The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-03-07
OUR ROUNDABOUT POCKET.
PERSONAL.


Maj. Almon, OF Tsmaroa, was in town
yesterday.
-S Pierson, general ticket agent OF
the Cleveland, Cincinnati and Indisnapo-
lie railroad, was registered at the ST.
Charles hotel yesterday.
Capt. Geo. II. Ray, president Of the
Mississippi Valley transportation COM
pany, was 10 the city yesterday on busi-
ness connected with that company.
Prominent among the arrivals At the
st. Charles yesterday were The following {;
4 Lence, w G Csmpton, and w Ii
Justice, Cincinnati; CT Whorton, c
Young and Capt. Henry Simms 81. Louis;
4 w Mckeine. Dixon, Illinois j + RAN
kin and ID 5 Field, Ilillstoro, Ohio; II L
Howard, New York; e Z Hollander, n CIV
Orleans; 4 Loesche and family, Denver,
and DR.. w w Sea, Fulton, Tennessee
MISCELLANEOUS.
The police complain Of "dull t.mes.'
The county commissioners will prot
MY
There were over ono hundred people
took dinner ut tho 1T. Charles hotel yea
j terday.
Tho sale of tobacco at tho Planters
warehouse yesterday morning was at
tended by a large board Of buyers, and
the tobacco sold brought good and salts
factory prices.
Tho Hibernian fire company, Of which
the deceased Michael Marnel was an ac-
tive member, held meeting last night,
and resolved 20 turn on, to tho funers.
Due notice Will be given in ,o-morTow's
paper,
The county roads are reported 90 he in
very bad coniitaa--in many places al
most inpassable. II, after de;rsying all
other expenses and making such .spsirs to
the public property Ms are necessary, the
county commissioners find there is sur
plus of cash ia tho treasury, il would not
be bad idea TO spend some of it in fixing
up these roads,
SICKNESS.
From parties living in Hazlewood
precinct We learn that considerable sick
ness has prevailed in lha, neghborhood
for some time past, and within the past
two or three weeks number OF we'll
known citizens have died. The pre-
vsiling sickness seems TO be principally
| pneumonia,
a THE MGINNIs TROUPE.
4 /. should DO remembered that too cele-
: brated McGinnis comic comedy combina-
! ton appears q! tho Atheneum this oven
ing. Mr.. Chas. McGinnis, tho leading
man Of the troupe, 10 mn actor of consid-
erablc fame, and ho ia supported by an
excellent company of artists. Tho play
for this evening ia "Weddcd yet NJ
Wife We bespeak for the troupe full
5 house.
RESPONSE.
To Messrs, II. ussepjaeger, II V Belzner,
q hler, Joseph Huber, Jno A Koehler, Il
Hebsacker, ID Dertinger, George Isen.
berg and Paul q Schuh.
GENTS AND FRIENDS How shall !
answer in regard 10 your hind offer OF q
benefit, by mo unsought and unexpected.
Your appreciation of the little l have
so far dono for tho "Concordia," pleased
and surprised mo. feel that to refuse
your generous offer would be nm insult to
you all, and therefore accep. 1t, and will
name Friday evening, April 10th, rs the
time, and tho Athcneum tho place whore
tho concert shall tsko place.
Yours, in Friendship,
j. SCHLEsINGER.
HIGH WATER.
Trains on nearly all the railroads cen
tering at this point wero delayed yestcr
day on account of the high water. The
morning train on tho'Illinois Central wa
delayed several hours in consequence of
break in tho track between Villa Ridg,
and Pulaski stations. The Mississippi
Central train was detained on account o
large quantity Of dirt having fallen on
to the track at tho bluffs fcw miles th
side of Fort Jefferson. The track OF thu
Cairo and Vincennes road between Thir
ty-third and Thirty-fourth streets is com
plstely submerged. We were informed
Yesterday that IL the water rose mucl