The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-03-29
GENERAL ITEMS.

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payers" in another column.
Major Mayfcl1. years ego IS resident of
Cairo. but now OF II. Lou',, wa. in the city
yesterday on business.
MIR. l.. T.. Wilson, Of the Cairo and VIM
cenncs railroad, returned 10 the city yc-tcr-
day after an absence Of several days.
AT the German Lutheran church, Rev.
&. Ducrschner will deliver discussion on
"~pirtualism.' The public are invited to
attend.
The usual Sunday service, viii bc held
in the Methodist church this morning and
evening. The communion will be admin
i>tercd ut the evening service.
Services ut the Church Of the Rcdecmcr
to-day at 10l O'Clock am, and = pm. The
subject OF the sermon at the evening service
will be "Ihe Epi-tlc to the Church in Phil
adelphia."
The Mobile and Ohio railroad j. doing
good business, considering the dull times.
We hope the time is not far distant when
the Mobile and Ohio will be extended to
Cairo.
Drift wood has about stopped passing
down the Ohio river, which is an indication
that that stream will soon be declining. The
water l. now almost as high a. at any time
during the season.
ON Monday evening DR.. II. Warrncr
viii deliver hi, lecture on the "senses"
The lecture viii be fun Of interest. and
should be- heard by every one who cah pos
sibly make il point to BE- present.
The sale Of tobacco at the Planters
warehouse on Friday morning last was al
tended by very large board of buyers. and
the bidding wa. spirited. The prices OH
tanned were in almost every instance sati--
factory 10 the producer.
Willie Wilcox has turned journalist, and
has commenced the publication of a neat lit
tie daily headed the "St. CHARLES Daily Bul.
letin." It is pretty little sheet. chron-
icing The prominent cyrnt- occurring about
the -. Charlie. hotel.
Robert Eagucn, of the contracting firm
Of kie-cr ~ Bagncll, who has been east for
some time, returned 10 the city yesterday.
Mcs,rs. kieser Il Bagnell have a contract for
a portion of the work on the extension OF
the Cairo. Arkansas and Texas railroad,
--Rey. II. u. Thayer will deliver a di.-
course this morning in the Presbyterian
church, upon the following subject "Enow
Thyacif." 1hi- cvcnin" his subject viii lie
"Thc Random Shot Social meeting aud Il
meeting oi the Session amer the sermon.
Tomorrow Monday evening Dr. II.
Wardner will deliver the fifth of the course
II free lectures. The subject of the doc
tors lecture viii he the Senses" a subject
that be i. peculiarly fitted 10 handle, and
which cannot but prove interesting to those
who may hear il.
some time ago We stated in THE Bull
LETIN that there was ''iot a church in Bal
lard county, Kentucky" This wa, mis-
take, and we are glad 10 make the correc-
ton. There are many fine churches in that
county, though Bandyillc, the county seat,
does not boast a church within its limits.
The track ofthe Cairo extension Of the
Mississippi Central railroad will, we under
stand, he ut once put In first-clas- condition.
This would have been done long ago. had
the weather been OF nature 10 permit ont.
1t it said that when the work 1, completed
the road bed of the Mississippi Central will
be the best in the south.
Officers Shcchan and Martin yesterday
arrested Charlie Williams, (or calaboose
notorlcty) and Bill Hamilton. colorcd gentle
men, for stealing lot Of carpenters tools
from Jim Summcrwell. Hamilton and VIII
lams were sent TO the county Jail to await
the action of the grand jury at the May
term OF the circuit court.
Intelligence from the fruit regions along
| the line of the Illinois Central railroad is to
| the effect that the frost of Yesterday morn
ing killed nearly all the buds of the earlier
varieties of peaches. A. for strawberries,
it is said they are nearly or quite all killed.
If this report proves true, many of the more
extensive fruit cultiyator, will be heavy
loosers.
Among the arrivals at the St. Charles
hotel yesterday were the following: l.. ID.
Wallace and lady, Chicago; II. G. Mcpikc,
W. II. Horton and q. D.Willlams, st. Loui,
T.. i. Hall, Cincinnati; John Kirby, New
Orleans; j. f. Thompson, st. Louis; George
Stevens, Moline, lllineis II. !. Taylor,
Trenton, Tennessee; j. c. Medley, Farrs'
Landing; stephen Bird, Birds Point.
The horse race announced TO come OF
yesterday afternoon on the track abov,
Thirty-iourth street, between Commercial
and Washington avenues. did not take place
the rain of the night previous having PLACED
the track in bad condition. The race hal
not fallen through, however, but will com,
oil tomorrow (Monday) afternoon at
o'clock. Both horses are in splendid cond.
ton, and the race viii be an exciting one
J Considerable cash will change hands on III,
result
On her last trip from Fort jefferson
yesterday, the lcrryboat Three State
, brought up twenty-five yoke of oxen. iiy
/. heavy log wagons, TWO Gypsy wagons, tc
: horses, about twenty-five peoplc-and dog,
, well, not less than a dozen; and at tn
!, same time lowed u barge Of hickory timbe
L for the Mound City handle factory, and
Hat boat 1t was considered pretty hi