
would DO located in the Mississippi val
ley, but the precise location will be de
termined by commission of cabinet Off
GERS, who will be designated for the pur
= pose" In the event Of the passage of tn,
bill, II is almost certain that one of thes,
yards will be located in the near neigh
borhood Of Cairo and Mound City.
u An employee Of the BULLETIN drew
s a pair of sleeve.buttons in a gift enter
r prise day or two ago. BY some mixtur,
of figures he was led to believe for a few
hours that the prize was Ave thousand dol
lars. and for the time being felt all tn
care and responsibility of man ofwealth
"a "What would he do with it?' became al
10 important query, and the impossibiliiy O
n satisfactorily answering 1t, became SO bur
A densome that he was immensely relieve,
when the mistake was discovered, and b
found himself the possessor Of pair @
Is three dollar sleeve buttons. Riches hav
n no charms for him now.