The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-09-18
ABOUT CAIRO.
WHAT THE EDITOR OF THE
COMMERCE, NO. DISPATCH
HAS TO SAY ABOUT IF.

The following article i copied from the
last i-sus OF the Commerce, Missouri,
Dispatch, eii,el by DR.. Lynch, u gem
sleinsn we'll known t. many o! our citi-
zens:
VISIT 10 CAIRO.
Ab0u. once in two years We psy a visit
70 Cairo TO renew our Acquaintance with
the place and its citizens. No city In The
west Il subject to greater mutations than
IT, and were it not for few immu;abe
land marks which it possesses, two yes-s
would be sufficient g. blot out n fecogri-
.lon. Notwithstanding the rapid transit
ton n the madeyial elements Of the city,
We are constantly eAcouutering
OLD ASp FAMILIAR sACEs
Of men, whom you recognize rs sutedlu-
visns-who reckon their Cairo experience
from date prior to 81 NJ Il. Harrcll
the witty an! ab!o editor Of
the Cairo "Gsze,te,' the cue
ce-slui and popular merchant tailor.
Peter Neh the clever and ioval Ike
Wade, one Of Cairo.s oldest merchants
the gerisl, geutlemsn!y Bernard Smyth,
widely known ~ the head of the whole
sale and retail grocery establishment %:
Smyth Bros Mr.. llanHy, = popular and
Influential merchsn. and remeniscence
ut "a Inssq IrsGe bail ut the old Planters
house 10 1850, are among the most promi-
nrnt iUdcnLilies IN blending the pas! and
present.
We found some
IMPROVEMENTS
going on on the levee. The steep era lank-
ment between Seventh and Eighth streets
is being leveed Tho Illinois Central
track has been moved some fifteen or
twenty feet further out on the
levec and has improved the general APP.
pearsnco of Cairo's front, Nearly all the
frame buildings on the street have disap-
peared in flame and their places very gen
orally re-occupied by substantial and
stylish bricks.
ON COMMERCIAL AVENUE
We met the popular and successful hom-
eopsthic physician DR.. Brigham 4 few
moments conversation with him and a
visit TO his office filed our pockets with
some choice literature.
Our friends
GoLDSrINE 4 ROsESwATER,
Wholesale and retail dry goods and cloth
ing merchants were visited and cordial
reception extended. We wsro shown
through their large stock Of goods. hy
their siiAble book-keeper and prince of
good fellows, Jacob Roth. Mr.. Roscn-
water anil Ambrose Jones were busy with
customers, while Mr.. Goldstino tho senior
OF the firm was in Now York purchasing
his fall stock.
The witty, talented and sarcastic ed.
itor OF
THE BULLETIN
was found at work on II lengthy editorial,
and MS his foreman was on IA spree and
lubricating with "Oil Fox and Major
Leo, he was with sleeves rolled UP shirt
collar thrown Opon and hat Nattened out
upon the table under tho last two mails,
playing the role of editor n-chiAc bust
ness manager, local editor and foreman.
After complimentiug him a little on his
line muscle and gaining little insight
into the source of his unusual courage in
addressing negro serenaicrs in con
tempt Of the wishes of his Democratic
friends, we bid him good evening and
went to look for some place to "s.op nj.
We were recommend to Louis Uerberts
and wore there well cared for.
AFTER DARK
we set out for the Gazette office, and
found tho inimitabie llarrel ut home,
We had much to say and but little time to
say 1t in, and our tongues were put to run
ming in tho shorthand style. We started
out for Il walk md soon met j. q. Lynch,
the intelligent and popular county clerk
of Alexander county. Our meeting with
both parties was premeditstod and we
BEER. DIED both of the gentlemen in their
several dens
TOM wINrEES,
who We believe is one Of the antiieluvans
of Cairo, was tskon mp by secretion in our
saunterngs and became boon compan-
ion.
The next morning there was consider
able excitement in tho neighborhood of
the court house. We drilted in that d.
rection and we're somewhat bruskly order
o from the court house side of tho street
by tho
CHIEr OF POLICE M'HALE.
or course he had no idea in tho world who
he WAS talking too, and never dreaming
that he "was entertaining angels una
ware" and in few moments we were in
troduced to tho most Popular and eficien,
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