The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-03-17
GENERAL ITEMS.

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navy yard at Mound City is to be converted
into place for county offices and court
house. II is said il will answer tho pur-
pose to L.
| We have on our table a lengthy ae-
count Of the Wit,ig golden-wediing
which took place a, Scheols hall on Sat-
uriay evening. Also card from Carl
Wit,ig, both Of which Will appear in to-
morrow's BULLETIN.
The corporation receipts Of Charles
ton, Missouri, last year amounted TO ST.
OIL 80, tho expenditures $l,0G5 "a.
There 10 a balance in the treasury Of
$40 20. The Got rier says the city "hss
put In 80 street crossings and caused a
large amour. of sidewalks to be built.
| On Thursday last the Ohio river a,
Cairo was "A feet above low water mark,
and came within seyen feet of the high
water mark of 1867. There is no fear Of
an inunGstion at Cairo, the levees are so
| strong that this city can now Withstand
all the floods. The Mississippi was rising
| rapidly a. last accounts, and much dam
| ago done 10 levees and plantations below
| Memphis Jonesboro Gazette.
II YOU want beautiful set Of artificial
| teeth; if YOU want good solid filling; if
| YOU want anything in the dental line. 90 to
| the splendid dental rooms OF Dr. Williams
on Commercial avenue, over Elio, 4 Hay
| thonc', boot aud shoe store, where ,ati,iac-
| ton will be given in all eases and after thi.
date his charges will be reduced TO suit the
| times. Dr. Williams will relieve You of the
| toothachc If you call upon him. II
Colonel Taylor, president of the
Cairo and st. Louis railroad company, is
| now in New York city, whore he was
| called to meet tie agent Of the London
| and Amsterdam holders Of bonds in the
Cairo and St. Louis road, TO consult with
him as TO tho best method of securing the
early completion OF that road. And we
may sdd-good news has been received
from the Colonel.
II. Watson Webb announces in this
issue Of THE BULLETIN that he is csndi.
date for reelection to the Office of city at
torney. During the past year Mr.. Webb
has filled this office, and VIC believe to the
entire satisfaction of n great majority of
| the vo,ors Of Cairo. He has been faithful
to duty, and watched with Jealous care
every matter in,rusted to his attention.
That no will DO reelected by handsome
| mainrIv is havnnl louht
The Shawneetown Gazette (Jooi q.
Morgsn's paper of last week says tin
a letter from John p lIely, of Cairo, the
gentleman who superintendent the con-
structiol Of the north and south levees,
no says; Il noticed your account OF the
success of tho leveo. | am glad that it
has proved successful The people of
| Shawnootown believe that Mr.. Hely did
| his duty faithfully in experimenting this
work. and now, after ample test, feel con-
fdent that the work WAS well performed"
Anna, Union county, has been taken
with another attack of the newspaper
| fever" and the merchants OF that place
| are casting about for some man who is
willing to undertake the publication or a
paper there, Though number of at
tempts to run newspaper in that town
have successfully failed, we know Of no
good reason why this should be the case,
| If the right msn-one who understands
tho details of the printing business, and
will attend to them-will start paper in
| Anna, no can ut least make respectable
living, and that ia about all any printer
can expect.
"A correspondent of the Jonesboro
Gazette, speaking of tho prospects for. a
good crop Of peaches this season, says;
"a careful investigation of various
peach orchards has resulted in an improv-
ed Wow of thoir condition. 1t is found
that on young trees, and even old ones
that have received such care during last
season sst to stimulate their growth, that
tho buds have received but nominal injury,
while those that have been neglected are
pretty severely handled. A close examine
ton Of tho trees on the farm of Capt. L. O.
Freeman results as follows; George the
! Forth, Troth, Bergan's Yellow, Galbraith