The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1875-01-17
General Ilens-

itue story by u talented lady of III
: city.
Remember DR.. II. :. Briphs,n's lo
lure on Evolution" Tomorrow nigh
IL Will be All able effort.
Mr.. T.. u. FaInsworih. Past Gran
sire OF the Independent Order of odd
Fellows viii arrive Ia this city today
and 1t is expected will deliver am addrcs
70 the odd-Fellows of this city durins
his stay.
-lbc masquerade to be given by IN,
Delta City cornet band promises 10 be- \
large affair. Costumes can be had a,
ihii' Saups, corner of Eighth and Wash.
"E ~" avenue l-lG-2t
--Bouton, Of The Jonesboro 6a,,,,s
thinks 1t nice thing to DE a NEWSPAPER
man, and says: The county commits.
.ionerS OF Alexander county my Tho
Bulletin and Gazette each $500 for pub
meni:. re rfiEyG"ifgaGgo 5pdn ih RI to he
Cairo newspaper man. 4..,
On Friday morning last the Their
mometer stood IL below on the Mound
in the Navy Yard at Mound City,
at a. III. This is the first time
II has gone so low at this point
since the memorable cold period about
the lst of January, 1864. At Chicago 1t
was % below, at Cheyenne 81. and in tlra
Mountains the bottom fell out.
-Track-laying on the Cairo and st.
Louis railroad il progressing
steadil,. The JonesOoro Gazette
says: Track on the Cairo aud st.
Louis railroad is laid to j. Cruse'S. two
and half miles south of town. On the
north, the track was laid TO John -. Rem
dleman'S on Friday morning, seven miles
from town. Mr.. Woods bridge builders
went TO Cairo last Thursday to build
coal dump
Everybody who would spend very
pleasant evening, should not forget that,
on next Wednesday night, the Liberal
Religionists will give another OF those
very enjoyable sociables at their hall on
Washington avenue. During the winter,
nj intervals of two weeks, this organiza-
ton has contributed much pleasure TO
the old as well as young people of the
city by these sociables, and they will con
tinue to do so until the warm weather
sets in, to attend which the public gen
rally is invited.
The Johnson County TeomG,., is speak
ing of Mr.. VIM. Mulkey. of this city, as
candidate for the Office Of county attorn-
ey of Alexander county, says: Up. II.
Pope, county attorney for Alexander
county, being about TO resign that office,
the name Of VIM. Mulkey of Cairo, has
been suggested as suitable person to
step.into Mr.. Pope's shoe7. WIN. Mulkey
is son of Judge John II. Mulkey, and
possesses much of his fathers legal lore,
and would fill the office for which he is
being pressed with great ability"
An agreement was made to-day be-
tween Mr.. Linegar, Jacob Bradlcy's at
attorney, and MIR. Webb, prosecuting
attorney, that if Bradley is acquitted of
the charge OF stealing Jacob Walters
SOW and pigs, the Rev. Jacob would
preach sermon to which the jurors
in the case will be especially invited, up
on which occasion hymn by Mr.. Webb
will be sung. The hymn begins thus:
Iiark from the commons, a doleful sound
All swine attend the cry;
fe living hogs, come view the ground,
Where you must shortly lie.
I'VE learn from Jailer Mccarthy, that
there has been no prisoners from the
county Jail confined in the lookup, on nc
count of smallpox breaking out in that
Jail. lie says that the mayor has strictly
forbidden him to receive any county pris-
oners,and that the item published in The
BULLETIN yesterday morning was Il id
lie, and we guess it MAS. But we were
told that story by an officer, and pub
lished it, thinking il would be an item ol
newsto our feaders, but instead of en-
richingouyself In trying to cnlighten the
public in|city affairs. we came very near
getting 'head put on u.s." &
"A lively time was created In Cairo
by the breaking out of three cases of
smallpox In the County Jail on Sunday.
All criminal trials are suspended for the
present, and court Is being held In u
building across the street from the Court
House. EPi!asM Patriot. ltft4 +.
The Patriot man Is mistaken. There
has been only four cases OF smallpox In