The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-03-27
GENERAL ITEMS.

Captain w. 7. Halliday has gone to
New Nork City.
Henry Brihsn was out with HE new
wagon yesterday. Further notice .o-nor-
row.
Several civil cAses were tried in
Judge Bros couf. yesterday. Nothing
csc.
MIR. and Mrs. A. Il. Stafford returned
TO the city yesterday, alter brief visit TO
Mobile and Now Orleans.
Just received and for sale cheap.
100 boxes oranges;
100 boxes loinons
% barrels sweet potatoes;
10 barrels new turnips.
272-3-2G-4t MATIuss IL UHL.
Yesterday morning while mr. IL.
Levy was driving along Washington av-
enue near Fourth street, his horse became
frightened and ran away. MI. Levy es-
capped without injury, bu. the sulky 10
which the horse was attached was bsdl y
demolished.
Mr.. j. X. Cunuinghsm's horso ran
away yesterday on Poplar street, spilling
a lot of furniture out Of the wagon u
which he was attached, aid slightly dam-
aging the wagon. When gathered together
tho furniture was the worst demoralized
looking lot of stuff We oversAw.
The funeral Of Mr.. Schmallen berg
will take place at half-psst ten o'clock
this morning from the German Lutheran
church After tho services tho remsini
will DO taken TO the seven-mile graveyard
for int rment. Friends Of the family are
invited TO attend. 277--3-27-lt.
The boy Clarence Adsit, killed by
tho explosion of the steamer Crescen,
City, was tbs son of woman known ms
Lou Smith who resides in one of the little
cial and Washington avenues. Betty
Ross and her sen Attress csmo up the
river yesterday on tho steamer Vicks-
burg, which arrived here ut about IL
o'clock. Mrs. Ross, though pretty badly
hurt abou. tho head, will doubtless
recover. Her son was not hurt.
WIN. Ehlors wishes to inform the pub.
lie that he has Just received large stock
of imported French calf aud Morocco
Leather from Adolph Nickel, OF Cincin-
natl, direct importers, and he can there
foro warrsn. all his work to be of not only
the best manufacture, but of the very
best material. Any ono who desires fine
Boots, Shoes or Caters will find 1t to
their interest to call on Mr.. Ehlers at his
shop, 10Th street, and examine his stock
and styles before ordering elsewhere.
203-3-i-lm
Rev. Mr.. Waller has decided TO make
some much needed repairs to his church
the Methodist) and thus make it a pleas.
ant and attractive place to meet and wor.
ship. In order to do this the citizons OF
Cairo, whose iiberality has never yet failed
in such cases, will be waited on and sub.
scriptions solicited. Our Methodist friend:
will not only thoroughly repair, decorate
and paint tho church, inside and out, but
will make some needed alterations in IL
and will build an addition for class and
lecture rooms and in which TO hold prayer
meetings, that tho body of the church may
DO uscd only for Sunday worship. TIL,
total cost OF all this will not be far from
1000, which, it 10 believed, will be raised
among our citizens by subscription with
on. any difficulty.
Nicholas Wilhelm Artur James Vsr
Kss Schmsllenberg WAS born January
| 22d, 1917, in Holland, Europe. Ho WA
married to Johanna Wilhelmina Hoogon
leich, January LIST, 1897, and died OF
March 25th, 1874.
Though tho grandson of minister o
tho gospel, the deceased had been an unbe
lever all his life. His wife has becn
member of tho Evangelical Luthcra,
Church for many years, and ever sine
her union with the church, had made tn
conversion Of her husband tho subject 0
her earnest and most constant prayers
After long years it pleased God to gran
her request. During tho sickness which
proved fatal, Mr.. Schmallenberg saw tn
error of his ways, experienced a change O
heart and became childlike believer il
tho gospel of Christ Though Statistic
with the will Of God to remove him,
expressed the earnest wish to live. to pro,
to the world that his conversion was req
and that he had truly accepted tho r
ligion of the Christians God. 1t is tn
knowledge which consoles his widow.
NNAWILHELMINAS cHMALLEEBER
"A young man, who came to this cit
yesterday afternoon by the Mississippi
Central railroad, and had entered q car
the outgoing train on the Illinois Centra
died very suddenly few minutes aft
taking hi, seat. His remains were carrie
into the ladies' room at the depot, whe
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