The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-09-02
THE PARK.
LARGE MEETING AT THE COUN
Gil CHA MBER.
BARBECUE AND BRAN DANCE
DETERMINED UPON.
GREAT INTEREST MANIFESTED.

GREAT INTEREST MANIFESTED
Pursuant to "call' published in Tn
BULLETIN and "Sun, large number {
citizens, interested in the improvement {
the park, convened at the city clerks O,
fee yesterday afternoon. The room wit
difficulty could hold the crowd and a
the suggestion Of Mayor Wood the mee,
ing was held in tho council chamber
On motion Of Mr.. Thornton, Dr. Smitl
WAS called to the chair, and Hon H. W
Webb appointed secretary
The chair stated the object Of the meet
ing to be TO devise ways and means TO i'm
prove the park, "a work, be said iii
which every citizen was Interested
DR.. Dunning moved tina. committee
Of five be appointed to tako the matter o
park improvement into confederation ant
report to the meeting. The doctor said
he was much Interested in the subject
aud had been Attempting to create pub.
| lie interest in It for over year.
The motion was carried and Mcssrs
Dunning, l.ohr, SiorkActL, Cunningham
and Pat Fitzgerald were appointed on
the committee
The committee retired and during its
abacnco several enthusiastic speeches were
made.
MrGnligher sail that he Away. took a
lively inieres, in .lo suggested improve
men,s Of Cairo, bud contributed hereto.
fore TO the improvement Of the park and
might be called upon again for any
reasonable amount. lApplau.cI
Capt Halliday said the meeting knew
whore to find him. The park was pub
lie necessity and It's improvement dc.
mauded by tho highest interest Of the
city. Ncxt to the improvement of the
Ohio river and the establishment of the
81. Johns salt works, be had the park i'm.
proyement nearest bis heart. Loud
clappng of hands
Col. Taylor said he was also interested
in the park improvement. The running
OF horses, tho shouting of young men
playing baseball in the park, and the
rafting Of buggics by his house gave
variety to rural life, and was due entirely
to the improvement OF the park.
Mcssrs. Stafford, Irwin, Wood, VI. y,
Green, Allen, Waldcr, Jorsenscn, and
others, also made brief and pertinent
speeches, which ELECTED loud applause
Mr.. Howard then sang with great
spirit to the air Of johnny, ill up the
bowl, an original song, written by him
self one verso Of which, las much as we
can give is rs follows:
81 90 in Tor park improvement,
le-l do, yes do;
20 in for park improvement.
say, do you; say, do YOU
The chorus Of the song, in which the en-
tire meeting joined, was ne follows;
..Nas do.
We 20 in Tor park Improvement:
lcs we do;
.And 10 aii the thing along,
" Hy. wen have u barbecue,
barbecue.
Mcssrs. Robert Smytb, Burnett, David
son and other members of the military
company loudly appl.uded Mr.. Howard
who gracefully bowed his acknowledge
meuts
Atthis moment the committee returned,
and the levity WAS discontinued. The
following report was read
We, a., would respectfully recon-
mend that barbecue be given in the park
AT an early day, and dance in the even
ing, with slow race, fast race and
other amusements, and that the proceeds
be applied to tho improvement of the
park. To carry out this suggestion, the
committee would recommend that II gem
eral committee Of arrangements, commit
tee on refreshments, u committee on dane
ing, other necessary committees be APP
by this meeting.
DR.. Dunning, chairman of the commit
tee, said that, although the report was a
little inelegant and possibly ungrammat-
zeal, having been written in great haste, it
embodied the sentiments Of the commit
tee.
Mr.. Thornton moved to amend that the
committees suggested by the COM
mittee should be appointed at
an adjourned meeting to DO held in the
council chamber next Friday night, at
hslf-psst o'clock,
The amendment was car ried, and the
report adopted
DR.. Fields, and Messrs, Carl and Pow
ers, livery stable men, each addressed the
meeting and promised to do all they could
to make the proposed barbecue success,
and to literally contribute TO the sug-
gested improvement
The meeting then adjourned to meet
at the council chamber, next Friday night
at half-past o'clock,
TO KANSAS AND COLORADO!