The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1875-05-13
fIeIlerAl Toms.
Police business remain, dull.


street.
Base ball fever i. again becoming
troublesome to many of our young men
of Cairo.
Trains on the Cairo. Arkansas Il
Texas railroad have again commenced to
run regularly
Poster Il RcNiord are still ut work
with their engine and machinery. filling
their big Ice house with the clcarcst Of
ice.
The weather has become warm and
pleasant again and it now looks ~ il we
were to De blessed with a continuance of
the same for some time.
Where j. Band Concert" Blake. and
why are the concert stands allowed to
rest In idlencs.. during this pleasant
weather:
Judge Bros police court has been
closed since Monday last. Ills Honor hay-
ing gone To d. Louis "a attend meeting
of the officers of the Cairo n s. Loui.
railroad.
The complimentary party rendered
Mr.. Matt. Fulton and hi bride i, over,
and the party-going folks of this city have
again settled down into state of quiz
otudc.
The school children spend many OF
their leisure hours now-a-day, in hunting
crawli,h at,the mouth ofthc sewers. They
seem to enjoy the sport much better Than
going TO school.
Small poX Till continues about as
usual, but hope, are entertained by the
authorities that they will be enabled to
put a stop to any increase OF the disease
from thi- time forth.
An effort is being made by the base
bali players of Paducah to get up Il
match with the Cairo boys, but up 10 thi,
| time there has been very little said about
it by the boy, of this city.
1t is ,aid that the fruit crop j, not
80 badly injured a. il ha. been re-
ported an that there will yet be- a good
"half-crop" Of peaches, which j. better
than none. 10y far.
A Cairo man offered to buy ninety
one Understanding gold bonds. on the
city OF -. Louis, recently, and pay the
neat sum Of nine hundred ana uincty-one
dollars piece for them.
The picnic given by the ladies of
Cairo for the benefit of the Sisters oi LO-
retto, at st. Mary park, yesterday af-
tcrnoon. was successful undertaking,
and proved OF much enjoyment to those
who attended.
The Mound City people are stirring
about in a very lively manner, making
.hcir preparations for Decoration Day.
They expect to, and will no doubt, have
a large asscmblage of people in their viii
| lagc on the occasion.
F. Bros, and Mr.. Oberly returned
from st. Louis yesterday, where they
went on Monday. IN company with Col
Taylor. 10 look after the interests Of the
Cairo Il II. Louis Narrow Gauge rail
| road.
The city authorities are talking OF
moving the council chamber from its
. present location. at the corner of Twelfth
street aud Commercial avenue. TO the
meeting room of the Rough and Ready
fire company.
The johnson county Ysoma, wants
Cairo TO get up a rou,ing Fourth OF July
celebration. Tina, journal says Vienna
will contribute a goodly number of peo'
pie to help swell the immense crowd that
would surely take part in the jubilee.
A number of ladies and gentlemen OF
Charleston, who had intended coming to
this city for the purpose of attending the
reception at the st. Charlie, on Tuesday
night, were deferred from doing so by
the lrregularity OF the trains on the Cairo
Arkansa, u Texas railroad.
--Gupton has again been brought to
Cairo and lodged in the county Jail
where he will be compelled 10 linger un
til July or August, when special term
of the Johnson county circuit court viii
be held for the purpose of giving Him +
trial
"A little colorcd boy. while playing
with companion near the corner o
Walnut and Fourteenth streets yesterday
afternoon. accidentally struck him upon
his bare head with part OF Il brick bat,
cutting an ugly hole in hi, skull, and
knocking him OF the sidewalk.
The BULLETIN reporter who was Il
have accompanied the party who took 4
trip on the coasting schooner "Wave" OF
Tuesday afternoon, was left behind anC
he cannot therefore furnish an account o
the ride, but all who were in the party
are loud in their praises of the very pleas
ant afternoon afforded by it.
"A negro man, whose occupation |.
whitc-washing, met with Il serious acct
dent yesterday while ut work in III,
upper part of town, by the bucket, whicl
he had placed on Il step ladder, falling OF
and cmptying its contents in his mouth
nose and eyes. The pain suffered by tn,
unfortunate darby is said to have bccl
great, but IL nevertheless did not proven
him from getting very mad aud cursn!
like trooper.
] The Ola Reliable.
| hereby announce to the public that
am better prepared than ever to ac commo
date my patrons at the Central Hotel, OF